The Hodgeheg

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The story starts with yet another member of the hedgehog family being run over, and the characters of Ma and Pa being introduced.

The Hodgeheg’ is a story about an intelligent hedgehog named ‘Max’. Max lives in the garden of 5A with ‘Pa Hedgehog’, ‘Ma Hedgehog’, and his three sisters, ‘Peony Hedgehog’, ‘Penny Hedgehog’ and ‘Petunia Hedgehog’. They will begin to recognise that a contraction is made up of two words and what those two words are. Your Year 2 / Year 3 class will add in the capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks.Max goes on a quest to find out how humans cross the road safely. He notices how humans cross the street and thinks that hedgehogs can do the same. Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family across the road from a park. 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.

The pictures add extra charm to the book and help the children relate to the characters in the book.Your KS1 class will read the passage and add in adjectives of their choice or using the resource with the word bank. They will then think of adjectives that best describe the animals in the picture. The plot isn't terrible in this one. There are some moments that could be fun to read aloud to a small child. It is just bland. The main character doesn't stand out and the supporting characters are hard to remember. Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it's on the wrong side of the road from the Park where there's a beautiful lily pond and plenty of juicy slugs, worms and snails! 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). The illustrations are sweet, too.

Education Shed Ltd, Severn House, Severn Bridge, Riverside North, Bewdley, Worcestershire, UK, DY12 1AB We have differentiated the resource so you can choose the best resource for your Year 2 and Year 3 groups. 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. He is now a Hodgeheg, not a hedgehog, but he is still determined to fulfil his mission.Your class must find the different sounds from the phases in phonics from the words in the passage. Through his career, King-smith write over 100 books that were translated across 12 different languages! So, if you enjoyed this story, there are plenty more to choose from.