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<strong>Book</strong> 2<br />
High-interest activities for students<br />
with special needs<br />
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Written by Dr Sheila Twine<br />
Published by Prim-Ed Publishing
Foreword<br />
<strong>Literacy</strong> <strong>Lifters</strong> is a package containing practical techniques for working with children who experience<br />
difficulties with reading and spelling. All the pages in <strong>Literacy</strong> <strong>Lifters</strong> have been tried and tested in the<br />
classroom. Topics are of high interest to the age group of the students, with the skill level reduced to<br />
suit their needs. Teacher information pages have been included to demonstrate how to use the package<br />
to its greatest advantage.<br />
Which level?<br />
<strong>Literacy</strong> <strong>Lifters</strong> is a four-book series. Each book is progressive in the level of language skills required.<br />
Teachers will need to identify the level at which individual students enter the programme to ensure<br />
maximum results. Students will indicate through their work how appropriate the level is to their needs.<br />
The format of activities is repetitive. The purpose of this deliberate strategy is to remove the need for<br />
students to comprehend and understand the requirements of each page and instead focus on the<br />
development of the specific reading skills being introduced and developed.<br />
I hope you and your students enjoy working through these pages. I certainly enjoyed writing them and<br />
became fascinated with the varied topics.<br />
About the Author<br />
Dr Sheila Twine is an educational consultant who has worked with parents, teachers and students with<br />
special needs in England, Scotland and Australia. She is the author of three books containing practical<br />
techniques for working with children who experience difficulties with reading and spelling. She holds<br />
a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in Education.<br />
Dr Twine has been president of various associations and foundations involved with underachieving<br />
children with a variety of disabilities from mild intellectual handicap to attention deficit disorder. She<br />
was principal of a residential remedial primary school and has been the director of an education<br />
consultancy for many years.<br />
The topic pages for <strong>Literacy</strong> <strong>Lifters</strong> were trialled during the past three years in her consultancy clinics<br />
with materials being refined to be of maximum benefit to students with literacy deficiencies.<br />
Contents<br />
i ....................... Foreword, About the Author and Contents<br />
ii ....................... Programme Overview<br />
iii....................... Teacher Information<br />
iv ....................... Teacher Information cont.<br />
v ....................... Backing Sheet<br />
vi ....................... Word Study Sheet<br />
1 - 4 ............................ Creeping<br />
5 - 9 ............................ Puzzling<br />
10 - 14 .......................... Building<br />
15 - 19 .......................... Rolling<br />
20 - 24 .......................... Flying<br />
25 - 29 .......................... Floating<br />
30 - 34 .......................... Buying<br />
35 - 39 .......................... Playing<br />
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Overview<br />
Programme<br />
age<br />
P<br />
c<br />
heme and Topi<br />
T<br />
y<br />
ord Stud<br />
W<br />
y<br />
ctivit<br />
A<br />
t<br />
Word Coun<br />
Creeping<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
Crocodiles<br />
Rats<br />
Cockroaches<br />
Snails<br />
ve<br />
and,<br />
tch,<br />
ey<br />
er,<br />
ee,<br />
oa<br />
wor,<br />
ai<br />
ow,<br />
Think<br />
blanks<br />
the<br />
in<br />
Fill<br />
Title,<br />
Think<br />
Think<br />
75<br />
45 -<br />
Puzzling<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
Puzzle<br />
Stick<br />
Lollipop<br />
Puzzle<br />
Bulls<br />
Words<br />
Mirror<br />
Star<br />
Hidden<br />
Puzzle<br />
Number<br />
ck<br />
a-e,<br />
i-e,<br />
-ing<br />
e<br />
u,<br />
other,<br />
oo<br />
or,<br />
ow,<br />
ere<br />
one,<br />
a-e<br />
Title<br />
Title<br />
Words<br />
Mirror<br />
Puzzle<br />
Think,<br />
Have-a-go<br />
49<br />
40 -<br />
Building<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
Plan<br />
House<br />
Building<br />
Town<br />
Tower<br />
Eiffel<br />
House<br />
Card<br />
Saws<br />
c<br />
silent<br />
ou,<br />
be-,<br />
u<br />
silent<br />
ue,<br />
eeze,<br />
all<br />
ow,<br />
ay<br />
ar,<br />
are,<br />
ake,<br />
aw<br />
from plan<br />
Build<br />
from plan<br />
Build<br />
Calculate<br />
house<br />
card<br />
a<br />
Build<br />
Think<br />
55<br />
40 -<br />
Rolling<br />
15<br />
16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
19<br />
Snowman<br />
World<br />
Planets<br />
Wheels<br />
Cars<br />
Veteran<br />
contractions<br />
ow,<br />
-ing<br />
ould,<br />
all,<br />
ook<br />
oon,<br />
ou,<br />
wh<br />
old,<br />
oy<br />
old,<br />
Contractions<br />
Draw map<br />
Title,<br />
Think<br />
Title,<br />
from plan<br />
Build<br />
Title<br />
60<br />
50 -<br />
Flying<br />
20<br />
21<br />
22<br />
23<br />
24<br />
Fireworks<br />
Butterfly<br />
Birds<br />
Helicopter<br />
Balloons<br />
Air<br />
Hot<br />
ar<br />
ou,<br />
y,<br />
igh,<br />
tch<br />
y,<br />
ea,<br />
igh<br />
y,<br />
ow,<br />
ou<br />
aw<br />
air,<br />
igh,<br />
Colours<br />
Think<br />
draw<br />
and<br />
Read<br />
Think<br />
Title,<br />
Title<br />
88<br />
50 -<br />
Floating<br />
25<br />
26<br />
27<br />
28<br />
29<br />
Whales<br />
Boat<br />
a<br />
Make<br />
Boats<br />
Ducks<br />
Floating/Sinking<br />
ave<br />
ow,<br />
o<br />
ddle,<br />
ind,<br />
ast<br />
oa,<br />
ow,<br />
-ing<br />
ey,<br />
ue,<br />
ck,<br />
oa<br />
ink,<br />
ea,<br />
out<br />
man<br />
Odd<br />
from plan<br />
Build<br />
Think<br />
Title,<br />
Think<br />
List<br />
a<br />
Make<br />
80<br />
50 -<br />
Buying<br />
30<br />
31<br />
32<br />
33<br />
34<br />
Sales<br />
Money<br />
Coins<br />
Gold<br />
Plans<br />
Payment<br />
g<br />
silent<br />
ee,<br />
e,<br />
the,<br />
o-e<br />
oi<br />
oy,<br />
ee<br />
e,<br />
old,<br />
to/two/too<br />
ea,<br />
ar,<br />
signs<br />
sale<br />
Make<br />
Draw<br />
Think,<br />
Rubbings<br />
Title,<br />
Think<br />
To/too/two<br />
85<br />
50 -<br />
Playing<br />
35<br />
36<br />
37<br />
38<br />
39<br />
Skating<br />
Volleyball<br />
Fishing<br />
Horse<br />
a<br />
Riding<br />
Games<br />
Board<br />
ce<br />
ink,<br />
contractions<br />
tch,<br />
-ing<br />
oo,<br />
ee,<br />
ask<br />
ast,<br />
-ing,<br />
building<br />
numbers,<br />
ame,<br />
Title<br />
Think<br />
Yes/No<br />
Title,<br />
Title<br />
Title<br />
100<br />
55 -<br />
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Topic Pages<br />
Teacher Information<br />
The topic pages have been designed for students who are experiencing difficulties with literacy. They<br />
are all pitched at a more mature interest level to appeal to older students with low skill levels.<br />
The topic pages have been trialled in small remedial groups using an ACTIVE teaching mode which is<br />
outlined in the model below. Students were encouraged to fill in ‘gaps’ in the ‘Topic Pages’ only after<br />
teaching had taken place. The ‘Backing Sheet’ was used during the teaching for students to write<br />
patterned, chunked and sight words from memory. Topics are arranged in themes and each page<br />
contains scope for your active teaching as follows:<br />
Pre-reading<br />
• Discovering pre-existing<br />
knowledge through discussion,<br />
with students volunteering snippets<br />
of information.<br />
Comprehension<br />
• Predicting.<br />
• Cloze activity - to<br />
promote thinking<br />
and to reinforce<br />
word study items.<br />
• Main idea -<br />
creating or<br />
choosing titles.<br />
Creeping<br />
tch<br />
hatch<br />
ca<br />
ma<br />
pa<br />
Crocodiles and al<br />
live in hot and w<br />
Think!<br />
They hatch from<br />
eggs:<br />
They don’t hatch<br />
from eggs:<br />
i<br />
al lig a tor<br />
alligator<br />
croc o dile<br />
crocodile<br />
Title<br />
they<br />
t parts of the world.<br />
They live in Africa.<br />
They live in South America.<br />
They live in Australia.<br />
Croc<br />
on land and in ri<br />
They lay e<br />
Baby croc<br />
ha<br />
world<br />
and alligators live<br />
Crocodiles and alligators have strong, sharp teeth. They eat small animals and can also eat<br />
people. They are cold blooded and have been on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs.<br />
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rs.<br />
on land.<br />
from the eggs.<br />
and<br />
land<br />
s<br />
b<br />
st<br />
ve<br />
live<br />
gi<br />
ha<br />
ri<br />
or alligators<br />
r<br />
Word study<br />
• Phonic word patterns<br />
of regular words.<br />
• Sight words.<br />
• Chunked words -<br />
words broken into<br />
chunks to assist<br />
blending and<br />
spelling rather than<br />
conventional<br />
syllables.<br />
Activities<br />
• A mixture of<br />
read and<br />
draw, build<br />
from plan, and<br />
phonic<br />
activities.<br />
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Reading<br />
• Oral, group,<br />
silent, paired or<br />
partner reading<br />
etc.<br />
Additional section<br />
• Small print at bottom of sheet for adult<br />
(or more able student) to read to the<br />
students, for additional information.<br />
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Backing Sheet<br />
Teacher Information cont.<br />
The backing sheet is provided for you to copy on the back of any or all topic sheets. It is general and<br />
is designed to complement your teaching. It contains space for further activities in:<br />
Word study<br />
• Patterned words -<br />
“Get them in your<br />
brain and write them<br />
on the back”.<br />
• Longer, chunked<br />
words or sight words.<br />
Writing<br />
• Single paragraph for<br />
younger students.<br />
• Using titles to describe<br />
main idea.<br />
Word Study Sheet<br />
Backing Sheet<br />
Your Turn<br />
Words that look and sound the same. Look at the long words and get the<br />
parts into your brain.<br />
Write them.<br />
e.g. croc o dile<br />
See how many words (from your<br />
sheet) you can fit into this word sleuth.<br />
Words I have used.<br />
Fill in the squares left over with letters we don’t<br />
often use; for example, q, v, w, x, y and z.<br />
Write a short story.<br />
Title<br />
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This collection covers many of the ‘oddities’ which were<br />
used in the topic sheets. Hopefully it will show<br />
discouraged children one of the reasons they are having<br />
difficulties.<br />
(It’s not their fault - our<br />
language is crazy!)<br />
Word Study Sheet<br />
ey<br />
they<br />
grey<br />
obey<br />
I could<br />
I would<br />
I should<br />
I won the race on Monday.<br />
Any more silly sounds?<br />
Word sleuth<br />
• For children to create.<br />
Rules can be modified for<br />
older students by<br />
allowing letters to be reused<br />
in different words,<br />
or zigzags where the<br />
words do not follow a<br />
straight line.<br />
Creativity<br />
• Space provided for<br />
students to show<br />
understanding with<br />
artwork.<br />
Silly Sounds<br />
o like<br />
I looked here, there<br />
oo<br />
oh<br />
and everywhere.<br />
do no<br />
to so<br />
too go ear<br />
two<br />
hear<br />
do go<br />
any<br />
does goes many<br />
we<br />
o (sounds like u)<br />
me<br />
be<br />
son some<br />
worm<br />
he<br />
won come<br />
word<br />
she<br />
work one love<br />
world done shove<br />
worth none glove<br />
I<br />
Monday honey<br />
wonder money<br />
eye<br />
other rough<br />
pie<br />
mother tough<br />
die<br />
brother enough<br />
lie<br />
tie<br />
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ea<br />
ready<br />
steady<br />
head<br />
bread<br />
meant<br />
leant<br />
weather<br />
feather<br />
sky<br />
high<br />
five<br />
nine<br />
I ate<br />
eight<br />
buns.<br />
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Backing Sheet<br />
Your Turn<br />
Words that look and sound the same. Look at the long words and get the<br />
parts into your brain.<br />
Write them.<br />
e.g. croc o dile<br />
See how many words (from your<br />
sheet) you can fit into this word sleuth.<br />
Words I have used.<br />
Fill in the squares left over with letters we don’t<br />
often use; for example, q, v, w, x, y and z.<br />
Write a short story.<br />
Title<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
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Word Study Sheet<br />
ey<br />
they<br />
grey<br />
obey<br />
I could<br />
I would<br />
I should<br />
o like<br />
oo<br />
oh<br />
do no<br />
to so<br />
too go<br />
two<br />
do go<br />
does goes<br />
worm<br />
word<br />
work<br />
world<br />
worth<br />
I won the race on Monday.<br />
Any more silly sounds?<br />
Silly Sounds<br />
ear<br />
hear<br />
o (sounds like u)<br />
son some<br />
won come<br />
one<br />
done<br />
none<br />
Monday<br />
wonder<br />
other<br />
mother<br />
brother<br />
ea<br />
ready<br />
steady<br />
head<br />
bread<br />
meant<br />
leant<br />
any<br />
many<br />
love<br />
shove<br />
glove<br />
weather<br />
feather<br />
honey<br />
money<br />
rough<br />
tough<br />
enough<br />
I looked here, there<br />
and everywhere.<br />
we<br />
me<br />
be<br />
he<br />
she<br />
I<br />
eye<br />
pie<br />
die<br />
lie<br />
tie<br />
sky<br />
high<br />
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five<br />
nine<br />
I ate<br />
eight<br />
buns.<br />
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Creeping<br />
hatch<br />
ca<br />
tch<br />
al lig a tor<br />
alligator<br />
Title<br />
they<br />
world<br />
and<br />
land<br />
s<br />
ma<br />
pa<br />
Crocodiles and al<br />
live in hot and w<br />
Think!<br />
They hatch from<br />
eggs:<br />
croc o dile<br />
crocodile<br />
t parts of the world.<br />
They live in Africa.<br />
They live in South America.<br />
They live in Australia.<br />
They don’t hatch<br />
from eggs:<br />
Croc<br />
and alligators live<br />
on land and in ri rs.<br />
They lay e<br />
on land.<br />
live<br />
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b<br />
st<br />
gi<br />
ha<br />
ri<br />
ve<br />
r<br />
Baby croc<br />
or alligators<br />
ha<br />
from the eggs.<br />
i<br />
Crocodiles and alligators have strong, sharp teeth. They eat small animals and can also eat<br />
people. They are cold blooded and have been on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs.<br />
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Creeping<br />
seed<br />
f<br />
ee<br />
d<br />
colour<br />
Title<br />
an im al<br />
animal<br />
big<br />
bigger<br />
ey<br />
they<br />
gr<br />
gr<br />
w<br />
n<br />
d<br />
This is a rat.<br />
It is much big<br />
but rats a<br />
Most r<br />
than a mouse,<br />
mice look the same.<br />
are grey.<br />
Colour the best Title.<br />
Seeds<br />
Mice<br />
Rats<br />
Holes<br />
Rats f<br />
They eat gr<br />
fat<br />
fatter<br />
small anim .<br />
Rats live<br />
They f<br />
Fill in the Blanks!<br />
run sit hot<br />
runner s h<br />
dig swim s d<br />
d s s<br />
ob<br />
pr<br />
on seeds and nuts.<br />
n plants and<br />
holes.<br />
d their babies<br />
on milk. They ha 9 or 10<br />
ba<br />
at a time.<br />
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i<br />
There is a story about a German town called Hamelin. They had masses of rats and got rid<br />
of them by asking a piper to play a tune so that the rats would follow him. He led them to a<br />
river where they all drowned. But the Hamelin people didn’t pay the piper, so he played<br />
another tune and all the children followed him and were never seen again.<br />
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Creeping<br />
work<br />
word<br />
worm<br />
noc turn al<br />
nocturnal<br />
an tenn ae<br />
antennae<br />
Title<br />
in sect<br />
insect<br />
roach<br />
c<br />
oa<br />
ch<br />
This is a cockroach.<br />
It is an in .<br />
It has six legs<br />
and it has w .<br />
It has long anten<br />
and big eyes.<br />
It l<br />
guess<br />
guest<br />
eggs<br />
and eats anyth .<br />
Where do cockroaches live?<br />
Why can’t we get rid of cockroaches?<br />
People think of cockroaches<br />
as dirty and smelly.<br />
See if you can work out what<br />
these words say.<br />
They spray them.<br />
They stand on them.<br />
They trap them.<br />
They poison them.<br />
They hate them.<br />
When we are all dead - guess who will still be around?<br />
p<br />
coast<br />
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r<br />
t<br />
ch<br />
st<br />
st<br />
Do we want to get rid of all the cockroaches?<br />
i<br />
Cockroaches are mostly nocturnal, we’re sleeping when they are scuttling around under<br />
fridges and behind cookers. They are omnivorous, so they can eat just about anything from<br />
blobs of fat on our kitchen floors to dead leaves outside. With all our sprays, dusts, traps and<br />
bombs, we get rid of a few and a hundred seem to take their place. What survivors!<br />
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Creeping<br />
slow<br />
slowly<br />
sl<br />
sl<br />
sl<br />
er<br />
est<br />
ing<br />
shel ter<br />
shelter<br />
Some animals move very fast.<br />
But not the sn .<br />
The snail is one of the sl<br />
move<br />
moves<br />
mover<br />
Title<br />
one<br />
t movers.<br />
sil ver y<br />
silvery<br />
When a snail moves, it leaves a silvery tr .<br />
Ducks like to eat<br />
sn .<br />
French peo<br />
to eat snails.<br />
Snails like to eat<br />
pl<br />
snail<br />
tr<br />
r<br />
w<br />
ai<br />
people<br />
Snails have a ‘house’ on their b .<br />
Their sh<br />
gives them shelter.<br />
Shelter from wind and r n.<br />
Sh<br />
th .<br />
like<br />
ts in our gardens.<br />
from animals who eat<br />
Think!<br />
Snails move fast. (True / False)<br />
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Some birds eat snails. ( )<br />
All people eat snails. ( )<br />
A snail trail is silvery. ( )<br />
Snails like to eat green leaves.( )<br />
l<br />
n<br />
t<br />
i<br />
Snail shells grow as the animal grows. The shell gradually becomes larger and you can see<br />
the rings on the shell. So a snail has the same ‘house’ all its life. Crabs, on the other hand,<br />
have to discard their shells and grow new ones. The hermit crab goes looking for a bigger<br />
shell when it outgrows its own shell. So the snail is lucky to have a growing shell.<br />
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Puzzling<br />
line<br />
n<br />
f<br />
h<br />
i-e<br />
v<br />
n<br />
v<br />
to<br />
too<br />
two<br />
your friends<br />
Title<br />
Here are two tricks to try on your friends.<br />
They are not too hard.<br />
any<br />
many<br />
move<br />
a-e<br />
make<br />
el ev en<br />
eleven<br />
You need elev lollipop sticks or matches in a l n .<br />
Can y<br />
Don’t add any or t<br />
Just move th .<br />
Colour the<br />
best Title.<br />
i<br />
Triangles<br />
Tricks<br />
Sticks<br />
Friends<br />
make nine?<br />
Here’s trick two.<br />
any away.<br />
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t<br />
f<br />
c<br />
k<br />
k<br />
k<br />
ck<br />
pick<br />
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Move three sticks to m k five (triangles).<br />
Answers. For your first trick, you just move the sticks around until you get the NINE (must be<br />
in capital letters). So l l l = N and l l l l = E. For the second one, you take three sticks from<br />
the end triangle and move them on to the top in the middle. This makes four small triangles<br />
and one large one. I bet your friends won’t ever think of one of the triangles being bigger.<br />
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cow boys<br />
cowboys<br />
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push<br />
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❏ Bulls Running<br />
❏ Cowboys Riding<br />
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slide<br />
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hide<br />
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hid<br />
❏ Cowboys and Bulls Puzzle<br />
Here’s a hint. Turn the cowboys around until they’re riding two different looking bulls to<br />
those in the first drawing. Now the bulls have legs kicked out instead of being tucked in. It’s<br />
so simple when you know how it’s done. Have fun. Try it on your mother or brother or sister.<br />
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Puzzling<br />
Title<br />
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now<br />
mirr or<br />
mirror<br />
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your mirror. They look<br />
fu y.<br />
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they are n<br />
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The words look<br />
the same.<br />
That’s magic!<br />
k at these words in<br />
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Try it w<br />
Which words work with<br />
your mirror?<br />
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All these words were in capital letters, otherwise it doesn’t work. For the last lot, the letters<br />
you can use are, B,C,D,E,H,I,K,O,X. For the vertical set, you can use, A,H,I,M,O,T,U,W,X,Y.<br />
See how many words you can make in each set. Mum and Dad could have a go too. Have<br />
fun.<br />
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Puzzling<br />
one<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
Title<br />
h<br />
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eyes<br />
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There is one star hid<br />
But wh<br />
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is it?<br />
Can you find the st ?<br />
shapes<br />
here.<br />
The star has 5 p .<br />
It is made up of lots of small sh .<br />
It is very, very dif<br />
Here is the answer.<br />
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diff i cult<br />
difficult<br />
diff er ent<br />
different<br />
to see.<br />
wh<br />
w<br />
points<br />
Here is a help<br />
for your eyes.<br />
The star is in here.<br />
Think!<br />
puzzle<br />
If all the shapes had been the same<br />
colour, the puzzle would be:<br />
(a) easier.<br />
(b) more difficult.<br />
hidden<br />
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It is upside down to stop<br />
you cheating!<br />
(c) just the same.<br />
i<br />
Our eyes are puzzled by all the different triangles and rectangles. They are also puzzled by<br />
the different colours. So, even when we know exactly where the star is, it is still difficult to<br />
see. When you make up a puzzle like this one, remember to make your shapes like the<br />
object you are trying to hide. If it’s a duck, your shapes would be like half moons which<br />
curve like the duck’s body.<br />
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Puzzling<br />
a-e<br />
make<br />
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sh<br />
k<br />
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num ber<br />
number<br />
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4<br />
half<br />
halve<br />
Trick your friends.<br />
Title<br />
double<br />
Am z them with your maths.<br />
to do this.<br />
1. Think of a number und ten.<br />
2. Double your num .<br />
3. Add on 4.<br />
4. Halve y answer.<br />
5. Take away the number that y first<br />
thought of.<br />
6. Your answer is 2.<br />
10<br />
12<br />
8<br />
75<br />
3<br />
2<br />
friend<br />
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under<br />
Have a go!<br />
Your number<br />
Double it<br />
Add on 6<br />
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Halve it<br />
Take away the number<br />
you first thought of.<br />
Your answer is 3.<br />
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How does it work? Here is your secret clue. The answer is always half of the number you<br />
ask your friend to add on. So if you ask him/her to add on ten, then the answer will be five.<br />
If you ask for six to be added on, then the answer will be three. It doesn’t matter what<br />
number he/she first thought of, you will always be right. Clever you!<br />
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Building<br />
be fore<br />
be side<br />
be hind<br />
be low<br />
Rem<br />
This is the plan of a h<br />
It is for y<br />
All you n<br />
and some glue.<br />
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to make.<br />
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to cut on these<br />
✄ and to fold on these .<br />
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fold<br />
hold<br />
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remember<br />
best if you colour your<br />
glue<br />
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issors<br />
colour<br />
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house<br />
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You can glue your house beside or behind your friend’s houses and make a town. If you<br />
want some shops and offices for your town, there is a plan for them too. You could then have<br />
a complete town and put all the buildings together on a large piece of cardboard.<br />
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Building<br />
eeze<br />
squeeze<br />
sn<br />
fr<br />
br<br />
easy<br />
This building is e<br />
Title<br />
to make.<br />
1. Cut out the bu .<br />
2. Fold along the dotted l s.<br />
3. Now make cuts for a bal .<br />
Press in the balcony with your<br />
f .<br />
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fold line.<br />
bal con y<br />
balcony<br />
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finger<br />
to make a good<br />
4. Colour your bu g then<br />
glue it.<br />
dot dotted<br />
spot spotted<br />
rot rott<br />
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tab for glue cut out<br />
tab for glue<br />
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If you want to make a taller building, you can copy the plan onto a larger piece of paper.<br />
i<br />
Now you will have room for more balconies and so your building will be as tall as you want<br />
it to be. There are other plans in this series for you to make, such as a house and a van. You<br />
will be able to make a town with all these and add traffic lights and people.<br />
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Sue<br />
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bl<br />
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for your building.<br />
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Building<br />
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tower<br />
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Par is<br />
Paris<br />
Eiffel ( fel)<br />
plat form<br />
platform<br />
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gird ers<br />
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where<br />
there<br />
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France<br />
Some towers are very tall.<br />
The Eiffel Tower is 320 metres tall.<br />
is in Paris.<br />
sec ond<br />
second<br />
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The Eiffel Tower is m<br />
There is a lift to every platform.<br />
of huge steel girders.<br />
You can s all of Paris f the second platform.<br />
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How tall is your classroom?<br />
How many times taller is the Eiffel Tower?<br />
m<br />
tall<br />
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all<br />
How tall is your bedroom?<br />
m<br />
How many bedrooms tall is the Eiffel Tower?<br />
i<br />
The top of the Eiffel Tower is used as a weather station to help in weather forecasting. It is<br />
also used as a radio tower to transmit radio signals all over France.<br />
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Building<br />
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make<br />
t<br />
care<br />
b<br />
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put<br />
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, but it is<br />
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How high can you g ?<br />
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a try today.<br />
Make a start.<br />
easy<br />
Now add a<br />
card on top.<br />
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Next, add a<br />
card to the front<br />
and back.<br />
h<br />
st<br />
d<br />
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st<br />
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hard part.<br />
Then make the next layer.<br />
i<br />
Building a house of cards is great fun. You can have a competition with your family. People<br />
have tried to build tall houses of cards since cards were first produced over a hundred years<br />
ago. People also build tall towers with cups and saucers, or champagne glasses. This leads<br />
to lots of broken china and glass - and very angry parents!<br />
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Building<br />
aw<br />
law<br />
cl<br />
cutt ing<br />
cutting<br />
Title<br />
diff er ent<br />
different<br />
p<br />
str<br />
dr<br />
This is a saw.<br />
We use s s for cutting wood a metal.<br />
A saw for cu<br />
a ‘hacksaw’. It h<br />
Here is a diff<br />
It is a bowsaw.<br />
It has big tee<br />
metal is called<br />
hard, strong teeth.<br />
Think!<br />
met al<br />
metal<br />
strong<br />
teeth<br />
saw.<br />
for cutting logs.<br />
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Crosscut saw<br />
or<br />
ripsaw?<br />
How do you know?<br />
Crosscut saw or ripsaw?<br />
i<br />
A crosscut saw cuts across the grain of wood. A ripsaw cuts with the grain - that is, it can cut<br />
along the length of a plank of wood, or along the length of a log. Circular saws driven by a<br />
motor are good at ‘ripping’ through planks or logs of wood. Fretsaws and jigsaws are used<br />
for sawing shapes in thin wood. Jigsaw puzzles are made with a jigsaw.<br />
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Rolling<br />
ow<br />
snow<br />
bl<br />
sh<br />
thr<br />
gr<br />
sn<br />
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you’ll<br />
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you w<br />
Title<br />
It’s snowing. We’ll make a sn<br />
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the snow.<br />
It’s gr ing big .<br />
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over<br />
roll<br />
rolling<br />
eyes<br />
stones<br />
keep rolling it.<br />
It’ keep gr ing bigger.<br />
won’t<br />
it’s<br />
a big snowball<br />
push<br />
butt ons<br />
buttons<br />
hard<br />
It’s hard to p . I’ll need your h .<br />
man.<br />
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will not<br />
big<br />
bigger<br />
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We’ll need st for arms and rocks for f t.<br />
it’s<br />
let’s<br />
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we’ll<br />
that’s<br />
I’ll<br />
you’re<br />
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it’ll<br />
he’ll<br />
she’ll<br />
he<br />
she<br />
don’t<br />
you’re<br />
i<br />
All these words with an apostrophe (‘) in them are two words that have been put together.<br />
The apostrophe shows where a letter has been missed out. Sometimes there’s a changed<br />
letter, for example, won’t for will not. Apostrophes also show something belonging, such as<br />
‘The chair’s legs’. In the old days, it was ‘The chaires legs’, now the ‘e’ is missed out.<br />
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Rolling<br />
ball<br />
c<br />
f<br />
t<br />
all<br />
Title<br />
Long ago, people said the World was flat.<br />
They said that if you w<br />
a ship, you would f<br />
This is a globe<br />
It h<br />
it up.<br />
people<br />
know<br />
We know that the W<br />
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you<br />
Our moon is also b<br />
a stand to h<br />
running<br />
winning<br />
the World.<br />
t too far in<br />
spinn ing<br />
spinning<br />
said<br />
off the World!<br />
fly round it.<br />
Draw a World.<br />
Name your countries.<br />
You can make them up<br />
or draw real ones.<br />
-shaped.<br />
would<br />
cou<br />
sh<br />
is ball-shaped.<br />
round<br />
Colour the best Title.<br />
Flying<br />
World<br />
Balls<br />
Moon<br />
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Rotating and Revolving<br />
Our World is spinning (rotating) quite quickly. We can’t feel it because our air is spinning<br />
with the World. Our World is also on a long journey around the Sun. It is revolving. This<br />
revolution takes a year and gives us summer and winter. Our moon is also rotating.<br />
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Rolling<br />
ou<br />
round<br />
s<br />
gr<br />
f<br />
nd<br />
nd<br />
nd<br />
Mars is a planet.<br />
It is not as big as p<br />
It is not as hot<br />
tel e scope<br />
telescope<br />
Title<br />
planet Earth.<br />
Earth.<br />
plan et<br />
planet<br />
goes<br />
oo<br />
moon<br />
s<br />
sp<br />
look<br />
Mars goes ar nd the sun like planet E .<br />
If you look at Mars in a<br />
tele it l ks red.<br />
We call it the r<br />
Mars has 2 moons.<br />
planet.<br />
Earth has one m .<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
b<br />
t<br />
Which is Earth?<br />
Which is Mars?<br />
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How do you know?<br />
n<br />
k<br />
k<br />
n<br />
Planets<br />
Earth<br />
Mars<br />
Telescopes<br />
i<br />
People think we could live on Mars. First we’d have to warm it up (with greenhouse gases).<br />
It’s too cold for us as it is and there’s no good air or water, only ice. As Mars heated up,<br />
clouds and rain would fall. Then we’d plant trees to make the air better for us to breathe.<br />
Next we’d plant grass and take animals up there, then we could live there. Exciting!<br />
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Rolling<br />
fold<br />
h<br />
c<br />
b<br />
t<br />
old<br />
This is a wheel fr<br />
an im al<br />
animal<br />
glue<br />
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Title<br />
in vent ed<br />
invented<br />
eels are used for lorries,<br />
cars, planes, trains, and lots of machines.<br />
long ago.<br />
This is a cog<br />
In the old days, wheels were made of w d.<br />
Wheels were inv<br />
Carts had wheels for an<br />
Now you can<br />
make your own<br />
lorry from the plan.<br />
wood<br />
Plan of lorry<br />
J. WHITE<br />
COLD MEATS<br />
wh<br />
wheel<br />
Why do these wheels<br />
have c ?<br />
over 5 000 years ago.<br />
s to pull.<br />
eel.<br />
en<br />
ip<br />
cog wheels<br />
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tab tab tab<br />
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at<br />
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ite<br />
tab<br />
tab<br />
tab<br />
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When you make this lorry, you will only need scissors and glue. The solid lines ( )<br />
mean cut and the broken lines ( ) mean fold. The ‘tabs’ are the little bits that you put<br />
glue on to hold your lorry together. It’s a good idea to colour the lorry before sticking it.<br />
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Rolling<br />
hold<br />
b<br />
old<br />
sol id<br />
solid<br />
Title<br />
vint age<br />
vintage<br />
toy<br />
j<br />
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c<br />
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t<br />
f<br />
Very old cars are called veteran cars or vintage c .<br />
Vet<br />
The wheels h<br />
handle<br />
candle<br />
Some have solid t .<br />
Colour the<br />
best Title.<br />
Solid Wheels<br />
Old Cars<br />
Henry Ford<br />
Steam Engines<br />
i<br />
vet er an<br />
veteran<br />
cars often have a roof made of canvas.<br />
spokes like your bike.<br />
tyres<br />
can vas<br />
canvas<br />
This is a b<br />
in a t<br />
veteran c .<br />
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b<br />
enj<br />
destr<br />
Very old cars had a stick to steer with,<br />
not a steering wh .<br />
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Some had candle lamps -<br />
not too good in the wind!<br />
100 years ago, the first c s had<br />
steam engines.<br />
Henry Ford was a famous pioneer car maker. In 1908 he had the Model T Ford made in his<br />
factory. 15 000 000 were sold. He set up an ‘assembly line’ where each worker put in a<br />
small part of the car, then the partly finished car moved on to the next worker. He died in<br />
1947 leaving about $600 million to the Ford Foundation. Have you driven in a Ford car?
Flying<br />
high<br />
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t<br />
rock ets<br />
rockets<br />
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fly<br />
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They fly up hi<br />
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We all like to see fi<br />
works.<br />
b<br />
m<br />
wh<br />
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of bright col s.<br />
Some spin around and ar .<br />
! Look at the bri<br />
into the sky.<br />
colours in the dark n t.<br />
Roc<br />
sparks<br />
park<br />
dark<br />
ou<br />
around<br />
cloud<br />
are the best.<br />
R<br />
colours<br />
fire works<br />
fireworks<br />
Colours!<br />
sparks<br />
Gr n li ts<br />
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ow stars<br />
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P<br />
flashes<br />
k clouds<br />
Wh te sm ke<br />
i<br />
In Britain, fireworks night is on the 5th of November. This is in memory of Guy Fawkes who<br />
had a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament (that’s where the government makes the<br />
laws) and King James in London. He had big kegs of gunpowder, matches and fuses.<br />
Luckily, his plot was discovered and the King and Parliament were saved. This happened in<br />
1605, nearly 400 years ago.<br />
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Flying<br />
ea<br />
leaf<br />
Title<br />
what<br />
y<br />
fly<br />
n<br />
s<br />
t<br />
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This is a butterfly.<br />
This is my butterfl<br />
butt er fly<br />
butterfly<br />
A butterfly has 4 big wings. It has 6 legs.<br />
It can fl up in the sk .<br />
It lays lots of eggs on a l f.<br />
The eggs h<br />
net.<br />
cat er pill ars<br />
caterpillars<br />
I can try to c a butter in my net.<br />
into<br />
cat .<br />
What is this caterpillar doing to the leaf?<br />
hatch<br />
ca<br />
ba<br />
ma<br />
tch<br />
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What eats caterpillars?<br />
sk<br />
tr<br />
cr<br />
Why do butterflies lay so many eggs?<br />
i<br />
Some people have collections of butterflies and moths they catch. They put them in glasstopped<br />
boxes. Then they print long Latin names underneath, for example, LEPIDOPTERA.<br />
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Flying<br />
ow<br />
crow<br />
gr<br />
swallow<br />
Title<br />
parr ots<br />
parrots<br />
colours<br />
high<br />
fl<br />
igh<br />
t<br />
fl<br />
bl<br />
migrate<br />
fly<br />
sky<br />
fry<br />
cry<br />
why<br />
This is a bird. It is flying.<br />
It is high in the s .<br />
A bird has big wings to help it f .<br />
Birds c<br />
n fly far away.<br />
They can fly right out of sight.<br />
Some birds are black. Some are<br />
black<br />
Some<br />
seagulls.<br />
white.<br />
ite birds are<br />
Draw a tree.<br />
Draw a parrot<br />
on the tree.<br />
Draw a flock<br />
of birds in the<br />
sky.<br />
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Parrots have bright<br />
br<br />
m<br />
r<br />
s<br />
t<br />
t<br />
t<br />
t<br />
c l rs.<br />
Some are blue or green or red or<br />
yell .<br />
i<br />
Some birds migrate to other countries in winter and come back in summer, like swallows.<br />
Some migrate in summer and return in winter, like geese. Geese like cold weather.<br />
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Flying<br />
ou<br />
round<br />
f<br />
nd<br />
hel<br />
i<br />
Title<br />
cop<br />
ter<br />
some<br />
come<br />
s<br />
b<br />
gr<br />
people<br />
nd<br />
nd<br />
nd<br />
A helicopter has big rotor blades on the top.<br />
The helicopter’s rotor bl d s spin around<br />
and lift it up off the gr<br />
So a helicopter d<br />
The small r<br />
Some people call helicopters<br />
‘Twirly Birds’. Can you guess<br />
why?<br />
Some helicopters are used to rescue people.<br />
They rescue pe<br />
hov ers<br />
hovers<br />
from cliffs, or<br />
from the sea. They are also used to resc<br />
people from the top of ta<br />
nd.<br />
not need a runway.<br />
r blades on its tail steer it.<br />
buildings which are on fire.<br />
does<br />
Rescue<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
Lost People<br />
Rotor<br />
Blade<br />
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Twirly Birds<br />
Rescue<br />
Rotor Blades<br />
i<br />
Helicopters are also used to look for people who are lost or small planes which have crashed.<br />
They fly over deserts, mountains or snow searching over places with no roads for other<br />
vehicles.<br />
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Flying<br />
high<br />
igh<br />
said<br />
Title<br />
white<br />
saw<br />
aw<br />
r<br />
t<br />
p<br />
m<br />
s<br />
height<br />
t<br />
Sat ur day<br />
Saturday<br />
morn ing<br />
morning<br />
Claire and I were up at six on Saturday morn .<br />
We were going with Uncle Bill to see the hot air ball s.<br />
We saw the bas s.<br />
We saw the jets of ho ai from the gas burners.<br />
We saw the ball<br />
were<br />
Then off they went up in the a .<br />
Soon they were high in the s .<br />
What a sight! There were red and<br />
wh balloons. There w r<br />
br<br />
t orange ones.<br />
s getting bigger and fatter.<br />
hair<br />
cl<br />
d<br />
dr<br />
bas ket<br />
basket<br />
air<br />
n<br />
Choose the best<br />
Title.<br />
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Cl<br />
Gas Burners<br />
Baskets<br />
Orange Balloons<br />
Flying High<br />
i<br />
In 1991 an Australian (Chris Dewhurst) and an Englishman (Leo Dickinson) flew over Mt.<br />
Everest in a hot air balloon. They were the first people to achieve this. Mt. Everest is the<br />
highest mountain in the World. You’ll find it to the north of India on your map.<br />
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Floating<br />
ow<br />
now<br />
c<br />
h<br />
dr<br />
big<br />
large<br />
huge<br />
n<br />
big<br />
bigger<br />
biggest<br />
krill<br />
World<br />
blue<br />
glue<br />
Some whales eat tiny<br />
k .<br />
Title<br />
A whale is an enormous anim .<br />
It is the big<br />
The biggest wh<br />
a<br />
The killer whale e<br />
the ‘blue’ whale.<br />
fish. It is black and wh<br />
much smaller th<br />
en or mous<br />
enormous<br />
kill er<br />
killer<br />
animal in the World.<br />
tiny<br />
s are the ‘sperm’ whale<br />
seals and large<br />
most whales.<br />
Krill look like tiny<br />
prawns.<br />
, and is<br />
ave<br />
wave<br />
s<br />
g<br />
br<br />
an im al<br />
animal<br />
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Circle the odd word out.<br />
big huge blue green<br />
tiny large black red<br />
enormous krill white<br />
i<br />
Whales swim down under the waves to great depths. They can stay there a long time<br />
without breathing. When they surface, they blow old air and moisture from their blowholes<br />
and take in fresh air. When calves are born, the cows nudge them up to the surface for their<br />
first breath, otherwise they would drown. Whale milk is rich in fat and the calves grow quickly.<br />
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Floating<br />
ind<br />
mind<br />
w<br />
no<br />
go<br />
so<br />
also<br />
Title<br />
boat<br />
float<br />
to<br />
do<br />
who<br />
you<br />
ddle<br />
paddle<br />
mu<br />
k<br />
f<br />
You can make this boat fl .<br />
It will als<br />
water<br />
go fast.<br />
Cut a piece of thick card like this.<br />
Cut a pad<br />
Now, can you fi<br />
a bit smaller than the space in the boat.<br />
a rubber band?<br />
Wi up the pad with the rubber b .<br />
Put your boat in the w<br />
and let go. Watch it g .<br />
Now, try to make your boat go backwards.<br />
What did you do?<br />
rubb er<br />
rubber<br />
space<br />
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fi<br />
sa<br />
i<br />
You can also make a ‘jet propelled’ boat. Simply tape an inflated balloon on to your boat.<br />
When you let it go the air escaping from the balloon in a great rush will make your boat<br />
move forward. You can make your jet boat go around in circles by bending a corner of the<br />
back of your boat so that it drags in the water and acts like a tiller.<br />
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Floating<br />
ow<br />
blow<br />
sh<br />
kn<br />
thr<br />
past<br />
fast<br />
last<br />
mast<br />
pass en gers<br />
passengers<br />
mill i ons<br />
millions<br />
Title<br />
People have used boats for millions of years.<br />
In the old days p<br />
boats out of logs.<br />
Logs tied together to m<br />
sail<br />
sailed<br />
sailing<br />
sailor<br />
The wind can blow a b .<br />
So, long ago, people put up a mast.<br />
They fixed a sail to the m .<br />
Now they could sail fas .<br />
people<br />
made<br />
a raft.<br />
oa<br />
boat<br />
Nowadays we have huge ships made of iron.<br />
They have big motors and carry cargo and<br />
pass .<br />
used<br />
car go<br />
cargo<br />
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Think!<br />
How does a ship float if it is made of iron?<br />
r<br />
c<br />
fl<br />
d<br />
st<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
Floaters<br />
Sails<br />
t<br />
Masts<br />
Logs<br />
i<br />
The Titanic was a large passenger ship which hit a huge iceberg. In the hull of the ship were<br />
many watertight sections so that she would be ‘unsinkable’. The sharp iceberg sliced through<br />
the sections of the iron hull and hundreds of people were drowned. This tragedy happened<br />
in 1912. The Titanic did not carry enough life boats to take all the people to safety!<br />
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Floating<br />
crack<br />
bla<br />
ck<br />
they<br />
grey<br />
Title<br />
crack ing<br />
cracking<br />
drake<br />
ue<br />
blue<br />
tr<br />
du<br />
tri<br />
lu<br />
mu<br />
du<br />
y<br />
y<br />
ling<br />
Ducks and drakes swim well.<br />
They h<br />
sw<br />
fast.<br />
gl<br />
cl<br />
webbed feet, so they can<br />
Ducks and drakes dive for worms<br />
a<br />
tadpoles.<br />
They can see well un<br />
Ducks lay about five e .<br />
They s<br />
After that, the eggs cr<br />
du<br />
This duck is lu<br />
ducklings.<br />
Statement<br />
Drakes lay eggs.<br />
Ducklings hatch in about<br />
days.<br />
Ducks<br />
eat<br />
small<br />
duck ling s<br />
ducklings<br />
on the eggs for 3 weeks.<br />
animals.<br />
21<br />
s hatch.<br />
and the<br />
as she has five<br />
Think!<br />
True or False<br />
water.<br />
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Clue<br />
i<br />
In many countries, people shoot ducks for food (and sport). They can usually only do this at<br />
certain times of the year once the breeding season is over. Many people think that ducks<br />
should be protected, so that no one would be allowed to shoot them. What do you think?<br />
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Floating<br />
ea<br />
head<br />
br<br />
h<br />
st<br />
d<br />
vy<br />
dy<br />
Some things float. S<br />
A cork fl<br />
Title<br />
ts because it is light.<br />
things sink.<br />
sink<br />
A lump of iron s s because it is h vy and solid.<br />
floating<br />
water<br />
Some th<br />
boat<br />
float<br />
goat<br />
coat<br />
Make a list!<br />
sol id<br />
solid<br />
be cause<br />
because<br />
empty<br />
Heavy things like ships made of steel<br />
can fl<br />
sinking<br />
s can float or sink.<br />
A cup will float when it is empty.<br />
But it will sink w<br />
Their weight is spr<br />
it is full of water.<br />
If you break the cup, the bits will s .<br />
w<br />
l<br />
th<br />
st<br />
ink<br />
because of their shape.<br />
d out over the water.<br />
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i<br />
Sometimes we have to add weight to a ship to make it float in a steady way. This is called<br />
ballast. If ships don’t have much cargo to carry, they will put sea water in their holds as<br />
ballast. You can try this with a cup. An empty cup is not steady when it is floating. If you half<br />
fill it with water, it will float better and stay upright better. It is the same with ships.<br />
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Buying<br />
then<br />
the<br />
y<br />
re<br />
se<br />
here,<br />
there,<br />
and<br />
everywhere<br />
When we go to the shops,<br />
we look at pr<br />
Here, th<br />
Then th<br />
and ‘Now only £14’.<br />
Title<br />
price<br />
prices<br />
s of things.<br />
and every<br />
we see signs telling us that the<br />
pr<br />
But is it?<br />
is cheap.<br />
We see the si<br />
cheap<br />
si g ns<br />
‘Sale’<br />
see<br />
fr<br />
thr<br />
n<br />
ee<br />
e<br />
we<br />
m<br />
sh<br />
We s the s ‘Save’<br />
W s ‘Value’ signs.<br />
is the sign ‘20% Off’<br />
Have you seen the sign ‘buy 2 and get 1 fr ’?<br />
Make some shop signs.<br />
h<br />
SALE<br />
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d<br />
i<br />
If you know what the prices of the shoes or the skateboards were last week and now the prices<br />
are less, then you know there is a real reduction. But if the price doesn’t seem to be low but you’re<br />
not sure, then beware! If you need three chicken dinners because there are three people to feed,<br />
then 3 for the price of 2 is a good deal for you. But if you’re on your own, the chicken dinner on<br />
the third night is going to be rather nasty. So think about ‘bargains’ before you buy.<br />
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Buying<br />
o-e<br />
note<br />
v<br />
r<br />
h<br />
p<br />
h<br />
w<br />
j<br />
t<br />
p<br />
p<br />
l<br />
l<br />
k<br />
k<br />
diff er ent<br />
different<br />
Different countries have<br />
diff<br />
notes.<br />
Some countries h<br />
Some c<br />
paper<br />
notes<br />
Title<br />
countries<br />
Small money comes in coins.<br />
Bigger m<br />
plas tic<br />
plastic notes<br />
comes in notes.<br />
money<br />
honey<br />
wall et<br />
wallet<br />
You need a wallet for your n .<br />
Draw a<br />
different<br />
note for<br />
your<br />
country.<br />
small paper notes.<br />
have very large notes.<br />
Some countries (like Australia) have notes made of plastic.<br />
The plastic notes don’t get so dirty.<br />
Think!<br />
You are living in the old days. So you can barter.<br />
You have a pig. How many ducks can you get?<br />
You have made some pots. How many pots for a sheep?<br />
i<br />
bar ter<br />
barter<br />
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In the days before money was invented, people used to swap 1 goat for 3 hens, or 1 sack of<br />
grain for 6 pots of honey. This ‘barter’ system became too difficult so people began to give<br />
small pieces of gold or silver for goats or sheep. The pieces of metal were weighed and<br />
were made in different sizes. So buying rather than barter began.<br />
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Buying<br />
boy<br />
t<br />
j<br />
enj<br />
r<br />
oy<br />
al<br />
We all have coins.<br />
diff er ent<br />
different<br />
We enjoy spending c<br />
money<br />
met al<br />
metal<br />
Title<br />
ns in shops.<br />
Your pocket money is given to you in coins.<br />
Different countries have diff<br />
Some coins are silver metal.<br />
an im al<br />
animal<br />
pres i dent<br />
president<br />
countries<br />
sil ver<br />
silver<br />
coin<br />
j<br />
p<br />
j<br />
oil<br />
b<br />
c<br />
coins.<br />
Some coins made from brown m .<br />
Some coins h<br />
Some coins have the h<br />
pres<br />
sp<br />
a royal head on them (a king or queen).<br />
on them.<br />
of the<br />
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Some coins have a<br />
animal on the back.<br />
Make rubbings of 2 coins.<br />
A big one and a small one.<br />
Put your coin under a piece of paper.<br />
Scribble on the paper.<br />
oi<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
Silver Coins<br />
Coins<br />
n<br />
nt<br />
nt<br />
Pocket Money<br />
Spending<br />
l<br />
l<br />
l<br />
i<br />
Many people collect coins from all over the World. They also collect very old coins. Some<br />
old coins are extremely (very) valuable. You can see old coins in a museum. Shops which<br />
sell stamps often sell old coins as well, so you can see them there.<br />
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Buying<br />
gold<br />
s<br />
c<br />
b<br />
h<br />
t<br />
f<br />
old<br />
in got<br />
ingot<br />
We all like gold.<br />
Gold rings.<br />
Gold watches.<br />
Title<br />
Gold c s.<br />
In the old days, people used to b<br />
We can dig up gold.<br />
We can f<br />
nug get<br />
nugget<br />
Gold is expensive.<br />
ex pen sive<br />
expensive<br />
find<br />
me<br />
w<br />
b<br />
sh<br />
h<br />
e<br />
ee<br />
see<br />
tr<br />
fr<br />
nuggets of gold.<br />
y things with pieces of gold.<br />
If you sold an animal sk n, you’d get a small piece of g ld.<br />
If you s a camel, you’d get a bigger piece o gold.<br />
Think!<br />
They can be made of gold. They can be made of plastic.<br />
spoon (yes/no) moon (yes/no)<br />
buy<br />
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tree (yes/no) chair (yes/no)<br />
ring (yes/no) socks (yes/no)<br />
frog (yes/no) plate (yes/no)<br />
i<br />
Gold is too expensive now for coins. In the old days, gold was melted down and made into coins<br />
of different sizes and weights. Coins had ridges round the edge so the cheats and thieves could<br />
not shave thin bits of gold off coins for themselves. Today gold is made into large ingots (gold<br />
bars) to transport to other countries or to store in large safes under tight security.<br />
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Buying<br />
car<br />
h<br />
p<br />
h<br />
st<br />
ar<br />
d<br />
t<br />
m<br />
t<br />
Title<br />
We pay for toys or food.<br />
But a house or a cara<br />
exp .<br />
So wh<br />
We pay a small part of the mon<br />
Then we pay a small p<br />
It’s not h<br />
It might take a year for a bed.<br />
It might take t<br />
It might take five y<br />
car a van<br />
caravan<br />
money<br />
what<br />
do we do?<br />
now.<br />
y<br />
n<br />
r<br />
dr<br />
is too<br />
t each month until it’s paid for.<br />
d this way and you get the item now.<br />
(2) years for a TV set.<br />
s for a caravan.<br />
ex pen sive<br />
expensive<br />
It might t ten y s for a car.<br />
might take twenty (20) y s for house.<br />
ea<br />
r<br />
r<br />
ch<br />
l<br />
m<br />
to: to pay for<br />
too: too expensive<br />
two: two years<br />
Now you have a go.<br />
to:<br />
too:<br />
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two:<br />
i<br />
Sometimes shops will keep things for you if you don’t have quite enough money. Suppose you<br />
wanted a computer game but you only had half the cost. Perhaps they might be sold out by the<br />
time you have saved up, or perhaps the price will go up. You simply give the shop the money you<br />
can and they keep it until you have paid the rest in a few weeks. Then you get your game.<br />
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Playing<br />
rink<br />
s<br />
l<br />
th<br />
dr<br />
bl<br />
ink<br />
You can also try roller-skat<br />
or rollerblading.<br />
Title<br />
An ice r is a nice place to vis .<br />
You can hire sk at the i rink.<br />
Skating is diff .<br />
You will fall over once or tw .<br />
Keep at it.<br />
You will mas<br />
These skates and blades have four<br />
wh<br />
ls.<br />
vis it<br />
visit<br />
hire<br />
mas ter<br />
master<br />
than you th .<br />
diff i cult<br />
difficult<br />
skating<br />
skates<br />
your skates sooner<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
Ice Rinks<br />
nice<br />
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pla<br />
twi<br />
on<br />
ce<br />
Rollerblades<br />
Skating<br />
Hiring Skates<br />
i<br />
In countries where the weather is freezing in winter, many people enjoy ice-skating on frozen<br />
lakes or canals. Of course they have to make sure the ice is thick enough to bear their<br />
weight. Thin ice could crack and land them in freezing water! It’s also dangerous as it’s<br />
hard to get out again.<br />
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Playing<br />
it’s<br />
that’s<br />
it is<br />
that<br />
let’s us<br />
you’re are<br />
you’ll will<br />
I’m<br />
i<br />
I<br />
Title<br />
voll ey<br />
volley<br />
another<br />
It’ fun to play voll ball.<br />
against<br />
only<br />
large<br />
catch<br />
Another game played with a high net is Quoits. This is played by throwing a rubber ring<br />
over the net which your opponent catches and throws back. The skill of the game is to keep<br />
your opponent running about all over the court, until he or she misses the ring and it drops to<br />
the ground. The game is also called ‘deck tennis’ as it was often played on board ships.<br />
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ma<br />
pa<br />
ha<br />
sna<br />
You only need a n and a lar ball.<br />
You and some of y<br />
friends can pl<br />
te<br />
pa<br />
sa<br />
against another<br />
. You can play on a<br />
of grass or on the<br />
at the beach. You’ll hit the<br />
b ov the net.<br />
You don’ ca the ball.<br />
You’re hoping the oth<br />
will miss the ball.<br />
You’re hop<br />
ma .<br />
team<br />
to win the<br />
tch<br />
Think!<br />
hope<br />
hoping<br />
What other games are played<br />
with a net?<br />
Ten<br />
Ne<br />
Bas<br />
Pi<br />
Badmin<br />
Socc<br />
Hock<br />
Water p<br />
ba<br />
po<br />
l<br />
ball<br />
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Playing<br />
see<br />
n<br />
s<br />
r<br />
tr<br />
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You w<br />
d<br />
d<br />
Worms are g<br />
l<br />
You can d<br />
Put th<br />
so th<br />
Take a st<br />
go ing<br />
going<br />
Going fishing?<br />
You will n<br />
You will need a f<br />
and a r<br />
Title<br />
d lots of things.<br />
l, or hand line.<br />
Then you will need s<br />
Big h<br />
small hooks for s<br />
also need some bait.<br />
d bait.<br />
up worms.<br />
in a tin with a lid,<br />
won’t escape.<br />
l to sit on.<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
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Hooks<br />
Worms<br />
Bait<br />
Fishing<br />
some<br />
come<br />
fish ing<br />
fishing<br />
worms<br />
ks for big fish,<br />
Think!<br />
oo<br />
hook<br />
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rod<br />
g<br />
c<br />
st<br />
hooks.<br />
fish.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
Where can you go fishing?<br />
lake (yes/no) house (yes/no)<br />
river (yes/no) pond (yes/no)<br />
hills (yes/no) kitchen (yes/no)<br />
beach (yes/no) dam (yes/no)<br />
There are not as many fish around as there used to be. Some people catch baby fish and<br />
don’t throw them back again. Some people catch too many fish for their families to eat.<br />
Some fishers catch huge numbers of fish in nets and waste many. Some people catch female<br />
fish full of eggs without returning them to the sea or river. What can we do?<br />
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Playing<br />
ride<br />
riding<br />
hire<br />
hir<br />
slide<br />
slid<br />
like<br />
lik<br />
hel met<br />
helmet<br />
Don’t forget your<br />
helmet.<br />
You might fall off.<br />
Title<br />
Have you ever had a r<br />
on the back of a hor ?<br />
You can hire a ho<br />
or a<br />
pony to see if you like rid .<br />
The horse can do what you want.<br />
It can feel your h<br />
Your heels can te<br />
A small kick with yo<br />
Circle the best Title.<br />
Horses<br />
Pony<br />
Helmet<br />
Bridle<br />
Riding<br />
Trotting<br />
ls on its side.<br />
it to walk.<br />
heels<br />
w tell it to tr .<br />
slow<br />
down<br />
bridle<br />
horse<br />
pony<br />
fast<br />
p<br />
l<br />
f<br />
t<br />
b<br />
ast<br />
ask<br />
You can also as your hor to stop.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
If you pull the brid<br />
a bit, your horse<br />
w slow d n. If you<br />
p<br />
h<br />
the bridle a lot, your<br />
will stop.<br />
er<br />
i<br />
Many people enjoy riding horses. Some train their horses to jump over high poles and they can<br />
win medals and silver cups. Some people train their horses to race at racetracks. People bet on<br />
races, so a lot of money is lost or won. Other people simply enjoy a ride through the forest or a<br />
gallop over the moors. In the old days, horses were used to pull wagons and to plough fields.<br />
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Playing<br />
one<br />
two<br />
thr<br />
four<br />
five<br />
s<br />
seven<br />
eight<br />
n<br />
t<br />
eleven<br />
twelve<br />
n<br />
num ber<br />
number<br />
over<br />
Title<br />
Dominoes is fun to pl .<br />
The pieces have num<br />
from one to s .<br />
ame<br />
game<br />
Some pieces have two numbers the same<br />
(like two thr<br />
If there is a four at one end, you will play a four.<br />
If th is a six at one e and a two at the other,<br />
and you do not have a six or a two, then you can’t pl .<br />
The first player to play all their pieces is the wi .<br />
Draughts is f<br />
play<br />
player<br />
played<br />
playing<br />
Your black can jump ov<br />
to play.<br />
Then you capture the white.<br />
cap ture<br />
capture<br />
You win if you capture all the whites.<br />
a white.<br />
draughts<br />
winn er<br />
winner<br />
s).<br />
black<br />
white<br />
s<br />
t<br />
n<br />
f<br />
Colour the best Title.<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
Dominoes<br />
Indoor Games<br />
Draughts<br />
Captures<br />
Outdoor Games<br />
i<br />
Draughts and Dominoes have been played for hundreds of years. We think that dominoes was<br />
first played in Italy about two hundred years ago. Draughts is even older and was popular in the<br />
days of ancient (old) Egypt, Greece and Rome. It is probably over four thousand years old.<br />
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