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Planting Day at the Stream — Reading Comprehension — Answers

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Planting Day at the Stream — Reading Comprehension — Answers

Part A: Find the facts

Look back at the recount to find each answer.

1.Which class went to plant trees?[1 mark]

Answer: Room 7.

2.What was the weather like?[1 mark]
  1. Ahot and sunny
  2. Bcold and grey
  3. Cwindy and snowy
  4. Dwarm and rainy

Answer: cold and grey

The recount says 'It was a cold, grey morning'.

3.What is another name for harakeke?[1 mark]

Answer: New Zealand flax.

4.How many plants did the class plant altogether?[1 mark]

Answer: 60.

5.What bird sang to the class at lunch?[1 mark]

Answer: A tūī.

Part B: Think about it

Use clues from the recount to explain your answers.

6.Give two reasons why plants beside a stream are good for it.[2 marks]

Answer: They help keep the water clean and cool, and their roots hold the soil on the bank so it does not wash into the water.

7.Why did the children put a stake beside each plant?[1 mark]

Answer: So that people could see where the plants were (and not step on them).

8.What did the class do after they put in the stakes?[1 mark]
  1. Alooked at the plants
  2. Bdug the holes
  3. Cate their lunch
  4. Dput on their gumboots

Answer: ate their lunch

'Finally, we sat on the bank and ate our lunch.'

9.How does the writer feel at the end? Why do you think they feel this way?[2 marks]

Answer: Proud, because the class worked hard and did something good for the stream that will last.

Part C: Words in the text

10.'I gently took each plant out of its pot.' Gently means...[1 mark]
  1. Aquickly and roughly
  2. Bcarefully and softly
  3. Cloudly
  4. Dwith a spade

Answer: carefully and softly

The plants were small, so the writer was careful not to hurt them.

11.The tūī might drink the nectar. Nectar is...[1 mark]
  1. Athe sweet juice inside a flower
  2. Bthe water in the stream
  3. Cthe soil around a plant
  4. Da kind of leaf

Answer: the sweet juice inside a flower

Birds like tūī drink the sweet nectar from flowers.

Part D: Your turn

12.Write about a time you helped to look after a special place, such as your school, a beach or a park. Write three sentences. Start them with First, Next and Finally.[3 marks]

Model answer: First, my family went to the beach with rubbish bags. Next, we picked up bottles and plastic from the sand. Finally, we put the bags in the bin and had a swim.

Success criteria:

  • Three sentences about a real or imagined event
  • Uses First, Next and Finally to show order
  • Capital letters and full stops are used correctly
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