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1 Let's look together
Listen as your adult reads this short retelling. Three little pigs each built a home. The first used straw and the second used sticks. A wolf blew those homes down, so the pigs ran to the brick house. The wolf could not blow the brick house down. The three pigs were safe together.
This is a traditional tale: people have told different versions for many years. It has repeated events, a problem and a safe ending. Retelling means saying the important events in the right order, not remembering every word.
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I use the pictures as reminders after hearing the story. First the straw house fell. Next the stick house fell. Last the brick house stayed up and the pigs were safe.
3 Your turn
Why did the pigs run to the brick house?
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The other two homes had been blown down, and the brick house was stronger.
4 Try it away from the page
Tell the tale in your own words. Use first, next and last. Then act out one scene with an adult or partner and talk about how this tale is like another familiar story.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Adult reads the complete retelling and explains traditional tale. Compare several properly licensed or public-domain versions across the year. Do not use this short lesson as a substitute for sharing whole high-quality books.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Enjoy, discuss and retell stories, poems and non-fiction read aloud.
Explain vocabulary, find information, infer and predict with evidence.
Listen, take turns, ask questions and explain ideas aloud.