Reading activities

Let's read some stories together!


Remember, you can repeat these activities many times throughout the week.

Viewing and reading

Daisy's First Day

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Let's read 'Daisy's First Day'.


Watch the video and read the book below.

Daisy's First Day

Duration: 3:04

Daisy's First Day – book

Daisys First Day eBook.pdf
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  • How was your first day at school similar to Daisy's first day at school?

  • How was your first day at school different to Daisy's first day at school?

  • Can you think about another story you've read that is also about starting school?

Activities

Colour and draw

You will need:

paper

coloured pencils

Daisys First Day - Colouring activity 1.pdf
Daisys First Day - Colouring activity 2.pdf
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Hint! If you can't print the colouring sheets, you can make your own!

Draw some pictures of Daisy and her friends on their first day of big school and colour them in.

Puzzle

You will need:

paper

coloured pencils

scissors

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  • Look at the story again below.

  • Draw your favourite part from the story.

  • Complete the puzzle.


Hint! You can also make your own puzzle. Use scissors to carefully cut your drawing into shapes... then put it back together!

Daisy's First Day – story

Daisys First Day - Graphic novel.pdf

Daisy's First Day – puzzle

Daisys First Day - puzzle activity.pdf

Well done! You've done a great job with these reading activities.


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