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Learning Sheets
Primary 2

Name: __________________________ ( )

Class: Primary 2 ___________ Parent’s Signature: _____________

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 Unit8: Magnetic Max Notes

Grammar
• Conjunctions ( when, then, but, so)
(Refer to PowerPoint 1, Conjunction Junction Video, Learning Sheet 2,
and BEG pg 164-167).
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QDGslpL5U
- Conjunctions are words and phrases used to connect sentences or
clauses.
- When is used to show time.
- E.g. The bell rang. Ali was sleeping.
Ali was sleeping when the bell rang. / When Ali was sleeping, the bell
rang.
- Then is used to show sequence of actions.
- E.g. I washed my hands. I cut the fruits.
I washed my hands, then I cut the fruits.
- But is used to compare two ideas.
- E.g. The test was easy. Half the class failed the test.
The test was easy but half the class failed.
- So is used to show cause and effect.
- E.g. I wanted to sit in the front of the balcony. I ordered my tickets
early.
I wanted to sit in the front of the balcony so I ordered my tickets
early.
• Prepositions (to, up, off)
(Refer to PowerPoint 2, Prepositions Video, Learning Sheet 3 and BEG
pg 161-163).
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM,
- Identity and use prepositions such as ‘to’, ‘up’ and ‘off’.
- Preposition ‘to’
(E.g. I went to the clinic because I fell ill. / He wanted to meet me
yesterday but I was not free. )
- Preposition ‘up’
(E.g. Please put up your hand to answer the question. /My keys flew up
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 into the tree! )
- Preposition ‘off’
(E.g. I fell off my bed as I was sleeping last night. / The thief ran
off before they could call the police. )

• Verb + ‘ing’
(Refer to PowerPoint 3, Videos and Learning Sheet 4).
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Gw6MFRfLI
2. http://www.atozofenglish.com/2009/06/unit-39-past-
continuousprogressive.html
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVv0nXPP0c&feature=PlayList&p
=F8997947E06714BA&index=3

- Identity and produce new words by adding ‘ing’ at the end of verbs.
(E.g. It is raining outside. / The cat was mewing loudly as
it was hungry. )

• Phrases of time sequence and commas

(Refer to PowerPoint 4, Learning Sheet 5 and BEG pg 185).
- Identity and use phrases of time sequence properly to form a story.
Understand the importance of commas with the usage of these phrases.
(E.g. – One afternoon, / A week later, / One month had passed,)

• Vocabulary ( Learning Sheet 1)

- bunch of keys, iron bolts, magnet, magnetic, paper clips, pocket
- compound words: anything, everyone, skateboard

• Listening ( Learning Sheet 7)

- Identify and differentiate words ending with –ed that sounds like‘t’ or‘d’.

Bank of Online Resources

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• Conjunction Junction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QDGslpL5U

• Prepositions Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM

• Verb+ ing:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Gw6MFRfLI

2. http://www.atozofenglish.com/2009/06/unit-39-past-

continuousprogressive.html

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVv0nXPP0c&feature=PlayList&p=F89

97947E06714BA&index=3

• Online Lesson on Magnets:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml

• Tuning In Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzFJPKCLxRQ

Song for Tuning-in

Tune: Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzFJPKCLxRQ )

When you walk under the magnet tree,

It will take your pins and keys.

Oh how amazed we all shall be

Under the spreading magnet tree.

When you walk under the magnet tree,

It will take your pins and keys.

Oh how amazed we all shall be

Under the spreading magnet tree.

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 Learning Sheet (1)
Vocabulary

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________ 1.

1. Mother lost her ____________________

at the market.
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2. John needs some ___________________

to fasten his test papers together.

3.

3. It is not safe to put a pencil in your

shirt ________________.

4. This is called a horseshoe _____________

because it has the shape of a horseshoe.

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5.
5. You should wear a helmet when you ride a

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6. These _________________________ 6

are used to fasten the shelves to the wall.

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 Learning Sheet (2)
Grammar – Conjunctions (when, then, but, so)

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Join the sentence parts that match and rewrite the sentences in the
spaces below.

Jean brushed her teeth when I feel sad.

but Aishah is short.

I cry

so it ran into the hole.

Ali is tall
The mouse was afraid of then she had her
the cat breakfast.

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Complete each of the following sentences with your own words.

5. I shouted to Johnny but_________________________________________

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6. He was walking to school when ____________________________________

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7. It rained heavily yesterday, so ___________________________________

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8. Jane drank a glass of milk, then ___________________________________

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Learning Sheet (3)
Grammar – Prepositions (to, up, off)
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Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Fill in each blank with a correct word from the box.

to up off

1. Matt looked __________ into the tree and saw a pigeon perching on a branch.

2. Mother went __________the market this morning to buy some fish.

3. If you know the answer, put __________ your hand.

4. The gangster ran __________ when he saw the policeman.

5. Shelley goes __________ the park to jog every evening.

6. Marianne fell __________ her stool when the doctor told her the bad news.

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Learning Sheet (4)
Grammar Cloze – Verb + ‘Ing’

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verb using ‘ing’.

It was a hot afternoon and the sun baked the ground fiercely. Samuel

was (1) ______________ (walk) to the park. He was (2) ______________

(meet) Alan, Asadel and Jerry for a game of soccer.

As he was (3) ______________ (wait) for his friends under a tall tree

at the park, the most amazing thing happened. His keys flew up into the tree!

Alan, who was now (4) ______________ (run) towards Samuel had seen

what had happened. Once Alan was under the tree, his paper clips in his

pocket flew up into the tree too! Both boys looked at each other, puzzled.

Jerry who was (5) ______________ (skate) down the pavement, met

the boys under the tall tree. In the blink of an eye, all the iron bolts from his

skateboard flew into the tree too.

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 The curious boys looked up into the tree and saw Asadel among the

leaves, (6) ______________ (hold) an enormous magnet.

“Hi guys! Are you ready for our game of soccer?” he said, grinning from

ear to ear.

Adapted from the book ‘Magnetic Max’ by Ann- Marie Parker

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Learning Sheet (5)
Grammar - Phrases of Time Sequence and Comma

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Write out the sentences in the correct order to form a story.

The first sentence has already been done for you.

He went to the kitchen to look for something to eat.

He was so hungry, he ate it all up.

One morning, Jon woke up feeling hungry.

From that day on, Jon never liked ice cream.

Then, he saw a tub of ice cream.

Later that morning, he had a bad stomachache.

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 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Learning Sheet (6)
Reading Comprehension

Name: __________________ ( ) Date: ___________

Class: Primary 2____________

Please go to PowerPoint 5 and Online Lesson on Magnets first before

reading the passage to answer the questions.

Magnets are materials that attract pieces of iron or steel. In ancient

times, people first discovered *magnetism when they found some naturally

magnetic pieces of rock in the earth called lodestone. Loadstones have a lot

of iron in them. Other materials can be turned into magnets too. *Nickel and

*cobalt can also make good magnets.

Magnets have north and south poles. The north pole of one magnet will

repel, or push away, the north pole of another magnet. The south pole of one

magnet will repel the south pole of another magnet. However, if you put the

north pole of one magnet near the south pole of another magnet, you will feel

an attractive force. So opposite poles are attracted to each other.

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 Most of the magnets we use are made from iron. The refrigerator

magnets we use are called permanent magnets. There's a magnet in the seal

on the inside of your refrigerator door. It holds the refrigerator door closed

when you are not looking for a snack or a cold drink. Some cabinet doors have

magnetic latches too. Can you think of any other places where magnets have

practical uses?

Adapted from: http://education.jlab.org/reading/magnets.html

Glossary

Magnetism: the attraction of iron in a magnet by another magnet

Nickel: a silver-white hard metal commonly used in rechargeable batteries

Cobalt: created from nickel to be a tough and shiny silver-white metal and also

used in batteries

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1. What are magnets?

2. Name another word in the passage that has the same meaning as

‘naturally magnetic pieces of rock’.

3. What are two other metals that can be made into good magnets?

4. *What would you feel when you put two like poles of a magnet

together?

5. Why do you think your refrigerator door is able to stay closed?

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Learning Sheet (7)
Listening

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Read the words below and decide if the –ed sounds like d or t.
Then write the words under the correct heading.
You may write other words that you know in the blank boxes.

jumped played touched asked yelled

happened wished screamed stopped looked

The first two words have been done for you.

sounds like d sounds like t

played jumped

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Learning Sheet (8)
Let’s Create- Writing Plan

Name: _____________________ ( ) Date: _______________

Class: Primary 2____________

Complete this writing plan based on the title ‘My Most Embarrassing
Day’. Write a composition of about eighty words on it. You may use
the helping words.

unfortunately laughed uncontrollably

blushed from head to
turned away from the learnt my lesson toe
crowd

Characters involved:

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What are the events that happened? What were the problems?

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How did everything end? How was the problem solved?

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Learning Sheet (8)
Let’s Create- Composition Writing

Name: ________________________ ( )

Class: Primary 2 _____________________

Date: ______________________

My Most Embarrassing Day

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