Reading - Group 1
Week 2
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tuesday
tuesday
Maui and the Sun
A long, long time ago there lived a clever boy named Māui. Every night around the fire Māui’s brothers would complain about the sunlight. There were never enough hours to do their chores, to hunt and fish. Māui said “I, Māui, can catch the sun!” His brothers laughed, “You cannot catch the sun Māui, he is too powerful”. But Māui said, “Nothing is impossible.
Māui and his brothers travelled to a huge, deep pit. Inside the sun was sleeping. Māui and his brothers put their net over the pit and hid in caves and behind trees, silently waiting for the sun to wake up. As the sun began to rise Māui called, “Pull on the ropes, pull as hard as you can!” The brothers were scared but they pulled with all their might so the sun could not escape. The sun was furious, he began throwing fire and roaring at the brothers. “What are you doing?” shouted the sun. “You fly too quickly across the sky,” said Māui “we never have enough time in the day to do all of our work. If we let you go, will you promise to fly slowly across the sky and give us more daylight?” The sun finally gave up and agreed.
From that day on, the sun flew slowly across the sky, giving man time to do all their chores. Māui was forever known as the man who slowed the sun.
Comprehension questions
Why did Māui’s brothers complain about the sun? Tick one.
⃞ There wasn't enough hours to do their chores, fish and hunt
⃞ The sun was too hot
Why did Māui’s brothers laugh at him when he said he could slow the sun? Tick one.
⃞ Māui is weak
⃞ The sun is too powerful
⃞ They thought he was joking
Where did Māui and his brothers travel to? Tick one
⃞ The beach
⃞ A huge pit
⃞ The forest
Why do you think the brothers were scared?
How did the sun feel when he could not escape? Tick one.
⃞ Furious
⃞ Happy
⃞ Nervous
6. Furious is an adjective they used to describe how the sun was feeling. Can you think of 3 different adjectives to describe how the sun was feeling?
wednesday
wednesday
Dolphins
What do dolphins look like?
A dolphin is a sea animal but they are mammals, not fish. They have two fins on the side and one on the back to help them to swim fast. They can be a mix of black, white and grey. Dolphins have fat under the skin to keep them warm in the cold seas. They breathe out of a nostril on the top of their head called a blowhole.
Where do dolphins live?
Dolphins live in seas and rivers. They live together in groups called ‘pods’.
What do dolphins eat?
Dolphins eat fish. Bottlenose dolphins hunt their prey by swimming around in big circles near fish, beating their tails down hard to stir up the seafloor making the water cloudy. The dolphins swim around, making the circle smaller and smaller, trapping the fish like a net. As the fish jump out, the other dolphins catch them in their mouth.
What do dolphins do?
Dolphins can jump out of the water and flip over to land on their back, belly or side. This is called ‘breach’. They breach to let other dolphins know about food nearby.
Comprehension questions
What type of animal is a dolphin? Tick the correct answer.
⃞ Fish
⃞ Mammal
⃞ Retile
Dolphins live together in groups. What is the name of a dolphin group? Tick one.
⃞ Pack
⃞ Swarm
⃞ Pod
Why do dolphins have two fins on the side and one on the back? Tick one.
⃞ To help them to jump out the water
⃞ So they can swim on their back
⃞ To help them to swim fast
Why do dolphins have fat under the skin? Tick one.
⃞ To keep them warm
⃞ To make them bigger
⃞ To help them swim down
What is the name of the nostril on the top of their head? Tick one.
⃞ Horn hole
⃞ Blowhole
⃞ Spray hole
What is it called when dolphins jump out of the water and flip over to land on their back, belly or side? Tick one.
⃞ Breach
⃞ Splash
⃞ Spin
Draw a diagram of a dolphin and write some facts you have learnt about them.
thursday
thursday
Jack and the beanstalk
Once upon a time, there was a boy called Jack. Jack lived in a cottage with his mother. They were very poor, the only thing they owned was a cow. One day, Jack’s mother asked him to take the cow to market to sell it, so they could get some money. On the way, Jack met a man, who gave him some magic beans in return for the cow. When Jack came home with the beans his mother was angry. She threw the beans out of the window and sent him to bed.
The next morning, a giant beanstalk had grown in the garden! Jack climbed the very tall beanstalk. When Jack finally reached the top, he saw an enormous castle. Jack went inside. Suddenly, Jack heard a loud noise and hid. A huge giant came into the room with a hen and a golden harp. “Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of a little boy” He shouted. The giant sat down at the table. “Lay!” said the giant
and the hen laid an egg. “Sing!” said the giant. The harp sang and the giant fell asleep. Jack jumped out of the cupboard and took the hen and the harp. As he ran, the harp shouted. The giant woke up and chased Jack. Jack climbed down the beanstalk and the giant followed him.
As Jack got to the bottom of the beanstalk, he shouted, “Help!” Jack’s mother came out with an axe. She used it to chop the bottom of the beanstalk. The giant fell and crashed to the ground. He was never seen again. With the golden eggs and the magic harp, Jack and his mother lived happily ever after.
Comprehension questions
What animal did Jack sell at the market? Tick one.
⃞ Chicken
⃞ Cow
⃞ Goat
What grew in the garden? Tick one.
⃞ A giant beanstalk
⃞ A giant tree
Why do you think Jack's mum was mad that he came back with magic beans?
What made the giant fall asleep? Tick one.
⃞ He was full from his lunch
⃞ The Harp
⃞ He had a late night
What could the giant smell? Tick one.
⃞ Cooked eggs
⃞ The blood of a man
⃞ The blood of a little boy
Explain why you think Jack and his Mother lived happily ever after?
Draw a picture of what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.
friday
friday
Roar
Stomp! Stomp! Went the feet,
Of the dinosaurs to the jungle’s beat.
Crunch! Crunch! Went the jaws,
Of the many hungry dinosaurs.
Screech! Screech! Came the sound,
Of pterosaurs above the ground.
Bang! Bang! A dinosaur fight;
Breaking rocks with all their might.
Crash! Boom! You could hear,
Volcanoes bursting far and near.
Scratch! Scratch! Went the claws,
Of tiny baby dinosaur paws.
Roar! Roar! They make you shake,
Just like a loud and frightening quake.
Comprehension questions
What made a crunching sound?
Which word in the poem rhymes with here?
Which 2 noises do volcanoes make? Tick one.
⃞ Crash
⃞ Screech
⃞ Boom
How did the dinosaurs break the rocks?
List all the words in the poem that rhyme with the following:
extra
extra
Tigers
Tigers are the largest cat species in the world, reaching up to 3.3 meters in length and weighing up to 670 pounds! This is one of the reasons that tigers rule the jungle. Their claws are very sharp. They use their sharp claws to fight each other and kill prey. Tigers are muscular which helps them swim, run and capture prey. Did you know that a tiger has stripes not just to look pretty, but to camouflage, or blend in with their surroundings? Their striped coat creates similar patterns to sunlight beaming through trees and jungle grasses. Every single tiger is unique. No two tigers have the same patterns of stripes. Tigers live between 20-26 years in the wild and Unlike most other cats, tigers are great swimmers and actually like the water.
Are these facts True or false
Tigers are the largest cat species in the world? T or F
Tigers don’t like the water T or F
All tigers stripes are the same T or F
Tigers live between 20- 26 years T or F
Their claws are very sharp T or F
List 3 facts you have learnt about Tigers
There and Their sound the same but have two different meanings.
'There' refers to a place, eg "I'm going to hide over there."
Their' means it belongs to them, eg "I ate their sweets."
Fix these sentences below, the first one has been done for you.
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