The Hodgeheg

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He lives with his parents Pa Hedgehog and Ma Hedgehog, plus his three sisters Peony, Penny, and Petunia in the garden of 5A. Whilst children enjoy this story, it's length and being largely text-based with fewer illustrations means I would recommend it for use with early Key Stage 2 children. This is a charming story about a hedgehog Max who is determined to find a safe way for his family and loved ones to cross a busy road that's separating the garden where his family lives from a local park. For it was the young, adventurous and bright Max who set out on his adventures to discover a safe way for hedgehogs to cross the road safely. The length of this chapter-based story also means it is more suited to being an ongoing project children read over a number of weeks, with comprehension, reading with expression, retelling through writing and widening vocabulary being used at different stages as children progress through the book.

So one day he readies himself at the edge of the path and when the man turns green he tries to run across the road. There are some nice little realistic details, like the description of the difference between a juvenile and an adult hedgehog, and how noisy young hedgehogs are (it really is true). We're told at the beginning of the story that his Auntie Betty has been killed crossing the road and that the roads are becoming more dangerous for hedgehogs. Ariciul confuz nu este doar o poveste drăguță despre un arici adorabil, ci este o lectură din care poți deprinde multe învățături și ar trebui să fie obligatorie pentru toți copiii. The Activity Plan in each pack makes the logistics of setting up year 3 guided reading sessions quicker and easier.You'll be happy to hear we have more Year 3 and Year 4 PlanIt Guided Reading packs that are on the way - our Design team are busy making them. The book also teaches children some valuable lessons about road safety, how to look after hedgehogs and demonstrates in some cases social skills and how the hedgehogs build a strong relationship with their neighbours. The children found it particularly enjoyable when Max was getting his words jumbled up and they had to figure out what he was saying. Get the children to take Max the hedgehog home with them with our twin pack of related home learning tasks.

Onto the book: I loved this book, quite a cute plot: a hedgehog wants to resolve the issue of hedgehogs getting hit while crossing the street. Your Year 2 / Year 3 class will look at the word used within context and meanings and also applied to new contexts. With the opening extract included, this comprehension resource includes questions and answers for this popular text by Dick King-Smith. His bravery and determination made him try again and again and it's his not giving up that makes him such an inspiring little hedgehog-hero.

The Hodgeheg tells the story of Max, a hedgehog who bumps his head after an attempt to cross the road. However poor Max sustains a bump to the head during one of his expeditions resulting in his muddled speech. I know I will enjoy this tale again in the future and I would like to keep my eyes peeled for more Dick King-Smith books.

Max's story will provide an entertaining and heartwarming story to read to young children or for confident young readers to read to themselves. He attempts to cross the road here but finds it difficult to avoid the people coming from the opposite direction and only just makes it to the other side. His first attempt ends in a nasty bump on the head, and Max finds when he tries to speak his words are all mixed up. This is a good story of road safety and overcoming obstacles, which I used with year 3 which they enjoyed and were able to access easily as a class with it being read to them. Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails!He and his family have spent their lives dreaming about reaching the park, but are prevented from doing so by the main road which they are unable to cross. Created by our team of experienced teachers and expert designers, it’s been developed to meet the objectives of the national curriculum for year 3. The use of illustrative vocabulary throughout the book can be used to develop children's own vocabulary in retelling the story and describing how the characters are feeling. His first attempt results in a bump on the head and Max starts to muddle up his words and loses his direction.

Both hedgehog-themed resources are fully differentiated and cover writing skills that require careful reading: our Using Inverted Commas Activity Sheet, and Diary Writing Activity Sheet. Your KS1 class will read the passage and add in adjectives of their choice or using the resource with the word bank. The main problem to the adult mind is the idea of hedgehogs trying to figure out a road safety plan. This resource aimed at year 2 focuses on adding in adjectives to complete the sentences within the passage.Firstly, he finds a zebra crossing and decides that this must be the secret to crossing the road safely. A number of your English lesson plans including the one in this pack are 'locked' and therefore cannot be edited.