written by Pam Holden
Building a new road is hard work. What machines are used
to build new roads? How do road workers make new roads
where there are rivers and forests and mountains?
new now put take tree way will work
Key Words
First published in 2008 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2011, 2012, 2014.
88a Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand.
story Pam Holden
Printed in New Zealand
Photo researcher Rosalind Hayhoe
Photographs on pages 8 and 12 supplied by www.thinkstockphotos.com
Photographs on pages 10 and 16 supplied by www.photonewzealand.com
All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited
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 = 151
Building Roads
Contents Page
Diggers 2-3
Bulldozers 4-5
Trucks 6-7
Rollers 8-9
Drills and tunnel 10-11
Cranes and bridge 12-13
Hills and mountains 14-15
New road 16
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Use initial letter plus picture clues to read unknown words.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specic information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
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Use captions to expand on text.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
ISBN978-1-776850-33-4
Building Roads
written by Pam Holden
Building a new road is hard work. What machines are used
to build new roads? How do road workers make new roads
where there are rivers and forests and mountains?
new now put take tree way will work
Key Words
First published in 2008 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2011, 2012, 2014.
88a Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand.
story Pam Holden
ISBN 978- 1-877490-22-4
Printed in New Zealand
Photo researcher Rosalind Hayhoe
Photographs on pages and supplied by www.thinkstockphotos.com
Photographs on pages and supplied by www.photonewzealand.com
All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited
This book is copyright. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission in writing
from the publisher.
www.redrocketreaders.com
Word Count =
Contents Page
Diggers 2-3
Bulldozers 4-5
Trucks 6-7
Rollers 8-9
Drills and tunnel 10-11
Cranes and bridge 12-13
Hills and mountains 14-15
New road 16
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Use initial letter plus picture clues to read unknown words.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specic information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Develop visual discrimination: make/made then/they/them
Use captions to expand on text.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
Big diggers work to
make a new road.
They dig up trees and
rocks that are in the way.
digger
Big diggers work to
make a new road.
They dig up trees and
rocks that are in the way.
digger
Then bulldozers work hard
to help build the road.
They push the dirt and
rocks out of the way.
bulldozer
Then bulldozers work hard
to help build the road.
They push the dirt and
rocks out of the way.
bulldozer
Then big trucks come
to take the dirt away.
They put some metal on
the road to make it hard.
tip truck
Then big trucks come
to take the dirt away.
They put some metal on
the road to make it hard.
tip truck
8 9
Then big rollers work to
make the road smooth.
They drive on the new
road to make it strong.
roller
8 9
Then big rollers work to
make the road smooth.
They drive on the new
road to make it strong.
roller
1110
Big drills dig a hole in the
ground to make a tunnel.
Then the new road can
go into the tunnel.
drill
1110
Big drills dig a hole in the
ground to make a tunnel.
Then the new road can
go into the tunnel.
drill
12 13
Big cranes work to build a
bridge over the river.
Then the road can go over
the bridge to the other side.
cranes