Explorers 3
Explorers 3 Teacher’s notes for the Comprehension Test: The Elephant’s Child • Do this test after you have read the whole book with the class. • Ask the children to fill in their name and the date at the top of the page. • Tell the children that this is part of The Elephant’s Child story. • Ask them to read the text silently. • Remind them to look at the picture, too. • If there are any words they have forgotten, tell them not to worry. Tell them to read everything they can. • When they have finished reading the text, ask them to read each question one at a time. • Do not give any help. • Then ask them to read the three possible answers that are given. • Ask them to underline which answer they think is correct. • Do not allow the children to talk or to copy each other’s work. • Collect the test papers, mark the scores and fill in the results on the class record sheet.
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Explorers 3 Comprehension Test: The Elephant’s Child Name _____________________ Date _____________________ The day got hotter and hotter, and the elephant’s child plodded on. He came to a muddy green pond. He dipped his long trunk into the cool, green pond. He sucked up some mud, and squirted it all over his head and his back. The elephant’s child had a bath in the mud! ‘That’s better!’ he said. Soon it was evening. The elephant’s child was hungry again. ‘What can I have to eat?’ he said. ‘I have eaten all the grass, and I still have a long journey.’ Then he saw some yellow bananas in a tree. He stretched his long trunk up into the tree and picked the bananas. He put them in his mouth, and started to eat. ‘Mmm!’ he said. ‘That’s better!’ The elephant’s child went on his way. Suddenly he stopped, and looked down at his long, grey trunk. He curled it this way and that. ‘Maybe my long nose is not such a bad thing after all,’ he thought. ‘I can flick flies away with it, and I can pick grass with it, and I can squirt mud with it – and I can pick bananas with it!’ Soon the elephant’s child came to a little stream. ‘I have eaten lots of green grass and lots of yellow bananas,’ he said, ‘and now I’m thirsty.’ He stretched out his long trunk and dipped it into the cool stream. He sucked up some water and squirted it into his mouth. ‘Mmm!’ he said. ‘That’s better!’
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Choose and underline the correct answer.
1. How did the elephant’s child walk? a) He skipped. b) He plodded.
c) He hopped.
2. What colour was the pond? a) blue b) brown
c) green
3. What did the elephant’s child have a bath in? a) mud b) water c) grass 4. Where did the elephant’s child squirt the mud? a) over his legs b) over his trunk c) over his head and back 5. What time of day was it when the elephant’s child was hungry again? a) the morning b) the afternoon c) the evening 6. What did the elephant’s child see in a tree? a) some bananas b) some monkeys c) some melons 7. How did the elephant’s child pick the bananas? a) with his tail b) with his legs c) with his trunk 8. What was his trunk like? a) short and grey b) long and brown
c) long and grey
9. What can the elephant’s child do with his trunk? a) flick flies b) flick frogs c) flick fish 10. What did the elephant’s child say when he came to the little stream? a) I’m hungry. b) I’m tired. c) I’m thirsty.
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Teacher’s notes for the Word Recognition Test: The Elephant’s Child • Do this test after you have read the whole book with the class. • Ask the children to fill in their name and the date at the top of the page. • Tell the children that the words all come from The Elephant’s Child book. • Tell the children to listen to each sentence that you read. Read the first sentence to the class and stress the word in bold print. Say the word in bold print again, on its own, when you have finished the sentence. • Ask the children to choose which word they think it is from the three possible words they are given for that sentence. • Ask them to underline the word of their choice. (If they make a mistake and want to change their mind, tell them to cross out the wrong answer and underline the correct answer.) • Repeat this procedure with each sentence. • Make sure the children know which number sentence you are reading each time. • Do not give any help. • Do not allow the children to talk or to copy each other’s work. • Collect the test papers, mark the scores and fill in the results on the class record sheet.
Test sentences and words 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The elephant’s child was afraid of the crocodile. The tree was near the river. Crocodile’s teeth are sharp. The elephant’s child said, ‘Please don’t pull my nose!’ The moon comes out at night. I have hair on my head. The elephant’s child stopped by a pond. You need a drink when you are thirsty. Please show me the way to the shops. It was a loud noise.
Explorers 3: The Elephant’s Child
afraid near sharp pull night head stopped thirsty show loud
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Word Recognition Test: The Elephant’s Child Name _____________________ Date _____________________ Underline the correct word. 1. a) after
b) afraid
c) around
2. a) now
b) next
c) near
3. a) sharp
b) shop
c) short
4. a) put
b) pull
c) push
5. a) nine
b) neat
c) night
6. a) head
b) heard
c) hard
7. a) skipped
b) hopped
c) stopped
8. a) thirty
b) thirsty
c) their
9. a) show
b) shout
c) saw
10. a) left
b) low
c) loud
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Explorers 3 Comprehension Test: The Elephant’s Child Name _____________________ Date _____________________ The day got hotter and hotter, and the elephant’s child plodded on. He came to a muddy green pond. He dipped his long trunk into the cool, green pond. He sucked up some mud, and squirted it all over his head and his back. The elephant’s child had a bath in the mud! ‘That’s better!’ he said. Soon it was evening. The elephant’s child was hungry again. ‘What can I have to eat?’ he said. ‘I have eaten all the grass, and I still have a long journey.’ Then he saw some yellow bananas in a tree. He stretched his long trunk up into the tree and picked the bananas. He put them in his mouth, and started to eat. ‘Mmm!’ he said. ‘That’s better!’ The elephant’s child went on his way. Suddenly he stopped, and looked down at his long, grey trunk. He curled it this way and that. ‘Maybe my long nose is not such a bad thing after all,’ he thought. ‘I can flick flies away with it, and I can pick grass with it, and I can squirt mud with it – and I can pick bananas with it!’ Soon the elephant’s child came to a little stream. ‘I have eaten lots of green grass and lots of yellow bananas,’ he said, ‘and now I’m thirsty.’ He stretched out his long trunk and dipped it into the cool stream. He sucked up some water and squirted it into his mouth. ‘Mmm!’ he said. ‘That’s better!’
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Choose and underline the correct answer.
1. How did the elephant’s child walk? a) He skipped. b) He plodded.
c) He hopped.
2. What colour was the pond? a) blue b) brown
c) green
3. What did the elephant’s child have a bath in? a) mud b) water c) grass 4. Where did the elephant’s child squirt the mud? a) over his legs b) over his trunk c) over his head and back 5. What time of day was it when the elephant’s child was hungry again? a) the morning b) the afternoon c) the evening 6. What did the elephant’s child see in a tree? a) some bananas b) some monkeys c) some melons 7. How did the elephant’s child pick the bananas? a) with his tail b) with his legs c) with his trunk 8. What was his trunk like? a) short and grey b) long and brown
c) long and grey
9. What can the elephant’s child do with his trunk? a) flick flies b) flick frogs c) flick fish 10. What did the elephant’s child say when he came to the little stream? a) I’m hungry. b) I’m tired. c) I’m thirsty.
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Teacher’s notes for the Word Recognition Test: The Elephant’s Child • Do this test after you have read the whole book with the class. • Ask the children to fill in their name and the date at the top of the page. • Tell the children that the words all come from The Elephant’s Child book. • Tell the children to listen to each sentence that you read. Read the first sentence to the class and stress the word in bold print. Say the word in bold print again, on its own, when you have finished the sentence. • Ask the children to choose which word they think it is from the three possible words they are given for that sentence. • Ask them to underline the word of their choice. (If they make a mistake and want to change their mind, tell them to cross out the wrong answer and underline the correct answer.) • Repeat this procedure with each sentence. • Make sure the children know which number sentence you are reading each time. • Do not give any help. • Do not allow the children to talk or to copy each other’s work. • Collect the test papers, mark the scores and fill in the results on the class record sheet.
Test sentences and words 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
The elephant’s child was afraid of the crocodile. The tree was near the river. Crocodile’s teeth are sharp. The elephant’s child said, ‘Please don’t pull my nose!’ The moon comes out at night. I have hair on my head. The elephant’s child stopped by a pond. You need a drink when you are thirsty. Please show me the way to the shops. It was a loud noise.
Explorers 3: The Elephant’s Child
afraid near sharp pull night head stopped thirsty show loud
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Word Recognition Test: The Elephant’s Child Name _____________________ Date _____________________ Underline the correct word. 1. a) after
b) afraid
c) around
2. a) now
b) next
c) near
3. a) sharp
b) shop
c) short
4. a) put
b) pull
c) push
5. a) nine
b) neat
c) night
6. a) head
b) heard
c) hard
7. a) skipped
b) hopped
c) stopped
8. a) thirty
b) thirsty
c) their
9. a) show
b) shout
c) saw
10. a) left
b) low
c) loud
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