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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.
Planting depth
3 cm
Seed spacing
10–15 cm
Spacing between rows 75–90 cm
Days to germination
5–10
Days to maturity
75–85
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www.samseed.com.au
810 Bucket Road, Bucketty WA
Sam’s Best Variety Corn Seeds
They grow very well under cool conditions.
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ISBN 978-1-74164-333-6
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In the texts
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Look below at the lifecycle of a plant.
Tell a partner what you see and what you think is happening.
2 Use the nouns to label the parts of a bean plant.
From Bean Seed to Beans
Nouns
seeds
roots
leaves
stem
flower
petals
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Done
3 Write about the diagram in question 2. Begin each sentence with a capital letter.
Finish each sentence with a full stop.
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What I see and what I think is happening
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Read and learn
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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
inside
combine
start
pollen
water
nutrients
grow
fall
towards
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.
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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? __________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
d Describe what you see in photo 3. ______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
e The machine in photo 4 is a harvester. What do you think it is doing?
___________________________________________________________________________________
f The silver building in photo 5 is a silo. What do you think is inside it?
___________________________________________________________________________________
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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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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.
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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? _______________
Your turn
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Complete this explanation of how corn seeds grow.
Use words from the word bank.
Word bank
harvest
seed
between
should
cool
soil
deep
Spring
dry and brown
very
10–15 cm
full
germinate
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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Connectives and conjunctions
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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.
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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.
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.
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Assessment: Units 1 and 2
Print your name here:
(First name)
(Family name)
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answer:
know about using language, spelling and
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Use a pencil. DO NOT use a pen. If you make a mistake, rub it out and try again.
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.
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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
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Modern pirates only attack fishing
boats and small ships.
O True
O False
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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.
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.
10 An ovule is
O an adult plant.
O an egg.
O pollen.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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O O
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yesterday, my friend ella sent me a postcard.
Shade two bubbles
23 Shade one bubble to show where the missing full stop ( . ) should go.
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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
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25 You are going to write an explanation of how a corn seed ends up in
your cornflakes.
Before you begin
Plan your explanation
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