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www.collinseducation.comText © 2010 Sue GatesDesign and illustrations (pp6, 8–9 and 12–13) © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2010

Illustration (p5) © 2010 Uwe Mayer

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Illustrators: p47: Uwe Mayer; pp48, 50–51 and 54–55: Ley Honor Roberts Photographers: p47: Alison Sage; pp49, right, and 52–55: Phil Gates; p49, left: Steve Lumb; p56,top right: Adam HowseDesign Manager: Niki Whitehorn ([email protected])/Sarah Elworthy ([email protected])Designer: Kim Sillitoe (www.marmaladebookdesign.com) Guided reading ideas author: Clare DowdallModel: Junior Model Management (Angel Danko)

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Water Bears

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Here’s a water bear.

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Here are some more.

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Water bears live in wet places like this.

moss

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They are very, very tiny.

Ten of them could fi t here.

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We need this to see a water bear.

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It makes tiny things look bigger.

hair

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This is what we do.

water

moss

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This is what we see.

a water bear eatingmouth

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water bears moving about

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You can look for water bears in your garden.

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Finding them is fun.

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Finding water bears

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WorkbookWorkbook


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Before You Read

1. Connect the dots. Colour the picture.

2. Copy the sentence.

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5

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12 13

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Key Story Words

1. Write the correct word from the box to match each picture.

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1

2

3

4

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mouth tiny hair moss garden


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

3. Copy the words from the word box.

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moss

hair

mouth

water

tiny

wet

w e t v d n x y h

a e w e t a k e b

t o m o f m g h t

e m o u t h h f x

r a s z i m a p t

v i s r n a i t e

a o m d y q r l p

d c b b q h m v n


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Key Story Sentences 1

1. Unscramble the sentences and rewrite them to match the story. Look at the pictures for clues.

a bear water. Here’s ________________________________________________

to see We need this a water bear.________________________________________________

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more. some Here are________________________________________________

what do. we This is________________________________________________

what This see. we is________________________________________________

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2

3

4

5


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2. Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.

your garden.

we do.

live in wet places like this.

water bear.

see a water bear.

a

b

c

d

e

1

2

3

4

5

Here’s a

Water bears

You can look for them in

We need this to

This is what


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Key Story Sentences 2

1. Match each sentence to the correct picture.

They are very, very tiny.

Water bears live in wet places like this.

You can look for water bears in your garden.

This is what we do.


a

b

c

d

e

1

2

3

4

5


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Reading Comprehension 1

1

1. Number the pictures in the correct order (1–4) to match the text.


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Reading Comprehension 2

Water bears live in hot places.

Water bears live in wet places.

Water bears are big.

Water bears are tiny.

Water bears live in some gardens.

Water bears do not live in gardens.

Water bears live on moss.

Water bears live on sand.

1. Tick ( ) the sentence in each pair that matches the text.


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2. Draw a water bear in the box.

3. Write a complete sentence about water bears.

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Have Fun with English!

1. Colour the picture from the text.

2. Look at the picture. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

We need this to see a __________________ __________________.


mo

ut h m

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ss w a t e r b e a r

s

wa t e

r

ha i r

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4. Find and circle four words in the word snake.

3. Tick ( ) which of these you can see in the picture.

hair garden water bears

moss a mouth water


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Test Your English

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

Water bears live in your hair. _______

We need this to see a water bear. _______

1

2

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

This is ___________________

(moss/hair).

You can look for water bears in your ___________________ (garden/water).

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2


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Go to page 205 to get your

Reward Certificate.

You have completed

Water Bears

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!


Learning objectives: identify the main events and characters in stories, and fi nd specifi c information in simple texts; distinguish fi ction and non-fi ction texts and the different purposes for reading them; ask and answer questions, make relevant contributions, offer suggestions and take turns

Curriculum links: Science: Ourselves

High frequency words: a, water, here, are, some, more, live, in, like, this, they, very,

ten, of, them, could, we, to, see, it, look, is, what, we, do, you, can, for, your

Interest words: water bear, wet, moss, mouth, garden

Word count: 77

Resources: magnifying glasses, whiteboard, ICT, science equipment

Getting started• Look at the title page. Ask children to describe what they think the creature is

and what they can see in the pictures of the book.

• Read the title together. Discuss how scientists look at things that are very tiny.

• Create a list of the tiniest creatures that children have seen and ask children

to describe how they looked at tiny creatures.

• Ask children whether this is a story book or an information book. Discuss

what features information books sometimes have, e.g. photographs, captions.

Reading and responding• Look at pp44–45 together. Ask children to study the pictures in pairs and

describe to each other what they can see.

• Read pp44–47 with the children. Point to each word as you read. Point out

the photographs and captions that provide information.

• Discuss the information provided so far. Ask children where they might fi nd

water bears in their school surroundings.

• Ask children to read to the end of the book independently. Support children as

they read, using clues from the pictures provided.

Returning to the book• Turn to pp48–49. Ask children to identify the equipment in the picture.

Provide vocabulary as necessary, e.g. microscope, tweezers, measuring jar.

• Repeat this process with pp50–51. Ask children to tell a partner what is

happening. Invite pairs to share their ideas with the whole group and deal

with misconceptions.

• Challenge children to fi nd information in the book about water bears eating

and moving.

• Refer to pp56–57. Ask children to recount information from the book using

the pictures, e.g. what do water bears look like; where do we fi nd them; how

do we see them.

Ideas for reading

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Checking and moving on• Ask children to go into role as a scientist and describe to a partner what water

bears are like.

• Use ICT sources to fi nd out more about water bears.

• Search for tiny creatures in the school grounds and use magnifying glasses to

view them.

• Ask children to draw and label a picture of a water bear using simple captions,

e.g. claws, body, leg, head.

claws

head body

leg

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