Hedgehogs – 1 Text

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Hedgehogs are mammals. Mammals

have hair or fur. Mother mammals
give birth to live young. They feed
them with their own milk.

Hedgehogs have a long snout (nose) for digging under hedges and
plants for food.

They have a short tail and five toes on each foot. They have strong
claws for digging. They have large eyes and ears.

The hair on the back of a hedgehog makes sharp, stiff spines. When
hedgehogs roll up into a ball to protect themselves, their spines stick
up. They scare away animals like foxes.

Hedgehogs are nocturnal. They sleep during the day and are awake at
night.

Hedgehogs are omnivores. They eat other animals and plants with
their sharp teeth. Insects, small mice, snails, lizards, frogs, worms,
seeds, fruit and birds’ eggs are food for hedgehogs.

They live in burrows, nests made from leaves and grass, or hollow
logs. Hedgehogs live by themselves unless they are making babies.

Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets. When they are born, they are blind
and have no hair.

Hedgehogs hibernate (sleep) during winter, so they eat lots of food in

autumn.

Hedgehogs grunt like a pig or hog.

Hedgehogs live for about seven years.

Hedgehogs are very interesting mammals.

My learning log When I read this report, I could read: all of it. most of it. parts of it.
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Hedgehogs – 2 Comprehension

1. Have you ever seen a hedgehog? Yes No Where?

2. Draw a line to match the words to their meanings.

(a) nocturnal • • sleep during winter

(b) hibernate • • sleep during the day; awake at night

3. What other animal is nocturnal?

4. What other animal hibernates?

5. How do you think a hedgehog got its name?

6. What happens to a hedgehog in spring?

7. Write three things that tell what a mammal is. A mammal is an

animal that ...

8. What happens when a hedgehog sees a fox?

9. Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets. Baby pigs are called ...

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While doing these activities:
My learning log
I found Q easy. I found Q tricky. I found Q fun.
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Hedgehogs – 3 Word Reading

1. Find words in the report that mean the same as these words.

(a) nose (b) sleep

(c) hedgehog’s home (d) keep safe

2. Write each word correctly in the syllable boxes.

(a) spines

(b) omnivores

(c) nocturnal

(d) hibernate
3. Add ‘-er’ to make new adjectives.

(a) long (b) short

4. Add ‘-est’ to make new words.

(a) long (b) short
5. Find three words with ‘-s’ or ‘-es’ on the end that say more than one.

6. Circle the sound that is the same in each word.

autumn author dinosaur August

7. Fill in the missing words. Use question 6 to help you.

(a) The wrote an interesting book.

(b) There are three months in .

(c) It would be amazing to find a bone.
I can tell the syllables in hedgehog and burrow. yes / no
My learning log Colour: I can add ‘-er’ and ‘-est’ to words. yes / no
I can read these words autumn, August and author. yes / no
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