Hiwi the Kiwi

pop corn

“Popcorn” (School Journal part 2 Number 1 2011) file:///home/chronos/u-d757703436f42108bad6de19f0fc3eb7d5f8172c/Downloads/Part+2+Number+1+2011-Popcorn.pdf

Write numbers to show the steps for growing popcorn

4	Put the sprouted kernels into pots filled with dirt.
2	Put the kernels between wet paper towels and then in an open plastic bag.
6	Take the seedling out of the pots and plant them in the garden.
3	Shoots should start sprouting about a week later.
5	Soon leafy seedling will start pushing up through the dirt.
1	Choose fat kernels of corn.

FInd these words in the wordfind

                   

   

x	p	v	s	o	i	l	s	z	q
c	o	r	n	w	j	y	p	b	h
k	p	z	v	x	v	q	r	y	e
z	p	l	a	n	t	x	o	k	a
s	i	q	b	y	z	j	u	w	l
t	n	x	s	h	o	o	t	s	t
a	g	r	o	w	q	z	i	v	h
l	z	g	a	r	d	e	n	x	y
k	v	z	k	j	x	h	g	q	z
s	e	e	d	l	i	n	g	s	j

Pest Fish

pest Fish 2

Make some rhyming words

pest     bset     chest     jest     nest     rest    test   vest     west

pond     bond   fond    

fish     dish     swish     wish

line     dine     fine    mine     nine     pine     vine     wine

day (make your own rhyming words)

Bay way jay fay may say  nay hay

Underline with blue the 2 vowels that are next to each other in these words from the story. The first one is done for you.

because     free     spread     thousands     nuisance     Eamon     piece     green     lead     weights     keep     tie     float     freezing     search     death     pouring     their     disappear     poisonous     scoop     clear     eels     again

Make some sentences using these words

My sister is nuisance.         

I go fishing with my dad.       

I search  on google  for information.

Ms Allen hair got tangled in her brush.

Pest Fish

Pest Fish  School Journal Part 2 Number 4 2005

Finish these sentences from the story on pages 7 and 8

Rudd are small silvery fish.

Rudd are called pest fish because they don’t belong in new zealand.

They were brought from England.

They kill insects and eat pond plants.

The boys decide to try making a net from a piece of green shade.

They tie lead weights to it to keep it on the bottom of the pond.

They also tie plastic bottles to the top of the net so that it will float in the water.

Choose the best meaning for these words from the list below

edge - side

pest -                    annoying

wade -       walk through shallow water

expert - someone who knows a lot about something

poisonous -   deadly

native - belonging to a place

Bee Sting

Why do bees sting? Their job is to protect the hive they will sting any strange bees or people who come to close  

What happens to the bee when it stings someone? The bees died after they sting

What can you do when you are stung? Quickly try to brush off the tiny sac of poison that the bee leaves on your skin.

Speedy Facts Term 3

Aidan Making Honey 1

yMaking Honey” School Journal Part 2 Number 4 2000

Finish these sentences using words from the story

Jessie’s mother is a beekeeper

Her hives produce mainly pohutukawa

A beehive is a community of a special job

The queen bee’s job is to lay eggs

Some worker bees collect to honey

Honey bees may fly up to 8 kilometres hive

To show where the best flowers are, they do a special dance

The time to collect the honey is when the trees stop flowering

The guard bees job is to protect the hive

Fill in the spaces.

	Add ‘s’ or ‘es’	Add ‘ed’ or ‘d’	Add ‘ing’ (you might need to take off the ‘e’)
love	loves	loved	loving
taste	tastes	tasted	Tasting
produce	produces	produced	producing
lay	lays	laid	laying
collect	collects	collected	collecting
fly	flies	flied	flying
dance	dances	danced	dancing
protect	protects	protected	protecting
sting	stings	stunged	stinging