Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column

Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.

Week 1 Monday Spelling 1

Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column

Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.

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Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Circle the /or/ graphemes and write the words in the correct column

Nan thought she ought to sort out the attic. She let Harry help. Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Nan came to see and say, “Just what do you think you are up to. I hope you are not getting all that water on the floor?” “Dinosaurs don’t like boxes,” said Harry. “They want to be in a bucket. They want to keep warm. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.

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Week 1 Monday Spelling 1

Scelidosaurus

Pronounced: skel-EYE-doh-sore-us

Meaning of name: limb lizard

Length: 4m (just over ½ a bus

Diet: herbivorous

When it lived: Early Jurassic

(208 - 194 million years ago)

Found in: England, United Kingdom

Tyrannosaurus

Pronounced: tie-RAN-oh-sore-us

Meaning of name: tyrant lizard

Length:  12m (1¼ buses)

Height:  5.6m

Weight: 7000kg

Teeth: 60 saw-edged, bone-crushing, pointed teeth

Diet: carnivorous

Food: other animals

How it moved: on 2 legs

When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million years ago)

Found in: Canada, USA, Canada, USA

Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1

Triceratops

Pronounced: tri-SERRA-tops

Meaning of name: three-horned face

Length: 9m (1 bus)

Height:  3m

Weight: 5500kg

Teeth: horny beak and shearing teeth

Diet: herbivorous

Food: tough palm fronds

How it moved: on 4 legs

When it lived: Late Cretaceous (67 - 65 million years ago)

Found in: USA, USA

Stegosaurus

Pronounced: STEG-oh-SORE-us

Meaning of name: roof lizard

Length:  9m (1 bus)

Diet: herbivorous

When it lived: Late Jurassic (156 - 144 million years ago)

Found in: USA

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Apatosaurus

Pronounced: ah-PAT-oh-sore-us

Meaning of name: deceptive lizard

Length:  21m (3 buses)

Diet: herbivorous

When it lived: Late Jurassic (154 - 145 million years ago)

Found in: USA

Anchisaurus

Pronounced: ANK-ee-sore-us

Meaning of name: near lizard

Length:  2m (2 metre sticks)

Diet: herbivorous

When it lived: Early Jurassic (190  million years ago)

Found in: USA

Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1

What are the features of nonfiction books?

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Week 1Tuesday Comprehension 1

Adjectives and noun phrases

An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun (person, place, thing or feeling).

The scary dinosaur

The cold forest

The gentle diplodocus

Dinosaurs had a special diet.

She wished she could see a real dinosaur.

The Tyrannosaurus was an excellent hunter.

An expanded noun phrase often contains adjectives that tell us more about a noun.

Apatosaurus was as long as 3 buses

The stegosaurus walked along with big, heavy steps.

The forest was becoming darker and colder.

Duckbill saw a meat-eater; it looked huge and fierce

Pterosaurs ruled the skies and could be large or small, thin or fat.

In prehistoric times there were many strange looking trees and plants

Pterosaur’s wings were rather leathery flaps of skin which hung from one enormously long finger on each hand

The duckbilled dinosaurs were gentle plant-eating creatures.

Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1 WCT

About Scelidosaurus Scelidosaurus lived a very long time ago during the Early Jurassic Period. It is one of the first armoured dinosaurs to have appeared on Earth.

This dinosaur was discovered in 1859. It had a beak-like mouth and bony horns around its head. Running down its back were another set of bony studs, or nodes.The hind legs of Scelidosaurus were longer than its front legs, making its back slant up towards its rear as it walked. Scelidosaurus was a plant-eater, and probably spent most of its life in search of food.

http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-children.php?dinosaur=Scelidosaurus

Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1

Why was Tyrannosaurus king of the Dinosaurs?

Imagine a giant with teeth as long as your hands and a mouth that’s big enough to swallow you whole – that was Tyrannosaurus. It was one of the largest meat-eating animals the world has ever known, and that’s why it was called king of the dinosaurs.

However, fossil-hunters have found part of a meat-eating dinosaur even bigger that Tyrannosaurus. They’ve called it Gigantosaurus, which means ‘giant southern lizard.’

Week 1 Tuesday Grammar 1

A Glossary of useful words about dinosaurs.

Carnivore: A meat eating animal. See also Omnivore and Herbivore.

Chisel: A metal tool which can be used to chip away at the rock containing fossils.

Dinosaur: an extinct, chiefly terrestrial reptile that lived in the Mesozoic Era. Some dinosaurs were the largest known land animals.

Era: A very long period of time which is somehow different from other periods of time. Two or more geological periods comprise an Era, which is hundreds of millions of years in duration.

Forelimbs: Arms; basically just limbs in the front, or fore.

Fossils: The preserved remains of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures that have turned to stone over the ages due to the pressure deep beneath the earth.

Frill: The bony "crown" on the head of a ceratopsian dinosaur, like a Triceratops

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

Geological Period: A period of time that is part of an Era. (For example the Jurassic period).

Herbivore: A plant-eating animal. See also Omnivore and Carnivore.

Living Fossil: A living fossil is an organism that lived during ancient times and still live today relatively unchanged, like the horseshoe crab.

Omnivore: An animal that eats both plants and meat. See also Carnivore and Herbivore.

Palaeontologist: A scientist who studies dinosaurs.

Predator: An animal that hunts down and kills animals for food.

Prey: An animal hunted or caught for food.

Scavenger: An animal that feeds on animals that are already dead.

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

Glossary of terms about Geological Eras

Mesozoic Era: An Era when dinosaurs lived on the Earth between 251 million years ago and 65 million years ago. It is divided into the Triassic, Jurassic, and the Cretaceous geological periods (See also Era, Geological Period).

Triassic Period: The time period when dinosaurs first evolved, between 251 and 199 million years ago.

Jurassic Period: The time period when the super continent of pagea began to break apart between 199 and 145 million years ago. Dinosaurs were the dominant land animals of this period.

Cretaceous Period: The time period when dinosaurs were at risk of extinction between 145 and 65 million years ago. This period also saw great diversification among insects and the beginnings of the rise of mammals and birds.

Week 1 Friday Composition 1

© Original plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual user. Y2 Sum NF 2 Information texts We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the plan, about links to other websites. .

My Dinosaur Fact File

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Meaning of name

Length

Height

Weight

Teeth

Diet

Food

How it moved

When it lived

Found in

Description

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Our Brilliant Book of Dinosaur Facts

Class:Week 1 Friday Composition 1

What are the features of Information texts?

· Title

· Headings

· Subheadings

· Facts

· Illustrations/ diagrams (with labels)

· Captions

· Special interest words

· Contents

· Index

· Glossary

Week 2 Tuesday Comprehension WCT

There are some difficult words in this animation can you help make a glossary? First you will need to put the list in alphabetical order.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_fossilintro/

· Fossilised

· Geological

· Erosion

· Palaeontology

· Scavengers

· Decomposes

· Preserved

· Silt

· Sediment

· Protective

· Sedimentary rock

Week 2 Tuesday Word reading/ ComprehensionA Glossary (with the correct definitions)

Decomposes

To break down organic matter mainly through the action of fungi and bacteria.

Erosion

The gradual wearing away of rock or soil e.g. by water, wind, or ice.

Fossilised

To become a fossil.

Geological

Learning about the Earth or another planet, especially about its rocks, soil, and minerals, and its history and origins.

Palaeontology

The study of life in prehistoric times by using fossil evidence.

Preserved

To keep something protected.

Scavengers

An animal, bird, or other organism that feeds on dead and rotting flesh or discarded food scraps.

Sediment

Material eroded from rocks that is transported by water, wind, or ice and deposited elsewhere.

Sedimentary rock

Rock formed from material deposited as sediment by water, wind, or ice and then squashed together by pressure.

Silt

A fine-grained sediment of mud or clay particles at the bottom of a river or lake.

Week 2 Tuesday Word Reading/ Comprehension

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/form.htmHOW DO FOSSILS FORM?

Not many plants and animals are lucky enough be turned into fossils.

When an animal or plant dies its remains usually rot away to nothing. Sometimes though, when the conditions are just right and its remains can be buried quickly, it may be fossilised. There are several different ways fossils are formed. Here we go through the five steps of fossilisation to make a typical 'mould and cast' fossil.

An animal dies; its skeleton settles on the sea floor and is buried by sediment.

An animal dies and its body sinks to the sea floor. The soft parts of the animal rot away, leaving only its skeleton. The skeleton is buried by sediment (like mud or sand) falling from the ocean above. The sea floor is an ideal place for fossilisation, which explains why many fossils are marine (from animals that lived in the sea). Land animals may die and be swept out to sea to be buried in the same way.

Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT

The sediment surrounding the skeleton thickens and begins to turn to stone.The skeleton continues to be buried as sediment is added to the surface of the sea floor. As the sea floor sinks, pressure increases in the lower layers of sediment and it turns it into hard rock.

The skeleton dissolves and a mould is formed.Now buried at depth and surrounded by stone, the skeleton is dissolved by ground water. This leaves a cavity (or hole) preserving the shape of the original skeleton. This cavity is known as a natural mould.

Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.

Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT

The fossil is exposed on the Earth's surface. Millions of years later, the rock surrounding the skeleton rises to the Earth's surface (this happens during mountain building, earthquakes and other earth processes). The rock is worn away by wind and rain, and the fossil is now exposed, waiting to be found!

Week 2 Wednesday Comprehension 2 WCT

How a fossil is formed

cast, fossils, minerals, mould, pressure, rock, sediment, skeleton

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PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learnt all their names so he could call them.

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PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?

Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.

Week 2 Thursday Grammar

PAST TENSE: Edited extract from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Harry saw an old torn box all grey with dust. He lifted the lid... DINOSAURS! Harry took the dinosaurs downstairs. They were a bit worn out. He unbent the bent ones. He fixed all the broken ones. He got up on a chair and washed them in the sink. He left them to dry on the draining board. Sam came in from watching TV. She said it was stupid always fussing over so much junk. “Dinosaurs aren’t junk,” Harry said. Harry learned all their names so he could call them.

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PRESENT TENSE: Extract from How do Fossils Form?

Minerals crystallise inside the mould and a cast is formed.Water rich in minerals enters the mould, and fills the cavity. The minerals deposited in the mould form a cast of the mould. This cast has the same shape as the original skeleton, but none of its internal features.

Week 2 Thursday Grammar

Past tense

Present tense

Week 2 Thursday Grammar