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Mrs. Graczyk from Cary, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me Come In!

Help me give my students books and puppets for The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf in English and Spanish to help support our building unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Graczyk's classroom raised $321

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My Project

Teaching about the Three Little Pigs in Pre-K offers numerous benefits. It introduces children to a classic story, enhancing their literacy skills through storytelling, comprehension, and language development. The story also provides opportunities for engaging in math skills like sorting and classifying, as well as exploring science concepts like building materials and their strength. The story also allows for rich discussions about character traits, decision-making, and the importance of hard work.

Here's a more detailed look at the benefits:

Literacy Development: The story can be used to practice skills like identifying characters, setting, and the order of events, which are foundational for reading comprehension.

Language and Communication: The repetitive language, rhyming, and rhythm of the story can help children develop their speech and language skills.

Math and Science: The story can be used to introduce sorting and classifying by material (straw, sticks, bricks), and to explore the science of building structures and the relative strength of different materials.

Social-Emotional Learning: The story can be used to discuss character traits, such as hard work vs. laziness, and the consequences of their choices. It can also be used to talk about helping others, as seen with the third pig saving his brothers.

Creative Expression: The story can be adapted for dramatic play where children can act out the story, build their own houses, and engage in creative expression.

Critical Thinking: The story's simple plot and clear characters provide opportunities to discuss cause and effect and to think critically about the outcomes of different choices.

Mrs. Graczyk Briarcliff Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Cary, NC View local requests

More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Constructive Playthings "The Three Little Pigs" Wolf and Pig Puppet Set from The Childhood Favorite Book • Amazon Business $54.65 1 $54.65
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Three Little Superpigs: Once Upon a Time • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
The Three Little Superpigs • Amazon Business $12.55 1 $12.55
The Real Three Little Pigs: -as told by the big (not bad) wolf • Amazon Business $11.22 1 $11.22
The Three Little Pigs (Storytime Lap Books) • Amazon Business $10.15 1 $10.15
The Three Little Pigs | Los Tres Cerditos: Bilingual Spanish & English book for children (Bilingual Spanish fairy tales) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Trap 3 Little Pigs: Lyrically Accurate Version • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Three Little Pigs (My First Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
New Wolf on the Block: A(nother) Story About a Wolf and Three Little Pigs • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
No Lie, Pigs (and Their Houses) CAN Fly!: The Story of the Three Little Pigs as Told by the Wolf (Other Side of the Story) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
The Three Little Superpigs and the Gingerbread Man • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56
The Three Little Pigs - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Three Little Pigs - Board Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Rourke Educational Media Bilingual Fairy Tales Three Little Pigs Reader (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83
It's Not The Three Little Pigs (It’s Not a Fairy Tale) • Amazon Business $6.66 1 $6.66
The Three Little Pigs - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Tales to Grow by - The Three Little Pigs / Los tres cerditos - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Three Little Pigs: A Classic Fairytale Keepsake Storybooks • Amazon Business $5.21 1 $5.21
The Three Little Pigs (Disney Classic) (Little Golden Book) • Amazon Business $4.92 1 $4.92
Keepsake Stories - dual language - The Three Little Pigs: Los tres cerditos (Keepsake Stories) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$222.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$272.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.12

Total project goal

$320.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $320.81

3 Donors

-$297.28

Donations toward project cost

-$272.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.53

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