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Moving Day is our futuristic Tale from Today in Storytime Issue 69. When Isaac’s parents announce that they are moving home, the young lad has to say goodbye to his friends and go on a long journey that is literally out of this world!
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In Brief
1 literacy lesson ideas
Read through the Glossary to make sure you understand all the new words in this issue of Storytime!
Talk about the story, using the questions on the Class Discussion Sheet as a starting point.
Complete our multi-choice Multiple Choice Quiz to find out if you were paying attention while reading Moving Day.
Put the events of the story in the right order using our Story Sequencing Sheet.
Retell the story of Isaac’s adventure on the Simple Storyboard Sheet!
Test your reading comprehension with the Reading Comprehension Sheet.
Complete the Story Structure Sheet to discover how Moving Day works!
Imagine that you have gone on a trip to Mars like Isaac did, and Write a Postcard from Mars to a friend using our handy worksheet.
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2 STEM Lesson Ideas After reading the Mars Fact Sheet, test your knowledge of the planet with the Life on Mars worksheet. Spot what belongs on the Red Planet, and pick the best words to describe it.
Learn about other planets with the Our Solar System worksheet. Cut out the datacards about the different planets and find out what makes each of them special!
Complete the two-page Name the Planets worksheet. Label the planets in the artwork correctly and colour them in, using the Our Solar System fact cards for help!
Once you have completed the Name the Planets worksheet, try out the Planet Questions worksheet. Use the information you have learned from the Our Solar System datacards to come up with your answers.
Have you ever wanted to make a world of your own? See if you can come up with a fun and creative new planet with the Create a Planet worksheet. Your planet could be rocky, sandy, muddy, or made up of liquid or gas. Think about special things it might have, like strange rocks, colourful clouds, rings or moons. What strange creatures might live there? They might look like Earth animals, or could be more like starfish, fungi or thirteen-legged beetles!
Go planet-spotting! Some planets can be seen from Earth without a telescope! On clear nights, Venus, Mars and Jupiter can be seen in the sky if you know where to look. The Star Walk app, created by the European Space Agency, is particularly handy for spotting Mars and the other planets.
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has an activity sheet that can be done in class (or in the playground). With a variety of fruit, you can make a model of the solar system and get a real idea of the different sizes of the planets! Go to this site and download the handy PDF document: https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/teacher-resources/fruit-solar-system
Mars is home to the Solar System’s largest volcano, and you can build your own volcano by following the instructions on the NASA website. All you need is some cardboard, play dough, and some common household ingredients: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-volcano/
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3 Art lesson ideas Draw a picture of yourself on Mars on the Draw a Postcard from Mars sheet. Look up pictures of Mars for ideas, and don’t forget to design a cool spacesuit to wear. NASA has put up pictures of Mars taken by its Curiosity Rover: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/
Think about what you would need to put on a remote-controlled vehicle to explore Mars, and then draw your rover design in the Storytime Picture Frame.
Invent a fun colour scheme for your rocket on the Colour In a Rocket page!
4 PSHE lesson idea
Work out what you would pack for a trip to Mars with our Mars Packing worksheet. Think of what human beings would need to survive on another planet, and what you would want to make yourself feel happy and comfortable. How would you feel if you had to move to Mars? You can use this as a starting point to discuss the emotions Isaac feels during the story. How does he feel, when he leaves his friends, when he is travelling to Mars, and when he finds the mysterious cave and the Martian. (See if you can name the emotions he feels.) Also, think about what he does when he feels these emotions. Can we learn any lessons about the way Isaac acts when experiencing different feelings?
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Want to know the meaning of words in Storytime Issue 69? Use this handy guide!
STOrYTIME GLOSSArY
Who Ate My Socks (Page 6)
Fuzz – messy hair or dust
Dustball – ball of dust
Blamed – told off for it
Chap – person
Stuttered – said nervously
Troll – monster
Chewy – hard to chew
Polyester – kind of artificial cloth
The War of the Fox and the Wolf (Page 9)
Selfish – thinks only about himself
Rodents – animals like mice and rats
Hatchet – small axe
Frightened – scared
Huddled – cuddled together
Shelter – warmth and protection
Growled –made an angry sound
Cunning – smart and sneaky
Mighty – powerful
Shivering – shaking with cold
Companion – friend
Shrugged – moved his shoulders
Clearing – space with no trees in forest
Peered out – looked out
Pounced – attacked by jumping
Forgiven – forgotten about
The Watermelon Prince (Page 14)
Fierce – powerful
Mighty – strong
Gales – strong winds
Ashore – to the shore
Shipwreck – ship that has been smashed
Scholars – teachers and wise people
Orphan – person with no living parents
Bribed – paid money to
Rumours – stories that might not be true
Overthrow – kick out
Despair – panic and sadness
Blunt – opposite of sharp
Vines – long plants that can climb things
Carved – cut
Timber – wood used for making things
Harvests – food collected from a farm
Exiled – sent away
Flourished – grew strong and healthy
Moving Day (Page 18)
Crates – boxes
Virtual Reality Module – 3D game system
Meteorite – rock that fell from space
Tucked – put
Astrosuit – kind of spacesuit
Lag – slow internet connection
Hustle and bustle – business
Dull – boring
Settlers – people who move to new place
Satnav – satellite navigation
Gravity – force that pulls people and
things towards a planet
Tremendously – very
Slime – slippery goo
Nervously – in a nervous way
Squeaked – made a squeaking noise
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Blundered – moved clumsily
Tentacle – long flexible body part
Bubbling – sounding like bubbles
Peered – looked
Lonely – feeling alone
Kisa the Cat (Page 24)
Mistress – lady in charge
Pouncing – attacking with a leap
Reward – gift in return for something
Drowsy – sleepy
Snooping – poking around
Lost his temper – got angry
Stomped off – walked away stamping feet
Rumbling sound – low rolling noise
Injured – hurt
Bandages – cloth strips used on injuries
Slinked – moved quietly and gracefully
Booming – loud
Weakling – weak person
Sneered – spoke in a disrespectful way
Thread– thin string used for sewing
The Fly and the Moth (Page 32)
Buzzing – making a buzzing sound
Sunbeams – lines of sunlight
Peelings – bits peeled off something
Rotten – going bad
Gobble – eat greedily
Mouthfuls – amounts of food that
fit in the mouth
Yawned – opened her mouth widely
and breathed out because of tiredness
Fluttered – flew
Dazzled – surprised and amazed
Hypnotised – distracted
Frantically – in a panic
Crawl out – slowly drag himself out
The Tin Man in Trouble (Page 35)
Scarecrow – man made of straw used to
scare birds
Pricked up – stuck up
Staggered – walked in an unsteady way
Sodden – very wet
Bedraggled – messy and wet
Joints – places where bits of body bend
Rust – get rust on him
Hibernating – sleeping for the winter
Grease – slippery oily goo
Starving – very hungry
Mahishasura and Durga (Page 39)
Warlike beings – creatures that like to fight
Dwelt – lived
Meditating – quietly thinking and praying
Lusted for – wanted
Invincible – unbeatable
Flee – run away
Trembled – shook in fear
Beast– animal
Trident – spear with three points
Furiously – angrily
Fooled – tricked
Symbol – something that represents
something else
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Moving Day is a story about a boy who finds himself in an unfamiliar situation! Answer these questions to begin talking about the story.
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CLASS DISCUSSION SHEET
Text Questions
1. Where do you think Isaac and his friends are living at the beginning
of the story? Why do you think this?
2. Why do you think Isaac tried to leave his maths books and toothbrush
behind when he moved to Mars?
3. What jobs do you think Isaac’s parents do?
4. How did Isaac feel when he realised that the blob he had touched was
an alien, and what did he do then?
5. What object is introduced near the beginning of the story and turns out to be
important at the end?
picture QuestionWhat did the alien think and feel when he first met Isaac in his cave?
Answers: 1. On the Moon, because the story tells us that Isaac and his parents moved to Aldrin Crater Moon Base. 2. Because he didn’t like maths or brushing his teeth. 3. They could be astronauts, explorers, scientists or engineers. 4. He felt scared, but decided to think about the situation instead of running. 5. The meteorite Bradbury7 gave to Isaac.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ
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Test how well you understood Moving Day by answering this quick quiz!
Answers: 1B, 2A,, 3B, 4C, 5A, 6B, 7A.
Octavia thinks going to Mars is:A) BoringB) ExcitingC) Different
Which of these is a place on the ship that Isaac didn’t explore?A) The nuclear reactorB) The vehicle podC) The oxygen garden
What did Bradbury7 give to
Isaac?
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action figure
B) A meteorite
C) A birthday card
Why did Isaac’s mother want him to put on his oxygen helmet?A) So he would look nice
B) So he wouldn’t bump
his head in a caveC) So he could breathe
outside on MarsWhat did the tentacled alien collect?A) Minerals and crystalsB) BonesC) Stamps
What game did Isaac play with the alien?A) Space InvadersB) Buccaneer’s BootyC) Summoner’s Quest
Why does Isaac think Mars
might be OK at the end?
A) He has made a new friend
B) He has found a cave
C) He can play Summoner’s
Quest with no lag
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Number the sentences from 1 to 10 to put the Moving Day events in the right order.
Story Sequencing Sheet
The journey to Mars takes a long time. Isaac gets a bit bored and spends time looking for asteroids and playing Buccaneer’s Booty.
When they arrive on Mars, Isaac wants to help his parents set up the solar panels, but they are too big.
Bradbury7 gives Isaac a special meteorite that he has found. Isaac hugs Octavia and Bradbury7 to say goodbye.
When he goes outside, Isaac discovers that he can jump much further on Mars because the gravity is weaker than it is on Earth.
Isaac realises that he has barged into the Martian’s home and offers him the meteorite Bradbury7 had given him.
The Martian seems to like the meteorite Isaac gave him, so Isaac teaches him how to play Buccaneer’s Booty.
After making one very long leap, Isaac stumbles across a cave and explores it.
Inside the cave, Isaac discovers a strange blob of purple slime. When he pokes it, the slime turns out to be a Martian creature!
Isaac tells his friends Octavia and Bradbury7 that he is moving to a new place with his parents.
His mother suggests that Isaac should go and play outside, so he puts on his astrosuit’s helmet and goes out through the airlock.
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Can you retell Moving Day in your own words? Write your version underneath the pictures below.
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READING COMPrEHENSION SHEET
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Test out your comprehension skills by reading this exciting extract from Moving Day and answering the questions below.
In one corner he found something very peculiar indeed. There
were little holes carved into the wall, and each of them had a different
mineral or crystal in it. On a big shelf at the bottom was something that
looked like a purple blob of slime. Isaac nervously poked the blob, and
jumped back in fright when it squeaked! A dozen eyes opened all over
the thing – it was alive!
Isaac wanted to run away, back to the safety of his living pod, but then he
stopped and had a think. The poor purple blob thing looked very scared,
and the crystals and minerals in the holes were probably its collection of
special treasures. He had just blundered into a Martian’s bedroom and
started poking it!
1. A simile is when something is described as being
like something else. What is an example of a simile
in this extract?
2. An onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like
what it is describing. Find the onomatopoeia!
3. Can you spot a word in the extract that means
‘twelve’? Hint: it starts with ‘d’.
4. What do you think the word ‘blundered’ means?
a) stumbled clumsily
b) leaped bravely
c) looked curiously
Answers 1. ‘like a purple blob of slime’. 2. ‘squeaked’. 3. ‘dozen. 4. a.
WRITE IT! Can you write three sentences about what Isaac could have done instead of giving the alien the meteorite, and how that would have changed the way the story ends? Use your imagination!
Who are the main characters in the story?
What is the solution?
How does the story end?
Where is the story set?
When is the story set?
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What is the main problem in the story?
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mas is smaller than Earth, and has a rock and sandy surface.
Mars has an atmosphere, but it is much thinner than Earth’s and doesn’t have any oxygen. We couldn’t survive there without a source of oxygen to breathe.
Mars looks reddish-brown because it has lots of rust (also called iron oxide) on its surface.
Though Mars might look hot because of its colour, it is actually cold because it has a thin atmosphere and is far from the Sun. Temperatures range from about -140°C to 30°C.
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Olympus Mons is a volcano on Mars, and it is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. It is nearly 22km high – three times higher than Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
Mars has no liquid water on its surface, but it does have frozen water (or ice) at its poles. However, Mars did have liquid water in the past, and may have even been home to living things!
Mars has two small moons, called Phobos and Deimos. Most planets have round moons, but Phobos and Deimos are odd-shaped and look a bit like bumpy potatoes.
No humans have yet visited Mars, but we have sent several probes there! NASA’s remote-controlled Opportunity Rover landed on Mars in 2004 and stopped working in 2018.
9 Mars is the planet in the Solar system that it would be easiest for human beings to live on. Scientists are coming up with ideas on how to get humans to Mars and set up a base there.
Circle four things that Isaac might find on Mars!
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Our Solar System has eight planets, and they are all quite different from each other! Cut out these fact-packed datacards to learn about the planets.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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Name: MercurySize: 4,879km in diameterType: rockyColour: greyAtmosphere: nonePosition from the Sun: 1st
Name: VenusSize: 12,104km in diameterType: rockyColour: yellowish-whiteAtmosphere: carbon dioxidePosition from the Sun: 2nd
Name: EarthSize: 12,742km in diameterType: rockyColour: blue and greenAtmosphere: nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxidePosition from the Sun: 3rd
Name: MarsSize: 6,779km in diameterType: rockyColour: redAtmosphere: carbon dioxidePosition from the Sun: 4th
Name: JupiterSize: 139,820km in diameterType: gas giantColour: brown, orange and red stripes with a red spotAtmosphere: hydrogen and heliumPosition from the Sun: 5th
Name: SaturnSize: 116,460km in diameterType: gas giantColour: yellowish-brown stripes and ringsAtmosphere: hydrogen and heliumPosition from the Sun: 6th
Name: UranusSize: 50,724km in diameterType: ice giantColour: pale blue-greenAtmosphere: hydrogen and heliumPosition from the Sun: 7th
Name: NeptuneSize: 49,244km in diameterType: ice giantColour: bright blueAtmosphere: hydrogen and heliumPosition from the Sun: 8th
Until recently, there were nine planets in the Solar System. However, in 2006 astronomers decided that the ninth and smallest planet, Pluto, wasn’t a proper planet and called it a ‘minor planet’ instead.
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Our Solar system has eight planets*, and they are all quite different from each other! Here are pictures of the Sun and the planets. Fill in the name of each planet and colour them in – use the Our Solar System cards to help!
NAME THE PLANETS
* note the planets are not in scale so it’s easier to colour them all!
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After you have cut out the Our Solar System cards and read through them, see if you can answer these questions.
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Earth and Venus are similar planets in many ways. What are two ways in which the planets are alike?
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Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System, with a very thick and dangerous atmosphere. What could be one reason it is hotter than Earth?
Why do you think Neptune and Uranus are called ‘ice giants’?
What are two things that make the planet Mercury special in the Solar System?
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System that is known to support life. What gas in its atmosphere is needed for creatures like us to live there?
6Gravity is weak on Mercury, a bit stronger on Mars, and a lot stronger on Earth. How strong do you think gravity would be on Jupiter, and why?
Answers: 1. Earth and Venus are both rocky and they are very similar in size. 2. Venus is closer to the Sun.
3. Both are big and cold. 4. Mercury is the smallest planet and closest to the Sun. 5. Oxygen. 6. Gravity on
Jupiter would be very strong, and the bigger a planet is, the stronger the gravity there would be.
Isaac had a fun adventure on a real planet, but many writers have set stories on planets that don’t actually exist. Make up your own imaginary planet using this worksheet, and draw a picture of it in the box below!
Planet name:
Colour:
Size:
Atmosphere:
What is its surface like?
Special features:
Living things:
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PICTUrE FrAME
Scientists have sent remote-controlled robot rovers to explore Mars.
Now you can design your own Martian explorer vehicle. Answer the
four questions below, and then draw your own rover in the frame!
1. How does it move around?
2. How does it take pictures or videos of things around it?
3. How does it pick up rocks or other interesting things?
4. How does it keep in touch with Earth?
If you want to be a brave astronaut, you need a really cool-looking rocket! Colour in this rocket with your own colour scheme. Don’t forget to add a flag and a name for your spacecraft!
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COLOUr IN A rOCkET!
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Imagine that you and your family are moving to Mars. On the lists below, write down seven things that you would definitely NEED if you were moving to a new planet, and five things you would WANT to take to your new home. Think about what humans need to survive!
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THINGS YOU NEED TO TAKE
THINGS YOU WANT TO TAKE
You can draw them too!