ou ow words in a short story




A mouse is hiding and watching this hound.
Will there be trouble?

Let's watch for the ouch sound in the story below. Ask your child to read it several times to himself. You may hear your child make a mistake; let it go. Your child will be able to fix it himself if he continues with the story on his own.

After your child has read the story to himself several times, ask him what is happening in this story? What animals are in it?

What is the mouse doing? What is the hound doing? What is a hound? Why did the mouse frown and turn quickly around? Where did the mouse go? Why?

What is the skunk doing?  At the end of the story, were all the animals happy? The story says the hound was astounded, what does astounded mean? Lost? Surprised? Injured? Do you suppose the brown-spotted hound learned anything? What?

Have fun with the story:

A mouse found a brown-spotted hound prowling about in the wild woods. The mouse watched, spell-bound, as the brown-spotted hound crouched behind a sleeping skunk. The mouse frowned and turned quickly around. The mouse jumped down a tunnel deep in the ground. Moments later a cloud of scent filled the air. The mouse counted a thousand howls as the astounded hound slouched away from the wild woods. The mouse knew the brown-spotted hound must be looking for his boy's house.
                                                                   The End

What does your child think would be a good name for this story?

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