Literacy Contract Goal 11: To participate in a literacy contract where skills are developed in a range of activities. Term 1 Weeks 7/8 Task Tick Student name: Year Level: 1 2 3 Student comment: Teacher comment: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Student signature: Parent/Guardian signature: Teacher signature: 11 12
1 Spelling List Word Look, Cover, Write, Check Word Split 1 Zoo 2 Needs 3 Diet 4 Cage 5 Roam 6 Keeper 7 Animal 8 Climate 9 Habitat 10 Visitor 11 Endangered 12 Zoological 13 Enclosure 14 Conservation 15 Environmental
Activity List Complete the Activity list below. 1. Spelling List 2. Alphabetical and Number Order. 3. Basic Sentences 4. What Word? To be able to identify a set amount of words and learn to spell them (to the best of their ability). Teacher comment: To be able to recognise and place words in both alphabetical and number order. Teacher comment: To be able to use a developed word list and construct a basic sentence using: a Subject, Object, Action and Place. Teacher comment: To be able to understand the different homophones and where they are used. Teacher comment: 5. Homophone Challenge 6. Survival Comprehension Stories. 7. Who s, Whose and Who - 8. Layered Collage To be able to identify different homophones and place these in a basic sentence showing its meaning. Teacher comment: To be able to read/understand a passage and determine the correct answer. Passage/ possible answers can be read to a student. Teacher comment: Two, Too and To To be able to understand the different homophones and where they are used. To be able to match a word to the correct image and label it. Teacher comment: Teacher comment: 9. Story Time 10. Reasons... 11. LEFTOVERS 12. Problem Zoo/Quiz To be able write a short descriptive story using a series of images. To be able to give three reasons and use correct punctuation by using the comma, comma, and sentence structure. To be able to understand words and place them in the correct category. To be able to use problem solving s k i l l s t o a n swe r a s e r i e s o f questions. Teacher comment: Teacher comment: Teacher comment: Teacher comment:
2 Alphabetical Order Number Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
3 Basic Sentences Word 1 Zoo 2 Needs 3 Diet 4 Cage 5 Roam 6 Keeper 7 Animal 8 Climate 9 Habitat 10 Visitor 11 Endangered 12 Zoological 13 Enclosure 14 Conservation 15 Environmental
4 What word? There - place - it is over there Their - ownership - it is their book They re - They are. There, Their or They re??? Your - ownership - it is your book You re - personal - You re a good boy Your or You re? 1 The car is over. 1 a very silly boy! 2 It is car. 2 How old are children? 3 going for a drive in car. 3 being silly with ball! 4 car is over. 4 How are you going to get ball? 5 How often do they go? 5 in for it!!!!! 6 is not enough water in the bottle. 6 a very nice person! 7 What are they doing over? 7 words are very nice. I liked hearing them. 8 going with cat. 8 dressed very nicely today. 9 It is cat walking. 9 lucky to be reading book today! 10 They go with cat a lot. 10 What is problem? 11 A lot of food is well cooked. 11 getting on my nerves!!!!!!! 12 food is well cooked. 12 late for class!!!!! 12 going to eat over. 12 Who is this with? 13 finished with books. 13 very helpful today. 14 Are they okay over with cat? 14 kids are how old????
5 Homophone Challenge. Use the word and write a basic sentence showing its meaning. Word Sentence with Homophone in it 1 Wait 2 Weight 3 Allowed 4 Aloud 5 Base 6 Bass 7 Board 8 Bored 9 Buy 10 Bye 11 Cheap 12 Cheep 13 Coarse 14 Course
6 Comprehension - Read the passage below and answer the questions on the next page This passage is also on Page 84 of the Zoo s Booklet
Survival Story Questions. Write single word answers - NOT sentences. Question Answer 1 Where was the family trip to? 2 What is the name of the person s friend? 3 Where did they walk to? 4 What type of day was it? 5 What did the sign say? 6 Why did Sam say they were everywhere? 7 What was the water like? 8 What was heard? 9 What was seen? 10 What jumped out of the water? 11 What happened to Sam? 12 What was all around Sam? 13 How was Sam saved? 14 What happened to Sam as a result? 15 What was the award given for?
Comprehension - Read the passage below and answer the questions on the next page This passage is also on Page 85 of the The Zoo s bats are Booklet the same size as... Tick Cockroach Mouse Rat Chicken There would be an influx in bats as the species... Tick Looked for a place with a small family until Autumn Looked for a warm place until Summer Looked for a place with lots of food until Winter Looked for a place to hibernate until Spring They normally rest in... Tick Tree hollows Burrows in the ground Letterboxes Haunted homes
They don t pose a threat but could carry Tick Question.. 1 What is his life? the Australian bat lymatavirus 2 What would he do every morning? the Australian bat lyssavirus 3 What did he put on one morning? the Australian bat lysnavirus 4 What type of morning was it? the Australian bat lissavirus 5 What did he think he saw out of the Bats should corner of not his eye? be disturbed if they Tick were found hibernating because they 6 What started to beat fast? could... 7 What did he see go under him? lose the plot and attack you 8 What did he feel? lose their sense of direction 9 What did he feel a sharp pain in? lose heat and freeze to death 10 Why did he feel a pain in his leg? lose fat and storage supplies 11 Where else did he feel pain? "If you find one, the best thing to do is... Fauna Rescue said she typically received a maximum Tick Answer of... calls a year 20 5 10 15 She said she received other calls about bats that... Tick might have flown inside a house chasing an insect. might have flown inside a house chasing another bat. might have flown inside a house chasing a cat. might have flown inside a house chasing a human. Tick 12 What did he see looking at him? turn your lights on, close the door and windows, and give them a soft surface to sleep 13 What did he land on when he was nudged turn your lights off, open your doors and windows, and encourage them to go outside out of the water? turn your heater on, open your doors and close windows, and hit them with a broom 14 How many days later did he wake up? turn your house upside down, weld shut the doors and windows, and throw ice blocks at them 15 What does he hope for one day?
7 Who s, Who and Whose Two, Too and To Who s - who is Whose - ownership - whose book? Who - singular. Two - number Too - also - lots of something To - comparison or relationship. Fill in the blanks Fill in the blanks 1 going to see the movie? 2 book does this belong to? 3 I don t know it belongs to! 4 does this belong to? 5 I don't know going! 6 I don't know this book belongs to. 7 wearing a blue top today? 8 Do you know house that is? 9 I don't know lives there! 10 cares book it is! 11 pen and pencil? 12 that person over there? 13 book and going to get it? 14 bag is this? 15 I think I know going to the footy. 1 I have cats. 2 That cat is cute!!!! 3 I am going my friend s house. 4 This is small!!!! 5 cats are going eat the bird. 6 Those cats are mean!!! 7 Those girls are going the shops. 8 many people get it wrong!!!! 9 I am tired talk the lads! 10 Can I come? 11 Where are you going? 12 That is people many! 13 I have dogs at home. 14 I feel hot go outside today. 15 Am I being mean?
8 Layered Collage. Stick Layered Collage in here
9 Story Time. Write a 60 word grid story about what is happening in the images
10 Reasons... We will use the comma, comma, and idea with this. See example. DO IN YOUR BOOK - we will photocopy and stick at the back. 1 I dis like cake because it is soft, has lots of chocolate in it, is creamy and I like sugary foods! 2 I dis like yelling 3 I dis like Sports Day 4 I dis like flies 5 I dis like potato chips 6 I dis like sleeping 7 I dis like parties 8 I dis like KFC 9 I dis like quietness 10 I dis like Easter 11 I dis like old music 12 I dis like spaghetti bolognese 13 I dis like going to bed early 14 I dis like thunder 15 I dis like car races
11 LEFTOVERS. Use 4 different coloured pencils to do this. Big Cats Long legged Birds Habitats Leftovers Panda Leopard Emu Arctic Desert Farm Rainforest Stork Lion Fridge Tiger Cougar Cassowary Flamingo Woodland Pigeon Urban Environment Native Australian Animals Reptiles Leftovers Snakes Chicken Wallaby Ostrich Echidna Houses Leopard Roads Parks Lizards Wombat Turtles Bucket Crocodiles Buildings Kookaburra
Found in a Mangrove Water Cycle Flightless Birds Leftovers Budgie Evaporation Mud Precipitation Crabs Cassowary Clouds Eagle Penguin Fish Kiwi Water Rain Mango Ostrich Plant Roots Spiders Australian Lizards Types of Bats Leftovers Crocodile Red Bellied Black Redback Reeds Sleepy Blue Tongue Mega Bird Eating Fruit Tarantula Frilled Neck Ghost Camel Llama Slit Faced Skink
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