Reading Challenge - PinkPinkCan you read the passage below, and answer the questions on

the next slide.

The parade

Here comes the band. Can you see the band?

Here come the horses. Can you see the horses?

Here come the clowns. Can you see the clowns?

Here come the bears. Can you see the bears?

Reading Challenge – Pink part 2

Here come the cars. Can you see the cars?

Here comes the dragon. Can you see the dragon?

Here comes the truck. Can you see the truck?

Here come the balloons.

Reading Challenge Questions - Pink

1. Where is the little boy sitting?

2. How many bears can you see?

3. Why shouldn’t people get too close to the clown?

4.Which part of the parade do you think is the most noisy? Why did you choose this?

5. Which part of the parade would you most like to see?

6. Have you ever seen a parade or carnival? What was it like? Describe your experience to a grown up.

Reading Challenge - Red

Ben’s Treasure Hunt

“Ben, come here, Here is a clue for you.” said mum.

Ben went to look on the swing. “A clue!” he shouted.

Ben went to look on the television. “A clue!” he shouted.

Ben went to look on the table. “A clue!” he shouted.

Ben went to look on Teddy Bear. “A clue!” he shouted.

Ben went to look in Mum’s pocket.

“A plane!” shouted Ben.

“I love you, Mum,” said Ben.

Reading Challenge Questions - Red

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

2. Have you ever taken part in a treasure hunt?

3. What did Ben see on the swing?

4.Which was the next place Ben found a clue after finding on on the television?

5.What did Ben find in Mum’s pocket?

6. Why do you think Ben said “I love you” to his mum?

Reading Challenge - YellowPinkCan you read the passage below, and answer the questions on the next slide.

Seagull is clever

Seagull is a big bird. He is hungry. He is looking for fish.

Will Seagull get a fish? No. Not today.

He will not get a fish today. The waves are too big.

Where is Seagull going? He is going to get a shellfish.

Is Seagull eating the shellfish? No. He is not.

Up goes Seagull with the shellfish.

He goes up and up and up.

Down comes the shellfish! Down, down, down, down!

Seagull comes down, too. He looks at the shellfish.

Good. The shell is broken.

Seagull is eating the shellfish. He is a clever bird.

Reading Challenge Questions - Yellow

1. Is Seagull big or small?

2. How many synonyms can you think of for ‘big’?

3. Why is Seagull looking for fish?

4.Why can’t Seagull get a fish today?

5. What does Seagull get instead?

6. Why doesn’t Seagull eat the shellfish straight away?

7. How does Seagull get into the shellfish?

Reading Challenge - BluePinkCan you read the passage below, and answer the questions on the next slide.

Honey for Baby Bear

“I like honey,” said Baby Bear. Honey for me, honey for me, honey for breakfast and honey for tea. “Who makes honey?” said Baby Bear. “Bees make honey,” said Mother bear. “Bees make honey,” said Baby Bear, “and I like honey.” He went to the big forest to look for bees. “I can see some bees,” he said. “Where are they going?”The bees went into a tree. Baby Bear looked in the tree. “Honey!” he said. “Honey for me!”“The honey is all gone. I’m going home,” said Baby Bear. “Oh help! Where are I? I’m lost!”“I’m lost,” said Baby Bear. “I’m lost, but I’m good at climbing. I will climb this big tree to see where I am.”Up he went. “I can see the river,” he said. “I can see Father Bear!” Baby Bear shouted and shouted, and Father Bear looked up. “I’m lost!” shouted Baby Bear. “Stay where you are,” said Father Bear. “I will come and get you.”“Here I am,” said Father Bear. “Come with me. We will go home to Mother Bear. The forest is too big for baby bears.”“Yes,” said Baby Bears. “I got lost. But I had some honey!”

Reading Challenge Questions - Blue

1. Where does Mother Bear say honey comes from?

2. Why does Baby Bear follow bees into the forest?

3. Can you find the adjective used to describe the forest?

4.Why do you think the words ‘honey’ and ‘like’ are written in bold? How does that mean you should read them?

5. Why do you think the honey was all gone? What had happened to it?

6. Who does Baby Bear see when he climbs the big tree?

7. How do you think that Baby Bear felt when Father Bear found him?

Reading Challenge Questions – GreenSnow on the Hill

The two little Biggs saw some plastic bags in the back of the car. “Let’s slide down the hill on the bags!” they said.The two little Biggs climbed over the fence and went up the hill. “Look out!” they shouted. “Here we come!”“I’m going to have a go too,” laughed Mr Biggs. They all slid down the hill, again and again.“Here comes the tow-truck!” called Mr Biggs.The car came up out of the ditch. “We can’t drive to town in this snow,” said Mr Biggs. But the two little Biggs said, “We don’t care. It was fun sliding in the snow.”

Reading Challenge Questions – GreenSnow on the Hill

1. What did the two little Biggs see in the back of the car?

2. Find and copy the verb that tells us how the little Biggs got over the fence.

3. Why do you think Mr Biggs wanted to have a go at sliding down the hill too?

4. How do you know that the family slid down the hill lots of times?

5. Why can’t the family drive to town?

6. Do the little Biggs feel sad that they aren’t going to town? Why/why not?

7. Have you ever been sledging in the snow?

Reading Challenge - OrangeinkCan you read the passage below, and answer the questions on the next slide.

The Little Blue Horse

Clare was Abby’s best friend. When she went to Abby’s place, they always played with Abby’s horses. Clare and Abby would make the horses go across the table and jump over little fences. The horse that Abby liked best was a little blue one with a long white tail. Abby was always careful when she played with it. She didn’t want her best horse to get broken. But one day, the little blue horse slipped out of Clare’s hand and a leg broke off. Clare looked down at the little blue horse. She started to cry. “Don’t cry, Clare,” said Abby’s mum. “I can glue the leg on again.”Clare and Abby watched as mum tried to fix the horse. “Soon your horse will be as good as new,” said Mum. But when the glue was dry, the little blue horse kept falling over. They could not get the blue horse to stay on its feet. Clare and Abby were very sad. The next Saturday, Clare was in town with her dad. They stopped to look in a shop window. Clare could see a lot of old things. She saw some old teddy bears and some old books.

Reading Challenge Questions – Orange

1. Who was Abby’s best friend?

2. Which horse was Abby’s favourite? How did she play with it?

3. How do you think that Clare felt when she dropped the horse? How do you know that she felt this?

4. Why do you think the horse kept falling over?

5. Where did Abby go with her dad? What did she see?

6. What do you think will happen next?

Reading Challenge – Turquoise

Ant City

Georgia waited. She sat on the steps and waited. School was out for the days, and her mom would be home soon. Georgia’s big brother Danny was supposed to be looking after her. But he was playing basketball with his friends in the yard around the corner. Georgia waited. She looked up at the big clock. It was going very slowly. She watched the buses and the cars rushing along the street. When the lights turned red, the buses and the cars all stopped. But when the lights turned green, they roared away again.“Hey, Georgia,” called Becky from her window upstairs. “Isn’t your mum home yet?” Georgia shock her head and pretended that she didn’t care. But her mum was late today, and she did care. Georgia took a cracker out of her school bag. “How long can I make this cracker last?” she said to herself, and she began to eat it slowly. Some crumbs fell on the step by her feet.

Reading Challenge – Turquoise

Georgia looked down. One of the crumbs began to move! It went into a crack in the step and disappeared. Georgia was surprised. Then she saw lots of ants running towards the other crumbs. One by one, the ants picked up the crumbs, and carried them back to the crack in the step.Georgia put her hands under the stone on the step. She wiggled the stone and it began to move. Georgia wiggled it a bit more until at last she could lift the stone right up. Ants were running everywhere. “Wow!” she said.What are you doing, Georgia?” said Danny, who had come back to see her. “Come and look at this. Some ants have made a city right here under the step.” said Georgia.Danny bent down to have a look.The ants were rushing about, but they didn’t make any noise. Georgia looked down at her ant city. “Hey, Georgia!” called Becky from her window upstairs, “Your mum’s coming!”The time had gone very quickly.

Reading Challenge questions –Turquoise

1. Who was Georgia waiting for on the steps?

2.What was Georgia’s big brother doing?

3. What should Georgia’s brother have been doing?

4.What did the cars do when the lights turned red?

5. Why do you think Georgia wanted to make the cracker last a long time?

6. Why was Georgia surprised?

7. How did Georgia lift the stone?

8. Why did the time go by quickly?

Reading Challenge- PurpleLooking After Their Young

ReptilesReptiles lay their eggs in a safe place away from predators. As soon as the young reptiles hatch from the eggs, they are able to look after themselves.Some reptiles look after their young more than this. Mother crocodiles keep their eggs warm in a nest of sand. When the young crocodiles hatch, the mother crocodile carries them to the water in her mouth.

FishMost young fish look after themselves. When fish hatch from eggs they are easy to catch and many get eaten by predators. Some fish lay lots of eggs so their young have a chance of surviving.

InsectsInsects hatch from eggs. Most young insects look after themselves. They are able to do this because the female insect lays her eggs on the plant or animals the young will need for food.

Reading Challenge- PurpleLooking After Their Young

1. Where do reptiles lay their eggs?

2. Can you name any reptiles?

3. What does the mother crocodile do when the eggs hatch? Why do you think she does this?

4.Why do many fish get eaten by predators when they first hatch?

5. Why do some fish lay lots of eggs?

6. How are young insects able to look after themselves?

7. List 3 facts that you have learn from this text.