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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2007, 2008.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story Julie Ellis

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Printed in New Zealand

Photographs on cover, pages 1, 4, 6 and 7 supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

All other photographs supplied by iStock Photo

This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in

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Word Count = 358

We use glass in many ways. Can you name ve things

in your home that are made out of glass? Some glass

things are made by machines in factories, and some

are made by hand. How is glass made?

Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.

Develop research skills based on this topic.

Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Notice compound words: glassblower inside

Develop visual discrimination: made/make now/new

Identify antonyms: hot/cold new/old

Use captions to expand on text.

Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.

Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy

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written by Julie Ellis

Contents Page

The first glass 2-3

Making glass now 4-5

Coloured glass 6-7

Hot glass 8-9

Warm glass 10-11

Cold glass 12-13

Old glass 14-15

More glass 16

All About Glass

Glass has been used for a long time .

The first glass came from a volcano .

The fire inside the volcano was so

hot that it made sand melt .

obsidian

When the sand got cold again , it

had turned into glass . This glass

is called obsidian . A long time

ago , people used it as a tool .

Glass is made by heating sand

with some other things .

The sand melts in the hot fire .

When the melted sand gets cold ,

it is glass . A lot of glass is used

for doors or windows .

windows

coloured glass

Glass can be made in pretty colours .

Other things are added to the sand

to make it turn different colours .

Gold , silver , and copper can be used .

Glass can be made blue , red , green ,

yellow , or any other colour .

A glassblower blows through a tube

into hot glass to make shapes .

The glass stays in this new

shape when it gets cold .

This is how vases and other

pretty things are made .

glassblower

Some people like making new things

out of pieces of coloured glass .

They can melt pieces of glass

together to make bright beads .

This is called warm glass work .

warm glass work

Some people like to cut pieces of

cold glass and put them together

to make something new .

This is called stained glass work .

Some wire is used to hold the

pieces of cold glass together .

stained glass

Old glass can be used again and again .

Our old jars and bottles can be put

into bins to go to the factory .

Then the glass is broken up and

melted to make new things .

This work is called recycling .

recycling

Many things are made from glass .

Can you tell which things were

made from hot glass , warm glass ,

cold glass , or old glass ?

cold glass glass that is cold and can be cut

with glass cutters into shapes

glassblower a person who shapes hot glass by

blowing air into it down a tube

hot glass hot, runny glass made by

melting sand

stained glass the art of putting pieces of cut

glass together

obsidian the glass made by the fire in a

volcano

old glass glass that has been used once and

can be recycled into something new

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