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Objective: To understand the distinction between fact and fiction. PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015 PM Gold Level Owls Name _________________________ Date _________ Are these sentences fact or fiction? Tick the right box. Use the book for help. Write one more fact about owls. Fact Fiction Owls are silent flyers. Owls are mostly nocturnal. Ghost owls swoop down into gardens. Owls have an extra eyelid. Owls are the cleverest creatures. The egg tooth disappears as the owlet grows. Some owls are afraid of the dark.

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Objective: To understand the distinction between fact and fiction.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

PM Gold Level

OwlsName _________________________ Date _________

Are these sentences fact or fiction?Tick the right box.Use the book for help.

Write one more fact about owls.

Fact Fiction

Owls are silent flyers.

Owls are mostly nocturnal.

Ghost owls swoop down

into gardens.

Owls have an extra eyelid.

Owls are the cleverest

creatures.

The egg tooth disappears

as the owlet grows.

Some owls are afraid

of the dark.

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OwlsName _________________________ Date _________

Make notes about the main points for each heading.

Objective: To use notes to organise and present ideas.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

PM Gold Level

hunting flying

owl’s eyes baby owls

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Find synonyms for these words.Use a thesaurus.

stretches

scurry

dark

hunting

destroy

curved

Objective: To make use of a thesaurus to find synonyms.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

PM Gold Level

BatsName _________________________ Date _________

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BatsName _________________________ Date _________

Objective: To locate information using a contents page PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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Use the contents page to find where you can read aboutthese things.

baby bats – page bat homes – page

bat food – page hunting – page

Choose two of the headings.Make notes about them.

1.

2.

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Objective: To locate information using a contents page.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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FoxesName _________________________ Date _________

Use the contents page to answer these questions.

What chapter is on page 4?

What chapter is on page 11?

Which page is “How foxes hunt” on?

Which page is “Fox cubs” on?

Now answer these questions.

Where do the different kinds of fox live?

What is a male fox called?

What is a female fox called?

What is the “mouse jump”?

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FoxesName _________________________ Date _________

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Objective: To complete a chart of information discovered.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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Fox

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Fox

bab

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Fox

hom

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Copy the sentences.Add exclamation marks or questions marks.

Raccoons look like masked bandits

When do raccoons sleep

Raccoons will eat as much as will fit in their stomachs

Do raccoons eat from rubbish bins

When it is dark, raccoons get down to business

Write two questions about raccoons.

Write two surprising facts about raccoons.

Objective: To secure knowledge of question marks and exclamation marks.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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RaccoonsName _________________________ Date _________

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RaccoonsName _________________________ Date _________

Write facts about raccoons on the chart.

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Homes

Food

Habits

Habitats

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Objective: To read information passages, noting key words.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

Underline the key words.The first one has been done for you.

Skunks are small black and white animals about the

size of a cat. They have big bushy tails. Skunks live in

North America.

Skunks are nocturnal. They leave their burrows at night

to come out and hunt for food.

Skunks hunt around the forest area where they live.

Skunks will stand on their back legs to look out for

danger.

What other key words can you find in the book?

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SkunksName _________________________ Date _________

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SkunksName _________________________ Date _________

Objective: To write simple non-chronological reports.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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Write a report about the life of a skunk.

At birth, baby skunks

They leave the nest when

They hunt by

When they are in danger

The skunk’s biggest enemy

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Objective: To discriminate syllables in reading.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

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Tasmanian DevilsName _________________________ Date _________

Put these words in the right lists.Add lines to show the syllables.The first one has been done for you.

two syllables three syllables four syllables

wombat

Tasmanian marsupials nocturnalcarrion Australia animalpowerful kilometres burrowmuscle wombat extinct

Add two more words to each list.

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Tasmanian DevilsName _________________________ Date _________

List key words that tell us about Tasmanian Devils.

Homes:

Food:

Hunting:

Babies:

Senses:

Objective: To make a simple record of information from texts read by listing key words.PM Activity Sheets Purple and Gold © Sue Bodman and Gaynor Brimble, Scholastic Education, 2015

PM Gold Level