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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 1Tuesday Comprehension 1

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

What are the features of nonfiction books?

Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1 WCT

Adjectives and noun phrasesAn 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

In prehistoric times there were many strange looking trees and

fat. plantsPterosaur’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

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.

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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 Friday Composition 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 TriceratopsGeological 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 Pangea 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.

My Dinosaur Fact File

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Length

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Diet

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What are the features of Information texts? Title

Headings

Subheadings

Facts

Illustrations/ diagrams (with labels)

Captions

Special interest words

Contents

Index

Glossary