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This guide consists of discussion questions and classroom extension activities that can be used when reading, teaching, or discussing I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found a Hat (together or individually). Jon Klassen’s hat trilogy allows readers to think about literary components such as author’s craft, character traits, and text features and to use reading comprehension strategies such as comparing, contrasting, and drawing inferences. The questions and activities contained in this guide are designed to be used in any grade, whether the texts are read as a whole group, in a small group, or independently.

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I Want My Hat Back
I Want My Hat Back
By Jon Klassen

The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor-- and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the joke.

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