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Mole and the New Hole

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Jane Clarke Lisa Williams

Mole and the

New Hole

BlueBand 4

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Mole was looking for a home for winter.He came to the vole hole at the foot of the hill.

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Mole asked, “Can I share your hole with you? I can help you look for snails all winter.” Vole said, “No. Voles do not need help. Ask the rabbit up the hill.”

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Mole went up the hill. He came to the rabbit hole.

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“Can I share your hole?” asked Mole. “I can help you gather dry grass all winter.” “No,” said Rabbit. “Rabbits do not need help. Go up the hill and ask the mouse.”

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Mole went up the hill. He came to the mouse hole.“Can I share this mouse hole with you?” asked Mole. “I can help you dig out extra rooms.”

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“No,” said Mouse. “I do not need help. Go on up the hill. You will find an empty mole hole at the top.”

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Mole came to the mole hole at the top of the hill. No one was home.“No one needs my help,” said Mole.“I shall have to stay here on my own all winter.”

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Drops of rain fell – plop, plop, plop. The mole hole was dry and snug, but Mole was very sad.

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Mole stuck his snout out of the mole hole. Three very wet shapes were coming up the hill. Splish, splosh, splash.

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“Help!” said Mouse. “The rain is dripping into my mouse hole.”“Help!” said Rabbit. “My hole is a river.”“Help!” said Vole. “My hole is a swimming pool!”

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Then they all asked, “Please, Mole – can we share the mole hole? We need your help!”

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“Yes!” said Mole. “I can help you. Come in, come in!”

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The hill

Mole’s new hole

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Vole’s hole

Rabbit’s hole

Mouse’s hole

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Mole and the

New Hole

Workbook

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Before You Read

2. Copy the sentence.

______________________________________________

1. What do you need help with?

Circle the pictures.

I can help you.

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Key Story Words 1

1. Match each word to the correct

picture from the story.

mole a1

rabbit b2

vole c3

snail d4

mouse e5

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hill river snout hole winter grass

2. Label each picture with the correct

word from the box.

1 2

3

6

4

5

____________________ ____________________

____________________ ____________________

____________________ ____________________

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Key Story Words 2

1. Match the vowel sounds to

the pictures from the story.

Complete the words.

o–e ou

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

— — — — — — — — —

2. Find and circle four words in the

word snake.

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2. Make these sentences negative.

Key Story Sentences 1

1. Fill in the blanks with the words

from the boxes to make

questions from the story.

Can I Can we

1

1

2

2

3

“______________ share the

mole hole?”

“______________ share your

hole with you?”

Voles need help. _________________

_____________________________

Rabbits need help. _______________

_____________________________

I need help. ____________________

_____________________________

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Voles do not need help.

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“No one needs my help,” (said/asked) Mole.

Mole (said/asked), “Can I share your hole

with you?”

Vole (said/asked), “No. Voles do not need help.”

“No,” (said/asked) Mouse. “I do not need help.”

“Help!” (said/asked) Rabbit. “My hole is a river.”

Then they all (said/asked), “Please, Mole – can

we share the mole hole?”

1

2

3

5

4

6

1. Circle the correct word to complete

each sentence or question from

the story.

Key Story Sentences 2

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Reading Comprehension 1

1. Number the pictures in the correct

order (1–6) to match the story.

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a1

b2

c3

“I can help you

gather dry grass

all winter.”

“I can help you

look for snails

all winter.”

“I can help

you dig out

extra rooms.”

1. Match each sentence to the

animal Mole says it to.

Reading Comprehension 2

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2. Read the questions. Circle the correct

answer to match the story.

1

2

3

Why do Rabbit, Vole and Mouse need Mole’s

help in the end?

a. They have no food.

b. A fox wants to eat them.

c. There is water in their holes.

What does Mole want in the story?

a. He wants to find his family.

b. He wants to find a friend to live with.

c. He wants to find food for the winter.

Why is the hole at the top of the hill better

than the other holes?

a. It does not get wet.

b. It is brown.

c. It is warm.

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Have Fun with English!

1. Look at the picture clues and

complete the crossword.

1 1

2 2

3

4

Across Down

1

2

3

4

s a d

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2. Think of an animal that is not in

the story that lives in a hole.

Draw it below and write a label

for your animal.

3. Copy the sentence.

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This animal lives in a hole.

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Test Your English

1. Tick ( ) the picture that matches

the sentence from the story.

2. True or False? Write “T” for True

or “F” for False.

Mole stuck his snout out of the mole hole.

He came to a vole hole at the foot of the hill.

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Vole wanted to share his hole. _______

Rabbit did not need help. _______

Mole’s new hole was at the top of the hill. ______

At the end of the story all the animals share

the mole hole. _______

1

2

2

3

4

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Go to page 213 to get your

Reward Certificate.

You have completed

Mole and the New Hole

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Learning objectives: Use phonological knowledge to work out, predict and check the meanings of unfamiliar words; Blend phonemes for reading; Re-enact stories in a variety of ways, e.g. through role-play; Describe story settings and incidents relating them to their own experience and those of others.

Curriculum links: Citizenship: Choices; Science: Plants and animals in the local environment

Focus phoneme: are (share)

Fast words: the, was, he, to, of, I, your, you, said, do, go, this, with, one, have, here, were, coming, is, a, we, come

Word count: 292

Getting started• Revise the focus phoneme for this book, are, on a small whiteboard along with

any phonemes that children have diffi culties with.

• Write the following words up on the small whiteboard for the children to

fast-read: mole, vole, gather, extra, empty, snug, stuck, snout. If necessary,

demonstrate blending the phonemes to read each word, then check that the

children can explain the meaning of each word.

• Read the title of the book together, blending along the words.

• Ask if the children have ever experienced moving to a new home. Briefl y

introduce the characters in this story: Vole, Rabbit, Mouse. Explain that these

animals live in holes too. Can the children predict what will happen?

• Find a photo of a vole to share with the children.

Reading and responding• Give out the books for the children to read independently.

• Listen in to individuals as they read on to p179 independently. Encourage

children to comment on what is happening to Mole and say how they think he

is feeling. Check that children are blending fl uently when sentences run over

one line.

• At the end of p179, ask the children to guess if this story has a happy or sad

ending? Ask the group to read on independently to fi nd out.

Returning to the book• Use the map of Mole’s hill on pp184–185 to talk about where the story took

place and what happened using time words/phrases like fi rst, after that, and finally.

• Invite the children to recall some of the words they practised at the beginning

and help the teacher write them on the whiteboard. Can they fi nd them in the story?

Ideas for reading

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Checking and moving on• Act out Mole’s journey up the hill together, reminding children to include as

much detail from the story as possible.

• Survey the class to fi nd out what people do when they are feeling sad or lonely.

• Put Mole and the other characters in the `hot-seat’ to ask them questions like:

How did you feel when you were alone in your new hole?

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