RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

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POSSUM Preparation • Collect pictures of the common brushtail possum. Presentation • Share and discuss the pictures with the class. • Say the rhyme with the actions for the class. Additional activities/information • The common brushtail possum is a marsupial. A baby possum lives in its mother’s pouch for about five months then for another month it rides on its mother’s back and learns how to live in the bush. It has silver-grey fur, large ears, a little pointed foxy face and luminous eyes. It is an agile climber and has a long bushy tail capable of grasping branches and strong claws for gripping tightly. • The common brushtail possum lives in Australian rainforests, eucalyptus forests and open woodland and has adapted to living in gardens and parks in suburbs and cities. Like all possums it is nocturnal and sleeps during the day in hollow trees, logs and rabbit holes. In suburbs, possums climb into the ceiling space of houses where they create a nightly nuisance screeching, quarrelling and chasing each other. • In the bush, common brushtail possums eat eucalyptus leaves, fruits, blossoms, grasses and insects. On city streets they scavenge for food from rubbish bins and in gardens they eat rosebuds, geraniums, grapes, passionfruit, mulberries and other homegrown fruits and flowers. One desperate gardener set up a scarecrow to frighten possum invaders away, but they took turns to run up the scarecrow and sit on its hat! • When a baby possum grows into a strong young possum it leaves its mother and looks after itself. • Read the diary of a young possum. After reading, discuss how the possum had a balanced diet of vegetables and fruit. Discuss what makes a balanced diet for • The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme. • The class says the rhyme with the actions. humans. A class diary of what the students eat could be kept. YOUNG POSSUM’S DIARY • Monday 1 March: On my fi rst night away from home I climbed a gum tree all by myself! I was hungry so I looked for a fresh green leaf to eat. First I smelt it. Then I ate it. DELICIOUS! • Tuesday 2 March: I woke in my rabbit hole and made my way in the moonlight to the creek for a drink. Blackberries grew in a hollow nearby. ‘Blackberries for breakfast,’ I thought, ‘but watch out for thorns’. Juicy blackberries. YUM! • Wednesday 3 March: On hot nights my mother would take me to a cool, quiet thicket where trees and shrubs grew close together over sweet, green grasses. I found the thicket and was munching away when a grasshopper jumped out at me. It gave me a fright so I ate it. VERY TASTY! • Thursday 4 March: There was a big yellow moon in the night sky, perfect for an insect hunt! I ate a huge breakfast of one cicada, three midges, two small moths, one caterpillar and a praying mantis. CRISP and CRUNCHY! • Friday 5 March: It was just after sunset when I climbed a gum tree, perched on a branch and helped myself to nectar, pollen and blossoms. I ate so much I got the HICCUPS! • Saturday 6 March/Sunday 7 March: No time to write! I am going with my cousins to visit a place called a ‘city’. I hope I can get bush tucker there! ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy • Make fruit and vegetable recipes such as the ones below. Crunchy vegie kebabs – Wash hands. Wash crunchy vegies, cut into chunks and thread on wooden skewers. Fruit faces – Wash hands. Select and wash fruit for eyes, lips, cheeks, nose, hair and eyebrows. Arrange fruit faces on paper plates. I can dance the barramundi 78 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
Possum Brush-tailed possum Ran away From her gum tree home One day Where will she go? What will she do? Will she come and live with YOU? ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Lines 1, 2, 3 & 4. Run paws lightly on thighs. 5. Look left. 6. Look right. 7. Run paws lightly on thighs. 8. Point. R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 79 I can dance the barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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RIC-6277 4.3/88 ©R.I.C. Publicatio
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Foreword I can dance the barramundi
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Teachers notes Action rhymes serve
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Bush dance I can dance The barramun
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Echidna Rustle Rustle Hustle Hustle
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Emu feather As I was fl oating In t
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Pet cat My lady cat strolls In and
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Getting up Woke up Out of bed Queas
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Dugite Br-ea-th-ing in Th-ink-ing t
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Gum tree Diddledy diddledy Dumpty A
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Bush damper Flour and water Pinch o
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Wombat It was a wild and Windy nigh
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Crossing a creek Stepp-ing o-ver st
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Trolley Shopping trolley trundling
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Where am I? Feeling funny Squirm in
Page 31 and 32: Old house Old house Creaking door R
Page 33 and 34: Jackaroo I crack my whip I gallop m
Page 35 and 36: Cane toad It chomps up the middle I
Page 37 and 38: Magpie I love My dappled magpie tre
Page 39 and 40: Koala Crunch Crunch Munch Munch Yum
Page 41 and 42: Spring things Butterfl ies Buzzy be
Page 43 and 44: Ducksailing On the water Crumpled,
Page 45 and 46: Veranda When I stay with Grandpa An
Page 47 and 48: Southern Cross I’m looking for Th
Page 49 and 50: Joey In his mother’s pouch When h
Page 51 and 52: Hills ® hoist Washing on the Hills
Page 53 and 54: Walking bus Off we go On the walkin
Page 55 and 56: Kakadu Skip with me Mum and Dad And
Page 57 and 58: Bunyip Rompa Stompa Rompa Stompa Be
Page 59 and 60: Sandcastle I built a castle On the
Page 61 and 62: Matilda waltzing I saw Matilda walt
Page 63 and 64: Karri We love The giant karri trees
Page 65 and 66: Platypus Dig your burrow Deep and d
Page 67 and 68: A bird’s-eye view I spread my win
Page 69 and 70: Windmill Windmill turning Round and
Page 71 and 72: Dingo Lost dog dingo Running down t
Page 73 and 74: Tin roof Snug and warm In my soft b
Page 75 and 76: Crocodile Deep down on the riverbed
Page 77 and 78: Daintree Come with me Take my hand
Page 79 and 80: Rottnest Cuddly little quokkas Snoo
Page 81: Bush tales Tiptoe out Tuck yourselv
Page 85: Phillip Island seal Flap Flip Flip
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