Book 19 Workbook sample

The Clever Seal 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. • Why do you think Ben is riding on a seal? Encourage your child to generate several ideas. • Find a YouTube video that shows seals performing tricks. If you have been to a show that involves animals performing tricks you can talk about this with your child. • Help your child do some research on the internet to find out some information about seals. • On page 25, Ben and Pam are holding tickets. What do you think the tickets are for? 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: Ask your child to retell the story with as much detail as possible. Keep giving prompts (e.g., What did Ben see? What did Mum say to Pam and Ben?). • Day 2: How were Pam and Ben nice to each other? How were they mean? How does it make you feel when people are mean to you? How does it make you feel when people are nice to you? What are some nice things you could do? • Day 3: Why did Ben think he was still dreaming when he saw the seal under the table? What did the children do? Where do you think the seal came from? How do you think it got to the children’s house? t • Day 4: What were some tricks the seal could do? Find the sentences that describe the tricks. How did he learn the tricks? • Day 5: What did the man from the Water Park give Pam and Ben? What do you think they liked best at the Water Park. What would you like best? t • Help your child develop a ‘nutshell sentence’ which includes the title, author, t key characters and main idea of the story. 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

SAMPLEFollow these instructions to finish the pictures. 1. Put two children together on the seal’s back. 2. Put a black seal under the table. 3. Put Tim next to the seal. 4. Put Sox behind the seal. 5. Put Ben in his bed. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

When a sentence tells you the reason something has happened, it is the cause. When the sentence tells you what happened, it is the effect. Look at the following pairs of sentences and match the cause with the effect. The man held out SAMPLE Ben and Pam get the fish. free tickets to the seal show. It didn’t want to leave Pam and The seal moved Ben. closer to the man. They looked after It was hard for the seal. father to find a parking spot. There were lots of cars in the The seal looked carpark. sadly at Pam and Ben. The black seal splashed Pam Pam and Ben and and Ben. all the other children laughed. © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com

Fill in the diagram to show which things only happened in Pam and Ben’s dream, which things only happened in real life and which things happened in both. DREAM SAMPLE REAL © 2015 Dr Lillian Fawcett & Julie Myers www.crackingtheabccode.com