Literacy
Spell the word.
bird, shirt, dirt
How many syllables are in the word butterfly
3
but ter fly
What is the land down-under?
Australia
Double 12
24
What does habitat mean?
Where an animal lives.
Add the suffix 'ing' to the word 'play'.
Then spell the new word.
p-l-a-y-i-n-g
What is a homophone? Give an example.
dear/deer, pear/pair, their/there, etc
Name a continent in the northern hemisphere.
Asia, North America, Europe
The difference between 15 and 18.
3
Name a part of a plant.
In the word under, what sound does 'er' make?
short vowel u
List 3 ways to spell the 'er' sound
ir
er
ur
If you went from Australia to the north pole, which direction would you travel?
north
3 tens and 11 ones.
3 tens is 30
+11 is 31
Name 2 animals with feathers.
birds, chickens, penguins, etc
What is a base word?
The main part of the word. eg. kick, run, cook,
What is a closed syllable.
A syllable that ends with a consonant and has a short vowel.
Tell a fact about the Southern Hemisphere.
-Cyclones swirl in a clockwise direction
-Emperor penguins live here.
A quarter of 12.
Half is 6.
Half again= a quarter= 3
Name 2 animals that have scales.
fish, crocodiles, lizards, snake,
Spell 'becoz' correctly
b-e-c-a-u-s-e
Spell 'sirprize' correctly
surprise
Name all seven continents.
Asia, Africa, North & South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia.
Six times the number 5. Then add 2.
32
How do you know that plants are living things?
They grow.
They feed from nutrients in the soil.
They drink water.