sec rets

I
T'ht rtt:r - ...... ; , --~ ~ .-. '"'1 Y went
to school he stopped
.. ..:_s:=t ..., .:~~· -t .s:r~t'a He heard someone say,
~ - ....1 !- : ...:s..:.r ... (s li.Stenm g. Don't give it away."
_. .,.. .. : ; jr , r- '1 qu,et Jtmmy walked into the
~ C!:; s,.:: ;: ~ .:es~ rn a low voice he said,
-r :-r secret Roman ." --

• -r~-- _.-_-,::_ ~...c: Jrom somebody else."

:._!;.E# sc·Ll:: -~e J, G.ited at the corner for Libby Rose.
- C ~~ :- : _c: :: • c.d had trouble keeping a secret too.
Sr-..1 ,. ;c. ·:: ~ :'" c :r!;.cr.er that Rickie had a little snake in
--
-us p,:,>f· r',E ~ .. f r..a_d not actually told him. She had
:ft:....; iv· ~ : ; er: .:; t aJ nght fo r us to bring snakes to

Vlr ~ '".e ~'JJI L c~':! J.mmy said, "Libby, what's the

0~, ~ f~_.~.;

l :i,: ~1,; not ,~1111\9."

1•~
: e ,Ii' r E~r a ~ec<t' . l'rn not going to tell you."
tl~ "'e- '':1':' gG ng to nr:tJr one."
Hf ;-:, '; '* :- t;. L ~by do u n the Jootpath on his knees .
 "Please please please please - "
"Oh, all right, " Ltbby sa td " O u r teacner '-:, go ng
to get married .''
He got up and dusted off hts knees He ra n home ldce
a cartoon character, leaving a streak behind ru m He
flung open the door. "I found out the secret' Ou r
teacher's going to get morned ."
"She's already married , " his mother satd
"Somebody's teasing you."

From 'Secrets · by Betsy Byars

 e ~ W) -.\,('1 qu(.>st,ons .
th('S (> How well do
\\'hot d d Jimmy wont Romon to te ll him? St ~tremem ber
1
\\ ho d,d Jimmy ,vo1t for of ter school? a...·~ ~ito ry ond ., - '
2 . pages 6 an 7 . ~
1
3 \\'ho hod o ltttle snake in his pocket?~1cJ<.1 e,. .
4 \\ hot secret d,d Libby tell Jimmy? ,,<.-~ ~~-a '~t~~rt~~ ~:
5 \\ hot d,d Jin1n1y do os soon os he found out the secret? tan ~

\\'n te these things in the order they happened in the story.

J_•,lrr.y meets Libby.

Jt.rnm~ ltSten.s outside the door.
cells his mother the secret.
_,rt1r11y
J,~my asks Roman to tell him the secret.
LtbOtJ tells Jtmmy a secret.

(9 O,scuss these questions with a friend.

1 How would you feel if you were Jimmy?
2 HovJ do w e know Jimmy could not be trusted with
o secret?
3 Hove you ever been told a secret?
O,d you keep the secret or tell someone?

I
 Compound words

Compound words con be m od e wh en

two smaller words ore added
hi,~. together to make o ne b ig word .
· ~, ' , et •
,orne. tT ,, , rl((I Jimmy heard soy.
"Shhhh! He 's
some + one = someone
out + side = outside

Q Finish the words sums. Write the co mpou nd v,o rds.

1 play + ground = ? pkl~9rouQdfoo t + batl = ')

4 Ln + std e =
.,
3 skate + board = ?

5 head + teacher - ? 6 home + v., o rk = -,

7 class + room = ? 8 lunch + ttme = ')

Look at the ·secrets· story on pages 6 and 7 • Con yo u f ,nd three

Write down any compound words you compoun d ,..)
can find. sorn eone , out5'id e.,.a "•~i~ j,ords? @:I!
somebod~.
(ill ,1wl tmtt:ib>
Capital letters and full stops
f A sentence starts with a capital letter.
A sentence usually ends with a full stop.
J immy is not good at keeping secrets

Q Which word needs a capital letter in each sente nce .,

(l
1 jimmy walked into· the room .
-
2 he sat at h is de s-...
Where does the full stop go in each sentence?
1 Rickie hod a snake • 2 Ou r teac her ,s get ~ r g
married •
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(I. ,s..

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Compound v
,otd.s
Compound
'HOtds t o<\
 nd au words
aw a ns m ake.
or. ore • the se l e t t e r p a tte r
c ner.
he s o u n d n g for her o n the
n t ot b }' H e w a s waiti --d'
Liste L ib · d~·- = ~ -
J, mn1 )' s e t h e _so
_ m
_ ~~ so_u_n_
e
u a n d o r con mak
Th e letters a a ch p icture.
x t o ma tc h e
e w o r d b o
o rd from th
(jJ Cop y the w straw /\t1Ug
u~
f~r~ ~ e}
m p~
corch jigsaw !!!! ~
3
2
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j i~ l l W
6 ••
5 •••
4
t ~rc h ...♦
in A c t i v i t y A.
t b e e n used ~ ·ug u
ds in the w o r d box h o v e n o
e w o m
rds. r 0 , ,r e » 1
~~

Two w o r f t h e s
n c e , usin g each o
te
Write o sen

and adjectives
Nouns
o nake
a m ing w ords . ke
Nouns are
n
words. o i t t l sna
scrib ing
r e de
Adjectives a fl

y t h a t describe:
s in the sto
r
e
 --.,
.............q
Puttin 9 event s ,.,., 0 I
'der
I t is irn Porto t that th ve • .
e ct n e e nts in o sto
W n tten in the
corr Order, Otherw;s ea d e
e
r Wit ? or confused o b o u t
the r
what is h Oppening . e get

. --~
k
1 Loo at th e elo .
Picture.s b w. p a g e s 6 and 7
They sh ow the rn o f the story from
Th vents
re jumb led~ ; _e
A ey o

-.
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I~;

I.. -
.- - ~
- !la-

o f the st ory?
nning
i c t h s the begi
h p ow he do
a Wh.ich . uernetesnce: S ou t s id e t
F s this s
, o p p ed
,n
s c h o ol, he st
J im m y got to o f th e story?
When s th e middle
t u w
re sho c. L i bb~
ch p ic f o r
b Whi this sentence: h e ~ o rne r-
Finish a i t e d at t
c h o o l, he CiJ story?
After s the e n d o f th e
pict u re sh o w s
c
se - -re t t o v
c Which is sentence: A Id --H,e- -
0~
.=
n is h th e ~ t:..
Fi
y go t h ome, h
s o on a s Jimm
As

D r

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,.
How Do We M ov e?

ore Vi!,Y ((e ver.

"S
Out t,od c hos o Job to do · from
...
EH'" : ri.n 9to our bon es a nd our
b tO n
-,.
;;rs
1
,oour E-yefoshes.
our brain
Our bro,n is like a com pute r.
it tells us w hat to move and how
to do ,t. even our eyeb row s.

brai n

Ou r hea rt
Ou, hea rt pumps the bloo d
aro und our body.
This takes oxygen and oth er things
we need to every par t of our body.
~...........- hear t
:elet on Put you r han d on you r chest. Can
you fee l you r hea rt bea ting ?

Our skeleton
Our skeleton is like a fram e.
It hold s our bod y in shape. It is
mov ed by our muscles, whi ch do
wha t our bra in tells the m.
Where do we get the power to move?
We need energy to move.
Energy comes from th e food w e eat
and liquids we drink . Just like a car
needs fuel to make it go .
We need food and liquid put into our
bodies to make us work!

I
~
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'-
--- • \1
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fruit milk water

curry
<•
chocolate pasta rice

p eggs
vegetables cheese nuts

If you eat
you will have more I om feeling
I'm feeling much b et te r !
energy._....,...
really tired.
 •P '\O aft)un d our body ' b lt •c d
h~~•r' , ~s

,r ~ •tJ' -ncv~ 1 tnt,ft c1~ en en.3 ~

L er #~ P , ·ure at the bot tom of page 12.

~ e:o"" orotect your heart?

C., ,\ rr.:.e c ~ , : : .. e thing s that would give your body energy.

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Body words
t. i r-~:t: ._,•,ord~are ports of the body.
r,rr. "' no';e neck skeleton
sr, o,.,. a(I r - V 11 I

/ooc knee ear

neaa
 1 f ..,.Clr> 'I 1 , rr ,.

2 r (~ ri r " ( t ,. h ,. n,.1 , 1 \
of yo ..1r ~nq
3 I arr on top ot you r
nec k

4 I h ear sou nds .

5 I o m at the top of
yo ur a rm .
sh ou td e~ --
6 I hel p yo u wa lk.
f oa t
h r ee otn e ' o,. ,o,
( Wr ite t hre e o f yo u r o w n clu es for t

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~
Thi s 1s a " ap osu op lw: •
Co ntr ac tio ns an d ap os tro ph es
( Co ntr act ion s are wo rds tha t ha ve
be e n ma de sm a ~.e ~.
A let ter or mo re tha n on e let ter i s lef t o ut.
An ap os tro ph e is use d in pla ce of
t he m iss in g let te r o ~ le t tiers

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rm = I m ../
Im fee lin g rea lly tire d.

0 Say wh ich let ter ha s be en lef t ou t.

e 3 n e ,s - h e ·s
I'm 2 yo u are - yo u·r
1 lam - 6 v·, e o re - vJe ·,e
is she 's 5 the y are - t h e y ·re
4 she -
7 it is - it's
ac tio ns .
( Wr ite the wo rds tha t ma ke the se co ntr
4 y ou ·re
1 it's it 2 ;r
the y'r e lhe lJ 3 w e·r e we
C\t'' e
Of C

A
wa an d qu a wo rd s ~~ -
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~
ma ke .
Listen to the so un d the qu a an d wa w ate
nti ty of ter . )lililiililC
It is im po rta nt to dri nk a go od ==---
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ha t in c l u d e w .• I/
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Pr es en te ns e ve rb s

Do in g
. wo
--
rd s te ll u s w
ha t pe op le . a ni m ol s on d th in gs ca n d o .
t he bl oo d or ou n d ou r bo dy .
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O'- ~ r.e an ou r bo dy in sh ap e .

l
PrpsOu
e-nrt!l< P!:se
ten e io n
ve rb s te ll us w h a t rs
. ha pp en in g no w .
L Th eb
Th e gi rl
o)'
ps . D oi ng w or ds
ar e ca ll ed ~
ve rb s. •
@ Co py a nd co m p le te ea ch .r -
th e bo x. se nt en ce w,
·th O ve rb fr o m
com es
tells
m ak e
m ov e
1 Our br<l111 t e I IS ta ke s
2 Ow hear t _ t o k e s us w ha t to m ov e.

3 O ur mus cles _mak e ox yg en to all pa rt s o f o u

ou r bo di es . r bo dy _
4 Energy _ C o m
5 We ear to _ ,-., ,.,e.
es_ f rorn th e f Ood We eat_
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d in g s
Su b h e a d in g s
( m a ke ,t e o \1c r < t u o \ ,n fo r m
to rc o d t o o t1 o n
Th e in fo rm a ti n o w p c op \ c
o n o n p a g e s 12
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m o v e b u t 1t 1s . a n d l3 '~ o l\ a b o u t
· sp li t u p u n d e r h d 1n g s o r b h e o d ,n g ~ to \c.P
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1t e a s ie r to re a e o "'> U m o
d. \, a t th
L o o k t, o c ~
subh e o d i n n~ o n •
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fo rm a ti o n a b o p a g e 12 .
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a n d ta ll ut short
p e o p le c a re fu ll
y.
S o m e p e o p le a
re m u c h s h o rt
th a n m o s t o th er
e r p e o p le .
T h e s h o rt e s t
a d u lt w a s
iu s t u n d e r
.SScm ta ll . H e
w a s c a ll e d
C h a n d ra
D a n g ia n d -
S o m e p e o p le
h e li v e d o r e m u c h ta
than most o ll e r
in N e p a l. ther people
.
He li v e d to b e T h e ta ll e s t m
a n in h is to r
7 5 y e a rs o ld. Robert Wad y wa s
lo w . w h o li
the USA. He v e d in
w a s 2 7 2 c m ta
H is s h o e s w ll .
e r e 4 7 c m lo
ng!
2 W ri te th e s
e h e a d in g s in

l--__
W ri te n o te your book.
s about each
person unde
r the correc
t h e a d in g .
R_o _b_er_t_W
_ a_d_ l_o_w_ _ __ _ \4--_- - C h a n d r a D a n
---- gi
3 Ono -------------
I Woul dn 't

'
'
And do they
come out and ploy
When the fat cot
-
Asks them to?

Well. would you?

John Ciordi
 (i) ~ ns,,.~ th~~~ queshons about the poem.
1 \Yhe-~ rs the cot sitting? ha\\ .floori
2 \\~ (S the small door? \.01' w·a I\

3 Ho" , long does the cot sit waiting for the mice? A\\ d,a,'1 e.~
. 7 ~1
~ Doe~ the rot really wont to ploy with t he mice. f\ 0

fOf eoch question. copy the statement that is true.

1 ~rLe, (at tS fat •
....., f ~a t t.s t hin .

2 ...,., f -:~! ,,ants to play with the mice.

·,, f' ~ ~ t ,,ants to catch the mice.

@ :, ~,. .1s1 •--•--E"SE- questions with a friend.

1 :i fO<'..i 11t::u: one of the mice. would
, r., :.1 r_ ~.;r-'-'.~ v ut ? Why?
2 , ,,,.,,, ,Y.; ,r..,1,; th,nr ,t IS like in the
~~ r., ,1 ~ -: t r.,v Y : . '>
1

.3 .,,. ,..,n ,Jr., 1rJu t h ,n 1' th ,: rot 1s feeLing?

C\!f•i3Sffl!tjr,j
Rhyming words
.
Rhyming words often hove the some
letter patterns.
mo~.Js• house

e Copy the words below.

The first one hos
been done to
Beside each word. write another word from help you._ _ ~
the poem on pages 18 and 1q that rhymes .
2 floor do~r 3 nice m ;ce
1 mouse house
4 fat cot s wall htl I\ 6 soy d a~

C) Choose three of the pairs of words in Activity A.

Write another rhyming word for each pair.

•4!i,$11QU,h,
Capital letters, full stops and question marks
r
A sentence starts with a capital letter.
A telling sentence ends with a full stop.
There's a mouse house in the wall
Some sentences end with a question mark.
These are asking sentences.
\.. Will you come out to ploy

e You have read the poem ·1 Wouldn T .

1 Make up a telling sentence about Remember the
the poem. full stop or '}IQ
question mark. ~
2 Make up on asking sentence about
the poem.

1, \ he f 01 cot Si't~ n ll ci o :J .

1 Dn
 . .
. ~

Soft c
Soy these words ~lou
What do you notice od. ut ;he sound
bo
in each word? ~ -- -
The in mi e is called
a so ft c.
{1: 1 i _

-
It sounds more like on
:~!~----------.d------- ~
-
~-.;;;,;;;;
I

( ) Copy the words w Soy the words aloud

ith a so ft c.
That will help you!
cat
-mice fact city
-
rice co mp uter race

0
ClWe actor

Look a t the words yo

face

u hove copied for Act

-
Ctrcle croco dile tcy I; pt <

1 Underline the letter ivity A.

th a t follows the so ft
2 Which three letter c in e a c h w o rd .
s usually follow the so •
ft c? l , Cl ) (2.

M a k in g verbs usin
g a m , is a n d a re
( ) Copy and comple
te each sentence with am . is
or a re .

, r The words am, is a

am + verb family
is + verb family nam
nd a re help to make lats
name + ing
e + ing
I
T he
of d o in g w o rd s.
jfut, n "' for th e m
ice .
a re + verb family ca t · c.1ttt n by th e door.
name + ing
~----- - - - - - -._-= The mice re stCll
house . - -
in th e
Doing words are 'l ll
1 we a r e called verbs.
---- ·- a p- ---
1 ~' -'\ ,U I ll;:1
- ~
3 The cat •, 5 2 The mice a. r e.
waiting for hidin
the mice . 4 1
Clm enjoying the
5 We on:. poem.
playing a game .
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►~ Rhym es

Most poem s have rhym ing word s .

_ o_ e
~ Woul dn't ' is a rhym i_n_g_p _ . _ _ __,,
__m

1 Copy the lines with rhym ing word s belo w .

Use the corre ct word from the box to fill each gap .

door mous e cat wall

In the hall r '

In the hous e
There 's a WaJ ·\ 1
There 's a mo use .
-- ----
-

Near the floor ,

There's a e\..o~ On the mat
There 's a

g.
 UN IT
3 !W o u ld n 't
V oc ab ul ar y
Rhyming wo rd s
A Ea ch wo rd f ro m the bo
x rhy me s wi th
a no th er " or d fro m the bo Remember, rh ym ing
x. wo rds of te n ha ve the
\V nt e t h e rh ym ing pa irs
. same let ter pa tte rns .
Th e fi rst h os be en do ne
to he lp yo u.

Jfo or 11,ce ho us e play ca t mice

rno t..Se "all fat hall do or sa~
1
•
fl oo r do or 2 n ic e rn ; c e ho us e
3
rn ou~e.
4 :; C '-1
.., SO:J 5 co t fa t 6 w ol \ ha ll
B W nt e on e pa ir of wo rd
s from Activity A in a se nt en ce
.
- ~e r e 5 o sm a ll do or b::J 1he hall f loo r •
P un ct ua tio n
Capitol le tt er s. fu ll st op s an
d question marks
A se nt en ce sto rts wi th o capita
l letter.
A te lli ng se nt en ce en ds with
a fu ll stop.
Th ere's o m o use ho us e in
th e wa ll.
Som e se nt en ce s en d wi th
a question mark .
Th ese o re as ki ng se nt en ce
s.
W ,U yo u co m e o ut to pl ay I
?
I
I

A Pu t fuU st op s at th e
I
en d of th e telling sentences.
Pu t qu es tio n m ar ks at th
e en d of th e asking se nt en ce
s. , )
1 r , '? rr- 'j use ho115 e
ha s a smaU door •
2 l l~f!r~ does the fa t ca
t sit_ _?
3 ; .., ~ r ·r.~ mice l1v f! 1n th
e mouse house •
4 Do es tnP i:1 r want
to play ?
5 ~
11:lf th '! rr, ,r_e co m~ ou t ? '
II
 Spelling
Soft c
Say these words aloud. .
mice d'
cat ound in each wor •
What do you notice about the c s

==-------------------'
The c in mice is called o soft c.
It sounds more like on s!

A Write the soft c words.

3
2
1

m •
I ,C ..::::
e ::...
· _ _ _ __

f o. ce.
j u i ce

6
5
4

ra ce. ri ce. ce
-=-~------
B Add the soft c words to the table.
Sort them by looking at the letter that comes ofter the soft c.

race icy price

cit~ cinema pencil
cereal spicy cycle
- --
ci ce cy
- ---
c i nerna race I C ::j

ci t:1 c e reo I S p ;C ;J

Qenc i l ~rice. c:;1 c le

c i-lrus cent.re Su ;c j
-- ---- -

C Add one more word to each column in the table.

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