The Fourth Little Piggy Comes to Town

First, we read "The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf." Then we were given a problem- the pig's cousin was moving to town and wanted to build/buy a house in the same town. We were given certain materials to build our house and a budget. The house needed to stand up to the big bad wolf and his huffing and puffing!

So to start off, we made a drawing of the house and the materials we thought it should be built of. This is called a blueprint. I labeled the rooms, figured out the square footage (area) and the perimeter. Then the teacher gave us the actual materials. Some of the materials were: popsicle sticks, straws, pipe cleaners, clay, plastic bag, tissue paper, construction paper, and aluminum foil. I used straws, clay, construction paper, and aluminum foil. I spent $55 to build the house. I spent $10 on straws, $10 on clay, $15 on construction paper, and $20 on aluminum foil.

Once the house was built, I had to test it by using a huge fan. When I turned on the fan, the house did not fall down, it didn't even fall down. I built a very strong house.

After that, I made a House For Sale ad.