Ready Steady Read Together
Women in Science: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
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?
Her work has helped astronauts visit the stars and come safely back to Earth.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
crucial contributions
scarce
computers
honorary
underrepresented
census
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From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scarce
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
scarce
computers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
crucial contributions
honorary
census
underrepresented
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Explore
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
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Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university. It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school. By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers. Katherine applied and got a job.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university.
It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school.
By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers.
Katherine applied and got a job.
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university. It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school. By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers. Katherine applied and got a job.
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not 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 OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in West Virginia, USA. She excelled in school and enrolled at West Virginia State College when she was only 15 years old.
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
Reveal Explainer
Katherine was 15 years old when she enrolled. This was quite an accomplishment as in the USA, ‘college’ is used interchangeably with ‘university’ and is normally begun at age 18.
Teach
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
maths teacher
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
nurse
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
Click to reveal
Text Mark Evidence ...it was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce.
Click on the box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers
computers were people who did maths calculations by hand
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
Text Mark Evidence (Katherine) was in charge of checking the maths of NASA’s brand-new mechanical computers
computers became machines that solved calculations
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
Click to reveal
Text Mark Evidence The Moon and the Apollo shuttle move at different speeds – her calculations ensured they would meet.
Click on the box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'scarce'?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘signed up to join’?
She excelled in school and enrolled at West Virginia State College when she was only 15 years old.
Discuss then check
enrolled
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Link Me
Link each year with the important event that occurred in Katherine’s life:
A Katherine was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1 1969
B Katherine retired after 33 years of service.
2 1986
C Katherine was named Mathematician of the Year.
3 1997
Check
D Katherine worked on NASA’s Apollo mission.
4 2015
Click if correct
Tick Me
Why do you think the author included the section Statistics in STEM?
Tick two
A To suggest that boys and men are more capable in science and maths.
B To highlight that women in modern times are still underrepresented in STEM careers.
Check
C To encourage more girls to pursue careers in maths and science.
Click if correct
D To show how space missions are becoming less important today.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Women in Science: 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?
Her work has helped astronauts visit the stars and come safely back to Earth.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
crucial contributions
scarce
computers
honorary
underrepresented
census
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scarce
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
scarce
computers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
crucial contributions
honorary
census
underrepresented
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Explore
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university. It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school. By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers. Katherine applied and got a job.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university.
It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school.
By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers.
Katherine applied and got a job.
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When she was 18, Katherine graduated from university. It was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce, so she taught in high school. By the 1950s, NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers. Katherine applied and got a job.
Explore
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
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 OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
Reveal Text Marks
Let me show you
Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in West Virginia, USA. She excelled in school and enrolled at West Virginia State College when she was only 15 years old.
Teacher Model Question OnlyHow old was Katherine when she enrolled at West Virginia State College?
Reveal Explainer
Katherine was 15 years old when she enrolled. This was quite an accomplishment as in the USA, ‘college’ is used interchangeably with ‘university’ and is normally begun at age 18.
Teach
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
maths teacher
A) What did most women Katherine knew pursue as a career?
nurse
Click on each box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why did Katherine become a high school teacher?
Click to reveal
Text Mark Evidence ...it was the height of the Great Depression and jobs were scarce.
Click on the box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence NASA began to have more openings for African-American female computers
computers were people who did maths calculations by hand
C) How did the meaning of ‘computer’ change during Katherine’s time at NASA?
Text Mark Evidence (Katherine) was in charge of checking the maths of NASA’s brand-new mechanical computers
computers became machines that solved calculations
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why was it important that Katherine’s calculations were correct for the Apollo mission?
Click to reveal
Text Mark Evidence The Moon and the Apollo shuttle move at different speeds – her calculations ensured they would meet.
Click on the box to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'scarce'?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘signed up to join’?
She excelled in school and enrolled at West Virginia State College when she was only 15 years old.
Discuss then check
enrolled
From: Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not share.
Link Me
Link each year with the important event that occurred in Katherine’s life:
A Katherine was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1 1969
B Katherine retired after 33 years of service.
2 1986
C Katherine was named Mathematician of the Year.
3 1997
Check
D Katherine worked on NASA’s Apollo mission.
4 2015
Click if correct
Tick Me
Why do you think the author included the section Statistics in STEM?
Tick two
A To suggest that boys and men are more capable in science and maths.
B To highlight that women in modern times are still underrepresented in STEM careers.
Check
C To encourage more girls to pursue careers in maths and science.
Click if correct
D To show how space missions are becoming less important today.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.