Book 7 Workbook sample

Sox Needs Help Workbook Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers

SAMPLEInIs nstructions 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. Look at the cover page and read the title. Discuss with your child why Sox might need help. Ask your child who he/she would go to for help. Generate the names of at least 5 different people – one for each finger of one hand. 2. Introduce the story by looking at all the pictures and discussing. There is not necessarily a correct answer for these questions. It is about helping your child develop prediction skills. • Pages 1 & 2: Where are Pam, Ben, Tim and Sox? • Page 4: Is it a good idea for Sox to try to catch the bee? Why? Discuss bee stings. • Page 6: A new character is introduced – Kim. • Pages 7-8: What do you think Ben is doing? • Pages 9-12: Look at the expressions on the characters’ faces. Do you think Tim should be in the water? • Page 13: What do you think has happened to Sox? • Page 14: How would you feel if your pet was sick? Help your child to generate a number of emotions and explain why. • Page 15: Where do you think Ben is going? • Pages 27 & 28: What do you think Ben and Pam are worried about? 3. 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: Choose a word on each page for your child to quickly find. • Day 2: Did Ben want Tim to go in the water? Find the sentence that tells you t that. Why do you think Ben didn’t want Tim to go in the water? • Day 3: What happened to Sox? What did Ben do? Discuss what things might make you choke. t • Day 4: How do we know that Tim is thirsty? Find the sentence that gives the answer. t • Day 5: Dad says that it is good for Tim and Sox to sleep. Why would it be good for them to sleep? Help your child generate several answers. Complete the activity sheets with your child and teach specific tcomprehension strategies such as going back into the story to check for the correct answer. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

A sentence is one idea. Every sentence starts with a capital letter. We also use capital letters for names. A full stop is used to show the end of a sentence. Read the story and put in the full stops and capital letters. ben has a rope on tim he wants tim to come with him the rope will not choke tim the rope will make him come with ben SAMPLE © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

SAMPLE Read pages 19 to 24. Circle the correct answer based on these pages. 1. Dad and Ben find Pam a) in the water. b) at home. c) at the lake. 2. Dad tells Pam that bones a) are not good for cats. b) are good for cats. c) are good for dogs. 3. Ben gave his dog a) lots of water. b) some fish. c) some bones. 4. Sox likes to eat a) water. b) fish. c) bones. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

Read each pair of sentences. Write 1 next to the sentence that happened first and 2 next to the sentence that happened second. • Mum made a cake. _____ • Pam and Ben eat the cake. _____ • Tim and Sox go to sleep. _____ • Sox eats some fish. _____ SAMPLE • Pam does not want to choke. _____ • Ben gave his dog some water. _____ © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com