There's much to love in this resurrection of the cheerful city chronicle of the '60s." -- "Publishers Weekly" 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. We wanted to play a game next so had a lovely time sneaking up on each other pretending to be little red and the lion. Next time they wanted a lion costume and to play it outside hiding behind trees. We decided to do the painting activity next. We had some charcoal and inspired by the book we coloured in some animal silhouettes and used them to add to some paintings. Lizzie really enjoyed using a small range of colours and blending the colours together and it was a really lovely activity that we enjoyed doing together. It also produced some really effective and distinctive art work which we are both proudly displaying in the kitchen.

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! 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"

Curriculum

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

Write Little Red’s instructions for how to deal with a hungry lion and list of essential kit (eg this might include a hairbrush or toothpaste). Your child might like to pin their instructions on a door, fence or tree. Make a mini information book Flip Book– This flip book is designed to go in an interactive notebook. Students cut the outside shape and then cut on the dotted lines. They will lift the flaps and write about the main character, problem and solution under the flaps. On top they will draw a picture to show each. 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. With one of you as the lion and the other as Little Red ‘asleep.’ See if the lion can creep up on Little Red without her hearing him. Design a hairstyle and an outfit for the lion Before using the materials provided at literacy centers, we suggest you read this story aloud to your whole class.

Key Features

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. 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. On day one, students begin developing and practicing their synthesizing skills. Throughout this lesson, students build the “big idea” of what this story is about.

Word Work– We have provided eight word cards for this activity, but you could also use the cards from the Parts of Speech Sort. Students choose four to write and illustrate what they mean. If you are looking to make a literacy basket for this center, include different versions of this fairy tale.

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Focus on Verbs– This task requires students to look through the book to find verbs. Once they find them, they write them and determine if they are past, present or future tense in the sentence. Syllable Sort – For this activity we have chosen 8 one-syllable words, 8 two-syllable words and 8 three-syllable words from the story. Little Red is a great heroine. She is smart and fearless, facing down a hungry lion with stern warnings. It is also the humor of this book that works so well. The braiding of the Lion’s hair is a wonderful moment as is his changing clothes once again at Little Red’s insistence. It is in those moments that story becomes something new and fresh and where the audience will understand that this is a very different Little Red Riding Hood than in the original tale. Character Counts– Students need to think critically and come up with four words they believe describe Little Red. Then they need to find events in the story that illustrate the character traits.