Listening

You will hear the first two pages of Eric Carle's, A House for Hermit Crab read to you. As you listen, be filling in the missing word(s) in each sentence.
After you have completed this task, silently read the rest of the book to yourself.
Once you have finished reading the book, go to the page titled "comprehension" and follow the directions.

"Time to move," Hermit Crab one day in January.

"I've grown too   for this little shell."

He had felt safe   snug in his shell. But now it was too snug.

Hermit Crab stepped   of the shell and onto the floor of the ocean.

  it was frightening out in the open   without a shell to hide in.

"What if a big   comes along and attacks  ?" he thought.

"I must find a   house  ."

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Early   February, Hermit Crab found just house he was

looking for.

It was a big  , and strong.

He   right in, wiggling and waggling about inside it to   how it felt.

It felt just  .

"But it looks so-well, so plain," thought    .

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