I Hate Bullies! - Read Together Ideas

Sep 21, 2026

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A Scholastic Reader parent guide for supporting early reading development through the book “I Hate Bullies!” by Hans Wilhelm. It explains how the Scholastic Reader series matches children’s interests and skills across Levels 1 to 4, from short phonics-based sentences to longer paragraph-based stories. It provides practical strategies for parents, including previewing titles, sounding out words, offering assistance, retelling for comprehension, and using a fluency test to track progress. Includes publication, ISBN, and copyright notices.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages36

Reading Time55 min

AccessFree to download

Scholastic Reader Series Overview

Reading Levels 1-4

How Parents Can Read Together

S CHOL A S TI C RE A DE R # IHATE BULLIES!by Hans Wilhelm SCHOLASTIC I, (Your Name) have read this book once, twice, again and again! NV3 | | | --- | | | | 7 | | 8 | | 0 | | 4 | | 3 | | | | 9 | | 7 | | 0 | | | | 3 | | 9 | | 6 | | | ISBN 0-439-70139-2 5039 Dear Parents, Welcome to the Scholastic Reader series.We have taken morethan 80 years of experience with teachers,parents,and childrenand put it into a program that is designed to match your child'sinterests and skills. Level 1—Short sentences and stories made up of words kidscan sound out using their phonics skills,and words that areimportant to remember. Level 2—Longer sentences and stories with words kids needto know,and new"big"words that they will want to know. Level 3—From sentences to paragraphs to longer stories,thesebooks have large“chunks”of text and are made up of a richvocabulary. Level 4—First chapter books with more words and fewerpictures. It is important that children learn to read well enough to succeedin school and beyond.Here are ideas for reading this book withyour child: ·Look at the book together.Encourage your child to read thetitle and make a prediction about the story. ·Read the book together.Encourage your child to sound outwords when appropriate.When your child struggles,you canhelp by providing the word. ●Encourage your child to retell the story.This is a great wayto check for comprehension. ·Have your child take the fluency test on the last page to checkprogress. Scholastic Readers are designed to support your child's effortsto learn how to read at every age and every stage.Enjoyhelping your child learn to read and love to read. Francie Alexander Chief Education OfficerScholastic Education No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part,or stored ina retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without written permissionof the publisher.For information regarding permission,write to Scholastic Inc.,Attention:Permissions Department,557 Broadway,New York,NY 10012. ISBN 0-439-70139-2 Copyright ◎2005 by Hans Wilhelm,Inc All rights reserved.Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC,CARTWHEEL BOOKS,and associated logos are trademarksand/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. 121110987654321 5678910/0 IHATEBULLIES! by Hans Wilhelm Scholastic Reader—Level 1 SCHOLASTIC INC. New York Toronto London Auckland SydneyMexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2018 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/ihatebullies0000wilh Look what I have. Go away!This is MY bone. 、 HELP!

FAQs

What is the purpose of this Scholastic Reader guide for parents?

It helps parents support their child’s reading effort by matching the book to the child’s interests and skills, and by offering specific ways to read together.

How do Levels 1 to 4 differ in reading difficulty?

Level 1 uses short sentences and phonics-based words; Level 2 uses longer sentences and new vocabulary; Level 3 expands into paragraphs and richer vocabulary; Level 4 focuses on early chapter books with more text and fewer pictures.

What reading strategies are recommended for parents while reading the book?

Preview the title and predict the story, sound out words together and provide the word when needed, ask the child to retell the story to check comprehension, and use the fluency test on the last page to monitor progress.

Sep 21, 2026

Uploaded by Finn