On day two, students practice retelling the story. A whole group retell can be completed with the printable retell cards. Parts of Speech Sort– This set of 24 words from the story contain nouns, adjectives and verbs for students to sort and write. My Own Plan– This is a creative writing activity where students have to think of their own plan to capture Little Red. We thought the lions hair was very funny and enjoyed the opporutinty to have a go at doing a lions hair. Lizzie cut some hair out and then deicded lots of bows and clops would make the lion cross.

Ellis, known for her illustrations for Colin Meloy’s Wildwood series, here riffs on the concept of “home.”

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A clever story, but what really makes this pop are Smith's full-color illustrations, which depict each fantasy in thought bubbles crammed with hysterically funny details. Great for reading aloud or for savoring alone." -- Booklist The reading comprehension lesson plans will keep your students engaged in reading and responding to literature throughout the whole week. Students practice various reading comprehension strategies and develop some amazing writing. Let’s take a look! All Part of the Plan– This activity asks students to find the six-step plan that the clever lion creates to capture Little Red. They write and illustrate each step. But despite all the cunning plans by Lion, Little Red outsmarts him and soon has him saying sorry and eating doughnuts instead.

He has won and been shortlisted for major children's book awards countless times for many of his books Pause when your child wants to look more closely at illustrations or talk about what’s happening. Join in Great storytelling braided with lively color and a culturally affirming accent makes this book a real standout. If you are looking to make a literacy basket for this center, include different versions of this fairy tale.

Writing Prompts– We have provided two prompts for your students to choose from. They require your students to think creatively about how they would have handled situations that Little Red found herself in. A sassy heroine, beautiful artwork, jungle animals, a funny twist on a tale you adore. Once again, Alex T. Smith gets us all eating from his hand. Task Cards– The first part of this collection is a set of 16 different task cards. These are designed to be placed at centers and accompany the printables we have created. (Though you don’t necessarily need them to use the resources.) These cards can serve as the directions that you place at each center for your students to use as a reminder of the expectations. Before using the materials provided at literacy centers, we suggest you read this story aloud to your whole class.

We had a look at the activities and decided we would make our own jungle to tell the story. We managed to find most of the animals or some excellent substitutes and use them to retell the story. We did it a few times, adding details and enjoying the different ways of moving around and adding animal noises. We then left the physical story map on the rug and little brother played with the animals and the termite mounds making up his own stories and roleplay.This is a very funny book with a main character who has a whole lot of personality! Students will love this new spin on an old favorite fairy tale.

Your child might enjoy designing their own hairstyle and outfit for the lion – plaits or ponytail or piled on top? Ribbons or bows? What else might Little Red give him to wear? Little Red’s emergency kit and instructionsWe loved that our protagonist is a POC (he loves POC protagonists as he relates to them more than white characters) and I love that she was not fooled for a second! Soooo many messages and they can all be talked about over time. I can see this book becoming a favorite over the years as it applies to different things in a growing child's life. My nephew did not mind at all that it was a little girl. This is such a fun read aloud! Your children will love Little Red’s clever and fun personality. They will be giggling along with the events. Use your story world to tell the story together. With one small figure as Little Red take her on her journey from home to Auntie’s house past the pool, the trees and animals on the way narrating the story .. Don’t forget to pause for a rest so the lion can approach her! Play a game