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Bicycles

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Turquoise (Levels 17-18)
  • Year: Two
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Invention, Leisure and recreation, Safety, Transportation
  • Genre: Report
  • Strategy/Skills: Making connections, Finding main ideas, Sequencing, Questioning
  • Page Count: 12
  • Reading Level: 18
  • Item Code: 220070
  • High Frequency Words: pedal, power, bicycle, horse, wheel, people, machine, tyre, chain, helmet
  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1453, ACELA1821, ACELY1655, ACELY1658, ACELY1659, ACELY1660, ACELA1466, ACELA1825, ACELY1669, ACELY1670
Reader Description

Find out about bicycles and how they have evolved over time from wooden bicycles without pedals and brakes to modern bicycles.

After you have completed the Reader

Write a diary entry pretending that you have just gone on a ride through the playground on a boneshaker bicycle. Write about your experience.

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