M02
ck
Day 2
Write the words
duckling
buckle
check
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struck
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o’clock
jacket
luck
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Copy and write Yes or No
Is a duckling a baby goose? No
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Does an editor check the writer’s work? Yes ______________
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Should we always “buckle up” in the car? Yes
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Is it midday at 3 o’clock? No
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Can a tree be struck by lightning? Yes
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Is it nothing but good luck if you win a race?No
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Copy the list words to match the meaning
jacket
duckling
baby duck
buckle
buckle
fastener
duckling
buckle
crumple
check
check
examine
buckle
jacket
coat
Use a thesaurus or dictionary to find words that mean
check to pause
luck events that are beyond control and seem subject to chance
Write the meaning of these words
jacket something worn over other clothes
struck
hit
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ck
Day 3
Write the words
duckling
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buckle
check
struck
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o’clock
jacket
luck
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Singular / Plural
duckling ducks buckle buckles
jacket jackets
Combine with a list word
buckle up
check out
good luck
Find the small words
o’clock clock
lock
buckle buck
duckling duck
in
Say these words and write each base word
luckily
luck
checked check
lucky luck
luckless luck
unbuckle buck
unlucky luck
duckling duck
Verb families
buckle
buckles
strike
strikes
check
checks
buckling
striking
checking
buckled
struck
checked
Put in alphabetical order
duckling
buckle o’clock jacket
luck
buckle
duckling
jacket
luck
o'clock
Break these list words into syllables
duckling duck + ling
jacket jac + ket
buckle buck + le
Write other 2 syllable words which have the /ck/ sound
e.g.
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Day 4
Interest words : Poetry - famous poetry
Copy these words
rhyme
poetry
rhyme
poetry
couplet
couplet
Find the meaning of these words with regard to poetry.
Rhyme a word that is identical to its last sound in another
word
Poetry literature in metrical form: verse
Couplet two successive lines of verse usually rhyming
Dorothea Mackellar was a famous Australian poet.
She wrote a poem called “My Country”.
This poem is about her love of her country and she describes
many things about Australia that she loves.
Find this poem, or one by a poet from your country, in a
book in the library. Read it with a friend.
Choose the verse you like best, write it below and illustrate.
e.g.
I love a sunburnt country
A land of sweeping plains
Of rugged mountain ranges
Of droughts and flooding rains
I love her far horizons
I love her jewelled sea
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me.
Dorothea Mackellar