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Meet Hedgie Hedgehog when
you Hunt
for treasures on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
As you follow
the map, you will need to look closely at the pages of the book
to find
the answers to the questions.
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Check out this map
of the island. On the map, each town's
name is in BOLD letters
How many towns are on the map?
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Boats,
ships and lighthouses use nautical flags to communicate. Each flag
stands for a letter or a word.
When the flags are posted together,
they spell a message.
Use this activity page to learn how to Spell
your Name with Flags and much more.
Look at the flags to the left. What name do they
spell?
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You probably didn't know
that Benjamin Franklin's mother was born on Nantucket Island.
Native
American tribes lived on the island, too.
Discover lots of interesting
facts about Nantucket
Island.
Share one with your teacher and classmates.
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Many of the dogs on the pages
of the book are carrying baskets.
These beautiful lightship baskets are part of the history of Nantucket Island.
From which material are the baskets made? Plastic, glass, bread, wood?
What is scrimshaw?
Observe - How is it used on baskets?
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There are three lighthouses
on Nantucket Island.The lighthouse in the book is one of the oldest
lighthouses in America. You can see it if you take a ferry ride
from the mainland to Nantucket Island.
Visit Brant
Point to learn more.
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Print the Coloring
page for Comet.
Color it the next time you take a long trip.
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Comet uses eight of his nine
lives in the story.
Have you ever heard the saying "a cat has nine
lives"?
Discover lots of fascinating feline facts.
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Kohoutek Comet Image
Courtesy of
NASA & Windows to the
Universe
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Maria
Mitchell was born on Nantucket Island in 1818. She discovered
a comet!
How many brothers and sisters did she have?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Who has more brothers and sisters - Maria or You?
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Jan
Brett is the author of this fun book. Where does she live?
Write the title of another book she has written that you own or is in your school or town library.
Other fun stuff for this book
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Tide chart challenge.
Find out when the next high tide at Eel Point
will be.
Suppose you wanted to collect seashells at the beach. Should you look during high tide or low tide?
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Can
you read all these "sight" words?
If not, print the page and practice. You will become a powerful reader!
What are the 2 (two) numbers that are spelled on the sight word page?
Add them together. Write the word name for the sum. |