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ABOUT THE BOOK

GUIDED READING: H

LEXILE LEVEL: 610L

CHARACTER TRAITS: Resourcefulness Responsibility Trustworthiness

REGION: Latin America

ISBN: 978-0-874838-83-1

PreK

Lesson Plans and Teacher GuidesLesson Type: Differentiated Learning

Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to MassWritten by Ari Acevedo

Outcome

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the story through discussion, reading, predicting, writing, drawing, and role playing.

Overview

Students will read and explore a folktale from Puerto Rico while utilizing interdisciplinary connections in language arts, math, dramatic arts, cooking, and art.

Materials

General• Book, Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass

• Crayons

• 1 (9-Inch) white paper plate per student

• Glue sticks

• Scissors

• Items for decorating such as fabric scraps, aluminum foil, buttons, feathers, and fake gemstones

Cooking Activities• Oven

• Plastic knives

• 1 Large baking dishes

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• Greased Basting brush

• Pot holders

• Spoons

• Bowls

• 6 Large, Firm Banan

• ½ C Lemon Juice

• 6 Tsp Lemon Peel, grat

• 6 Tsp Brown Sugar

• 1 Tsp Butter, melt

• Optional: Vanilla Ice Cream

Optional: Extension Activities• Shahan, Sherry. Cool Cats Counting. Little Rock: August

House, 2005.

• Shahan, Sherry. Spicy Hot Colors. Little Rock: August House, 2004.

• Computer with Internet access

Assessment Tools

• “Letter P” worksheet

• “Pig Faces” worksheet

• “Decorate a Pig” worksheet

• “Follow the Path” worksheet

• “Counting Pigs” worksheet



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Table of Contents

Introduction • 4

Discussion Questions • 6

Language Arts • 7

Phonics • 9

Pre-Writing • 10

Math • 11

Dramatic Arts • 12

Art • 13

Cooking • 15

Extension Activity • 16



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Introducing the Story

Directions: • Asks students what they know about pigs.

• Asks students to name stories, movies, songs, and poems about pigs.

• Shares the following facts about pigs as appropriate:

• Pigs have a snout for a nose. They have small eyes and a curly tail. They have thick bodies and short legs. Pigs have four toes on each foot. Since they only walk on two of their four toes on each foot, they appear to be walking on tiptoe. (Teacher asks students to demonstrate how they walk on tiptoe.)

• Pigs may be black, brown, white, pink, gray, or a combination of these colors.

• Pigs make grunting and squealing sounds. (Teacher asks students to grunt and squeal like a pig.)

• Pigs like to wallow in the mud because it keeps flies off of them and helps them stay cool.

• Pigs push their snouts along the ground like a plow to dig up roots to eat.

Teacher Reads the Story

Materials:• Book, Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass

Directions: • Informs students that they will be reading a folktale from

Puerto Rico about a boy named Juan who has trouble following directions.

Introduction



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• Teacher tells students that although the story is funny and makes us laugh, we are not making fun of Juan. We are laughing because we all do something silly at one time or another, even when we are trying to do the right thing.

• Asks students to name other stories where the character did something silly, but had good intentions.

• Reads the story aloud, pausing to check for comprehension as needed.



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For Assessing Comprehension

• Who is this story about?

• What is this story about?

• Where does this story take place?

• Describe Juan.

• What was Juan called? Why?

• Where was Juan Bobo’s mother going on Sunday?

• What did Juan Bobo’s mother ask him to do while she was gone?

• How did Juan Bobo’s mother dress for Mass?

• What is Mass? (a church service)

• How was the weather that day?

• What did the pig do when it got hot?

• Why did Juan Bobo think the pig was crying?

• What did Juan Bobo do with the pig?

• What did the pig do when Juan Bobo opened the door?

• What did Juan Bobo’s mother think when she saw the pig rolling in the mud, dressed in her best clothes and jewelry?

• Did Juan Bobo mix up his mother’s instructions on purpose?

• Did Juan Bobo understand what he did wrong?

• Tell about a time when you did something silly even though you didn’t mean to.

• Have you ever forgotten what someone asked you to do? What happened?

• What might you do if someone asks you to do something and you can’t remember what to do?

Discussion Questions



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Retell the Story


Directions: • Teacher reviews the illustrations with students, page by

page, while the students practice retelling the story.

Sentence Completion

Directions: • Teacher reads the following sentences and students

supply the missing word in each sentence.

• One Sunday Juan Bobo’s mother woke up early to go to____. (Mass/church)

• She asked Juan to make sure that the pig did not get too____. (hot)

• The pig got hot and began to____. (grunt/cry)

• Juan Bobo thought that the pig sounded____. (sad)

• Juan Bobo brought the pig into the____. (house)

• From his mother’s closet, Juan Bobo picked out the nicest____. (dress)

• Juan Bobo put beautiful bracelets on the pig’s____. (legs)

• The pig ran across the yard and into the____. (mud)

Language Arts



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• When Juan Bobo’s mother got home, she asked, “Where’s the____?” (pig)

• Juan Bobo’s mother saw the pig in the mud wearing her____. (dress, jewelry, earrings, necklace, bracelet)

Name That Sound

Directions: • Asks students what sound the pig in the story made.

• Asks students what other word describes the sound a pig makes.

• Names the following animals and asks what sounds each of them make: cow, horse, dog, cat, bird, lion, bear, duck, elephant, monkey, tiger, and turkey.

• Asks students to name other animals and the sounds they make.

• Asks students to take turns making an animal sound while their classmates guess which animal makes that sound.



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Letter P

Materials:• “Letter P” worksheet

• Crayons

Directions: • Teacher informs students that “pig” begins with the letter

“p” and makes the /p/ sound.

• Students color in the pictures on the “Letter P” worksheet that begin with the /p/ sound as in “pig.”

Phonics



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Follow the Path

Materials:• “Follow the Path” worksheet

• Crayons

Directions: • Teacher instructs students to start at Juan Bobo’s house

and trace the path his mother took on the long walk into town to go to Mass.

Pre-Writing



PreK

Counting Pigs

Materials:• “Counting Pigs” worksheet

• Crayons

Directions: • Students circle the correct number of pigs in each box

on the “Counting Pigs” worksheet.

Math



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Act it Out

Directions: • Teacher divides the class into groups of three students.

• Teacher and students review the sequence of story events.

• Each group acts out the story for the class.

Dramatic Arts



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Paper Plate Pig Faces

Materials:• 1 (9-Inch) white paper plate per student

• Crayons

• Glue sticks

• Scissors

• 1 “Pig Faces” worksheet per student

Directions: • Asks students what they know about pigs.

• Asks students to describe a pig’s appearance (may be pink, black, brown, white, or a combination of these colors, snout for nose, small eyes, curly tail, etc.).

• Asks students to name stories, poems, movies, and songs featuring pigs.

• Informs students they will be making paper plate pig faces.

• Distributes paper plates, “Pig Faces” worksheets, crayons, glue sticks, and scissors.

• Gives project directions:

• Decide what color(s) the pig will be and color in the “Pig Faces” worksheet and the paper plate.

• Cut out the eyes, ears, and snout.

• Glue each part on the paper plate in the correct location.

Art



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Decorate a Pig


• “Decorate a Pig” worksheet

• Crayons

• Items for decorating such as fabric scraps, aluminum foil, buttons, feathers, and fake gem stones

• Scissors

• Glue sticks

Directions: • Reviews the illustrations of the pig dressed up for Mass.

• Distributes a variety of materials and copies of the “Decorate a Pig” worksheet.

• Asks students to decorate their pigs.



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Puerto Rican Baked Brown Sugar Bananas

Materials:• Oven

• Plastic knives

• 2 Large baking dishes, greased

• Basting brush

• Pot holders

• Spoons

• Bowls

• 6 Large, Firm Banan

• ½ C Lemon Juice

• 6 Tsp Lemon Peel, grat

• 6 Tsp Brown Sugar

• 1 Tsp Butter, melt

• Optional: Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions: • Preheat oven to 375˚.

• Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise.

• Brush lemon juice on bananas.

• Sprinkle bananas with lemon peel and brown sugar.

• Drizzle melted butter over bananas.

• Bake at 375˚ for about 20 minutes.

• Serve warm.

• Optional: May be served with vanilla ice cream.

Cooking



PreK

Technology Connection

Materials:• Computer with Internet access

Directions: • Teacher helps students access www.storycove.com.

• Students view the animation for Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass narrated by the author’s daughter, Denise Arribas.

• Students explore the animations and activities for other stories on www.storycove.com.

Listen to the Story in Spanish

Materials:• Computer with Internet acces

Directions: • Teacher helps students access www.storycove.com.

• Students view the animation for Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass narrated in Spanish by the author’s daughter, Denise Arribas.

• Teacher asks students if they were able to still follow the story even if they couldn’t understand the language.

Extension Activity



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Read Other Books with Spanish Words

Materials:• Book, Spicy Hot Colors

• Book, Cool Cats Counting

Directions: • Teacher reads Spicy Hot Colors by Sherry Shahan.

• Students learn colors in Spanish.

• Teacher reads Cool Cats Counting by Sherry Shahan.

• Students learn to count and say the names of animals in Spanish.

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