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Ready Steady Read Together

Everything Under the Sun: Non-Fiction Lesson 3

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.

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What do you know and think?

How do bumblebees fly?

How might this extract link to the illustration?

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From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat does a bee create by moving their wings backwards and forwards?

A) What human activity does the author compare bees flying to?

B) How many times can bumblebees beat their wings per second?

D) How many bees could it take to make a single jar of honey?

C) How many stomachs does a bee have?

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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...

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Adapted from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

Adapted from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

Common Exception Words

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move

sugar

pass

because

could

water

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Vocabulary

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Hover for definitions!

stroke

sinking

afloat

hive

honeycomb cells

beeswax

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From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

I will model the first.

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

stroke

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Find Read Talk

Reveal Vocabulary

Adapted from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

stroke

Your turn

afloat

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

sinking

hive

honeycomb cells

beeswax

Use your text

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Vocabulary Check & Re-read

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Reveal Vocabulary

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Adapted from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

Adapted from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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Let me use my reader's voice...

Bees don’t flap their wings up and down. They move their wings backwards and forwards, twisting them slightly on each stroke to create something we call “lift”. It’s a little bit like how humans stay afloat in a swimming pool – we move our arms backwards and forwards to stop ourselves sinking.

What did you notice?

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From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

Bees don’t flap their wings up and down.

They move their wings backwards and forwards,

twisting them slightly on each stroke

to create something we call “lift”.

It’s a little bit like how humans stay afloat in a swimming pool –

we move our arms backwards and forwards to stop ourselves sinking.

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From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Sound like a reader!
Stand up!

Choral Read

Bees don’t flap their wings up and down. They move their wings backwards and forwards, twisting them slightly on each stroke to create something we call “lift”. It’s a little bit like how humans stay afloat in a swimming pool – we move our arms backwards and forwards to stop ourselves sinking.

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From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take

Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?

Teacher Model Question Only What does a bee create by moving their wings backwards and forwards?

Let me show you

Reveal Text Marks

Bees don’t flap their wings up and down. They move their wings backwards and forwards, twisting them slightly on each stroke to create something we call “lift”.

Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat does a bee create by moving their wings backwards and forwards?

Reveal Explainer

The words ‘create’ and ‘backwards and forwards’ are clues. I can ‘look around’ for these words and ‘find and take’ the answer, “lift” which helps the bee to fly.

Teach

From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?

Teach

Your Turn

A) What human activity does the author compare bees flying to?

B) How many times can bumblebees beat their wings per second?

D) How many bees could it take to make a single jar of honey?

C) How many stomachs does a bee have?

Find the answers
Text mark

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Acceptable Answers

A) What human activity does the author compare bees flying to?

Text Mark Evidence it's a little bit like how humans stay afloat in a swimming pool

swimming

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers

Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

B) How many times can bumblebees beat their wings per second?

Text Mark Evidence Bumblebees can beat their wings an amazing...

130 times per second!

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

C) How many stomachs does a bee have?

Text Mark Evidence its second stomach

two

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Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

C) How many bees could it take to make a single jar of honey?

Text Mark Evidence It could take...

(over) 1,000 bees

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Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

Start

Picture Me

Which picture is the best match for the word 'afloat'?

Match Me

Match each word with its correct meaning:

honeycomb cells

beeswax

hive

C used as a lid to keep honey from spilling

B a bee’s home

A a place with pockets to store honey

Click if correct
Check

Sequence Me

Put these in the correct order for bees to make honey:

A) Bees pass the nectar from mouth to mouth.

B) A bee carries nectar in its second stomach.

C) Bees store honey in the hive.

D) A bee drinks sugary nectar.

Click if correct
Check

Find Me

Which word means‘going under the water’?

It’s a little bit like how humans stay afloat in a swimming pool – we move our arms backwards and forwards to stop ourselves sinking.

Discuss then check

sinking

From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

Other...

To be a book lover, you could...

take care of books.

Reveal

Treat your books with care to keep them looking great.

Copyright Notice

This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adapted for accessibility from: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield, © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.