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Miss Callum She's nice

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The other children share

their lunches with Nicholas

N icholas really wants to go

on the slide So, he wears

Keenan's swimming s hort s

suit, N"1cholds You Cdn't ,go 011 the

slide in your school uniforrn ~

t akes a cake to school

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Ravi lives with his mo th er in tne c i ty of Guizar

One day , Ravi's mother

looks in ftie kitchen

Rav i and H amid are p l ay i ng Th e re 's something o n t h e

pa th ' Mone y!' Ham i d shouts ' Mine ! ' Ra vi s h o uts ' N o

·why are you fighting?' She grabs the coin It falls into a

T he nex t morn in g Ra vi looks out of

th e window H e sees a tree where the coin fell Strange Something is growing on the tree!

and cake: says Ravi ·ves: h i s moth e r

says · we have a l o t o f money now!"

But H a mi d's g r a n dmo th e r pu t s

the m o ney in her m o n ey box

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T h en o n e day th e magic money t ree d i es

" T hank you: says Rav i s mother H amid's grandmo t her

buy bread Th ey all ea t

" T his is good: says Ravi's mother

-·we can s t i ll grow vegetables · says Hamid "And we can use money from the money box t o buy t ools We can bui l d a garden for everyone :

Soon there are a lot of vegetables They sell the extra vegetables

Everyone has food to eat and everyone is happy

0 Cinderella was in the kitchen Her

I always make the beds

They never do it I always

sweep the floor They never do it It's not fair!

Every day, i t was always the some

~ -Cinderella, put the kettle on

Sister Yes, Sister

9 And it was fun for everyone

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., One day, there was a knock at the door I t was on official from t he castle

bedroom , ond I always pick up the clothes

They never do it Well ,

not any more

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G Suddenly, C i ndere ll a was angry

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You find

You pick up

I need help! Please

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Everyone is going except

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her hair, too

Wow , look at

that! let's go Bvt we have to do

We can play Ancient Egyptians to he l p us with our Egypt project

Egyptians l ived let's find out

more about Ancient Egypt

Martin and Tiiiy looked at the pictures on

the wall The pictures looked very real

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Ancient Egyptians lived next to the Nile

River They fished and hunted for ducks

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Wow, look at all

this long grass

Tnafs papyrus It grew next to

the river The Egyptians used it to

make paper and shoes They even built boats with it Look, here's one

Jump in Watch out for crocodiles

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wrote stories about the gods on the walls

Like the pictures you painted?

That's right rm learning to

be a scribe Scribes wrote stories and kept records

pyramid Suddenly, they

were back at the playground

Let's go home and

finish our project

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So, Martin and Tilly,

what do you know

about Ancient Egypt?

Great project! Bvt what happened to this papyrus?

They were very good

at drawing They used

pictures for their alphabet

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Bindi and her grandpa are next to the l ake

" I lik e lo o king at the stars," says Bindi " Th ey're very bright.'

"Yes, they are bright ," says Grandpa "A nd the moon i s eve n brighter "

'" H ow did the moon get there, Grandpa? "

Grandpa wrapped a blanket

around Bindi to keep her warm

"A r e you warm now?"

"Yes, Grandpa , much warmer."

"T h en I wi ll te ll yo u a sto ry ,"

says Grandpa "A sto ry from

the Oreamtim e."

Once upon a time, there was a l izard named Goanna E very day, Goanna's big belly was getting bigger because soon s h e wou l d l ay h e r

egg She n eeded to find a warm p l ace for i l

b eca use it was c hill y at night , li ke it i s n ow

So Goanna se t off f o r t h e ocea n

Th e ocean was ve r y wet

"I ca n ' t la y m y egg h ere: t h oug ht Goanna " It w ill ge t damp "

That ni g ht, Goa nna se t off across th e d ese rt Th e desert is

fr eez in g at ni g ht But s h e was l oo king for a p l ace that was warm " I t' s co l der h e r e," th o ught Goanna " My egg w ill freeze '

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t h e hill I t was wa n ner

h e r e o n t h e an t hill

"This place is perfect:

dug a deep nest in the

the deepest part of

her nest, she la i d a

bea u tiful b i g, round,

Th e bright l ittle ants craw l ed around th e egg

" Good." thought Goanna "My baby wil l hav e

a l ot of ants to eat when he hat c h es out "

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Long ago, there wa s a boy named Milo in the city of Kroton

ITrn~';"~' ~ Lik e most boys in An cient Greece, Milo liked wrestling He

was very good at wrestling

II When Milo was nine years

old, a man visited his father

Milo is the best boy wrestler in Kroton I want to train him for the Olympic Games

There are events for boys

There is wrestling, rowing, boxing, and discus I want Milo to do the wrestling event

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-Did M ilo train often? Yes, he did He

trained seven days a week Did Milo train hard? Yes, he did He trained all day

Games, Milo won hi s first laurel

crown H e was a hero in Kroton

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Was that the end of Milo's sports' career? No, it wasn't It was only the beginning ~d~fir i

~~~ ~ - Milo continued trai nin g, and he got better and better at wrestling

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Milo threw the javelin, too He ·· competed · ·

in the Olympic Games again and again

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Every time the champion competed, he won

Milo was one of the best champions of all time ,

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Another time, a roof collapsed Pytnagoras, the

famous mathematician, was in the building

Help me, please!

No problem I am the champion

Yes, /can I am the champion

Milo was very famous An artist made a bronze statue of Milo But the

statue was very big and heavy No one could carry it Was this a problem

for Milo? No, it wasn't The champion carried the statue himself

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One day, walking in the forest,

~ path A young boy on a horse

offered to help Milo Go away, boy I don't

need your help I JV h

I am the champion

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You're too proud

I offered you help;

now I'm going

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This is the story of Jimmy Small ,

Who never p l ayed with friends at all ,

Because Jimmy on l y liked l o p l ay ,

Video games at home all day

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"Put those video games away! "

-Said Jimmy's mother every day

" Jimmy , please , go out and run ,

Find your friends , a nd have some fu n! "

But every day was just the same ,

"Snea k y S nake " was h is fav ori t e ga me

Digital animals ran up and down ,

C o lle c ting food in a digital town

Jimmy played h a ppily as a cat and a rabb i ,

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No buttons to press, or push, or hit,

Jimmy Small hod to be quick

Sneaky Snoke wonted to eat him,

So Jimmy Small hod to beat him

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Jimmy found o place to hide,

But here come Snoke, mouth open wide! Sneaky Snoke was slippery slick,

But all that practice mode Jimmy quick

Jimmy, of course, knew how to play,

-He played "Sneaky Snake" every day,

But Sneaky Snake needed to eat,

And chased him into this small street!

So Jimmy couldn't run at all,

Jimmy's back was against the wall,

But Jimmy knew which move to make,

Jimmy must attack the snake

He hit the snake - he won the game!

But broke the control, and his life changed,

Without it he couldn't stay in and play,

Video games day after day

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D Holly is excited School vacation sta r ts in two days, and she's going to go to

summer camp She packs her suitcase

Don't forget your bathing

suit and surblock

You're going to try

a lot of new activities Grandma and Grandpa are going to come

and soy goodbye

EJ Holly's grandparents have a surp ri se fo r he r

We helve a gift for

D At summe r camp, all the ch i ldren go kayaking It' s hard, and Holly falls into the lake

He r f ri end takes a picture Holly sends it t o her g rand pa rents r:fl 'V ~ lJ

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11J After lun ch, the ch i ld r en go moun t a in b ikin g It's Ho l ly's first t me on a mountain bi ke

The ch i ld r en are go i ng to make a j ump for t h e bikes The jump is ve r y t ri cky

A lot of child r en fall ove r Holly also falls Holly tak es a picture

Everyon e laughs Holly sends that picture to her grandpa r en ts, too

WelL so far I'm not very

good at koyaking, or mounta.in

biking! Whatever we do

though, rm going to take my

camera I'm not going to miss

any pictures

That n ig ht , th e r e ' s a n o i se outs i de th e t e nt H oo - ho o ! What is

i ? It's an o wl, a ve r y big owl Ho ll y ge t s h e r c am e ra and takes a ~

p ictur e Th e next day, s h e sends t h e p i ct ur e t o h e r g randparents f i

D Holly has a great t m e at summer ca mp W h en she sees h e r g r andpa r ents aga i n

th ey hav e another surp r ise fo r h er

We sent thot owl picture to a competition

do this time Hoity?

I don't know, but

I know I'm going to

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