Week
12
What are dinosaurs like?
as long as
as fast as
as spiky as
as fierce as
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Point to the first dinosaur
and its simile. What is
really long? What can we
compare this dinosaur to?
E.g. a train, a road.
Children either write the
appropriate word(s) with
your help, or you write their
suggestion to complete each
simile.
Can children invent
their own similes about
dinosaurs?
Night animals
Week
20
owl
sheep
chicken
bat
dog
cow
fox
badger
pig
hedgehog
Discuss each of the
animals on this page,
reading their labels.
Are these day or night animals?
Discuss each one.
Children put a cross on
all night animals.
Then they draw themselves
asleep in bed.
Can children think of any
animals that are both day
and night animals, e.g. cats?
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