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Year 4 Reading Challenge Autumn 1

Mrs Khaliq

Hi year 4,

For your reading challenge this half term, read through the following non-fiction text about rainforests.

Rainforest-Text-for-Reading-ChallengeDownload

Answer the following questions in full sentences.

Bronze:

  1. Name two types of rainforest.
  2. Which rainforests are nearer to the equator – temperate or tropical?
  3. What percentage of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest?

Silver:

  1. Why are there no rainforests in Antarctica? Explain.
  2. How do animals communicate when they cannot see one another?
  3. Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section?

Gold:

Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?

Platinum:

Produce your own information text on the Brazilian rainforest, using your own research.

29 responses to “Year 4 Reading Challenge Autumn 1”

  1. Warizah I.

    Bronze
    1 tropical and temperate
    2 tropical
    3 25%

  2. Liyana M.

    Bronze:
    1. There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate.
    2. The tropical is near the equator than the temperate rainforest.
    3. 25% of natural medicines have been found in the rainforest.

    Silver:
    1. The reason why there are no rainforest in Antarctica is because the climate is too cold.
    2. The animals use loud calls to communicate because they cannot see each other in the thick leaves.
    3. Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section? The author wrote the word damp to explain another word for humid.
    Gold:
    Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?

    In my opinion the rainforests are important because it gives oxygen to the world and so animals can also live.

    Platinum:
    Produce your own information text on the Brazilian rainforest, using your own research.

    * Rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth’s land surface.
    * In Central American rainforests, rival strawberry poison dart frogs might wrestle for up to 20 minutes!
    * It can take ten minutes for a falling raindrop to travel from a rainforest’s thick canopy to the floor.

  3. Emaan S.

    Bronze
    Q1 tropical and temperature
    Q2 tropical
    Q3 25%

    Silver
    Q1 it cold and ice
    Q2 they make loud noises to communicate
    Q3 humidity means damp

    Gold
    My opinion is we need this rainforest for water cycle for animals and plants to live

    1. Mrs Browning

      Why else would we need the rainforest, Emaan?
      Think about how humans benefit from trees?

  4. Neron O.

    Bronze
    1. tropical and temperature
    2. tropical
    3. 25% of natural medicines can be found in the rain forests

    Silver
    1. its way to cold there
    2. they loudly call to communicate
    3. humid means dump

    gold
    my opinion is that we still have flowers and grass to breathe then lots of animals will die with no home and no food.

    palatium

    brazil is one of the biggest country in the would it has one of the biggest rainforest in the would. it covers half of brazil and brazil is famous for their food.

  5. Esa I.

    1)Amazon rainforest and temperate rainforest
    2)The amazon rainforest

    1. Miss Naeem

      Please finish Bronze and complete silver

  6. Yusuf A.

    Bronze
    1. Tropical and tempature
    2.Tropical
    3.25%
    Silver
    There is no rainforest in Antarctica because it is very cold
    2. They make loud calls
    3. Because it means humid
    Gold
    We need a rainforest because it has lots of plants to give us oxygen and it’s a home for animals to live

    1. Mrs Browning

      Great answers, Yusuf

  7. Nichollas B.

    Bronze
    1 tropical and temputare
    2 tropical
    3 25%
    Silver
    1 there’s no rainforest în Antarctica because is very cold
    2 the animals make loud calls
    3 because is means humid
    Gold
    I think we need rainforest because we need oxygen to breathe and we need the trees for this

    1. Mrs Browning

      Good job, Nichollas👍🏻

  8. Waniya Z.

    Bronze
    Tropical rainforest and Amazon rainforest
    Tropical is closer to equator
    25
    Silver
    Because AntarcticaI is to cold 🥶
    Animals make loud noises and calls to talk
    Humid means wet 💦
    Gold
    We need rainforest So we can breathe, and if we don’t have trees, then we will not be able to breathe

  9. Hasnaa N.

    Trial rainforast and tropical rainforast.
    The tropical rainforast is near the
    eqter.
    It because the rainforast is big.

  10. Zenat N.

    Bronze:

    1) The two types of tropical and temperate.
    2) Tropical rainforests are closer to the equator.
    3) 25% of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest.

    Silver:

    1) There are no rainforests in Antartica because it’s too cold there.
    2) Animals use loud calls to communicate with each other.
    3) As that is what humid means.

    1. Mrs Browning

      Good answers, Zenat.
      Why do you think the rainforest is so important for humans?

  11. Zenat N.

    Bronze:

    1) The two types of tropical and temperate.
    2) Tropical rainforests are closer to the equator.
    3) 25% of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest.

    Silver:

    1) There are no rainforests in Antartica because it’s too cold there.
    2) Animals use loud calls to communicate with each other.
    3) As that is what humid means, it’s wet and dark.

  12. Sarah B.

    Bronze:
    1.Tropical rainforest and temperature rainforest
    2.temperature
    3.Because it is dark and wet as the trees act like a canopy.
    Silver:
    1.it’s far too cold there.
    2.they have to use loud calls to communicate.
    3.because the water levels would be damp.

  13. Latifa A.

    Gold

    My opinion is that we could never stand a chance without rainforests. I think this because trees and plants do a thing where they take our carbon dioxide and transform it into oxygen. We breath oxygen and plus 70% of cancer medication is found from plants in tropical rainforests .

  14. Shayan S.

    Bronze:

    1. Name two types of rainforest:

    The tropical rainforest and the temperate rainforest.

    2.Which rainforests are nearer to the equator – temperate or tropical.

    The Tropical rainforest is the nearest to the equator because is near the middle imaginary line.

    3. What percentage of natural medicines can be found in the rainforest?

    25% of medicine can be found in the rainforests.

    Silver:

    1. Why are there no rainforests in Antarctica? Explain.

    There are no rainforests in Antarctica because its way to cold there.

    2. How do animals communicate when they cannot see one another?

    Animals that live in the canopy have to use loud calls to communicate with each other.

    3. Why has the author written the word ‘damp’ in brackets in the ‘Forest Floor’ section?

    It’s damp because the soil has a moisture in it.

    Gold:

    Read the last line carefully. What is you opinion, and why?

    The leaves also give oxygen so without trees we can breath with bushes and all type stuff with leaves.

    1. Miss Naeem

      Well done for completing all challenges Shayaan

  15. Shayan S.

    the tropical rainforest and the temperate rainforest.
    Tropical is the nearest to the rainforest
    25% of medicine come from rainforest.
    silver
    There are no rainforests because it is to cold.
    animals use loud calls to communicate.
    Humid means wet.
    gold
    my opinion is we need trees to get oxygen.

  16. Duaa A.

    Bronze

    1. Tropical rainforest and the Amazon forest.

    2. Tropical is closer to the equator

    3. 25%

    Silver

    1. Antartica is too cold
    2. Animals make loud noises and calls to talk
    3. Humid means wet.

    Gold

    I think we need rainforest because we need oxygen to breath and we need the trees for this.

  17. Bilal U.

    Bronze:
    1. The Sumatra rainforest
    2. The Amazon rainforest
    Tropical because it is hotter than in temperate areas.
    25 % of medicine from plants.
    Silver:
    There is no rainforests in Antarctica because it is too cold for the plants and animals.
    They use loud calls to communicate to other species.
    Because it is the meaning of humid.
    Gold:
    We could if we had a suit that never runs out of oxygen.
    Platinum:
    1. Brazil is the Biggest country in South America.
    2. The Capital of Brazil is Brazilia.
    3. The main language of Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese.
    4. Brazil has borders with nearly every country in South America except for 2 other countries, Ecuador and Chilli.
    5. The video rio is found in Rio de Janeiro .
    6. The Brazilian carnivals are celebrated in Rio de Janeiro.
    7. The carnivals are for the black people freedom .
    8. They say Oi for hello.
    9. In numbers, they say un,doi,tre
    10. Brazil is in the north east of South America.
    11. Some countries near Brazil are Colombia.
    12. The Amazon is the 2nd longest river in the world.
    13. The Amazon has over 1,000 different species.
    14. The Amazon covers a lot Brazil.
    15. Animals like howler monkeys are territorial .
    16. Animals that live in the canopy are Eagles.
    17. In the Amazon, it rains every day in the Amazon.
    18. When trees in the Amazon dry up the canopy dries up first .
    19. The trees in the Amazon are very tall.
    20. In the Amazon rainforest some animals dive into rivers to get safe.
    21. In the Amazon birds can climb when they go in the water.
    22. In the Amazon, there is dangerous animals like snakes, jaguar’s and tigers too.
    23. The Amazon trees branches are super long.
    24. Animals do loud calls in the rainforest because the Amazon is so big.
    25. Predators copy Other animals sounds then they can have a appetite.

    1. Miss Naeem

      Well done for completely all challenges, some Super facts!

    2. Mrs Browning

      Wow, Bilal.
      Did you enjoy this piece of work?!

      Great job!

  18. Aurora H.

    Bronze
    1. Tropical rainforest and temperate rain forest.
    2. Temperate.
    3. Because it is dark and wet as the trees act like a canopy.

    Silver
    1. Cause it far to cold
    2. Animals have to use loud calls to comunicate because they canot see each other in thick leaves and some can jump tree to tree
    3. The athor has written the word damp because its wet and dark.

    Gold

    My opinion is the rain forest are inmportant because it leads you to surviving because trees produce oxeygen and gets rid of carbon- dioxide

    Plantium

    The brazilian rainforest has many diffrent plants such as
    Orchids
    Passion flower
    Lobster claws
    Monkey bruch
    Cacao
    Gaint water lily
    Coffee
    Ruber tree
    Cocoa tree

    Animals such as
    Jaguar
    Amozon river dolphin
    Giant otter
    Capybara
    Macaw parrot
    Toucans
    Eletric eels
    Tapri
    And many more live there
    The brazilan rainforest is over 844million hectares of land. And spreads across nine south american countries

    1. Mrs Browning

      Brilliant answers, Aurora🙂

  19. Aqsa S.

    Silver
    1. It’s Far too cold there.
    2.they have to use loud calls to communicate .
    3.because the the water levels would be damp.

    1. Miss Naeem

      Remember capital letters at the start of your sentences.
      Please complete silver as your challenge.

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