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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Reading Activity - Level 3

On Frog Pond
This task is about adding words to a  text so it makes sense -  This will also show comprehension and understanding of text.

Read the text and put in the correct word.
It's early morning on frog pond. As the sun rises, light sparkles on the water (1).    All sorts of  pond animals are waking up. A (2) busy day is beginning.
    At the edge of  the (3) pond, a little green frog sits on a lilypad (4) in the water. He
is hidden here among  the (5) floating plants. He keeps very still and very quiet (6).
His big, bulging eyes are watching. He's watching the (7) dragonflies. He's watching for
slugs and worms. He's waiting (8) for flies. This little frog is hungry for food.(9).
    Someone else is hungry too. A dragonfly hums high (10) above the water. She is a fierce
hunter, looking (11) for insects. She hovers near a clump of  frogs (12). She can fly in
any direction, even backwards and (13) sideways. Like the frog, she has very
big eyes(14). Suddenly she spots a fly crawling up a tree (15). She swoops down
like an arrow and grabs the (16) fly with her powerful front legs. Gripping it
as(17), she munches away at it with her sharp body (18) parts.
    The little frog has seen all this happening (19). He turns very slightly. He's ready to pounce,
but (20) he keeps very still. He hopes that the fly (21) will take off towards him
when she's finished eating(22). He hopes she won't notice him sitting

still  in (23) green among the pondweed. Soon she flies away(24).


My Answers:

1
Water  ✓
15
Tree  ✓
2
A   ✓
16
The  ✓
3
The ✓
17
Quickly  ✓
4
Lilypad   ✓
18
Mouth  ✓
5
The  ✓
19
Happening    
6
Quiet   ✓
20
But  ✓
7
The ✓
21
Dragonfly ✓
8
Waiting   ✓
22
Eating  ✓
9
Food  ✓
23
In  x
10
High  x
24
Away  ✓
11
Looking    ✓


12
Frogs  x


13
And  ✓


14
Eyes ✓



Reading Activity - Level 4



The following piece of writing has words missing.
Read the whole piece of writing first to get an idea of what it is about.
Fill in the gaps so that the piece of writing makes sense.
Write only ONE word in each space.
You can cross out and change answers as you go along.


The largest of all flying creatures is the albatross, which can have a wingspan of 3.5 metres.
The bill of this huge seagull is long and powerful.
The albatrosses home (1) is the southern oceans of the world (2) where it
may sometimes travel great distances (3). One albatross, found near the Chilean
area (4), had a special identification tag fastened from (5) its neck which
had been put down (6) in New Zealand only 12 days earlier. At (7) that
brief time the bird had  gone (8) 4800 kilometres, an average of 400 kilometres (9)
daily – an amazing feat of endurance.
They (10) are capable of flying at speeds higher (11) than 90 km/h. Their
outstanding ability to soar (12) and glide far better than any
____________ (13) bird has led to them being ____________ (14)
'the prince of soaring birds'.
They feed (15) mainly on squid, fish, shrimp, and
sea (16) creatures that are found near the bottom (17)
of the sea. They also swoop down (18) on scraps thrown overboard from ships.
Also (19) they will follow a ship for many (20) days.
Albatrosses will alight on the top (21) surface, but only when it is  (22).
They visit land in the breeding only (23) for a brief time. Adult birds go (24)
out at sea for two or longer than (25) three years.
Image source: T.Mattern, Department of Zoology, University of Otago




My Answers:


1
Home ✔
15
Feed ✔
2
World ✔
16
Small ✔
3
Distances ✔
17
Surface ✔
4
Area
18
Down ✔
5
Near ✔
19
Sometimes ✔
6
Down
20
Many ✔
7
In ✔
21
Ocean ✔
8
Travelled ✔
22
?
9
Kilometres ✔
23
Only
10
They ✔
24
Stay ✔
11
Greater ✔
25
Even


12
Soar


13
?


14
?



Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Fractions

I am able to resolve fraction strategies in level 3.


A farmer is selling some of his animals.
1.  The farmer sells ¼ of his 72 cows.  Show how to work out how many cows he sells.


4 x 18 = ?
2 x 18 = ?
2 x 10 = 20
2 x 8 = 16  
20 + 16 = 36
1/2 of 36 is 18
36 doubled is 72


Another way
72 divided by 4 = 18


1/4 of 72 = 18



2. He sells ⅓ of his 45 pigs.  Show how to work out how many pigs he sells.


45 divided by 3 = 15


Another way
One third of 45 is 15



3.   He sells ⅙ of his 84 sheep.  Show how to work out how many sheep he sells.


84 divided by 6 = 14


Another way
6 x 14 = 84


Multiplication and Division

I am learning to work out multiplication and division problems in Level 3.

 1. When Jasmine makes lemonade she uses 6 lemons for every litre of water. How many lemon’s does she need for


i)     2 litres of water?    12 - 6 x 2 = 12, 6 doubled is 12.


ii)    3 litres of water?    18 - 6 x 3 = 18, 6 tripled is 18


iii)   10 litres of water?  60 - 6 x 10 = 60.



2.   Devinda is doing some baking. When he uses his mum's recipe he can make 8 muffins. When he doubled the recipe he gets 16 muffins. How many lots of the recipe does he need to make


i)     24 muffins?     8 x 24 =?, 8 x 20 = 160, 8 x 4 = 32, 160 + 32 = 192.



ii)    32 muffins?     8 x 32 =?, 8 x 30 = ?, 8 x 10 = 80, 80 tripled is 220, 8 x 2 = 16, 16 + 220 = 236.



iii)   56 muffins?     8 x 56 =?, 8 x 50= ?, 8 x 10 = 80, 80 doubled five times = 400, 8 x 6 = 48, 400 + 48 = 448.