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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Worksheets

by Eric Kimmel

Reading Level O · Lexile AD550L · ATOS 3.0

It is the first night of Hanukkah, but when Hershel of Ostropol reaches the next village, not a single candle is lit, because the goblins who haunt the old synagogue blow out the villagers' candles and break their dreidels. The rabbi says that to break the goblins' power, someone must spend eight nights in the synagogue lighting the Hanukkah candles, and on the eighth night the king of the goblins himself must light them. Carrying a brass menorah, hard-boiled eggs and a big jar of pickles, Hershel sets out to outwit every goblin that comes. A clever Hanukkah tale with Caldecott Honor pictures.

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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include menorah, synagogue, outwit, gloomy, waddled, greedy, dreidel, grumbled, shammes, courage, triumphed, vanished.

Sample questions

Why is the village dark and quiet on the first night of Hanukkah?
How does Hershel scare the first little goblin?
Why can't the second goblin pull his hand out of the jar?

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