Little Red LEVELED BOOK •
Riding Hood
A Reading A–Z Level I Leveled Book
Word Count: 301
Little Red
Connections
Riding Hood
Writing
How might the story be different if
Red didn’t stop to pick the flowers?
Write a paragraph describing how
the story would change.
Social Studies
Does this story take place in a
suburban, rural, or city setting?
How do you know? Share your
ideas with a partner.
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Little Red awoke
Words to Know
strangers
Riding Hood clump
roared
swallowed
tickled
Retold by Karen Mockler
Illustrated by Chiara Fedele
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Focus Question
Little Red Riding Hood
Level I Leveled Book
How do Red’s choices affect © Learning A–Z Correlation
Retold by Karen Mockler LEVEL I
the story? Illustrated by Chiara Fedele
Fountas & Pinnell I
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DRA 16
One day, Red’s mom asked her
to take some cake to Grandma.
“Go quickly through the woods, and
do not talk to strangers!” Mom said.
There once lived a girl named
Little Red Riding Hood.
Everyone called her “Red.”
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In the woods, though, Red
met Wolf. “I’m taking cake to Grandma’s house,”
“Where are you going, child?” she said.
Wolf asked. Wolf looked at Red and licked his lips.
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He decided he would eat Grandma “Wouldn’t your grandma like some
for lunch and Red for dessert. pretty flowers?” Wolf suggested.
“Where does Grandma live?” Red bent down to pick some
Wolf asked. flowers.
“Farther on in the woods, under While she picked, Wolf ran straight
the three large oak trees,” Red said. to Grandma’s house.
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When Red arrived, she went
He went to Grandma’s bed to the bed.
and swallowed her whole. “Grandma, what big ears you have!”
He dressed himself in her clothes Red said.
and pulled on her cap. “All the better to hear you with,
Then, he laid himself in her bed. child,” Wolf said.
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“Grandma, what big eyes you have!”
Red said.
“All the better to see you with, child,”
Wolf said.
“Oh, Grandma, what a big mouth
you have!” Red said.
“All the better to eat you with!”
Wolf roared.
Then he swallowed up Red, flowers,
cake, and all.
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Wolf lay down again in the bed
and fell asleep.
Inside Wolf’s stomach it was dark
and crowded.
Inch by inch, Red lifted her clump
of flowers.
She tickled Wolf’s throat until he
coughed her up.
Red grabbed onto Grandma’s hand
and pulled her out, too.
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Wolf was still asleep. Glossary
They tied him to Grandma’s bed. awoke (v.) past tense of awake;
Then Grandma and Red sat down to stop sleeping (p. 15)
for tea and cake. clump (n.) a group or lump of things
When Wolf awoke, you can be sure that are close together
(p. 14)
he didn’t get any!
roared (v.) made the sound that
a lion makes (p. 12)
strangers unfamiliar or
(n.) unknown people (p. 4)
swallowed caused or allowed
(v.) something, such as food
or liquid, to pass through
the mouth, down the
throat, and into the
stomach (p. 9)
tickled (v.) caused or had an irritated
or uncomfortable feeling
on part of the body (p. 14)
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