Children’s Book of Knowledge - University of Otago...Churchill, Sir Winston Winston was born in...

% responses y4 Chapter 5: Finding and using information from books 29 Approach: Level: Resources: Children’s Book of Knowledge Station Year 4 Oxford Children’s Pocket Book of Knowledge (1992) Questions/instructions Use the Oxford Children’s Book of Knowledge to find your answers. 1. Penguins How long can Emperor penguins stay under the water? Answer: minutes 2. Foxes How fast can a fox run? Answer: km/h 3. Lions live in groups called 4. One of these teeth is a molar. Draw a ring around the molar. 5. When was Sir Winston Churchill born? 9 ✓ 50 48 ✓ 59 Prides ✓ 66 ✓ 56 1874 ✓ 24 Number correct: 5 13 4 19 3 22 2 15 1 17 0 14 Commentary About one third of the year 4 students got 4 or 5 questions right, while 14 percent got none right. Students could ask for help with reading, but lim- ited reading skills make the use of such a refer- ence book very difficult even if someone is available to read selected passages.

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Page 1: Children’s Book of Knowledge - University of Otago...Churchill, Sir Winston Winston was born in 1874. As a young man he a soldier, then a war reporter in the Boer War, and finally

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Chapter 5: Finding and using information from books 29

Approach: Level:

Resources:

Questions/instructions

Children’s Book of Knowledge

Station Year 4

Oxford Children’s Pocket Book of Knowledge (1992)

Questions/instructions

Use the Oxford Children’s Book ofKnowledge to find your answers.

1. Penguins

How long can Emperor pen-guins stay under the water?

Answer: minutes

2. Foxes

How fast can a fox run?

Answer: km/h

3. Lions live in groups called

4. One of these teeth is a molar.Draw a ring around the molar.

5. When was Sir Winston Churchill born?

9� 50

48� 59

Prides� 66

� 56

1874� 24

Number correct: 5 13

4 19

3 22

2 15

1 17

0 14

Commentary

About one third of the year 4 students got 4 or 5questions right, while 14 percent got none right.Students could ask for help with reading, but lim-ited reading skills make the use of such a refer-ence book very difficult even if someone isavailable to read selected passages.