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© Ready-Ed Publications - Revised 2001. Published by Ready-Ed Publications (2001) P.O. Box 276 Greenwood Perth W.A. 6024 Email: info@readyed.com.au Website: www.readyed.com.au COPYRIGHT NOTICE Permission is granted for the purchaser to photocopy sufficient copies for non-commercial educational purposes. However, this permission is not transferable and applies only to the purchasing individual or institution.

ISBN 1 86397 019 3

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Contents Introduction

Sam’s Star

Anna’s New Clothes

Suggested Activities for Anna’s New Clothes Sequencing/Sentence Endings Completing Sentences Classification Interpreting a Store Directory Identifying Clothes Opposites Creating Descriptions Writing Lists Writing

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Suggested Activities for Sam’s Star Comprehension/Cloze Joining Sentences/Completing Sentences Compound Words Sentence Endings What Am I? Answering Questions Story Writing

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Pet Rabbits

Suggested Activities for ‘Pet Rabbits’ Caring for a Rabbit Completing Sentences Similar Meanings Plurals - Adding ‘es’ to Make Plurals Animal Young My Pet Rabbit Alphabet Skills Finishing The Story

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Introduction The ‘Step into Language’ series is designed to develop children’s language skills. Each book is divided into sections which have an introductory story preceding activities designed to develop oral language, reading and writing skills. According to the needs of the group and individuals, teachers may select those worksheets which are appropriate.

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r o e t s Bo r e pare readily integrated with other okcurriculum The underlying themes u areas. Activities S are closely aligned to current trends in curriculum

policy and the introduction of programmes to develop language skills in primary students. ‘Step into Language’ Book One comprises three sections:

Section One contains a short piece of realistic fiction - ‘Sam’s Star’.

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The stories are designed to be photocopied for use as a student text.

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It is suggested initial lessons focus on oral discussion and the recording of children’s language in response to the reading of the stories. Worksheets concentrate on the structured development of skills.

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Sam’s Star

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Suggested Activities for Sam’s Star Discuss the shortening of Samantha’s name to Sam. Look for examples in class. Chart children’s sentences. e.g. Benjamin gets called Ben. He likes it a lot. Bradley gets called Brad. His mum calls him Brad when she’s cross etc.

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Discuss Sam’s wish. What might she wish for? Would Sam’s wishes always come true? Would some of her wishes be more likely to come true than others? Would Sam be very upset if her wishes didn’t come true?

Discuss children’s bedtime routine. Chart children’s sentences to develop reading vocabulary. e.g. Before Kate goes to bed she ...

Discuss amounts of sleep needed - changes from babies to old age. Ask children to enlist parent’s help to work out number of hours slept for a particular weekend night and compare.

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to bed. Each child could have a page where they can record and illustrate their story. Ask the children to bring their teddy bears to school. Have a teddy bear’s picnic.

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e.g. After I say goodnight, Dad turns off the light.

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Sam’s Star

Sam sat on her bed and looked out of her window.

The sky was dark, but she could not see one bright star. It was her star, her wishing star.

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“Did you clean you teeth, Samantha?” called Mum.

“Did you put away you books, Samantha?” called Dad.

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“Yes,” said Sam.

o c . che e r o t r s s r u e p “Did you put away my ball, Samantha?” called her big brother Tom. “Yes,” said Sam.

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Sam looked hard at her bright star. What would she wish for? “Time to sleep,” called Mum.

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“Time to sleep,” called Dad.

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“Goodnight my bright wishing star,” said Sam softly.

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Sam’s Star

Tick the box to show what Sam did before she went to bed. Sam put away her books.

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Sam put away her bike.

Sam looked out of her window. Sam looked out of her playhouse. Sam made a wish

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4. She wished at ............................................... 5. Now it’s time to .............................................

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Joining Sentences

Sam’s Star

Match the beginning of each sentence to the correct ending. Join the stars. Sam sat

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She could see

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Sam put away She jumped

Tom’s ball.

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Completing Sentences

Write the word put in each sentence. Read the sentences. Draw a picture in the box.

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1. Sam ....................... away her books.

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3. We ....................... away our pencils.

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Compound W ords Words

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Join the two words to make a compound word.

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Sentence Endings

Sam’s Star

Read the sentences, then write an ending for each. Sam looked out of her window at the bright star. She made a wish each night.

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1. Sam looked at ...................................................................................

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3. The star ............................................................................................ 4. Out of her window Sam ....................................................................

Adding ‘ed’.

Add ‘ed’ to these words.

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2. I play / played with my friend. 3. We can walk / walked to school. 4. The frog jump / jumped into the pond.

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What Am I?

Sam’s Star Draw me.

r o e t s Bo r e p o u k I am high in the sky. S I am bright.

I am a ..............................................

I am flat

I do not talk.

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I shine at night.

I have four legs.

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I cannot walk.

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I am white. I grow.

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Sam’s Star

Answering Questions Going to Bed

1. What time do you go to bed?

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3. Who tucks you into bed? ................................................................. ................................................... into bed.

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4. What do you do before you go to bed?

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Story W riting Writing

Sam’s Star

Every night Sam looked at her star. She made a wish.

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If you had a wishing star, what would you wish for?

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Suggested Activities for Anna’s New Clothes Discuss children’s shopping experiences. Record sentences using a variety of sentence patterns. Play a memory game ‘I went shopping ...’. Limit according to children’s interest and skills.

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Collect advertising leaflets from a variety of shops. e.g. Toy Shop, Shoe Shop etc. Children cut out a picture from a leaflet and write about item.

Record children’s ideas for the ‘good’ and ‘not so good’ aspects of shopping.

Discuss location and purpose of Store Directories.

Cut pictures of clothing form magazines to classify.

Discuss appropriateness of clothes to season and purpose.

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Trace outline of children. These can be painted to show each child in favourite cloths.

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Have a day when children wear favourite clothes to school.

Discuss growth. Children can bring to school a piece of outgrown clothing.

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Children draw pictures of clothing. Construct and record descriptive sentences for each piece. e.g. This is my red and white spotted tshirt.

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Anna’s New Clothes Anna looked in the mirror.

r o e t s Bo r Anna’s face was sad. e p ok u Mum’s face wasS smiling. “Look at you clothes, Anna. They are much too small for you.” Anna was looking.

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Her Mum was looking too.

She could see what Mum meant.

Her red jumper was much too small.

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Her blue jeans were much too short.

“We have to buy you some new clothes,” said Mum, “and we have to buy them today.”

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She looked in the toy shop window. “Can I have a game?” asked Anna. “No. We came to buy clothes,” said Anna’s Mum.

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Soon Anna had her new clothes. She had a new jumpers She had new jeans.

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“Can I have a kitten?” asked Anna.

Anna and her Mum walked out of the shop. Anna was smiling.

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Let’s have a look in here,” said Anna’s Mum.

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“No. We came to buy clothes,” said Anna. “Clothes for ME!”

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Anna’s Mum looked in a shop window.

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Sequencing

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Read these sentences. Put the numbers 1 - 4 next to each sentence in the order in which it happened.

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Anna looked in the mirror ...................

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Anna and her Mum went to the city .................

Draw a tick next to the best ending for these sentences.

1. Anna had grown ...

as tall as her mum.

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Completing Sentences

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Draw a picture of you and your Mum or Dad in a shop.

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Finish off these sentences about your picture. 1. Mum/Dad and I went to.....................................................................

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2. We went to buy ................................................................................. 3.

4. We decided to buy ............................................................................

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Classification cereal

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Different shops sell different things. Show where you would buy each of the things in the picture.

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Interpreting a Store Directory

SHAW’S DEP ARTMENT STORE DEPARTMENT

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Toy Shop

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Children’s Wear

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Kitchenware

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Coffee Shop

Ground Level Ladies Fashion

Jewellery

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Layby and Accounts

Book Shop

Read the Store Directory and answer these questions.

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1. You would find the Music Shop on Level ............................... 2. You would find the Toy Shop on Level ............................

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3. To buy a new frying pan I would go to ................................ 4.

5. For morning tea I would go to ....................................................... on ...................................... 6. I would buy ................................. for............................................ on ...................................... Ready-Ed Publications

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Identifying Clothes

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1. To a party I wear ............................................................................... 2.

3. To bed I wear .................................................................................... .......................................................................................................... On the back of this sheet draw a picture of you in clothes you would like to wear to a fancy dress party. Page 24

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Opposites

Anna’s New Clothes

Match the words that are opposite in meaning. smile

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2. Mum told Anna that they must ............................................

4. ........................................... Anna had her new clothes.

On the back of this page draw a picture for one of the sentences.

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Creating Descriptions Draw a picture of yourself in the photo frame wearing your favourite clothes.

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Tick the best sentence ending. spotted. striped. plain.

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2. I wear these clothes ...

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3. When I wear these clothes I feel like ...

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4. Mum thinks I look ... handsome. pretty. smart. scruffy. Page 26

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Writing Lists Good and Bad Things About Shopping. Make a list of some of the good things about going shopping. Number each one.

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Make a list of some of the ‘not so good’ things about going shopping. Number each one.

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Writing

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You have won a competition and your prize is a special shopping trip.

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1. Tell about where you would go. Is it in the city or your favourite nearby shopping centre? How would you get there?

2. Who would you take with you?. When would you go?

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3. Tell about the special things that you will buy.

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Suggested Activities for ‘Pet Rabbits’

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Consider the possibility of having a rabbit as a classroom pet. Discuss pets. Record children’s sentences about pets. e.g. John has a puppy. It is six weeks old. Matthew has...

r o e t s Bo r Research, then compile a list of facts about rabbits. e p ok u Discuss the position of eyes on head of herbivores. Compare to S human vision.

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Graph class pets. Chart.

List rules for care of pets. Classify according to specific pets. e.g. dogs, cats, need to be groomed. Dogs, cats, birds etc. need fresh water.

Identify different animals and their young. Chart. Children draw of collect pictures.

Discuss and chart animal noises and types of movement. cats birds

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Discuss the Easter rabbit tradition. Relate history of the Easter rabbit.

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Children give short oral presentations about their pets, or the pet they would like to own.

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Organise a physical education session based on the theme of pets. e.g. relays in which children move like particular animals - rabbit hops, crab walk.

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Rabbits can be kept as pets. Pet rabbits can have white, brown, black or grey fur. They live in a hutch. The hutch must be put in a dry, warm place. It needs to be cleaned each day. Rabbits eat grass, vegetables and grains. It is important not to give a rabbit too much food. Any food not eaten in half an hour should be taken from the cage. A rabbit also needs clean, fresh water.

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body. Rabbits may become stressed if they are handled for too long. Pet rabbits may live for up to five years. A rabbit is able to hop very fast. It uses its hind legs which are stronger than the front legs. A rabbit has its eyes on the side of its head. It can see well to the side or behind. A rabbit twitches its nose. Ready-Ed Publications

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Matching sentences to pictures. Caring for a Rabbit

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Cut out the sentences below. Glue under the correct picture. Lift a rabbit by the skin on its shoulders. Hold it underneath its body.

Clean the hutch daily.

Make sure the rabbit has clean, fresh water.

Feed the rabbit grass, vegetables and grain.

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2. All pet rabbits need ........................................................................... 3.

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Label the rabbit. Use the words in the boxes.

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Similar Meanings Which sentence has a similar meaning to the statement? Tick the box.

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2. Do not overfeed a rabbit. Remove left over food after about half an hour.

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1. Pet rabbits are kept in a hutch.

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It is possible for a pet rabbit to live for five years.

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Pet rabbits live in a hutch.

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4. A rabbit has strong hind legs.

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Plurals - Adding ‘es’ to Make Plurals Look at these sentences. Clean the hutch each day. Clean the hutches each day.

r o e t s Bo r e p some lunches ok one lunch, u S one dish, two dishes

When a word ends in ch, sh, ss, or x you must add es to make the plural.

a dress, a box,

some dresses lots of boxes

Make these words plural.

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3. There were bunch ...... of flowers to buy. 4. The duck ...... were swimming. 5. My friend ...... came to play with me.

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Animal Y oung Young A young cat is called a kitten. A young rabbit is also called a kitten. Choose the correct name of the young for each sentence.

cub lamb duckling calf puppy r o e t s B r e o p ok A young pig is called a ........................................................... u S A young lion is called a ..........................................................

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3. A young horse is called a.......................................................

4. A young swan is called a ....................................................... 5. A young dog is called a..........................................................

6. A young cow is called a ......................................................... 7.

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A young .......................................is called ............................................. Draw the adult and young here.

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My Pet Rabbit

You have just received a pet rabbit for your birthday. Tell about it.

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1. My ............................... gave me the rabbit for my .............................. birthday. 2. I will name my rabbit .....................................because .....................................

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Alphabet Skills Put in the missing letters.

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a b ...... d e f g h ...... j k ...... m n o ...... q r s t ...... ...... ...... x y z.

1st letter - the letter that comes after v.

2nd letter - the letter that comes first in the alphabet. 3rd letter - the letter that comes after s. 4th letter - the letter that comes after d. 5th letter - the letter that comes after q.

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3rd letter - the letter that comes between o and q.

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