Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Little Red Sleigh will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of courage and patience, this Little Red Sleigh picture book by Erin Guendelsberger is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Little Red Sleigh Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Little Red Sleigh. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
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LITTLE RED SLEIGH SUMMARY
The story Little Red Sleigh is about Little Red, a sleigh in a Christmas shop who dreams of being Santa’s sleigh. The other toys in the shop think that Little Red is too small to be Santa’s sleigh. Little Red sets off on her own adventure to go to the North Pole.
On the way to the North Pole Little Red comes across Train, Yellow Truck and a little girl in a purple parka. Each character teaches Little Red about patience and believing in yourself. Little Red brings so much joy to the little girl that Santa writes her her own letter. Little Red wakes up on Christmas morning with a letter from Santa thanking her for spreading joy and inviting her to the North Pole next Christmas.
LITTLE RED SLEIGH LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Little Red Sleigh reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarizing / retelling
- identifying theme | message | moral
- sequencing
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- courage
- patience
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- adjectives
- common and proper nouns
- pronouns
LITTLE RED SLEIGH ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Little Red Sleigh?
- Lexile® Measure: 550L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Erin Guendelsberger. It was illustrated by Elizaveta Tretyakova.
What genre is Little Red Sleigh?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 40 pages long.
