Weekly Reading Fluency With Piggie & Elephant

During this ongoing class, we will read a Mo Willems story from the Piggie & Elephant series each week. Students will actively participate reading aloud and providing a voice for these two lovable characters, Piggie & Elephant. Students will have opportunities to read and reread the text to improve both fluency and prosody (the stress and intonation on words). After students complete the reading of the book, we will discuss the characters, the setting, the plot, and other comprehension questions. Students will have a chance to share how the story we read together is related to their own lives. This class is designed for first graders, but open to younger and older students reading at or near the 1st grade level. Students must be able to read basic sight words (If your student can read this sentence, this class should be a good fit: You cannot even see it) and simple sound out words (fun, ran, nap, slop). Most books in this series are levels G, H, I.  If you have any questions about this, please reach out to me! Students do not need to bring a copy of the book to class. The book will be shared on screen for student access. 

Please note this is not a class for learning to decode. Learners should be able to read simple sentences and sound out some words before taking this class. If you have an emerging reader interested in this class, try the Read & Repeat class where we use echo reading to help learners develop reading skills.







Week of December 8  I'm a Frog 
Week of December 15 Happy Pig Day 
Week of December 22 I Broke My Trunk 
Week of December 29  Can I Play Too? 
Week of January 5  Elephants Cannot Dance!
Week of January 12 Watch Me Throw the Ball 
Week of January 19 I Love My New Toy
Week of January 26 We Are in a Book
Week of February 2 I Will Surprise My Friend 
Week of February 9 Are You Ready to Play Outside? 
Week of February 16 Pigs Make Me Sneeze 
Week of February 23 There is a Bird on Your Head
Week of  March2 I am Invited to a Party 
Week of March 9 A Big Guy Took My Ball 
Week of March 16 Today I Will Fly 
Week of March 23 Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Week of March 30  Let's Go For a Drive 

Past Classes 
Week of October 6 My Friend is Sad 
Week of October 13 My New Friend is So Fun 
Week of October 20 The Thank You Book 
Week of October 27 I Really Like Slop
Week of November 3 I Waiting is not Easy 
Week of November 10 I'm a Frog  
Week of November 17 I Will Take A Nap  
Week of November 24 Listen to My Trumpet 
Week of December 1 I am Going 

This class is not endorsed or promoted by the author or illustrator.

Class recordings are not available for this class due to copyright agreements with the author and publisher.