Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion

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My Own Plan– This is a creative writing activity where students have to think of their own plan to capture Little Red. She walks under the giraffes, over the sleepy crocodiles, past the enormous elephants and the chattering monkeys. It is a really engaging book with loads of opportunities for discussion and engagement and we have enjoyed reading and re-reading it.

He has won and been shortlisted for major children's book awards countless times for many of his booksWe 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. 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. We also suggest that you find or buy copies of this book to put at your literacy centers. Many of the tasks requires students to look at the book to complete the task. There are 3 other titles and lesson plans, in addition to Little Red, in the above unit! Take a look at some examples from La Princesa and the Pea in this blog post: Syllable Sort – For this activity we have chosen 8 one-syllable words, 8 two-syllable words and 8 three-syllable words from the story.

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. 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.

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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.

But despite all the cunning plans by Lion, Little Red outsmarts him and soon has him saying sorry and eating doughnuts instead. The whole family really enjoyed this fabulous book and had a lot of fun with the great range of activities. Great book and great fun exploring the book more through role play, art, games, writing and drawing. There's much to love in this resurrection of the cheerful city chronicle of the '60s." -- "Publishers Weekly" Before using the materials provided at literacy centers, we suggest you read this story aloud to your whole class.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 Pause when your child wants to look more closely at illustrations or talk about what’s happening. Join in Although the love comes shining through, the text often confuses in straining for patterned simplicity.

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. Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures. If you are looking to make a literacy basket for this center, include different versions of this fairy tale. 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 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.

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Parts of Speech Sort– This set of 24 words from the story contain nouns, adjectives and verbs for students to sort and write. 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 instructions 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.