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Unit 2: From seed to breakfastFrom Bean Seed to Beans

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6Planting depth 3 cmSeed spacing 10–15 cmSpacing between rows 75–90 cmDays to germination 5–10Days to maturity 75–85

ISBN 978-1-74164-333-6

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www.samseed.com.au810 Bucket Road, Bucketty WA

Sam’s Best Variety Corn SeedsThey grow very well under cool conditions.

Corn grows best in full sun and very fertile soil. Plant at least four rows of seeds in Spring. Water regularly.

Harvest sweet corn when the silks are dry and brown. Best if eaten freshly

picked from the garden.

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1 Look below at the lifecycle of a plant.

Tell a partner what you see and what you think is happening. Done

2 Use the nouns to label the parts of a bean plant.

Nouns

seeds

roots

leaves

stem

flower

petals

In the texts

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From Bean Seed to Beans

3 Write about the diagram in question 2. Begin each sentence with a capital letter.

Finish each sentence with a full stop.

Picture What I see and what I think is happening

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1 Read How Do Plants Grow? on page 10. Complete each sentence with words

from the word bank. Circle the verbs in blue.

Word bank

energy combine pollen nutrients towards

inside start water grow fall Sun

How plants grow Draw what is happening

Most plants __________________________ life as seeds. in one of the sentences.

Roots _________________ down from the seed into the soil.

The stem grows up ___________________________ the light.

Leaves take in light ______________ from the ______________.

The roots take in __________________ and _________________

from the soil.

The plant grows flowers. _______________ each flower are

eggs called ovules. The wind and insects, such as bees,

carry __________________ from other flowers to the ovules.

The pollen and ovules _______________________. The petals

____________________ off and seeds grow.

Read and learn

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2 Look at photos 1 to 6 on page 11. They are from a box of cereal.

They tell a story.

a The photo story begins with a handful of _______________________________________.

b The photo story ends with a spoonful of _______________________________________.

c What are the seeds doing in photo 2? __________________________________________

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d Describe what you see in photo 3. ______________________________________________

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e The machine in photo 4 is a harvester. What do you think it is doing?

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f The silver building in photo 5 is a silo. What do you think is inside it?

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3 Draw lines to connect the following words to their definitions.

a grind crushed into bits

b ground the name of seeds when we eat them

c grain to crush into bits

d seeds a grain we eat for breakfast

e cereal the name of seeds when we plant them

4 Read the text called Grains on page 11.

a Wheat, rice and corn are all _______________________________.

b What kind of plants do grains grow on? ________________________________________

c What is another name for the cob of corn in photo 3? _________________________

d How can you make noodles from rice? _________________________________________

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5 True or false? Write T or F next to each statement.

a Not many people eat grains. c Maize is another name for corn.

b You can make pasta out of wheat. d People and animals eat corn.

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6 Read the back of the Sam’s Seed Company

packet on page 11.

a Complete the following:

You must plant corn in rows during __________________________________.

The rows must be _______________ cm apart. Plant the seeds _______________ cm deep.

There must be _______________ cm between each seed. It takes _______________ days

for the seeds to begin growing. The corn will be ready to eat in ______________ days.

b Does the packet tell how high the plants grow? _______________

1 Complete this explanation of how corn seeds grow.

Use words from the word bank.

Word bank between cool deep dry and brown full germinate

harvest seed should soil Spring very 10–15 cm watered

Corn starts life as a _______________. It grows well under _______________ conditions,

but does best in _______________ sun. It likes _______________ fertile _______________.

The seeds are planted in _______________, 3cm _______________ and _______________ cm

apart. There _______________ be 75–90 cm _______________ each row. The seeds take

5–10 days to ________________ . They must be _______________ regularly. The corn is ready

to ___________________ when the silks are ________________________________________ .

2 Draw and label a diagram of rows of corn seeds. Imagine you are looking down

on the rows.

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Your turn

An explanation tells how and why things happen. It explains actions and processes. It has:

present tense

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Connectives and conjunctions

1 Make one sentence. Use the words in brackets.

eg Roots grow down into the soil. Stems grow up towards the light. [and]

Roots grow down into the soil, and stems grow up towards the light.

a Plants grow. Plants change. [and]

b The wind carries pollen to the ovule. Insects carry pollen to the ovule. [or]

c The roots take in water. The roots take in nutrients. [and]

2 Draw a line to match the start of each sentence with its ending.

Circle the joining words: After, Before, that, to, and, if.

a Grasses have thin stalks that grow into a head of seeds.

b After the corn is harvested if you eat it freshly-picked.

c Wheat is ground into flour choose a place with fertile soil and sun.

d Corn or maize is ground and made into tortillas.

e Before you begin planting to make bread and pasta.

f Corn tastes best the farmer takes it to a silo.

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3 Use the word bank of connectors to complete these sentences.

Word bank all and or such as

a The pollen ___________________ ovules combine.

b Wheat, rice, corn and oats are ___________________ grains.

c Many farm animals, ___________________ cows and chickens, are fed corn.

d Pollen is carried by the wind ___________________ by insects such as bees.

4 Read Where Do Cornflakes Come From?

Where Do Cornflakes Come From?

The cornflakes you ate for breakfast began life as a corn seed. A farmer

planted the seed in a fertile field and hoped it would rain. The weather was

kind, so the seed grew into a tall plant with a thin stalk and many seed heads.

When the silks on the corn were dry and brown, the farmer harvested the

corn. He drove it to a silo and sold it. The corn was kept at the silo, away

from rats and rain, until it was needed. Then it went by truck or train to a mill

for grinding.

After this, the ground corn was taken to a factory and made into cornflakes.

Finally, you bought a packet of cornflakes and ate the lot. All the cornflakes

came from that one little corn seed in the farmer’s field.

I hope you enjoyed them.

a Circle all punctuation marks in red. Done

b Number each paragraph. Done

c Put brackets around the topic sentences. Done

c Circle the conjunctions (joining words), eg and, so, when,

then, or, where, until, after this, finally. Done

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finally.

Books read

poetrycool games

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Unit 2: From seed to breakfastUnit 1: Ye dirty seadog

My stuff

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great websites

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Print your name here:

Start of test

Read the two texts on page 2 without titles, and answer questions 1 to 3.1 The two texts are from a O magazine for pirates. O children’s narrative. O newspaper report.

2 The storyteller was O not there. O watching the events. O part of the action.

3 The storyteller is O very scared. O scared. O not very worried. O having a good time.

Read All Aboard! on page 2 and answer question 4.4 Pirates kept the hull clean because O they were very clean people. O it made the ship faster. O it looked good.

Read all the texts on page 3 and answer questions 5 to 8.5 The word “I” is not used on

page 3. O True O False

6 Modern pirates only attack fishing boats and small ships.

O True O False

Use a pencil. DO NOT use a pen. If you make a mistake, rub it out and try again.

Assessment: Units 1 and 2

This is a test to see how well you understand what you have read, and to see what you know about using language, spelling and punctuation. It is also a writing test.

Instructions

another page in this book before answering.

There are three different ways to show your answer:

answer. O

(First name) (Family name)

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7 All the texts are newspaper reports.

O True O False

8 Modern pirates always leave a crew on board to steer the ship.

O True O False

Read How Do Plants Grow? and Grains on pages 10 and 11, and answer questions 9 to 12.9 The text and the pictures on

page 10 are numbered to O list the parts of a plant.

O show the order of the way a plant grows.

O give instructions for growing a plant.

10 An ovule is O an adult plant. O an egg. O pollen.

11 The text with the title Grains is a O narrative. O information report. O procedure.

12 The text with the title Sam’s Seed Company is from a

O website. O magazine. O packet of seeds. O book about gardening.

Look at the photos numbered 1 to 6 on page 11 and answer question 13.13 In what order do these things

happen? Write a number from 1 to 3 in each box.

The farmer harvests the corn when it is ripe.

The seeds are planted in rows. The farmer takes the corn to the silo.

The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been circled. Write the correct spelling for each circled word in the box.

14 We had to get up at first lite .

15 The pirate let the ladys go.

16 Please rite to me.

17 He ran at me with a kneif .

18 The words combine, reproduce and grows are all

O verbs. O nouns. O adjectives. O adverbs.

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Assessment: Units 1 and 2

19 The sentence How Do Plants Grow? is O an exclamation. O O a statement. O a command.

20 Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? A flour mill ______________ wheat and other grains into flour. O grounded O grinder O grinds O grinding

21 Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? Last week a car ______________ into my house! O crash O crashes O crashed O crashing

22 Shade two bubbles to show which underlined words should start with a capital letter. O O O O yesterday, my friend ella sent me a postcard.

23 Shade one bubble to show where the missing full stop ( . ) should go. O O O O

Pirates boarded the ship Luckily, the navy came to help.

24 Which of the following correctly completes the sentence? Modern pirates ______________ ships and fishing boats. O attacking O attacks O attack

Shade two bubblesO O

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Before you begin

numbered 1 to 6 on page 11. They are numbered in the order that things happen to the corn.

Grains and Sam’s Seed Company on page 11. Many of the words you need are written there.

Plan your explanation

word “How” is a useful first word.

happens to the corn seed from beginning to end. Write your explanation in this order.

Remember

punctuation.

carefully when you finish.

doesn’t make sense.

25 You are going to write an explanation of how a corn seed ends up in your cornflakes.

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