Book 16 Workbook sample

Holiday Fun Workbook Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers

SAMPLEIns Instructions The Workbooks are designed to provide comprehension activities that compliment and build on the Learn to Read Books. It is envisaged that students will read 6 pages of the book each night and there are two comprehension/activity sheets that relate to those 6 pages. Outlined below are some recommended oral activities: 1. Read the title and look at the pictures. • Ask your child to predict what the story might be about. Ask your child to talk about their favourite activities to do during the school holidays. What was the best holiday? • The children put on a play about Rumplestiltskin. If your child is not familiar with this story read the story to your child before asking your child to read Book 16. You can download a version from the internet. • After you read Book 16 discuss how the two versions vary. 2. Ask your child to read 6 pages each night. At the end of each set of six pages you can do the following activities or ask the questions. • Day 1: When don’t you have to go to school? Find the answer to the question in the text. What word does Pam use to describe her feelings about going to the farm? Find the word in the text. • Day 2: How were the children going to help the farmer? Find your answers in the text. The farmer likes joking. How do you know? • Day 3: Where do the children put on the play? Why is this a good place to put on the Rumplestiltskin play? Which character is each of the children? How do they dress to portray that character? t • Day 4: Find the elf’s song. Why do you think he sings the song as he spins? Do you think the elf is kind or mean or a bit of both? Why? • Day 5: Why do the children do the play again? Ask your child to find the following phrases in the story and to explain what emotions they depict: t ‘everyone hissed’, ‘everyone clapped’, ‘everyone smiled’, ‘everyone got up and t jumped around’, ‘everyone gave them a hug and patted them on the back’. Complete the activity sheets with your child and teach specific t comprehension strategies such as going back into the story to check for the correct answer. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

A verb is a ‘doing word’, like eat, jump or swim. Verbs tell you if something is happening in the past, present or future. Circle the verb in each sentence. Change the verb to show it is happening in the past. 1. Kim needs a ring in the play.SAMPLE 2. The king is very greedy. 3. Kim runs up to Adwin, the king. 4. Kim gives the elf some candy. 5. The king wants more gold. 6. The elf spins the hay into gold. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

Read pages 19 to 24. Choose the correct answer based on these pages. 1. Ben isSAMPLE a) an ugly, but helpful elf. b) an ugly, unhelpful elf. c) a lovely helpful elf. 2. The pretty girl will give the elf a) her first little girl. b) her first baby. c) her first little boy. 3. Kim has a) a real baby. b) a doll for her baby. c) a happy baby. 4. The queen is sad because a) she doesn’t like the elf. b) she want to keep her baby. c) she could not think of any names. 5. On the first day, the queen could a) not tell the elf his name. b) tell the elf his name was Sam. c) not see the elf. 6. On the second day, the queen a) had a short list of names. b) could tell the elf his name. c) sent men everywhere to look for names. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

Use the numbers to find the words. Read all the words to your mum or dad. 1a 2b 3c 4d 5e 6 f 7g 8 h 9 i 10 j 11 k 12 l 13 m 14 n 15 o 16 p 17 q 18 r 19 s 20 t 21 u 22 v 23 w 24 x 25 y 26 z SAMPLE 19 1 20 21 18 4 1 25 14 5 22 5 18 23 8 25 1 12 23 1 25 19 4 15 15 18 8 21 18 20 4 15 5 19 23 1 19 8 13 15 20 8 5 18 5 9 7 8 20 1 14 25 © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com