i want a pet! - miss ashley's stars

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I Want a Pet!

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I want a pet! I want a pet!

I hope I like the pet I get.

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Here is a shop. It looks just fine.

It says Strange Pet Shop on the sign.

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This pet is big. It isn’t small.

I do not like this pet at all.

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This pet has very funny feet …

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… and this one likes a lot to eat.

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This one is loud and wants to play.


I wish this pet would go away!

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This pet is red.

This pet is blue.


This pet simply will not do.

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This pet is pink ...

... and this one’s green.


You cannot tell where this one’s been.

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Here’s a pet with too much hair …

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… and here is one who likes to stare.

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Too tall, too small, too wild, too wet,

I haven’t found the right pet yet.

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But wait! There is one more to see.

I wonder, is this pet for me?

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YES! Here, at last, is one I like!

I’ll take him home and call him Mike.

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Do you have a pet?

If you do, what is your pet’s name?

__________________________________________

Before You Read

2. Draw and colour your pet, or a

pet you want to have. Give it a name.

Name: __________________________________

1. Write the answers

to these questions.

Use complete sentences.


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red

3

1

Key Story Words

1. Tick ( ) which of these colours

you can see in the pictures.

green

blue pink

1 a

2 b

3 c

4 d

5 e

6 f

2. Draw a line to match

the rhyming words.

4

2

pet

fine

feet

play

small

green

sign

all

get

been

away

eat


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3. Fill in the blanks to complete these

rhyming words from the story.

4. Unscramble the letters and

rewrite the words.

1 a. ha __ r

b. s __ are

2 a. f __ et

b. ea __

1 a l t l ____________________

2 i d l w ____________________

3 l a l s m ____________________

4 y n u n f ____________________

5 d o l u ____________________

6 t e w ____________________

loud wild funny tall small wet

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Key Story Sentences 1

1. Tick ( ) the correct sentence to

match each picture.

1 This pet is big.

This pet is small.

2 This pet is red.

This pet is blue.

3 This pet is pink …

This one’s green.

4 This pet has very

funny feet.

YES! Here, at last,

is one I like!


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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

2. Look at the pictures.

Read the sentences.

Write “T” for True or

“F” for False.

4 This pet is pink.

This one’s green.

1 This pet has very

funny feet.

This pet is big.

2 The pet likes

a lot to eat.

This pet is blue.

3 Here’s a pet with

too much hair.

Here’s one who

likes to stare.


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Key Story Sentences 2

1. Unscramble the sentences and

rewrite them to match the story.

Shop It sign. says

Strange on the Pet

_______________________

_______________________

loud is wants one to

This play. and

_______________________

_______________________

been. tell this cannot

where You one’s

_______________________

_______________________

Mike. home and him

call take I’ll him

_______________________

_______________________

1

2

3

4


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1. Number the sentences

in the correct order (1–7)

to match the story.

It says Strange Pet Shop

on the sign.

I want a pet! I want a pet!

Here is a shop. It looks just fine.

I hope I like the pet I get.

I don’t like this pet at all.

This pet is big.

It isn’t small.

Reading Comprehension 1

1


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1. Read each question.

Choose the answer.

Circle the letter.

Reading Comprehension 2

1 Who wants a pet?

2 Which pet is big?

3 Which pet likes to eat a lot?

4 Which pet wants to play?

a.

a.

a.

a.

b.

b.

b.

b.


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2. Look at the pictures.

Read the sentences.

Tick ( ) “Yes” or “No”.

1 In the story, does this

pet like to stare?

Yes No

2 In the story, does

the boy like the big pet?

Yes No

3 Does the boy like

this pet’s feet?

Yes No

4 Does the boy want to play

with this pet?

Yes No


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Have Fun with English!

1. Help the boy fi nd his way through

the maze to the Pet Shop.

2. Find and circle fi ve words in

the word snake.

lo

u d pi

nk

fu

n n y s

ma

ll

bl u e

gr

ee n


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3. Draw and colour your favourite

scene from the story.

4. Write about the scene.

Use complete sentences.

_________________________________________

_________________________________________


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Test Your English

1. True or False? Write “T” for True

or “F” for False.

2. Complete each sentence to

match the picture.

1 The boy in the story wants

a pet shop. ____

2 The boy doesn’t like the loud pet. ____

3 There’s a pet with big feet

in the pet shop. ____

4 The boy calls his pet Spike. ____

1 Here’s a pet with

________________________.

2 This pet has

________________________.


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Go to page 257 to get your

Reward Certificate.

You have completed

I Want a Pet!

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!


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Ideas for reading

Learning objectives: using various cues to work out the meanings of unfamiliar words; recognising full stops and capital letters when reading; blending phonemes in words with clusters for reading; blending to read words containing consonant clusters in initial and final positions; interpreting a text by reading aloud with some variety in pace and emphasis.

Curriculum links: Citizenship: animals and us.

High frequency words: been, blue, but, call, do, green, has, here, him, home, just, last, more, much, not, one, red, take, there, this, too, very, wait, want, where, who, will, with, would

Interest words: strange, simply, stare, wild, right, wonder

Word count: 166

Getting started

• Tell the children that this story is about a boy who really wants a pet. Ask

them to read the title and explain what effect the exclamation mark has on

the meaning.

• Explain that you would like to have an octopus for a pet and ask children to

say why this is NOT a suitable pet to have. Can they think of other unsuitable

pets and why they are unsuitable?

• Walk through the book with the children, drawing children’s attention to

the sign on p135 saying ‘Strange Pet Shop’and paying attention to the

illustrations. What sort of pets do you think are in this shop? What do the

pets look like? (strange, funny)

• Ask if they notice anything about the way it is written (it’s a rhyming story).

Do they know any other rhyming stories?

Reading and responding

• Ask the children to read quietly to p151, and prompt and praise reading with

expression. Encourage them to look at the illustrations as they read, and talk

about what the pets are like.

• Ask each child to read a short section aloud, praising self-correction, use of

cues to solve difficult words and reading with expression, taking punctuation

into account.

• Look at the advert on pp152–153 and ask children to say why the boy

decided not to choose these animals as pets.

• Ask the children to say which pet they would pick and why.


Returning to the book

• Ask children to pick short sections to read aloud with expression, and encourage

them to try a range of effects. Model more challenging examples before they try,

e.g. the ellipsis on pp146–147.

• Ask the children in pairs to go back through the book to find words beginning

with consonant clusters str and bl (strange, blue) and end with nd and st (find,

just). They can then write these on a wipe board and add any more words they

know with these beginnings and endings.

• Discuss the use of rhyme with the children – how it helps us work out tricky

words and can make reading aloud very funny.

Checking and moving on

• Ask the children to draw and name a strange pet of their own, and make an

advertisement for it.

• Ask the children to practise reading the rhyming story, with plenty of expression.

They could read it to the class or record it on tape.

The Cuddlypud

This pet is very cuddly.

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