The 3 Little Pigs

The 3 Little Javelinas

Main Characters

Villain

Setting

Building Materials Word Bank

Farm Sticks Wolf Country

Bricks Cactus Adobe Javelinas

Coyote Straw Tumbleweeds Desert

Pigs

Click on the following links to learn more about these 2 animals:

Coyotes: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/coyote/

Javelinas: http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/javelina.htm

Which of the following words rhyme?

Rhyming Word Practice

Spoil Noise Royal Hoist

Loyal Moist Poise Foil

We drove through the hot, dry desert. That hairy-looking animal is called a javelina. A bird rested on the sharp spines of the

cactus. A coyote howled loudly at the moon. Those small desert bushes are called

tumbleweeds. The adobe bricks kept our home cool in the

summer.

Coyote- a wolflike mammal

Javelina- a pig-like mammal

Desert- a place that is covered with sand, a very dry habitat

Cactus- a desert plant, usually leafless and spiny

Tumbleweed- a plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind

Adobe- a clay used to make bricks

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