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News Flash Teacher's Resource Pack

May Issue #24, 2018

©News Mag Media Ltd

Pages 3. Cloze Text

4. Maths Activity

5. Spot the Difference Activity

6. Crack the Code

7. Wordsearch

8. Comprehension Activity

9. Editing Activity

10. Visual Activity

11. Mini-Project Activity

12. Mini-Project Activity

13. Planet Sudoku

14. Book Review Activity

15. Personal Factfile

16. Art Activity (Poster)

17. Art Activity (Print)

18. Answers

19. Teacher’s Monthly Planner, with Curriculumlinks outlined.

REF: RESOURCE MAY ISSUE #24, 2018

CONTENTS


This month’s cloze test is about a new lock that was invented last year – and a very smelly one at that. We’ve made it a bit trickier by taking out 8 words. This is called a cloze test. Read through the words in the black box first and make sure you understand them. Then, read through the article. Make sure you think about the best place to put a word, not the first place. Careful as you go, as some words may fit in a few places, while other words will only suit one place.

The Skunk Lock

Inventors in San Francisco have come up with a new lock to help tackle the city's problem with bicycles being stolen.

The Skunk Lock is an ordinary U-shaped _____________ with one very extraordinary difference. When thieves attempt to cut through it, it releases an odour so foul, it will make them vomit!

Within the lock, there is a small ____________ containing a chemical. When the lock is is broken, the disgusting chemical is blasted straight onto the _____________.

It sticks to skin and _____________ until it's washed out. But the manufactures say it will not cause long-term damage to people's ______________.

Although the Skunk Lock can be broken like any other lock, inventor Daniel Idzkowski says it will definitely cause thieves to think _______________ before taking it on.

'All that really matters is that the SkunkLock makes it too difficult to be worth trying,' said _______________.

Daniel and his partner are asking people online to help finance the project, which they hope to launch next _________________.

There are around 5,000 cases of bike theft or attempted theft in San Francisco every year. Time will tell if Skunk Lock is the answer!


CLOZE ACTIVITY

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Visit www.coloringsquared.com for more great pixel art!

Here is a Pixel Art Worksheet from ColoringSquared.com for you to enjoy. Follow the colour key below to reveal a hidden EMOJI!

Careful with your times tables :)


ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION ACTIVITY


Spot the Difference Puzzle

See if you can spot the 10 differences.


CRACK THE CODE ACTIVITY

Fill in the large grid by using the letters in the smaller grid below. That should give you enough information to crack the code!

How well do you know your farm animals? Actually, knowing them is one thing, spelling them is another. Careful as you go! Moooooo!


Farm Animals Crossword

Now, draw a picture using 10 of these colours:

Now put the 12 animals in alphabetical order below:

1. Why was John Starbrook such a special competitor at this year's London marathon?

2. What wing span the Holorusia mikado species normally have?

3. What name is given to a person who studies insect?

4. What Irish singer appeared on both finals of The Voice of Ireland and Britain’s Got Talent?

5. According to Charity Director Caroline Abrahams, what does Age UK Charity do?

6. Ireland holds the record for the most Eurovision wins, having won the contest seven times. Inwhat years did the wins come?

7. What study was carried out in countries Angola, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea,Republic of Congo and Gabon recently?

8. In what county will you find the Museum of Country Life?

9. Tricky one: How many years lapsed from the time Laurence O’Toole died to the year he wascanonised a saint.


COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY – NEWS ROUND PAGES 4 & 5


This month’s Editing Activity is based on a story from last year about an ancient fruitcake discovered in the Antarctic! Read through the article and see if you can spot the 10 spelling mistakes and 5 missing capitals. Then, when you do, in your best handwriting, re-write the article and illustrate it.

Fruitcake Fossil!

A frute cake belonging to a doomed expedition in the Antarctic 106 years ago has been found by modern explorers. And it's still OK to eat! Well, almost ...

The cake was found in a hut used by british explorers during the rase to be the first to reach the South pole between 1911 and 1912! The team was led by Robert falcon Scott, who eventually perished with his men in the unforgiving cold.

The Huntley and Palmers fruitcake was rapped in paper inside a rusted tin. However, when conservators from the Antarctic Heritage Trust examind the food, they found it was 'almost edible'.

High energee food is a must in the Antarctic. Nutritionists say that people working there should consume around 6,000 calories a day. Normully, the calorie count for an adult stands at around 2,000.

As it hapened, Captain Scott never got to eat his cake. And so it staid on the shelf for over a century!

fruitcake is known for 'keeping' or 'not going off' for a very long time. In this case, it was also helped by the naturally frozen climat, which acted like a giant fridge!

However, the Trust team did say that there 'was a very, very slight rancid butter smell to it'. So insted of eating it, they sent it to new Zealand for further testing!


EDITING ACTIVITY- Correct my work, please!

10 SPELLING MISTAKES 5 CAPITAL MISTAKES


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FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH

See if you can navigate your way through this month's maze. But hurry! He can't hold on much longer!!


MINI-PROJECT WORKSHEET – NEWS FLASH

1. DID YOU KNOW?

Gorillas and chimpanzees build nests to sleep in. In fact, the mountain gorilla builds a new nest each evening, even if it is only a few metres from the one they built the evening before.

4. DID YOU KNOW?

3. DID YOU KNOW?

2. DID YOU KNOW?


Every issue of News Flash is packed full of facts and figures. Stuff you never knew before is just waiting to surprise and amaze you on every page. Why not record the Top 9 things that you learned from this issue. When you do, make sure to draw an illustration to go with them. When you are finished, share and discuss your choices with your classmates. Here is the first one done for you.

5. DID YOU KNOW?

8. DID YOU KNOW?

7. DID YOU KNOW?

6. DID YOU KNOW?

9. DID YOU KNOW?


To solve a sudoku puzzle, each row (lines going across) of nine squares must contain the numbers 1 through 9. Each

column (lines going down) must also contain the numbers 1 through 9, and each box (outlined with the thick black lines)

must contain the numbers 1 through 9. If you are starting off, it might be best to use a pencil.


PLANET SUDOKU

©The Primary Planet Ltd

Title:____________________ Author:_____________________

Book reviews are all about what YOU thought of a book. They don’t tell the story, and they certainly don’t give away the ending. Your sentences could begin with:

I thought … I liked when … My favourite part was when … I found … I didn’t like … I laughed when … and so on.

When you start your review with these sentence starters, you know you are talking about what you thought, not just what happened. Don’t forget to email your book reviews to [email protected]. Just ask your teacher or parent for help


BOOK REVIEW WORKSHEET- THE LIBRARY PAGE 15


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NF Readers’ Club Each month we interview News Flash readers from around the country, asking you about your favourite things. If you would like to join our readers’ club, email us your favourite

things to [email protected]

Name:

Class:

Age:

School:

Favourite page in News Flash:

Favourite pastime:

Favourite animal:

Favourite sport:

Favourite school subject:

Favourite Book:

Favourite song:

Favourite movie:

Favourite food:

Favourite drink:

Favourite time of the year: If you all do one, why not ask the teacher to pick one out at random, don’t read the name but read

everything else and see if you can guess whose factfile was chosen!


PERSONAL FACTFILE


mailto:[email protected]

With Irish Water Safety Week taking place in the middle of this month, News Flash wants to make sure that you a) have fun and b) be safe in the water. Whether that is in the local swimming pool, down at the beach, away on holidays, or even in the paddling pool in your back garden! So, thsi month we invite you to design your own Water Safety Week poster.


POSTER ACTIVITY - WATER SAFETY WEEK

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People working in the community – A Greengrocer Around the World- Scotland

English

Geography

Geography

• Human Environments

• Natural Environment

• Living in the Local Community

• People and places in other areas

• Planet earth in space

• Become aware of and learn to value the diversity of people who

live in the local community and the contribution they make

• Begin to recognise the interdependence of individuals and groups

in the local community – people we rely on to do certain jobs at

certain times in the year or events in our lives – a greengrocer

• Appreciate the different roles within the profession and how they

all work together to create a service for the community

• Learn about Japan – Read about its food, language, fact-file etc.

• Read facts about Japan culture, customs and landmarks

• Learn about Samurai and Sumo Wrestling

12, 13 Special Feature:

Europe Day May 9

English

• Developing

communicative

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language

• Reading: developing

interests,

• Reading: responding to text

• Reading for Pleasure

• Look at Europe and read about the size, population, countries

and physical features.

Read information on Europe under the headers:

How big is Europe? Where are Europe’s borders? How many

People live in Europe? Languages of Europe. Seas of Europe.

Money of Europe. Climates of Europe. Landmarks of Europe.

16, 17 Puzzles Page Soccer Page

Maths English

• Number • Problem Solving • Exploring and using

language

• Number • Operations

• attitudes, information

retrieval skills and the

ability to think

• Complete word searches, quizzes, picture clues,

mazes and spot the difference activities

• Complete a Crack the Code using operations –

Addition and subtraction to reveal a hidden quote

• Complete a word search on Numbers

• Complete a crossword on International Football

Players and their countries

11, 18 Library

English

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communicative

relationships through

language

• Reading: developing

interests,

• Reading: responding to text

• Reading for Pleasure

• Read a book review on The Twits by Roald Dahl –

this month’s selected Book of the Month

• Invite children to send in their book reviews for

Publication

• Invite children to nominate for the National Children’s Awards

• 19 Alphabet Animals X is for … X-Ray Tetra Y is for … Yak

Science

• Living Things •

• Animal Life •

• Learn about the X-Ray Tetra: looking at habitat,

enemies, the young, the physical attributes etc.

• Learn about the Yak: looking at habitat, enemies, the

young, the physical attributes of the creature etc.

20 The Science lab Hands and Feet

Science • Living Things

• Human Life • Learn about the science of our hands and feet

• Learn about the muscles and bones found in both

• Develop science vocabulary:

Calcaneus, metatarsals, phalanges, flexors,

extensors.

• Read fun and interesting facts about hands and feet

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News F lash · 2018-05-04 · 14.Book Review Activity 15.Personal Factfile 16.Art Activity (Poster) 17.Art Activity (Print) 18.Answers 19.Teacher’s Monthly Planner, with Curriculum