Middle School
READING - GROUP ONE
Week 6
Monday
Harold’s Worst Nightmare
Harold was the luckiest cat in the world. His life was perfect. One day, the humans brought home a box. Harold loved boxes. But as Harold got closer, something strange happened. The box made a noise. The humans opened the box and inside was the most awful thing Harold had ever seen....
Another cat. A tiny kitten.
Harold’s worst nightmare!
Harold loved play time. Harold loved nap time.
Harold loved dinner time. Harold loved snuggle time.
Muffin ruined play time. Muffin ruined nap time. Muffin ruined dinner time. Muffin ruined snuggle time.
When night came, the humans put Muffin to bed.
Finally, Harold could be by himself. He found a spot that Muffin couldn’t reach. But Harold couldn’t sleep. He could hear a very sad, very small noise. Harold looked down at Muffin. She looked so tiny and lonely. Suddenly, Harold remembered being that little and feeling scared. He crept down from his hiding place. Harold snuggled up next to Muffin.
Soon, they both fell asleep. The next day, Harold taught Muffin how to play nicely, how to nap properly and how to eat politely. In the afternoon, Harold and Muffin both found the perfect spot for snuggle time. Maybe having Muffin around wouldn’t be so bad after all.
Answer the following questions:
Who is the main character in this story?
What was inside the box?
Number the events from 1 to 3 to show the order they happen in.
Harold teaches Muffin how to play nicely.
Muffin looks tiny and lonely.
The humans bring home a box.
How is Harold described at the beginning of the story? Choose one.
The silliest cat in the world.
The luckiest cat in the world.
The naughtiest cat in the world.
Do you think Harold’s feelings towards Muffin have changed by the end of the story?
How do you think Harold should have behaved when he first met Muffin?
tuesday
Elephants
Elephants are mammals. They are warm-blooded. Elephants have some thin hair and give birth to live young. Elephants have a large body and a long trunk. They also have large tusks. Elephants can grow up to 4 metres tall and can weigh more than six thousand kilograms. That is about as heavy as a big truck!
Elephants eat a lot of food. They are herbivores. This means they eat only plants. Elephants eat fruit, twigs, roots and bamboo. They even use their trunks to pull bark off trees to eat! Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Many people travel a long way to see elephants in the wild.
Did you know:
A group of elephants is called a herd.
Elephants often say ‘hello’ to each other with their trunks!
Answer the following questions:
List 4 things that elephants eat.
List 2 things elephants use their trunks for.
Which sentence tells us that elephants are very heavy?
How tall can elephants grow?
What is a herd?
Why do you think many people love seeing elephants?
Write two words that rhyme with thin.
Draw a picture of an elephant and label its body parts.
wednesday
Answer the following questions:
Match up the beginning and ends of the sentences below:
Fidget spinners size and colours.
Spinners can come in different are toys.
They can be made from listen better.
They can help some children to metal or plastic.
Which parts of the hand does the text tell you to use when spinning the fidget spinner? Choose three.
thumb
first finger
little finger
middle finger
What is the verb in this sentence?
Hold the middle of the spinner with your finger
The text says that fidget spinners can help some children to feel:
angry
calm
upset
worried
Fill in the missing word below:
Many _______________________ have banned them because some teachers think that these toys are stopping children from getting on with their work.
thursday
Energy
Cars need energy to move. They get their energy from gas.
Phones need energy to work. They get their energy from batteries.
Our bodies also need energy. We need energy so we can move.
We need energy so we can grow. Where do we get our energy from?
We get our energy from food! Food gives us the energy we need to walk.
Food even gives us the energy we need to talk! Everything we do uses energy.
People who use a lot of energy need more food than people who only use a little energy.
Can you think of any people who might need a lot of energy?
Answer the following questions:
Why is it important to eat enough food?
Why do some people need more food than other people?
Where do phones get their energy?
List something else that needs energy to work. Where does it get energy?
What people do you think might need a lot of energy?
What people do you think might need only a little energy?
If you can, print off the wordsearch below and complete the task.
friday
Sharks
There are more than 500 different species of shark, including the great white shark, grey reef shark, hammerhead shark and tiger shark.
Where do they live?
Sharks can be found in every ocean.
The most shark attacks have been in Australia, South Africa, America and Brazil.
What do they eat?
Some types of shark can be deadly, but only about 12 species have ever attacked humans.
What sharks eat depends on its species and where it is.
Most sharks are meat eaters so they like to eat fish and other sharks.
Some larger sharks eat dolphins, sea lions and small whales.
Smaller sharks eat small aquatic life like clams and crabs.
Big Facts
A group of sharks is called a shoal, school or shiver.
Sharks have a skeleton of cartilage but no bones!
A baby shark is called a pup.
What are they good at?
Sharks can smell a single drop of blood in the water from 400 metres away.
They can hear fish moving from around 500 metres away. Great white sharks can
swim up to 18mph!
Amazing fact:
Most shark species would die if they stopped moving. As long as they keep swimming, water keeps moving over their gills, which keeps them alive.
Answer the following questions:
1. Name two types of sharks.
2. What can a group of sharks be called?
3. What don’t sharks have in their bodies?
4. What is a baby shark called?
5. Can you make up these ‘ar’ words?
