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It Was a Cold, Dark Night

Contents

Reader 11

Workbook 26

Before You Read 27

Key Story Words 1 28

Key Story Sentences 1 30


Reading Comprehension 1 33


Have Fun with English! 36

Test Your English 38

Ideas for Reading 40

Certificate 203


Water Bears

Contents

Reader 43

Workbook 58

Before You Read 59

Key Story Words 60








Certificate 205


Night Animals

Contents

Reader 75

Workbook 90

Before You Read 91










Certificate 207


The Little Egg

Contents

Reader 107

Workbook 122

Before You Read 123










Certificate 209


Reader 139

Workbook 154

Before You Read 155

Key Story Words 156








Certificate 211

Lights

Contents


The Wind

Contents

Reader 171

Workbook 186

Before You Read 187












Certificate 213


Published by Collins

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www.collinseducation.comText and illustrations © 2010 Tim HopgoodDesign © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2010

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Illustrator: Tim HopgoodDesign Manager: Nicola Kenwood @ Hakoona MatataDesigner: Anna Stasinska ([email protected])Guided reading ideas author: Clare Dowdall

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It was a cold, dark night and the wind was blowing.

12


Ned, the hedgehog, was looking for a home.

13


He looked down a little hole.

14


The rabbits said, “This is our home! Look next door.”

15


He looked down a big hole.

16


The fox said, “This is my home! Look next door.”

17


He looked up in the tree.

18


The owls said, “Whoo-oo! This is our home! Look next door.”

19



20


The hedgehog looked up at the old barn.The bats said, “This is our home. But look down, Ned!”

21


Ned looked down and there was a big pile of leaves.

22


Ned said, “My home!” and he went to sleep all winter.

23


24


25


WorkbookWorkbook


27

Before You Read

1. Circle and colour the animals that live in a forest.


28

Key Story Words 1

1. Match each animal name to the correct picture.

hedgehog

fox

owls

bats

rabbits

a

c

d

e

b

1

3

4

5

2


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2. Look at the words in the box. Find and circle them in the word square.

hole tree leaves barn

night home wind winter

n i g h t e h w g

r n t f l a o i p

q t r s e b l n k

d f e e a r e t d

h p e u v k o e b

o u v n e b a r n

m w i t s m c e q

e n w i n d a g z


30

Key Story Sentences 1

1. Circle the correct word in each sentence.

The owls said, “Whoo-oo! This is (my/our) home!”

The fox said, “This is (my/our) home!”

The rabbits said, “This is (my/our) home!”

The bats said, “This is (my/our) home.”

Ned said, “(My/Our) home!” and he went to sleep all winter.

1

2

3

4

5


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2. Unscramble the sentences and rewrite them to match the story.

a cold, was blowing. dark night It was and the wind________________________________________________

________________________________________________

the hedgehog, home. for a was looking Ned,________________________________________________

________________________________________________

he went all winter. Ned said, and to sleep “My home!”________________________________________________

________________________________________________

1

2

3


The fox said, “This is my home! Look next door.”

The hedgehog looked up at the old barn.


The hedgehog looked up in the tree.

1

2

3

4

32

Key Story Sentences 2

1. Tick ( ) the picture that matches the story sentence.


33

Reading Comprehension 1

1. Match each animal to its home and to the correct home word.

leaves

barn

little hole

tree

big hole

rabbit

fox

owl

bat

hedgehog


34

Reading Comprehension 2

1. Number the pictures in the correct order (1–6) to match the story.

1


“This is our home. But look down, Ned!”

“This is our home! Look next door.”

“This is my home! Look next door.”

“My home!”

1

2

3

4

2. Who said this? Tick ( )the picture of the animal.

35


36

Have Fun with English!

1. Help Ned find his way to his home.

Start

Finish


37

2. Connect the dots. Colour the picture.Circle the correct animal name.

3. Find and circle seven story words in the word snake.

blo

win

g

hom eh e

dg

eh

og

n e x t w

i nte

rra

b b i t s l ea

ve

s

ba r n

1

11 109

87 6

5

4

32

12

13

1415

rabbit owl fox


38

Test Your English

1. True or False? Write “T” for True or “F” for False.

2. Fill in the blank with the correct animal to match the picture.

The fox said, “Whoo-oo! This is our home.” _______

Ned’s home is in the tree. _______

The rabbits’ home is in a little hole. _______

1

2

3

“This is our home,” the ______________________________ (bats/hedgehog) said.

The ______________________________ (owls/rabbits) said, “Whoo-oo! This is our home!”

1

2


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Go to page 203 to get your

Reward Certificate.

You have completed


CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!


Ideas for reading

Learning objectives: identify the main events and characters in stories; make predictions showing an understanding of ideas, events and characters; retell stories, ordering events using story language

Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us; Science: Ourselves

High frequency words: it, was, a, night, and, the, for, home, he, down, little, said,

this, is, our, look, next, door, big, up, in, tree, old, but, there, of, my, went, to, all

Interest words: blowing, hedgehog, rabbits, fox, owls, bats

Word count: 120

Resources: whiteboard, pictures of hedgehogs, ICT

Getting started• Ask children to think of any creatures that come out at night. Create a list on

the whiteboard.

• Look at the front cover. Identify the creature shown (hedgehog). Discuss what

the children know about hedgehogs.

• Read the title to the children. List some words that can be used to describe the

hedgehog, e.g. prickly, shy.

• Ask children why Ned is looking for a home, and what they think will happen

in the story.

Reading and responding• Read pp12–13 to the children. Model using a range of strategies, e.g. using

the context, using known parts of words, using the pictures.

• Look at pp14–15 together. Model reading the text fl uently and using the

punctuation for expression, e.g. speech marks and italicised text.

• Ask children to predict what will happen next in the story.

• Ask children to read pp14–23 in pairs.

Returning to the book• Using the map on pp24–25, help children to recount the story in their

own words.

• Ask children to describe how Ned feels at different stages of the story. Add the

children’s ideas to the list of words created earlier.

• Hot seat the children as Ned, and ask questions about the cold, dark night to

explore his character further.

• Ask children to explain why Ned might need to sleep for the whole winter.

Introduce the concept of hibernation.

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Checking and moving on• Plan to act out the story, with pairs of children taking different parts.

• Use ICT sources and pictures to fi nd out more about hedgehogs

and hibernation.

• Ask children to draw a picture of a hedgehog and add labels to describe it.

prickly body

feet

nose

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