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SUMMARY

Hattie Rabbit has trouble going to sleep in the summer while it is still daylight at bedtime. Mother helps her with the perfect solution. Can Hattie find a solution when Rosie Pig’s mother always says ‘no’? Let’s read and find Hatties perfect solution. --- Conversation Questions---

(1) Share with me what this story is about. (Answer) Hattie Rabbit. First she couldn’t sleep, and then she got Mrs. Pig to say ‘yes’. (Follow Up) Do you ever have trouble sleeping in the summer time?

(2) Relate to me why you think Rosie Pig was so sure her Mother would always say ‘no’. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Do you think your mom says “no” too much?

(3) Imagine you are Hattie Rabbit and tell me why 8:00 is too early to go to bed in the summer. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) What time is your bedtime?

(4) Compare Hattie and Rosie trying to get Mrs. Pig to say ‘yes’ to a time when you wanted your mom to say ‘yes’. (Answer) Any logical answer. (Follow Up) Should your mom always say ‘yes’?

(5) Tell me what “twinkling” means. (Answer) Shining or sparkling like stars. (Follow Up) Use ‘twinkling’ in a sentence.

(6) Hattie was upset because her mother would not give her what? (Answer) A gumdrop. (Follow Up) Name a candy you like.

(7) Describe what Mrs. Rabbit did so Hattie could find go to sleep. (Answer) She put up a shade and painted a night scene on it. (Follow Up) Would you like to have her shade on your window?

(8) Retell some of the questions Hattie and Rosie asked Mrs. Pig. (Answer) “ May I go to the movies?” “ May we have a pizza for lunch?” “ May I have a party?” “ May we brush our teeth?” (Follow Up) Did Rosie ever get her gumdrop?

(9) Name the bird Mrs. Rabbit painted on the tree. (Answer) An owl. (Follow Up) Have you ever seen an owl?

(10) At bedtime, where did Hattie hide from her mother? (Answer) In the closet. (Follow Up) Where do you like to hide? Activities

1. Make a list of things you could suggest to help Hattie fall asleep.

2. Draw Hattie’s new window shade like her mother painted it.

3. Write 4 more questions that Hattie and Rosie could have asked Mrs. Pig.

4. Hattie still can’t sleep. Draw something she can count to help her fall asleep. (Like sheep for example.)

Introductions

1. On several note cards, write questions such as “May I have some cards?” “Can I go outside and play?” “ Are we there yet?” “Can I have a Popsicle?” Read these with the student and ask what their mother would say. Say, “Today, we are going to read about two friends and questions they ask their mothers. Let’s read and see what happens.”

2. Ask the student what they do when they have trouble sleeping. Do they ask one of their parents for help? Say, “Today, Hattie Rabbit has trouble going to sleep because it is still light outside. Let’s read and see what her mother does to help her sleep.”

3. Have some different remedies for getting to sleep such as a picture of sheep (to count), a picture of a glass of warm milk, ect. Explain each one to the student and ask if they ever have trouble sleeping. Say, “Today we are going to read about a little Rabbit who can’t go to sleep. Let’s read and see what her mother does to help her sleep.”

Book: Hurray for Hattie Rabbit Author: Dick Gackenbach Illustrator: Dick Gackenbach ISBN: 0-06-021960-2 # of Text Pages: 26 AR: N/A LEX: N/A Building Oral Vocabulary 4 bright 8 fluffed 16 whispered Prediction Questions 15 Will Hattie be able to sleep now? 20 Do you think Mrs. Pig will answer ‘yes’ to anything? 28 Tell me what you think Mrs. Pig said ‘yes’ to.

This resource is made available by THE LEARNING CORPS-Barren County School system, an AmeriCorps program, funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community and Volunteer Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.