Owls
Name _________________________ Date _________
Are these sentences fact or fiction?
Tick the right box.
Use the book for help.
Fact Fiction
Owls are silent flyers.
Owls are mostly nocturnal.
Ghost owls swoop down
into gardens.
Owls have an extra eyelid.
Owls are the cleverest
creatures.
The egg tooth disappears
as the owlet grows.
Some owls are afraid
of the dark.
Write one more fact about owls.
Objective: To understand the distinction between fact and fiction. PM Gold Level
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Owls
Name _________________________ Date _________
Make notes about the main points for each heading.
hunting flying
owl’s eyes baby owls
Objective: To use notes to organise and present ideas. PM Gold Level
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Bats
Name _________________________ Date _________
Find synonyms for these words.
Use a thesaurus.
stretches
scurry
dark
hunting
destroy
curved
Objective: To make use of a thesaurus to find synonyms. PM Gold Level
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Bats
Name _________________________ Date _________
Use the contents page to find where you can read about
these things.
baby bats – page bat homes – page
bat food – page hunting – page
Choose two of the headings.
Make notes about them.
1.
2.
Objective: To locate information using a contents page PM Gold Level
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Foxes
Name _________________________ Date _________
Use the contents page to answer these questions.
What chapter is on page 4?
What chapter is on page 11?
Which page is “How foxes hunt” on?
Which page is “Fox cubs” on?
Now answer these questions.
Where do the different kinds of fox live?
What is a male fox called?
What is a female fox called?
What is the “mouse jump”?
Objective: To locate information using a contents page. PM Gold Level
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Foxes
Name _________________________ Date _________
Fox babies
Fox food
Write a report about foxes.
Foxes hunting
Fox homes
Use these headings.
Objective: To complete a chart of information discovered. PM Gold Level
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Raccoons
Name _________________________ Date _________
Copy the sentences.
Add exclamation marks or questions marks.
! ?
Raccoons look like masked bandits
When do raccoons sleep
Raccoons will eat as much as will fit in their stomachs
Do raccoons eat from rubbish bins
When it is dark, raccoons get down to business
Write two questions about raccoons.
Write two surprising facts about raccoons.
Objective: To secure knowledge of question marks and exclamation marks. PM Gold Level
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Raccoons
Name _________________________ Date _________
Write facts about raccoons on the chart.
Homes
Food
Habits
Habitats
Objective: To complete charts of information discovered. PM Gold Level
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Skunks
Name _________________________ Date _________
Underline the key words.
The first one has been done for you.
Skunks are small black and white animals about the
size of a cat. They have big bushy tails. Skunks live in
North America.
Skunks are nocturnal. They leave their burrows at night
to come out and hunt for food.
Skunks hunt around the forest area where they live.
Skunks will stand on their back legs to look out for
danger.
What other key words can you find in the book?
Objective: To read information passages, noting key words. PM Gold Level
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Skunks
Name _________________________ Date _________
Write a report about the life of a skunk.
At birth, baby skunks
They leave the nest when
They hunt by
When they are in danger
The skunk’s biggest enemy
Objective: To write simple non-chronological reports. PM Gold Level
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Tasmanian Devils
Name _________________________ Date _________
Put these words in the right lists.
Add lines to show the syllables.
The first one has been done for you.
Tasmanian marsupials nocturnal
carrion Australia animal
powerful kilometres burrow
muscle wombat ✘ extinct
two syllables three syllables four syllables
wombat
Add two more words to each list.
Objective: To discriminate syllables in reading. PM Gold Level
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Tasmanian Devils
Name _________________________ Date _________
List key words that tell us about Tasmanian Devils.
Homes:
Food:
Hunting:
Babies:
Senses:
Objective: To make a simple record of information from texts read by listing key words. PM Gold Level
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