Middle School

READING - GROUP two

Week 6

Monday

Poem :

The Crocodile

Shirley Gawith

A crocodile should never be

Asked in to share your Sunday tea,

He has no manners, is so rude

And greedy, he’d eat all your food.

And all the dishes too, and then

Before you counted up to ten,

You’d find he’s eaten the most,

But also, probably his host!

Comprehension:

Complete the activity

Write the title of the poem and poet’s name.
Underline the rhyming words and write them.
Who should you not invite to tea?
Give 3 reasons why he can’t come to tea.
What does the crocodile eat after the food?
What is a host?
Would you want to be the host? Why?
What would you feed a crocodile if he came to tea?

Draw a picture to go along with this poem.

Fun task:

Make a crocodile puppet!

1. Print on card, or stick the crocodile shapes below onto the card. Colour them in then cut them out.

2. Glue the back of the tongue to the bottom jaw. Glue the bottom jaw to the bottom of a peg and glue the head to the top of the peg.

3. Fold the bottom teeth up and fold the top teeth down. Use the peg to open and close the crocodile’s mouth. Have fun!

tuesday

Reading Comprehension - Information Text

Crocodiles

There are many different types of crocodiles. The Nile Crocodile is the biggest of all the crocodiles. They are big enough to swallow a person! A Nile crocodile is a very good parent. The female lays between 25 to 80 eggs. Then she waits until the eggs hatch. She looks after her babies until they are nearly two years old. Most other crocodiles lay their eggs and then never go back to them.

1. Which crocodile is the largest?

2. What can a Nile crocodile swallow?

3. How many eggs can the Nile crocodile lay?

4. For how long does the Nile crocodile care for her young?

5. What care do other crocodiles give their babies?

wednesday

The Paralympics

Every four years, following the Olympic Games, the Paralympics are held in the same host city. The Paralympics is an international sporting event for athletes who have a physical, vision or intellectual impairment.

At the Paralympics, Paralympians are given an equal opportunity to compete with other athletes with similar impairments.

The Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The Paralympic Games first started in 1948, when injured British World War Two veterans protested for equal treatment with non-disabled Olympic athletes.

The Paralympic Games follow the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in Japan and will be held from 24th August to September 5. Around 4350 athletes from over 160 countries will be competing in 22 different sports. They will be all striving to win one of the 526 medals on offer. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the paralympics will be held largely behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted.

Comprehension: The Paralympics

Which sentence best summarises the text?
a) The Paralympics is a sporting event for athletes with a physical, vision or intellectual impairment.

b) The Paralympics are more important than the Olympic Games.

c) The Paralympics help people to do their best.
Explain why the first Paralympic Games was held.
What type of impairments do Paralympians have?
Can you remember some of the interesting facts about the Paralympics in Tokyo ? Use a mind map to record four interesting facts.

CRAZY CREATIVE CHALLENGE

Imagine that playground handball is now a Paralympic sport. Design modifications to the game, so that everyone can play. Create a list of rules to explain your changes.

thursday

Reading Comprehension - Understanding Sequencing

Equipment

A large basin or sink Dog shampoo

A small bucket

A large towel

A dog brush A dog treat Water

Method

Gently take off your dog’s collar and place it somewhere safe where it will not get lost.
Fill up a large basin or sink with warm water. Make sure the water will not overflow when you put in your dog.
Carefully place your dog into the water. Calmly talk to your dog so it does not feel scared about getting wet.
Scoop some water into the small bucket and carefully pour it over your dog. Your dog should be completely wet.
Squeeze some dog shampoo into the palm of your hand. Gently massage the shampoo all over your dog. Do not put any shampoo into your dog’s eyes.
Use the small bucket to rinse all of the shampoo off your dog. Do not leave any shampoo on your dog, as it may make your dog itchy.
Slowly pick up your dog and wrap it in a towel. Dry your dog as much as you can with the towel.
When your dog is dry, carefully brush your dog’s hair until it is soft and fluffy.
Give your dog a dog treat as a reward for having a bath.

Comprehension:

To wash your dog, which of these things should you do first? Underline the correct answer in each example.
a) Place your dog into the water or brush your dog’s hair?
b) Fill up a large basin with water or take off your dog’s collar?

c) Massage shampoo over your dog or give your dog a treat?

Write down another step that you might do at the beginning of this procedure, before you take off your dog’s collar.
Write down another step that you might do at the end of this procedure, after you give your dog a treat.
Draw a diagram to illustrate these steps of the procedure.

Sequence is the order in which things happen in a text.

Number these steps from the procedure from 1 to 9.

When your dog is dry, carefully brush your dog’s hair until it is soft and fluffy.

Give your dog a dog treat as a reward for having a bath.

Gently take off your dog’s collar and place it somewhere safe where it will not get lost.

Fill up a large basin or sink with warm water. Make sure the water will not overflow when you put in your dog.

Carefully place your dog into the water. Calmly talk to your dog so it does not feel scared about getting wet.

Use the small bucket to rinse all of the shampoo off your dog. Do not leave any shampoo, as it may make your dog itchy.

Slowly pick up your dog and wrap it in a towel. Dry your dog as much as you can with the towel

Scoop some water into the small bucket and carefully pour it over your dog. Your dog should be completely wet.

Squeeze some dog shampoo into your hand. Gently massage the shampoo all over your dog. Do not put any in your dog’s eyes.

friday

READ THE PASSAGE

Find out how the two kinds of ducks are alike and different.

Dippers and Divers

Most ducks are either dippers or divers. Dippers float in shallow water. Many live near ponds. Some people call them “puddle ducks.” Dippers stick their heads underwater. Their tails point high in the air. They are looking for food. Dippers eat a lot of plants. They find them on the bottom of the pond. They eat bugs and small fish, too. Dippers can walk and run well on land.

You’ll see divers on deep lakes and rivers or on the sea. They can dive deep for their food. They come back up with clams, crabs, and fish. Divers have shorter legs and bigger feet than dippers. They can swim very fast, but they cannot walk very well.

A dipper can leap up out of the water to begin flying. Divers cannot leap. They are too heavy. They flap their wings and run along on the water. Then they take off like a plane.

Read the question. Choose the correct answer.

1. Dippers and divers are both….

a. ducks

b. ponds

c. planes

d. bugs

2. One way dippers and divers are different is that dippers….

a. have bigger feet

b. have shorter legs

c. stay in shallow water

d. eat clams from the sea

3. Dippers and divers both...

a. walk well on land

b. find food in wate

c. take off like planes

d. live in shallow ponds

4. What can a dipper do that a diver cannot?

a. swim very fast

b. eat a crab

c. dive deep for food

d. walk well on land

Illustrate a ‘dipper’ and a ‘diver’

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