8 Feelings

Reading and writing

Look at the book cover. Answer the questions.
1 What is the title of the book?
2 Who is the author of the book?
3 Who is the illustrator of
the book?
4 What kind of book do
you think it is? Why?
The lonely penguin’s
looking for his friends.
Will he find them?

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Listening and speaking

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1 Work in pairs. Talk about why the penguin might be lonely.

2 Take turns to read the story.

3 Talk about why the penguin was lonely.

Read aloud. Parts of a book. 71

The Lonely Penguin
1 2

Crunch crunch! Who’s coming It’s Penguin. He’s lonely.

through the snow?

3 4

Crunch crunch! Penguin’s He can’t think where they

looking for his friends. can be.

72 Paired reading. Read aloud.

5 6

Crunch crunch! Penguin’s He’s sliding on the frosty ice.

running through the snow.

7 8

Crunch crunch! Penguin climbs up the hill.

Penguin’s looking everywhere. Are his friends at the top?

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 9 10

No. Penguin looks down into SPLASH!

the sea. Are his friends at the
bottom?
Penguin jumps into the air.

11 12

Yes! Penguin finds his friends They all laugh and say,
swimming in the cold water. “Where have you been?”

74 Paired reading. Read aloud.

 Reading and writing
Choose the sentence to match each picture. Write the sentences.

Penguin is looking for his friends.

Penguin is running through the snow.

Penguin finds his friends.

Penguin is running through the snow.

Penguin is looking everywhere.

Penguin is sliding on the frosty ice.

Penguin looks down into the sea.

Penguin climbs up the hill.

Penguin is swimming with his friends.

Penguin jumps into the air.

Events in a story 75
 Reading and writing

Crunch, crunch!
?
Who’s coming through the snow

1 Find words ending with ing in

‘The Lonely Penguin’.
Write the page number
and the word like this.
Page 2 coming
2 Add ing to make
new words.
Write the new words.
look +ing fish +ing
keep +ing cook +ing
crash +ing peep +ing
hook +ing brush +ing
sleep +ing

3 Use the words in the box to complete

the sentences. Write the sentences.
swimming running sliding

• Penguin is  on the frosty ice.

• Penguin is  in the cold water.
• Penguin is  through the snow.

76 Recognise common word endings: -ing

Sounds and spelling

Penguin wanted to find his friends

He went to look for them.

1 Say the word look. What sound do you hear in the

middle of the word?
• Write the letters that make the sound in the middle of the
word look.
• Can you join the two letters? Practise joining the two letters.
• Quickly write the word look three times.

2 Look at the pictures. Say the word for each picture.

Write the words.

3 Use the letters in the boxes to make lists of rhyming

words.

h l st c t w p r z br
_ oop _ ool _ oom

Long vowel phonemes. Onset and rime. 77

 Listening and speaking

Work in pairs. Retell the story of ‘The Lonely Penguin’.

Reading and writing

1 Draw a story map of the lonely penguin
looking for his friends.
Start with the lonely penguin running through
the snow and finish when he finds his friends.

2 Write some captions under the pictures.

78 Sequence events: story map.

 Reading and speaking
Work in pairs. Read the Fact File about penguins.

Fact file Penguins are birds that do not fly.

Penguins are goo

d swimmers.
Penguins use their
WINGS as flippers.
Penguins eat fish and
other small sea creatures.

Penguins can
drink sea water.

Larger penguins live in colder The Little Blue

climates and smaller penguins Penguin is the
live in warmer climates. smallest type
of penguin.

The Emperor Penguin A baby penguin

is the tallest penguin. is called a chick.

Non-fiction: fact file. 79

 Reading and writing
1 Read about penguins in the Fact File on
page 79.

3 Write the sentences that are true.

• Penguins are birds.

• Penguins can fly.
• Penguins can swim.
• A baby penguin is called a cub.
• Penguins eat plants.
• The smallest penguin is a Little Blue.
3 Answer the questions

• What do penguins eat?

• What do penguins use to help them swim?
• What do penguins drink?
• What is the largest type of penguin?
• What is a baby penguin called?

80 True or false. Answer questions.

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Reading SB p 71

Circle the words that end with ‘ing’.

Match the beginning of each sentence with its ending.

Penguin is climbing through the snow

Penguin is looking on the frosty ice.

Penguin is running up the hill.

Penguin is sliding for his friends

Penguin is swimming in the air.

Penguin is jumping in the cold water.

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 Sounds and spelling SB p 77

or
oo ee

Look at the pictures. Write the words.

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 Sounds and spelling SB p 77

Crunch, crunch, penguin’s running

through the snow.
1 Say the word snow.
● What sound do you hear at the end of the
word snow?
● What letters make the sound?
● Write the letters. .
2 Add ‘ow’ to make new words. Write the words.

gr + ow sl + ow

bl + ow gl + ow

fl + ow thr + ow

3 Write the words under the correct picture.

pillow window rainbow

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 Reading and writing SB p 78

1 Pretend that you are a penguin. Complete your story.

I was looking for .

I ran through the .

I slid on the .

I looked .

I climbed up the .

I jumped in .

SPLASH!

I found .

2 Read your story aloud. Check. Does it make sense?

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 Listening and speaking SB p 78

Penguin felt lonely when he was looking for his friends.

1 Work with a partner and talk about how

penguin might have felt when he found his
friends.
2 Talk with your partner about what makes
you happy.

Writing

Write six things round the happy face that make you happy.

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 Writing SB p 78

Make a poster to help children stop feeling lonely in the

playground.

Don‛t be lonely

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