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Print “The Paper Plane”

Level 4 · Magic e · black-and-white friendly, A4. Untick any sheet you don’t need.

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1. Picture answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Circle the right picture.

The Paper Plane

  1. Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. Priya grins at her plane.

  1. 1. What did Priya make?

    • boat
    • plane
    • kite

  2. 2. What did Priya make the plane from?

    • paper
    • leaf
    • block

  3. 3. Where did the plane go the second time?

    • bed
    • door
    • bin
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2. Word answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Tick the right word.

The Paper Plane

  1. Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. Priya grins at her plane.

  1. 1. What colour is the stripe?

    • red
    • blue
    • green

  2. 2. Where did the plane land the first time?

    • the bath
    • the rug
    • the bed
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3. Find the clue

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Find the clue. Write the number of the sentence, then underline it.

The answer can be hiding in the story.

The Paper Plane

  1. 1Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. 2She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. 3Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. 4It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. 5Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. 6This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. 7Priya grins at her plane.

  1. 1. Why did the plane go so far the second time?

    The clue is in sentence number

    Now say or write the answer:

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4. Short answers

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Read the story. Write or say your answer.

The Paper Plane

  1. Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. Priya grins at her plane.

  1. 1. What did Priya change on the plane?

  2. 2. How did Priya feel at the end?

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5. Put it in order

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

What happened first? Write 1, 2, 3 in the boxes.

The Paper Plane

  1. Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. Priya grins at her plane.
  • The plane lands on the rug
  • The plane glides to the door
  • Priya makes a paper plane

Tell a grown-up the story in your own words: first, next, last.

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6. Draw the story

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

Draw something you remember from the story.

The Paper Plane

  1. Priya makes a plane from paper.
  2. She adds a red stripe on the side.
  3. Priya tosses the plane up.
  4. It dips and lands on the rug.
  5. Priya makes the nose thin.
  6. This time it glides all the way to the door.
  7. Priya grins at her plane.

Draw Priya's paper plane with a red stripe.

Write a word or sentence about your picture:

Answers for grown-ups

Read, Decode & Understand · Level 4 · Roo Bloom

The Paper Plane · Level 4 (Magic e) · focus words: makes, plane, stripe, side, nose, glides · tricky words: she, the, her, paper, all, way, to, door

1. Picture answers

  1. Yes! Priya made a plane.
  2. Yes — Priya made the plane from paper.
  3. Yes! The plane glided all the way to the door.

2. Word answers

  1. Yes! Priya added a red stripe.
  2. Yes — the plane dipped and landed on the rug.

3. Find the clue

  1. Sentence 5. Priya made the nose thin, so the plane glided all the way to the door.

4. Short answers (any wording that shows they understood is fine)

  1. She made the nose thin.
  2. She was happy, so she grinned at her plane.

5. Put it in order

1. Priya makes a paper plane · 2. The plane lands on the rug · 3. The plane glides to the door

There is no score. If an answer is not the one, read the sentence together and ask the question again.