Whos Hiding There?

Heidi Hare thinks shes alone and is wishing for friends to play with. One by one, her forest friends come out of hiding. They talk about how each one was hidden. Soon all the forest friends join Heidi Hare in a game of hide and seek.

Key Vocabulary
animals hiding bark spotted coat seek

Objectives
Reading Strategy: Identifying characters Language Skill: Recognizing alliteration Phonics Focus: Identifying initial consonant blends with r For more phonics practice, see Steck-Vaughn Phonics Level B, Unit 4, pages 101102.

Pair-It Books Transition

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BEFORE READING
Invite children to talk about hiding games they have played. Then show the cover of the Big Book, Whos Hiding There? and read the title aloud. Ask children to tell what they know about animals that hide. Then tell children that they will read to find out about animals that hide.

READING STRATEGY
Identifying Characters On the board, write the title Whos Hiding There? and ask a volunteer to read it aloud. Have children think about the story and make a list to answer the question. Record childrens responses on the board. Point out that the list is of characters in the story. Invite children to choose a character from Whos Hiding There? and write a short story about him or her.

READING
Encourage children to set a purpose for reading. Ask children to read to find out about what kind of animals are hiding in the story and why. Use questions such as these to guide the reading: What do you notice about all the animals in the story? How is the way Heidi Hare hides different from the way the other animals hide? Why do the animals come out of hiding? What do you think the animal friends will do next?

LANGUAGE SKILL
Recognizing Alliteration Read aloud the names of each character from Whos Hiding There? Then write each name on chart paper. Point out that each name begins with the same letter and sound. Tell children that alliteration is when words begin with the same letter and sound. Invite children to make up an alliterative sentence using a characters name, such as Heidi Hare hops high and hides here.

AF TER READING
Ask students to name the animals who were hiding in the forest. Discuss the reasons that the animals were hiding. Then have children tell how they think Heidi Hare feels at the beginning of the story and how Heidi Hare feels at the end of the story.

Response Activities
If You Are a ___ Materials: pictures of various animals from old magazines, such as rabbits, squirrels, lizards, lions, or deer Invite groups of children to play a game of If You Are a ___, Where Would You Hide? Share the pictures of the animals. Discuss each animals coloring, size, etc. Then discuss how each animals looks helps it hide when being hunted or helps it hunt while hiding. Distribute the pictures to each group. Have group members answer the question, If you are a (animal name), where would you hide? Animal Game Rules Materials: writing paper, pencils Ask children to imagine that they are one of the characters from Whos Hiding There? Have children write a list of rules from their characters point of view for playing the game of hide and seek. Invite children to read their rules using the characters voice. Pair-It Books Transition Whos Hiding There?

PHONICS FOCUS
Identifying Initial Consonant Blends with r On the board, write the words friends and brown. Read the words aloud and underline the r blends. Explain that the letter r blends with other letters at the beginning of each word to create its beginning sound. Ask children to review the text on page 9 and page 13 for additional examples of words that begin with r blends.

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Pair-It Books Transition F/P: G DRA: 14

Whos Hiding There?

Pair-It Books Transition F/P: G DRA: 14

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Whos Hiding There?

Pair-It Books Transition F/P: G DRA: 14

Whos Hiding There?

Pair-It Books Transition F/P: G DRA: 14

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