Hatch

tch: Verbs and Nouns

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Hatch

Word Count: 154

tch

Vocabulary Glossary

batch: A group of collection of things.

latch: A metal bar or lever that holds doors closed.

pitch black: Incredibly dark.

snug: To be warm, cosy and safe.

Focus Words

batch scratch catch sketch

hatch

stretch latch pitch

patch twitch

Heart Words a eggs if is of the to too

To hatch can be an act. A batch of eggs can hatch.

until

Eggs will sit in a snug, safe patch until the life inside can crack the shell and escape.

We can hatch a plan. If we sit to think of a plan to fix a problem, we ‘hatch’ that plan.

problem = prob + lem

To crosshatch can be to sketch. When we crosshatch, we scratch lots of lines to make a sketch.

We can use a pen to make a black crosshatch.

crosshatch = cross + hatch

A hatch can be a thing. We can inch into a hatch.

A hatch is a slot or gap with a lid to open and close. It can be pitch black inside a hatch!

open = o + pen

A hatch can be on a ship or a sub. We must stretch and twitch to get in an open ship hatch. No problem!

A latch can lock the hatch when we escape from it.

‘Hatch’ can be lots of things.

Vocabulary

In this book, the term ‘hatch’ is used as both a verb (action) and a noun (object). Below, draw a line from the word ‘hatch’ to the three things that use the word ‘hatch’ as a verb.