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Literacy Snack Lion Read Aloud

May 9, 2018

Grab the FREE printable and see the snack idea to use with The Gingerbread Man Loose At The Zoo. It's a fun Literacy Snack Lion Read Aloud for spring!

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The end of the school year is creeping up fast! We’re headed on our last field trip of the year this Friday. I wanted to tie in our literacy snack idea this week, so for our Literacy Snack Lion Read Aloud we’re reading, The Gingerbread Man Loose At The Zoo, by Laura Murray.

The class goes on a field trip to the zoo and they  get to solve riddles on a WILD scavenger hunt. They meet giraffes, monkeys, and even a fox. But a zoo full of critters is a tricky place for a tasty cookie—even a very fast one—and the Gingerbread Man ends up separated from his friends. He needs to solve all of the riddles to catch up with his class and help someone else who is lost.

I took a poll of the kids favorite animal at the zoo and a lion was the top choice, so that is what our snack is that we’re making this week.

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Ingredients

each student will need

1 slice of wheat bread

1 blueberry

2 candy eyes

1 cutie orange

4 pieces of shredded cheese

Optional – gingerbread cookie to go with the story. Pepperage Farms makes them year round.

1 circle cookie cutter for the class to share

Assemble

To make the lion snacks, first have the kids take turns using the cookie cutter to make a circle from their piece of bread. This will be the lions head. Next, they can peel the orange, and place it around the head as it’s hair, or mane. Add the blueberry on as his nose, the cheese as his whiskers and the candy eyes. Isn’t he cute?!

Literacy Snack Idea - lion snack idea - The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo

Free Printable

While the students are enjoying their snacks, I made a free printable for them to work on. I created a new little riddle that the kids can read and guess the animal like in the story. They can then draw a picture of it.

Literacy Snack Idea Lion + Free Printable

You can download the Literacy Snack Lion Read Aloud free printable from my Teachers Pay Teachers store below.

If you’re looking for another great zoo read aloud, you might like Zoo Day. You can read about it, get the snack idea and grab the printable to go along with the book here.

Literacy Snack Idea Zoo + Free Printable

If you have some extra time after you return from your zoo field trip, your students will LOVE playing this zoo bingo!

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And have you been using any of our scavenger hunts? Here’s a fun one for the zoo to take on your field trip with your class. Similar to in the read aloud! You can find all of the other scavenger hunts I’ve shared here.

I hope your class enjoys their lion snack!

See you next time!

Jenette

Literacy Snack Idea Lion + Free Printable

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