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DARE TO READLower Primary Handbook

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With special thanks to West Grove Primary School

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ContentsContentsA Message for You...

A message from West Grove Primary School’s Mrs Nancy Tan, who thought of simplifying NLB’s Dare to Read activity for the lower

primary and P3 Chinese language students.

Since 2013, West Grove Primary School has been collaborating with the National Library Board (NLB) for various interesting reading programmes to promote reading. One of the recent programmes was the Dare to Read activity workbook. It is an illustrated activity package with a fresh approach to promote reading.

The school’s Media Resource Library (MRL) team initially intended to launch NLB’s Dare to Read activity as part of the annual Reading Fortnight. While planning for the event, it was found that NLB’s content may be too difficult for the school’s P1 and P2 students. The MRL team decided to modify the booklets to suit the younger students. So Mdm Koh Shini, one of our MRL committee members, took on this task and reviewed NLB’s SG50 version of Dare to Read for the P1 and P2 students, to identify areas where the learning experience for the lower levels can be enhanced. We kept the learning objectives set out by NLB: promoting thinking skills, encouraging students to read more and making reading fun. The edited package also added some opportunities for Social and Emotional Learning competencies and Collaborative Learning strategies interactions.

To promote Chinese Mother Tongue, we translated this lower primary booklet into Chinese. This is done by Mdm Tang Oi Kum, one of our Chinese Language teachers. We also changed some of the activities to suit the language’s flavour. This booklet was used by our P3 students during the Reading Fortnight.

With the support of my school leaders and the commitment of my school staff, both of these modified booklets were successful in getting the students to be participative and to complete all the tasks. We would like to thank NLB for the original package and allowing us to modify them to suit our situation. We are also appreciative of the tremendous efforts that NLB had put into this programme to support schools’ efforts in promoting reading.

Nancy Tan-Chan Yau Chun

HOD ICT/MRL West Grove Primary School

Ping’s Story

Mission 1 : Where Are We?

Mission 2 : Read The Time

Mission 3 : Who Are They?

Mission 4 : What Is This Place?

Mission 5 : To The Secret Chamber!

Mission 6 : What Is This Story?

Mission 7 : Put Them In Order!

Mission 8 : What Are They Saying?

Mission 9 : Crossword Puzzle

Mission 10 : Classification

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Mission 1: Where Are We? Mission 1:

Where Are We?

Hello Adventurer

_____________________________,(Write your name above!)

I am Ping, a light warrior of the Erson family.

My parents have been sent back in time and imprisoned in the past by the Sandman, and I have to

save them.

The Sandman accidentally told me the time period in which

my parents have been hidden.

I have found a spell that will send me back to that time.

Please join me in my mission to rescue my parents!

Ping

Ping’s StoryPing’s Story

Ping did not know where he was. He heard screams and looked around. He could tell the place had been bombed. An old map was on the floor. Ping picked it up to find out where he was.

After finding out the name of the place, Ping remembered that the country had been taken over by the Japanese many years ago.

It was then renamed Syonan-to, which means Light of the South.

Ping knew that he had gone back to the year 1942.

Congratulations!

P

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Unscramble the letters to find the answer.

Help Ping rescue his parents by completing all 10 missions.

Are you ready for the challenge?

Let’s begin!Good luck!

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Mission 2: Read The Time Mission 2:Read The Time

Mission 2: Who Are They?Mission 3:

Who Are They?

You have found out who they were! Ask your parents or teachers to find out more about these men.

Great job!

Ping knew that the most important people in Singapore were the President and the Prime Minister. He thought they would be able to help him. After all, they were the leaders of Singapore!

But who were they?

Read the time on the digital clock below and draw the hour hand and the minute hand for the time on the clock on the left.

Ping realised that he had gone too far back in time! He found a strange-looking watch and knew that the watch could help him travel to the year of Singapore’s independence (independence means to be able to take care of yourself).

He needed to get to the year 1965.

To activate the watch, he had to follow the instructions on it.

Ping was on his way to the correct time!

Whoooooosh!

12:25 PM

1942? That’s too far back!

Help Ping find out who were the President and the Prime Minister in 1965.

President

MR.

Clue: You can find his name on the Singapore notes ($)!Photo Credit: Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore.

Prime Minister

MR.

Clue: He is the father of the current Prime Minister of Singapore.Photo Credit: Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore.

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Mission 4: What Is This Place?

Mission 4:What Is This Place?

Mission 5: To The Secret Chamber!

Mission 5:To The Secret Chamber!

Ping found the place, but there was a big maze leading to the secret chamber where his parents were being kept.

A trusted friend of the President and Prime Minister gave Ping some clues to the secret chamber where his parents were hidden, but the clues were hidden in a puzzle!

Solve the crossword puzzle to find out where to go next!

Help Ping collect the letters in the maze to get the password to the secret chamber.

Clue: The password is an author’s name. You can find his books in any of the public libraries!

The letters in the grey boxes can be unscrambled to form the name of a place.

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Across1 The cupboard where you

keep your books

2 You _ _ _ _ a book

Down1 Person who writes books

2 Things with many words and pages

3 Tell me a _ _ _ _ _

4 Thin book with glossy pages that is printed regularly

The password to the secret chamber is

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END

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All Rights Reserved, Random House, 2008.

All Rights Reserved, Collins, 2004.

Clue: This place is where everyone can go to gain knowledge through books!

The place to go is the .

Unscramble the letters for the answer!

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Mission 6: What Is This Story?

Mission 7: Put Them In Order!

Mission 6:What Is This Story?

Mission 7:Put Them In Order!

The Sandman was in the secret chamber!

The Sandman disappeared with a gust of wind, leaving behind an old note and a treasure box.

Why were there so many small pieces of paper in the box? The pictures seemed to be telling a story! Could they tell Ping where his parents were hidden?

Help Ping arrange the pictures in order by writing the number of each picture’s position in the circles below. Then fill in the blanks with the corresponding letters to find out

where Ping’s parents are!

Clue: This is the story of how the country in Mission 1 got its name.

Legend has it that Singapore was named by a great prince named Sang Nila Utama, who saw a lion on the island .

CREEEEEEEAK!

When you wrote down the title of the story, the box opened.

The name of the story is

If you can name the story, the treasure will be yours!

Once upon a time, Mother Pig sent her little ones out to learn to live on

their own. Mother Pig told them it was important to have a strong and

sturdy house, so the Big Bad Wolf would not be able to blow it down.

All the little pigs went off to build their own little house.

Impossible! How did you know the password to the chamber? No matter - even if you are here, you will not save them! I have

hidden them elsewhere. As for the key... only readers will be able to get it! Hahaha!

SINGAPURASINGAPURA

SINGAPURA(Malay)

=SINGAPORE

(English)

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Look at that

island! Let’s

check it out!

NSINGA!(means lion)

Ping’s parents are being held at

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Hey, that’s the place known as Sentosa now! It’s where the Merlion is!

Sandman1

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Mission 8: What Are They Saying?

Mission 8:What Are They Saying?

Ping asked the people in town how to get to the island. However, not everyone spoke English!

Help Ping find out where the island is and how to get there by translating the sentences below.

Ask your friends, family, or teachers for help!

Hello!

Do you know where

the island is?

Selamat Petang!

This means:

Now that Ping knows where to go, let’s head to the jetty!

This means:

Pataku

How do I get to the island?

This means:

Thank you for your help!

Berhati-hati!

它 在 这 岛 的 南 部 !tā zài zhè dǎo de nán bù

This means:

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Mission 9: Crossword Puzzle

Mission 10: Classification

Mission 9:Crossword Puzzle

Mission 10:Classification

What are the words missing from the pledge? Help Ping look for the missing words in the word-search puzzle!

Help Ping open the lock by putting the picture pieces into the correct places.

H A P P I N E S S DL G U N I T E D D AW H E C I T S U J LO X P R O G R E S SP P P E C A R I Z GC F L Y C V I D G HI F E W D U P A B KS E D E H J D J G JX E G A U G N A L PT F E M K X Y E Y K

We, the citizens of Singapore, 1 ___________ ourselves as one united people.

Regardless of 2 ___________, 3 ___________ or religion, to build a democratic

society based on 4 ___________ and equality, so as to achieve 5 ___________,

prosperity, and 6 ___________ for our nation.

Ping’s parents were locked up in a cage with a picture lock. The pieces used to open the lock were scattered all over.

PLANT ANIMAL

INSECT HUMAN

Cut out the pictures and paste them over the correct box in the lock above.

Butterfly Child

Tree

Ping reached the jetty, but the boatman said he was on his day off. The boatman had a piece of paper in his hand, which Ping found out was a word-search puzzle designed to teach the pledge.

The boatman was grateful for the help! He ferried Ping to the island.

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Rescue of

Ping’s parents

in progress…

SUCCESS!CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank you for helping me save my parents!

You were a wonderful friend to have on this journey.

It is now time for us to return to our own time period.

Remember to study hard and become a useful person, and never stop helping society all

you can!

Thank you once again, brave friend!

Farewell!

This page does not have a missionso that a part of the page can be cut out.

Cut this part out

THANK YOU for participating.We hope you had fun completing the tasks!

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Reading Recommendations

Reading Recommendations

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