Read Aloud of the Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot is a retelling of the classic children'southward tale The Three Little Pigs, re-imagined in outer space. Iii piffling aliens are sent by their mother to find a planet of their own to alive on. After, each picayune alien settles on a dissimilar planet, with the third petty alien because all aspects of what will be needed to build a dwelling that is safe from the large, bad robot, who somewhen cracks, smacks, and whacks, simply can't knock the house down. Children will love discovering the similarities and differences between this re-imagined version of the story and the original. The illustrations provide plenty of material for making comparisons and contrasting the personalities of the 3 fiddling aliens who have one, 2, and three eyes respectively. The third petty conflicting'southward name is constructed entirely of consonants, which makes it hard to sound out, underscoring the importance of vowels in the English language linguistic communication. Here, we share a few ideas for discussion and reflection before reading, during reading, and after reading.

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot Story Time

Kindergarten Mutual Core Standards

Literature:Fundamental Ideas and Details
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and respond questions about central details in a text

Literature: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complication
RL.K.ten Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding

Before Reading:

Read the championship of the volume. Ask:

• Does this title remind you of any other stories you've heard? (The 3 Little Pigs)
• What do y'all call up this story will be well-nigh? (Take several predictions.)

To build background cognition before reading the story, review the illustrations of the planets on the inside front and back endpapers. Proper noun each planet in society and ask children to share what they know near each ane. Inquire if children detect any differences between the illustration on the forepart endpaper and the one on the back endpaper (the front shows one house on Mercury and the back shows a 2d house on Neptune). Read the Writer's Notation on the last folio to prepare the scene.

Write the names of the piddling aliens on chart paper. Point out that two of the names rhyme (Bork and Gork), but the other is made upward only of consonant letters, so information technology is difficult to pronounce (Nklxwcyz). Let children take turns trying to say the 3rd proper noun. Decide together how information technology will exist read.

During Reading:

As you read, have children answer to questions about the illustrations and define difficult vocabulary. Here are a few questions to ask:

• What do yous notice well-nigh each little alien? (One is on a laptop, one has a brawl, and one is reading a volume; Ane has one eye, one has 2 eyes, and one has three eyes, etc.)
• Who can remind united states of the names of the planets? (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)
• Which planet has Bork chosen to alive on? What will she live in? (Mars, a rover)
• How does Nklxwycz experience about Bork'southward option? (He thinks they should stick together)
• Which planet has Gork called to live on? What will he live in? (Saturn, a satellite)
• How does Nklxwycz feel most Gork's selection? (He thinks living on a i of Saturn'south rings will make Gork airheaded)
• What do y'all think of the Big, Bad, Robot? (Accept a few responses)
• What are some of the materials Nklxwycz uses to build his house? (sturdy rocks, stardust, solar panels, a telescope)
• How is Nklxwycz'due south house dissimilar from the homes of his sister and brother? (It is not every bit fast or equally fun, just it is safe)

Child-Friendly Definitions:

• crater: a big bowl-shaped hole in the ground caused by an explosion or crash
• eon: a really long time equal to a billion years
• shooting star: a piece of space rock or metal that burns upwards when it enters the World's atmosphere
• satellite: a machine that is sent into space to go effectually a planet and collect information
• galaxy: a very large groups of stars
• solar panel: a apartment piece of material that collects heat from the sun to make electricity
• comet: a infinite object made up of dust and ice that develops a bright, glowing tail when it moves shut to the sun
• black hole: an surface area in space with super strong gravity that makes it impossible for anything within to escape
• telescope: a tube that tin can be looked through to come across objects that are far-away
• asteroid: a small, rocky infinite object that moves around the sun

After Reading:

Three Little Aliens Felt Story Rhyme

Three Little Aliens
Adapted by Jolanda Garcia, KidsSoup, Inc.
Tune: Three little ducks went out to play

3 piffling aliens went out into the universe one day,
Up into space and far abroad
Mother Conflicting said,
"juack, juack, juack,"
But only 2 little aliens came back.

Ii little aliens went out into the universe one day,
Up into infinite and far away
Female parent Alien said,
"juack, juack, juack,"
Merely merely ane little conflicting came back.

One piddling alien went out into the universe i twenty-four hours,
Upward into space and far away
Mother Conflicting said,
"juack, juack, juack,"
Simply no conflicting came dorsum.

Then female parent alien went out into the universe that solar day,
Upwards into infinite and far abroad
Mother Alien said,
"juack, juack, juack "
And all three aliens came back.

Three Little Aliens Printables (KidsSoup members only)

Comparing the story to the Three Little Pigs story:

Let children share their favorite parts of the story and why. Take a uncomplicated vote to see which story children similar all-time: the little conflicting version or the fiddling sus scrofa original. First, take children who like the alien version all-time requite a thumbs-up. And so, have children who like the original all-time give a thumbs-upward. Count the votes and graph them later.

The Three Little Pigs

Venn Diagram Activeness: Comparison and Contrasting Two Stories

Draw a Venn Diagram on the board or on chart paper. Write "The 3 Trivial Pigs" over 1 circle and "The Three Fiddling Aliens" over the other circle. Write "Both" over the space where the circles overlap. Explicate how the Venn Diagram works and call on children to name similarities and differences between the two stories. Write their responses in the corresponding spaces of the diagram.

Linguistic communication Arts Activities

Kickoff Sounds Alien Names and Planets

If I Were An Alien Writing Prompt

Piffling Aliens Craft

We feel like the aliens in the story look a lot like Minions. Visit the mollymoocrafts.com to larn how to make to toilet gyre aliens. To match them to the story color them green instead of yellowish.

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