-chapter book
This is an award-winning novel that is about farm animals that talk, which is why the genre is fantasy. It begins with a litter of pigs being born and the smallest one seems too small to keep so the wife of the farmer wants to kill it. The runt's name is Wilbur and he ends up being saved by the spider named Charlotte. The two animals become best friends when the spider writes messages in her web that praise Wilbur. The farmer goes out to the barn to see these messages and starts to think maybe he shouldn't slaughter the pig if he really is all of these good things he reads about him. Eventually Wilbur wins a prize at the county fair. Unfortunately Charlotte dies at the fair but she lays eggs, 3 of which go live with Wilbur and become friends.
This is a good book to use as a read-aloud each day. I would make copies of a flow chart/sequence worksheet for each of the students to complete as we read the events that happen in the story. This will teach students to understand cause and effect and while also hearing a good story they would enjoy.
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