Activity Sheets Levels 6-8

Name: ______Date: ______

Pink Nails

The wombat walked back to his burrow.

The wombat went Bash! into a tree.

The wombat’s nose was big and scary.

The human had lots of scary little teeth.

The wombat had long pink nails.

Aim: To develop the use of meaning

Activity:

1 Read the sentence, then write “yes” or “no” in the box.

2 Draw a story map to retell what happened in the beginning, middle and end.

Text: Pink Nails (narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 9)

Pink Nails

Someone ______coming.

Here ______a human!

“I can see a ______hairy nose!”

said the human.

“I can ______a hairy nose,”

said the wombat.

“I can see ______of scary little teeth!”

said the wombat.

“I can see long, ______nails!”

said the wombat.

“The long, pink nails are ______in my burrow!”

said the wombat.

“Now the long pink nails are coming ______

and ______!” said the wombat.

Aim: To develop the use of structure

Activity: Write a word from the box to complete the sentence.

Text: Pink Nails (narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 9)

Pink Nails

1 Find and write:

words with
5 letters / words with
double letters / words that end with “ing” / words that end with “y”

2 Find and count how many:

scary / human / very

3 Find and draw:

big teeth / hairy nose / long, pink nails
page / page / page

Aim: To develop the use of visual

Activity:

1 Make lists of words from the text.

2 Count the number of times the word appears in the text.

3 Find the word in the text, write the page number, then draw a picture to match the word.

Text: Pink Nails (narrative) Stage of reader: Early (GR Level 9)