Ready Steady Read Together
Everything Under the Sun: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Why do bees make hexagon shapes, not other shapes?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
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
Explore
move
water
only
sugar
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hexagon
hexagonal pattern
circular tube
worker bees
raise
proteins
Explore
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
hexagon
Explore
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.
hexagon
Your turn
circular tube
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hexagonal pattern
worker bees
raise
proteins
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
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
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs, the worker bees raise a new queen. A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee, but she is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly”.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs,
the worker bees raise a new queen.
A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee,
but she is fed only bee milk,
also called “royal jelly”.
Explore
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
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs, the worker bees raise a new queen. A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee, but she is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly”.
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
If you look at a beehive, you’ll see that honeycombs are made up of hexagons. But the bees don’t build the holes in the shape of hexagons – they make each hole as a circular tube.
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
This sentence tells me that the first step is for the bees to make a circular tube. I am going to put a 1. I will now look to see which comes next.
Reveal Explainer
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) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Explore
Acceptable Answers
C) Bees make a circular tube.
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
A) Bees make heatas they work.
D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Click on the boxes to reveal the correct order
B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence queen bees are bigger than other bees in the hive
size
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
Text Mark Evidence they (queen bees) also live longer
lifespan
Text Mark Evidence she is the only bee in the hive that lays eggs
job
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - she (the queen bee) is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly” - it (royal jelly) helps a young bee to grow into a queen bee
food
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'hexagon'?
Fill the Gaps
honeycombs
hexagons
If you look at a beehive, you’ll see that are made up of .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Which One's Right?
Which helps to raise a new queen?
B the old queen bee
A the beekeeper
C the king bee
D worker bees
Tick Me
Tick three things that make up royal jelly:
Tick three
A) white snot
B) water
Check
C) proteins
Click if correct
D) sugars
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Everything Under the Sun: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
Why do bees make hexagon shapes, not other shapes?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
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
Explore
move
water
only
sugar
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hexagon
hexagonal pattern
circular tube
worker bees
raise
proteins
Explore
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
hexagon
Explore
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.
hexagon
Your turn
circular tube
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hexagonal pattern
worker bees
raise
proteins
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
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
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs, the worker bees raise a new queen. A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee, but she is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly”.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs,
the worker bees raise a new queen.
A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee,
but she is fed only bee milk,
also called “royal jelly”.
Explore
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
When a queen bee can no longer lay eggs, the worker bees raise a new queen. A new queen starts off as an egg like any other bee, but she is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly”.
Explore
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
If you look at a beehive, you’ll see that honeycombs are made up of hexagons. But the bees don’t build the holes in the shape of hexagons – they make each hole as a circular tube.
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
This sentence tells me that the first step is for the bees to make a circular tube. I am going to put a 1. I will now look to see which comes next.
Reveal Explainer
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) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
A) Bees make heat as they work. B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape. C) Bees make a circular tube. D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Explore
Acceptable Answers
C) Bees make a circular tube.
A) Put these in the correct order to show how beehives get their special shape?
A) Bees make heatas they work.
D) Heat makes the wax go soft and move.
Click on the boxes to reveal the correct order
B) The wax cools and hardens into a hexagon shape.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence queen bees are bigger than other bees in the hive
size
B) How are queen bees different than other bees?
Text Mark Evidence they (queen bees) also live longer
lifespan
Text Mark Evidence she is the only bee in the hive that lays eggs
job
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - she (the queen bee) is fed only bee milk, also called “royal jelly” - it (royal jelly) helps a young bee to grow into a queen bee
food
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which picture is the best match for the word 'hexagon'?
Fill the Gaps
honeycombs
hexagons
If you look at a beehive, you’ll see that are made up of .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Everything Under the Sun by Molly Oldfield © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Which One's Right?
Which helps to raise a new queen?
B the old queen bee
A the beekeeper
C the king bee
D worker bees
Tick Me
Tick three things that make up royal jelly:
Tick three
A) white snot
B) water
Check
C) proteins
Click if correct
D) sugars
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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.
honeycombs
hexagons