
Little Red's Secret Sauce
Fairy Tale (fiction),
916 words,
Level O (Grade 2)
Little Red’s Secret Sauce gives a new twist on the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The Mean, Medium Coyote replaces the Big, Bad Wolf in this story, as a young girl ventures into the desert to visit her sick Granny. The girl is known for her spicy chili, which is just what the coyote is after. He is up to his familiar tricks, but Granny becomes empowered to help herself, and she and her granddaughter defeat the coyote by giving him the chili with an extra dose of her secret spicy sauce. Illustrations support the text.
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Lesson Resources
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
delicious, furious, hosts, neighbors, spiciest, translated, wolfed down
delicious, furious, hosts, neighbors, spiciest, translated, wolfed down
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
Comprehension
Analyze the problems and solutions in a story
Phonics
Understand and recognize r-blends
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Recognize question words in the text
Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
Comprehension
Analyze the problems and solutions in a story
Phonics
Understand and recognize r-blends
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Recognize question words in the text
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class








