BIG CAT tal sorrento Poe ns ‘rows the compte Clie catsogu at wwiw.collins.co.uk (© HarperCollinsPublshers 2011 Author: John Townsend Series edltor: Kay Hitt 1098765 ISBN 978-0.00-742201-2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be eproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior wetten permission ofthe Publisher or licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ld, $0 Tottenham Court Road, London WIT 4LP. ‘rtush Library Cataloguing in Publication Data {catalogue record for this publication is avollable from the Britsh Library. Iustrator Pamela Anzalott Designer: Rachel Clark Design Manager: Niki Merrett, wwv.whitehorndesign.co.n2 Reading ideas author: Clare Dowdall Acknowledgements Collins would ike to thank the teachers and children a the following schools who took part in the development of Callins Big Cat Chudleigh C.£ Community Primary School Henry Green Primary Schoo! John Betts Primary Schoo! Kingstone & Thruxton Primary School Melcombe Primary School Ottley Endowed Primary School The Echelford Primary School Wadebridge Community Primary School ‘Whitehill Infant Schoo! Printed and bound by RR Donnelley APS ‘ee tt Cline Ba Gat nes at ‘www.collins.co.ukicollinsbigcat mx sepeti we ESC sc: coorassPond Food Written by John Townsend Illustrated by Pamela Anzalotti CollinsThe pond has a lot of food in it. 2. Weeds are in the pond.i. : be ey x a. LsFish swim in the pond. 6/ Fish feed on the snails.ees Saul ply ie D » GS23Ducks 10 quack and splash on the pond.TZThe pond has no food for the fox today. ages eeThe pond@2 Ideas for reading Written by Clare Dowdall, PhD Lecturer and Primary Literacy Consultant Learning objectives: read simple words by Curriculum links: Knowledge and sounding out and blending the phonemes Understanding of the World: Exploration all through the word from left to right; and investigation read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently: extend their vocabulary, exploring the Fast words: the, are, no meanings and sounds of new words; show Word count: 81 an understanding of how information can be found in non-fiction texts to answer questions; use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events Focus phonemes: sh, ee, a, ck, x Getting started ‘* Ask children to name things that live in a pond. List their suggestions on a whiteboard. @ ‘* Look at the front cover together. Compare the creatures in the picture to those on the children’s list. © Read the title and the blurb. Look at the word feeds. Ask children to make other words with the ee phoneme using magnetic letters. # Revise the focus phonemes x (fox) and ai (snails). Ask children to skim through @ @ the book to find and read words containing these phonemes. ee” Reading and responding * Model reading pp2-3. Remind children how to sound out words and blend to read them, e.g. p-o-n-d. * Discuss what happens to the weed in the pond, Who might eat it? ‘* Ask children to continue reading to the end. Move around the group, praising blending and accurate sounding out of new words with focus phonemes, €.g. snails, duck, splash. Invite fast finishers to reread the book, finding as many creatures as possible in the pictures.Returning to the book ‘¢ Using the food chain on pp14-15, ask children to recount what eats each food. Ask children to describe what each creature does on the pond, e.g. Ducks quack and splash on the pond. Revise the sh phoneme. In pairs, ask children to find all the words containing the sh phoneme in the book and write them on a whiteboard. Checking and moving on Visit a pond and explore it to find creatures that live there. «As a group, construct a different food chain of animals that are familiar to the children, using photos of the creatures, e.g. worm, bird, cat. Food chain Al 2 EG a \ Sn bea ws (Sil Reading more Pond Dipping (Red B/Band 2B) is another non-fiction book about the creatures @ e@ youcan find ina pondCollins @ CUPL} BIG CAT Pond Food The fish feeds on a snail. The frog feeds on a fish What feeds on the frog? ‘route compete Cts clog at wonwcollins.c0.uk ISBN 978-0-00-742201-2 | 422012 \wvrw.colins.co.uk/collinsbigcat ry ) 9 >