Holes Level 3-5

Holes (Emergent Level 3-5) is a simple yet captivating exploration of animals that live in holes. With a repetitive sentence pattern-œThis lives in a hole-the book introduces children to various creatures such as owls, fish, crabs, spiders, wasps, meerkats, bears, and even baby animals. On the final page, a playful twist breaks the pattern and surprises the reader. This structure supports early reading strategies, including one-to-one word matching, recognising high-frequency words (œthis, œin, œa), and decoding content words. The book includes a focus on the letter œH and sound œh (e.g. œhole, œHoles), and the œb sound in words like œbaby and œbear. Visuals align closely with the text, reinforcing meaning and encouraging discussion. The theme of animal habitats is an excellent entry point for exploring life science concepts with young learners.

Educational Benefits:

• Supports phonemic awareness and early decoding.
• Reinforces one-to-one word matching for emergent readers.
• Encourages vocabulary development related to animals and habitats.
• Promotes prediction and pattern recognition through repetition.

Classroom Ideas:

• Match animal pictures to their habitats.
• Write new sentences using the œThis lives in a hole structure.
• Create a class mural of hole-dwelling animals.
• Act out animals and guess which one lives in a hole.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: Suitable for students reading at Level 3-5.
• Measurements: Standard dimensions; engaging visual content.
• Safety: Safe, developmentally appropriate language and themes.