Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates" by Cheryl B. Klein, introduces readers to a delightful and comical tale. The story revolves around two hampster roommates who are complete opposites. One hampster, named Henry is calm and likes it quiet while his roommate Marvin is hyper and always excited for the day. Everyday Marvin wakes up loud and excited and annoys his roommate Henry until one day Henry snaps. Through the entertaining narrative and charming illustrations, the book shared with readers many valuable lessons about compromise, responsibility, honesty, and the importance of communication. "Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates" is a heartwarming story that will resonate with young readers and leave them with a smile and a better understanding about compromising with their classmates in a school and outside setting!
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Have students identify the point of view and discuss the benefits of the narrator.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Teach a lesson on the different types of sentences.
- Use this book to discuss compromising.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Memoirs of a Hamster by Devin Scillian
- Aflie by Thyra Heder
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Karen Kaufman Orloff and David Catrow
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