Pig the Blob Book Study- Print & Go Literacy & Health Activities

Pig the Slob English Language Arts Activities (ELA)

Pig the Blob Health Activities

This packet includes ready to go story companion activities for a variety of levels from Pre-K to grade 3 so you can use one wonderful storybook across many classes!

Use this book companion after reading the delightful Pig the Blob by Aaron Blabey. I am not affiliated with the author, and the book is not included. Not only will your students LOVE this entertaining story, they'll also have fun with these follow-up activities targeting language, comprehension Literacy and Health!

Pig is the world’s LAZIEST Pug. There’s nothing that can make him put down the snacks and get off the couch! Or is there...?

Pig spends all day, every day lounging around, binging snacks and TV. Trevor tries to convince him to come out and play, but Pig won't budge! Until one day, something happens to get Pig up off the couch once and for all... Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's signature rhyming text and unforgettable illustrations, Pig the Slob is a laugh-out-loud story that follows the seven previous books in the series (Pig the Pug, Pig the Winner, Pig the Elf, Pig the Star, Pig the Fibber, Pig the Stinker, and Pig the Tourist).

Published as Pig the Blob in Australia and Pig the Slob in USA.

My products are designed in a clear, uncluttered format utilizing graphic organizers.

They are simple to read and are printer/ink friendly.

They are ready to print and go. This packet includes 72 pages of Literacy and Health activities.

Fonts included:

• Simple Print Font in US Letter size (US spelling and Pig the Slob)
• Qld Beginners Font in A4 size (UK spelling)
• NSW Font in A4 size (UK spelling)
• Victorian Font in A4 size (UK spelling)
• UK Primary font in A4 size (UK spelling)

These high engagement activities include:

• A beginning, middle and end retell page.
• Story map for characters, setting, problem and solution.
• Story elements organizer.
• KWL chart (2 options provided- learnt or learned).
• Problem solution organizer (with lines & without).
• Character likes dislikes organizer (with lines & without) for Pig and Trevor.
• Character traits for Pig and Trevor.
• Cut and paste word sort for nouns, verbs and adjectives (with answers).
• Word sort for nouns, verbs and adjectives (with answers).
• Word search with answer key.
• 2 sentence transformations with a differentiated word matching page.
• Cloze page.
• Maze activity for pencil control and or visual discrimination.
• Cut and paste match rhyming words.
• Cut and paste and labelling activity in colour and B/W.
• Book reviews, generic and text-specific.
• 12 Writing and or discussion prompts to make connections about the text in 2 formats, a worksheet to write on, or multiple writing prompts on a page to save on photocopying.

Health-Focused activities:

• Every day and sometimes food sort.
• Make a healthy dinner.
• Fill a plate with rainbow foods.
• Make a healthy lunch (tray and lunch box versions).
• Healthy choices: do more and do less sort.
• Sort and colour pages for healthy foods, activities, and drinks (with and without book title on thepage).
• Sort and colour page for keeping germs away (with and without book title on thepage).
• Procedural template for fruit salad.
• Writing and discussion prompts.

Beginning Middle End

Identifying the most important event from the beginning, middle and end of the story helps a reader understand how organization, sequence, and plot make a good story. This can then be applied to their own writing. Teaching students to retell occurrences in a story helps them become more accurate in summarizing and monitoring their understanding.

Story elements

A graphic organizer, such as a story map, can help students visually organize a story's elements, increasing their ability to retell, summarize, and comprehend the story.

Sentence transformations

This activity gives students practise with sentence structure (Syntax). Transforming words that are out of order forces students to think about each word in a sentence rather than only memorizing an entire phrase without understanding the importance of structure.

Writing prompts

Making connections is thinking about the text in relation to ourselves, other texts, and the world. Making connections provides the basis for learning, as students connect new information with their own experiences. This develops fluency with their comprehension skills.

Identifying rhyming words

Rhyming is a basic phonological awareness skill that develops a beginning understanding of the way sounds work within words. When students learn rhyming words, they are developing the ability to:

1. Break words down into smaller words.

2. Learn the rhythm of the written and spoken word.

3. Learn word families such as den, ben, ten, men, and pen.

4. Increases ability to spell new words.