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View-Read-Do
Looking to enhance your literacy curriculum with Between the Lions? Here's all the information you need to introduce Between the Lions to your students, using the View-Read-Do model:
- VIEW an episode with your class
- READ aloud a book that is related to the episode
- DO a hands-on activity that extends the learning
View-Read-Do Activities (PDF, 1.8M)
This packet contains the following View-Read-Do activities:
| Episode | Book | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| "Rats" | Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola |
Class Manifesto |
| "Oh, Yes, It Can!" | The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel |
Face Cookies |
| "Teacher's Pet" | Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova |
Family Cures |
| "Little Big Mouse" | Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James |
Fan Mail |
| "Poetry Day" | Finger Rhymes and Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown |
Finger Play Rhymes |
| "The Lost Rock" | If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian |
Home, Sweet (Rock) Home |
| "The Chap with Caps" | Monkey Do! by Allan Ahlberg |
Monkey See, Monkey Do |
| "Zoop! Zoop!" | Abiyoyo Returns by Pete Seeger |
Monster Puppets |
| "Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack!" | Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells |
Moo Cow Café |
| "Farmer Ken's Puzzle" | Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes |
Obstacle Course |
| "To the Ship! To the Ship!" | Tough Boris by Mem Fox |
Parade of Feelings |
| "The Good Seed" | Flower Garden by Eve Bunting | Plant Pals |
| "The Lucky Duck" | Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough |
Puppet Talk |
| "Red Hat, Green Hat" | Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong |
Red Light, Green Light |
| "Be Bop" | Who Bop? by Jonathan London |
Rhythm and Rhyme |
| "Bobby the Hopping Robot" | Sammy and the Robots by Ian Whybrow | Robot How-To |
| "But, Mama, But..." | Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse | Someone Special Portrait |
| "The Ram in the Pepper Patch" | Nighty Night by Margaret Wild |
Sorting Letters |
| "Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-boom!" | The Rain Came Down by David Shannon |
What Comes Next? |
| "Humph! Humph! Humph!" | The Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide |
What's Your Name? |
| "Good Night, Knight" | Knights by Catherine Daly-Weir |
Word Joust |