Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs
Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct
column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help.
Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid...
DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit
worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He
got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry
on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you
think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on
the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to
be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching
TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk.
“Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names
so he could call them.
Week 1 Monday Spelling 1
Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs
Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct
column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help.
Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid...
DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit
worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He
got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry
on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you
think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on
the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to
be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching
TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk.
“Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names
so he could call them.
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Week 1 Monday Spelling 1
Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs
Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct
column
Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help.
Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid...
DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit
worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He
got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry
on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you
think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on
the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to
be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching
TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk.
“Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names
so he could call them.
(19 including repetitions)
Week 1 Monday Spelling 1
Scelidosaurus
Pronounced: skel-EYE-doh-sore-us
Meaning of name: limb lizard
Length: 4m (just over ½ a bus
Diet: herbivorous
When it lived: Early Jurassic
(208 - 194 million years ago)
Found in: England, United Kingdom
Tyrannosaurus
Pronounced: tie-RAN-oh-sore-us
Meaning of name: tyrant lizard
Length: 12m (1¼ buses)
Height: 5.6m
Weight: 7000kg
Teeth: 60 saw-edged, bone-crushing, pointed teeth
Diet: carnivorous
Food: other animals
How it moved: on 2 legs
When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million
years ago)
Found in: Canada, USA, Canada, USA
Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1
Triceratops
Pronounced: tri-SERRA-tops
Meaning of name: three-horned face
Length: 9m (1 bus)
Height: 3m
Weight: 5500kg
Teeth: horny beak and shearing teeth
Diet: herbivorous
Food: tough palm fronds
How it moved: on 4 legs
When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million
years ago)
Found in: USA, USA
Stegosaurus
Pronounced: STEG-oh-SORE-us
Meaning of name: roof lizard
Length: 9m (1 bus)
Diet: herbivorous
When it lived: Late Jurassic (156 - 144 million
years ago)
Found in: USA
Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1
Apatosaurus
Pronounced: ah-PAT-oh-sore-us
Meaning of name: deceptive lizard
Length: 21m (3 buses)
Diet: herbivorous
When it lived: Late Jurassic (154 - 145 million
years ago)
Found in: USA
Anchisaurus
Pronounced: ANK-ee-sore-us
Meaning of name: near lizard
Length: 2m (2 metre sticks)
Diet: herbivorous
When it lived: Early Jurassic (190 million years
ago)
Found in: USA
Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1
What are the features of nonfiction books?
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Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1
Adjectives and noun phrases
An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun (person,
place, thing or feeling).
The scary dinosaur
The cold forest
The gentle diplodocus
Dinosaurs had a special diet.
She wished she could see a real dinosaur.
The Tyrannosaurus was an excellent hunter.
An expanded noun phrase often contains adjectives that tell us
more about a noun.
Apatosaurus was as long as 3 buses
The stegosaurus walked along with big, heavy steps.
The forest was becoming darker and colder.
Duckbill saw a meat-eater; it looked huge and fierce
Pterosaurs ruled the skies and could be large or small, thin or
fat.
In prehistoric times there were many strange looking trees and
plants
Pterosaur’s wings were rather leathery flaps of skin which hung
from one enormously long finger on each hand
The duckbilled dinosaurs were gentle plant-eating creatures.
Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1 WCT
About Scelidosaurus Scelidosaurus lived a very long time ago
during the Early Jurassic Period. It is one of the first armoured
dinosaurs to have appeared on Earth.
This dinosaur was discovered in 1859. It had a beak-like mouth
and bony horns around its head. Running down its back were another
set of bony studs, or nodes.The hind legs of Scelidosaurus were
longer than its front legs, making its back slant up towards its
rear as it walked. Scelidosaurus was a plant-eater, and probably
spent most of its life in search of food.
http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-children.php?dinosaur=Scelidosaurus
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
Why was Tyrannosaurus king of the Dinosaurs?
Imagine a giant with teeth as long as your hands and a mouth
that’s big enough to swallow you whole – that was Tyrannosaurus. It
was one of the largest meat-eating animals the world has ever
known, and that’s why it was called king of the dinosaurs.
However, fossil-hunters have found part of a meat-eating
dinosaur even bigger that Tyrannosaurus. They’ve called it
Gigantosaurus, which means ‘giant southern lizard.’
Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1
A Glossary of useful words about dinosaurs.
Carnivore: A meat eating animal. See also Omnivore and
Herbivore.
Chisel: A metal tool which can be used to chip away at the rock
containing fossils.
Dinosaur: an extinct, chiefly terrestrial reptile that lived in
the Mesozoic Era. Some dinosaurs were the largest known land
animals.
Era: A very long period of time which is somehow different from
other periods of time. Two or more geological periods comprise an
Era, which is hundreds of millions of years in duration.
Forelimbs: Arms; basically just limbs in the front, or fore.
Fossils: The preserved remains of dinosaurs and other ancient
creatures that have turned to stone over the ages due to the
pressure deep beneath the earth.
Frill: The bony "crown" on the head of a ceratopsian dinosaur,
like a Triceratops
Week 1 Friday Composition 1
Geological Period: A period of time that is part of an Era. (For
example the Jurassic period).
Herbivore: A plant-eating animal. See also Omnivore and
Carnivore.
Living Fossil: A living fossil is an organism that lived during
ancient times and still live today relatively unchanged, like the
horseshoe crab.
Omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and meat. See also
Carnivore and Herbivore.
Palaeontologist: A scientist who studies dinosaurs.
Predator: An animal that hunts down and kills animals for
food.
Prey: An animal hunted or caught for food.
Scavenger: An animal that feeds on animals that are already
dead.
Week 1 Friday Composition 1
Glossary of terms about Geological Eras
Mesozoic Era: An Era when dinosaurs lived on the Earth between
251 million years ago and 65 million years ago. It is divided into
the Triassic, Jurassic, and the Cretaceous geological periods (See
also Era, Geological Period).
Triassic Period: The time period when dinosaurs first evolved,
between 251 and 199 million years ago.
Jurassic Period: The time period when the super continent of
pagea began to break apart between 199 and 145 million years ago.
Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals of this period.
Cretaceous Period: The time period when dinosaurs were at risk
of extinction between 145 and 65 million years ago. This period
also saw great diversification among insects and the beginnings of
the rise of mammals and birds.
Week 1 Friday Composition 1
© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission
for it to be adapted as wished by individual user. Y2 Sum NF 2
Information texts We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the
plan, about links to other websites. .
My Dinosaur Fact File
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Meaning of name
Length
Height
Weight
Teeth
Diet
Food
How it moved
When it lived
Found in
Description
Week 1 Friday Composition 1
Our Brilliant Book of Dinosaur Facts
Class:Week 1 Friday Composition 1
What are the features of Information texts?
· Title
· Headings
· Subheadings
· Facts
· Illustrations/ diagrams (with labels)
· Captions
· Special interest words
· Contents
· Index
· Glossary
Week 2 Tuesday Comprehension WCT
There are some difficult words in this animation can you help
make a glossary? First you will need to put the list in
alphabetical order.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_fossilintro/
· Fossilised
· Geological
· Erosion
· Palaeontology
· Scavengers
· Decomposes
· Preserved
· Silt
· Sediment
· Protective
· Sedimentary rock
Week 2 Tuesday Word reading/ ComprehensionA Glossary (with the
correct definitions)
Decomposes
To break down organic matter mainly through the action of fungi
and bacteria.
Erosion
The gradual wearing away of rock or soil e.g. by water, wind, or
ice.
Fossilised
To become a fossil.
Geological
Learning about the Earth or another planet, especially about its
rocks, soil, and minerals, and its history and origins.
Palaeontology
The study of life in prehistoric times by using fossil
evidence.
Preserved
To keep something protected.
Scavengers
An animal, bird, or other organism that feeds on dead and
rotting flesh or discarded food scraps.
Sediment
Material eroded from rocks that is transported by water, wind,
or ice and deposited elsewhere.
Sedimentary rock
Rock formed from material deposited as sediment by water, wind,
or ice and then squashed together by pressure.
Silt
A fine-grained sediment of mud or clay particles at the bottom
of a river or lake.
Week 2 Tuesday Word Reading/ Comprehension
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/form.htmHOW DO
FOSSILS FORM?
Not many plants and animals are lucky enough be turned into
fossils.
When an animal or plant dies its remains usually rot away to
nothing. Sometimes though, when the conditions are just right and
its remains can be buried quickly, it may be fossilised. There are
several different ways fossils are formed. Here we go through the
five steps of fossilisation to make a typical 'mould and cast'
fossil.
An animal dies; its skeleton settles on the sea floor and is
buried by sediment.
An animal dies and its body sinks to the sea floor. The soft
parts of the animal rot away, leaving only its skeleton. The
skeleton is buried by sediment (like mud or sand) falling from the
ocean above. The sea floor is an ideal place for fossilisation,
which explains why many fossils are marine (from animals that lived
in the sea). Land animals may die and be swept out to sea to be
buried in the same way.
Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT
The sediment surrounding the skeleton thickens and begins to
turn to stone.The skeleton continues to be buried as sediment is
added to the surface of the sea floor. As the sea floor sinks,
pressure increases in the lower layers of sediment and it turns it
into hard rock.
The skeleton dissolves and a mould is formed.Now buried at depth
and surrounded by stone, the skeleton is dissolved by ground water.
This leaves a cavity (or hole) preserving the shape of the original
skeleton. This cavity is known as a natural mould.
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water
rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The
minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast
has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its
internal features.
Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT
The fossil is exposed on the Earth's surface. Millions of years
later, the rock surrounding the skeleton rises to the Earth's
surface (this happens during mountain building, earthquakes and
other earth processes). The rock is worn away by wind and rain, and
the fossil is now exposed, waiting to be found!
Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT
How a fossil is formed
cast, fossils, minerals, mould, pressure, rock, sediment,
skeleton
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Week 2 Wednesday Composition 2
PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of
Dinosaurs
Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the
lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a
bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken
ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left
them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV.
She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs
aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could
call them.
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PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water
rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The
minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast
has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its
internal features.
Week 2 Thursday Grammar
PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of
Dinosaurs
Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the
lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a
bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken
ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left
them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV.
She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs
aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learned all their names so he could
call them.
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PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?
Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water
rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The
minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast
has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its
internal features.
Week 2 Thursday Grammar
Past tense
Present tense
Week 2 Thursday Grammar