The Wind Published by Collins An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77 85 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith London W6 8JB Browse the complete Collins catalogue at www.collinseducation.com HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2005 Series editor: Cliff Moon Original ISBN 978 0 00 718577 1 Monica Hughes asserts her moral right to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd., 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A Catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. Design manager: Nikki O Reilly, www.together-design.com Guided reading ideas author: Alison Tyldesley Acknowledgements Photographs: Cover: Corbis/Helen Norman; p175: Warren Photographic; p172, p184, left: Corbis/Gabe Palmer; p173: Corbis/Neil Rabinowitz; p174: Zefa/Grace; p176: Corbis/Barbara Peacock; p177, p184, centre: Corbis/ James Marshall; p178, p184, right: Corbis/Ray Juno; p179: Corbis/Bo Zaunders; p180: Corbis/John Heseltine; p181, p185, right: Rex Features/Palm Beach Post; p182, p185, left: Corbis/Rick Doyle; p183: Rex Features/ Henryk T. Kaiser Collins would like to thank the teachers and children at the following schools who took part in the development of Collins Big Cat: Alfred Sutton Primary School St. Anne s Fulshaw C of E Primary School Anthony Bek Primary School Biddick Primary School Britannia Primary School Christ Church Charnock Richard C of E Primary School Cronton C of E Primary School Cuddington Community School Glory Farm County Primary and Nursery School Printed and bound by Printing Express Limited, Hong Kong Get the latest Collins Big Cat news at www.collinsbigcat.com/elt St. John Fisher RC Primary School Killinghall Primary School Malvern Link C of E Primary School Margaret Macmillan Primary School Minet Nursery and Infant School Norbreck Primary School Offley Endowed Primary School Portsdown Primary School St. Margaret s RC Primary School Wadebridge Community Primary School G2_Volume_A.indb 170 11/05/13 3:09 PM
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The wind can blow a kite. 172 G2_Volume_A.indb 172 11/05/13 3:09 PM
It can blow boats. 173 G2_Volume_A.indb 173 11/05/13 3:09 PM
The wind can blow leaves. 174 G2_Volume_A.indb 174 11/05/13 3:09 PM
It can blow seeds. 175 G2_Volume_A.indb 175 11/05/13 3:09 PM
The wind can blow small windmills. 176 G2_Volume_A.indb 176 11/05/13 3:09 PM
It can blow big windmills. 177 G2_Volume_A.indb 177 11/05/13 3:09 PM
The wind can blow sand into dunes. 178 G2_Volume_A.indb 178 11/05/13 3:09 PM
It can blow snow into drifts. 179 G2_Volume_A.indb 179 11/05/13 3:09 PM
The wind can blow trees down. 180 G2_Volume_A.indb 180
It can blow houses down. 181 G2_Volume_A.indb 181
The wind can blow on the sea and make big waves. 182 G2_Volume_A.indb 182
It can blow on the sea and make little waves, too. 183 G2_Volume_A.indb 183
Light and strong winds light 184 G2_Volume_A.indb 184
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Before You Read 1. Circle the items that the wind can blow. 187 G2_Volume_A.indb 187
Key Story Words 1 1. Match each word to the correct picture. kite 1 a boats 2 b waves 3 c snow 4 d houses 5 e trees 6 f 188 G2_Volume_A.indb 188
Key Story Words 2 1. Write the correct word from the box to match each picture. sand leaves seeds sea windmills 1 2 3 4 5 189 G2_Volume_A.indb 189
Key Story Words 3 1. Say these words aloud. How are the plurals pronounced? Write a sound from the boxes next to each word. /s/ /z/ /is/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 houses waves trees boats windmills seeds 2. Think of another example for each end sound. /is/ /s/ /z/ 190 G2_Volume_A.indb 190
Key Story Sentences 1 1. Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box to match the picture. waves windmills small big 1 2 3 4 1 2 The wind can make little. The wind can make waves. The wind can blow big. The wind can blow windmills. 2. Unscramble the sentences and rewrite them to match the text. blow a kite. The can wind can blow The wind boats. 191 G2_Volume_A.indb 191
Key Story Sentences 2 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the box to match the text. down into on 1 The wind can blow sand dunes. 2 It can blow houses. 3 It can blow the sea and make big waves. 4 The wind can blow trees. 5 It can blow snow drifts. 192 G2_Volume_A.indb 192
Key Story Sentences 3 1. Match the beginning of each sentence to its ending to match the pictures. The wind can blow 1 a a kite. It can blow snow 2 b windmills. The wind can blow 3 c trees down. The wind can blow small 4 d sand into dunes. The wind can blow 5 e boats. It can blow 6 f into drifts. 193 G2_Volume_A.indb 193
Reading Comprehension 1 1. Strong or light wind? Write S for Strong or L for Light. 1 2 3 4 5 194 G2_Volume_A.indb 194
Reading Comprehension 2 1. True or False? Write T for True or F for False. 1 The wind can blow houses down. 2 The wind can blow snow into dunes. 3 It can blow on the sea and make little boats. 4 The wind can blow small windmills. 195 G2_Volume_A.indb 195
Have Fun with English! 1. Draw and colour your favourite scene from the text. Then complete the sentence. The wind can blow 196 G2_Volume_A.indb 196
2. Look at the words in the box. Find and circle them in the word square. boat houses waves leaves seeds snow windmills i n s w s n o w b s n i w q v a s t o n b x m v s e e d s j d e u u l m x z e s w w o i t s b p a a s l i a o z v t e l l w a r h o u s e s t d s e l e a v e s 197 G2_Volume_A.indb 197
Test Your English 1. Read the sentence. Draw a picture in the box. The wind can blow trees down. 2. Fill in the blank with the correct word to match the picture. 1 2 The wind can blow a (kite/windmill). The wind can blow the (sand/snow) into drifts. 198 G2_Volume_A.indb 198
CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed The Wind Go to page 213 to get your Reward Certificate. 199 G2_Volume_A.indb 199
Ideas for reading Learning objectives: Track text in the right order; read high frequency words; use a variety of cues when reading; use terms fiction and non-fiction, noting differing features; ask and answer questions about why things happen and how they work. High frequency words: the, can, a, big, on, it, and Interest words: wind, blow, windmills, soft, strong Resources: flash cards (The, can, a, big, on, It, and) Word count: 82 Getting started Look at the title page together and read the title. Ask the children what happens in the playground when it is windy. Walk through the book up to p183, looking at the pictures. Ask the children whether this book is fiction or non-fiction and to explain how they can tell (e.g. use of photos). Ask them to read the flash cards and then point to these words in the book (The, can, a, big, on, It, and), drawing their attention to the capital letters in The and It. What helps them to read the words? (Looking for shape, initial sound, letters from their own names, repeated words). Reading and responding Ask the children to read the book aloud independently. Prompt and praise children s tracking of words in the right order. Remind the children to use a variety of cues for unfamiliar words (e.g. picture cues for windmills and sand, word within a word for into, repetitive pattern and initial sound for blow). Ask them to discuss how waves are made and what windmills are for. When you ve read the book, look at pp184 185. Ask the children what the pictures show. Check they understand what the chart is saying. Why is there an arrow? What other words could we use for soft or strong? Returning to the book Ask the children to read the whole book together again as a group. Discuss how they solved tricky words like down and dunes. Ask each child to point at and read one or two high frequency words in the book. Show the children the flash cards and ask them to read each word to check they can read it out of context. 200 G2_Volume_A.indb 200
Checking and moving on Ask the children to recap what they ve learnt about the wind, and how it affects things. Choose one child to answer questions. The rest of the group ask what the wind can do or make (e.g. blow windmills, make waves). Show the children how to make a simple windmill. What happens when you blow on it? What happens when you hold it in the wind? Ask the children to make a poster chart similar to pp184 185 showing what happens in the playground on a windy day. leaves blow trees bend hats blow off 201 G2_Volume_A.indb 201
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