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The lonely caterpillar (7)

The Wise Old Owl opened his eyes.

He saw the lonely little caterpillar

crawling down the stalk.

He saw him crawling away from

the hedge.

The Wise Old Owl flapped his wings and

called, “No – o – o, no – o – o, no – o – o!”

“The animals in the farmyard will

not have lunch with you.

They do not eat nice, soft, green leaves.

There are animals in the farmyard

that will eat YOU!

“Come back, come back!” said the Wise Old Owl.

• Ask your teacher to let you act out the story of the lonely caterpillar.
• Make masks out of paper plates fastened on to a stick or a ruler.

• Talk like the caterpillar, the ladybird and the owl.

• Rewrite these jumbled up sentences.
• Read the sentences. Did you remember capital letters and full stops?

1. day a It sunny was lovely

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. leaf nice is This soft and green

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. ladybird over flew the A hedge

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. have and Come breakfast some

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

• Listen.
• Read the story.
• Read it again.

The lonely caterpillar (8)

But the lonely, big, fat caterpillar

just kept on crawling to the farmyard.

Mother Hen and her chicks looked up.

They saw a nice big fat caterpillar

crawling near the hedge.

“Cluck-cluck,” said Mother Hen.

“Cheep, cheep, cheep,” said her chicks.

They all ran to the hedge as fast as they could.

• Draw the farmyard with the animals.
• Draw Mother Hen and her chicks in the farmyard.
• Draw the hedge around the farmyard.
• Draw the nice big, fat caterpillar near the hedge.
• Tell your friends about your picture.

• Read the sentences.
• Choose the right word to complete the sentence.

1. The little caterpillar was ....................................... and ................................................ hungry/lonely/crawling

2. The ladybird sat on the ......................................., ................................................ leaf. Hedge/green/soft

3. It was a lovely ................................................. day. Owl/sunny/tree

4. They all ran to the hedge as ....................……………. as they could. flew/nice/fast

5. You are a ................................................, ................................................ owl. lonely/fat/wise/old

• Listen while your teacher reads the story.
• Read it to your teacher.

The lonely caterpillar (9)

The Wise Old Owl saw Mother Hen and her chicks running to the hedge. He knew they were going to eat the lonely, big, fat caterpillar.

The owl flew down.

He caught the lonely, big, fat caterpillar by the tail.

He carried him to the hedge.

He put him high up on a nice, soft, green leaf.

“Thank you, thank you,” said the lonely, big, fat caterpillar.

“Mother Hen and her chicks nearly had ME for their lunch!

You are a wise old owl.

Come and have supper with me!”

“ No thank you,” said the Wise Old Owl. “I do not eat soft green leaves.

• Draw the owl saving the caterpillar.
• Complete the sentence.

You are a ……………………………………………………………………………….

• Sound the words.
• Draw a circle around the odd one, e.g. cat, fat, sit, mat.
• Draw the pictures.

Assessment

Learning Outcome 1: LISTENING : The learner is able to listen for information and enjoyment and respond appropriately and critically in a wider range of situations.

Assessment Standard 1.1: We know this when the learner understands short, simple stories:

1.1.2 acts out the story and says the words spoken by the characters;

1.1.3 draws a picture about the story and says or copies a few words about it;

Assessment Standard 1.3: We know this when the learner shows understanding of a short sequence of instructions;

Learning Outcome 2: SPEAKING : The learner is able to communicate confidently and effectively in spoken language in a wide range of situations.

Assessment Standard 2.5: We know this when the learner talks about a picture or drawings;

Assessment Standard 2.9: We know this when the learner gives very simple instructions;

Learning Outcome 3: READING AND VIEWING : The learner is able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts;

Assessment Standard 3.1: We know this when the learner uses pictures to understand written texts:

3.1.4 matches a sentence as a caption to a picture;

Assessment Standard 3.2: We know this when the learner begins to make meaning of written text by reading with the teacher;

3.2.5 with help from the teacher, retells the story;

Assessment Standard 3.4: We know this when the learner develops phonic awareness:

3.4.4 groups common words into word families;

3.4.8 recognises on sight an increasing number of high-frequency words;

Learning Outcome 4: WRITING : The learner is able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes.

Assessment Standard 4.3: We know this when the learner completes sentences by filling in missing words;

Assessment Standard 4.5: We know this when the learner puts jumbled sentences/words in the right order and copies them;

Assessment Standard 4.6: We know this when the learner uses punctuation – capital letters and full stops;

Learning Outcome 6: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY : The learner knows and is able to use the sounds, vocabulary and grammar of the language to create and interpret texts.

Assessment Standard 6.4: We know this when the learner understands and uses some adjectives;

Assessment Standard 6.5: We know this when the learner modifies adjectives and adverbs.