Ready Steady Read Together
Explore: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
Rocks can form deep underground or from volcanic eruptions, and over time they can transform into other types of rock.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
textures
substances
transform
metamorphosis
preserved
specimens
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. 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
textures
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
textures
Your turn
transform
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
substances
metamorphosis
preserved
specimens
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
What is a rock?
Rocks are solid substances found in nature. They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals. Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed, called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
What is a rock?
Rocks are solid substances found in nature.
They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals.
Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed,
called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
What is a rock?
Rocks are solid substances found in nature. They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals. Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed, called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
The pictures of the different types of rocks and their captions will help me. I will ‘look around’ for the word granite. I can ‘find and take’ the answer, igneous rock.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. 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) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
1) igneous 2) sedimentary 3) metamorphic
A) forms when heat and pressure change other rocks deep underground B) forms from tiny pieces of rock, sand or shells pressed together
C) forms when hot liquid rock cools and hardens
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
coal
sedimentary
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
serpentine
metamorphic
chalk
sedimentary
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
pumice
igneous
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sedimentary
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
igneous
metamorphic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
1 igneous
C forms when hot liquid rock cools and hardens
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
2 sedimentary
B forms from tiny pieces of rock, sand or shells pressed together
3 metamorphic
C forms when heat and pressure change other rocks deep underground
Click on the boxes to reveal the match.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sedimentary rock
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
metamorphic rock
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'textures'?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘change’.
Rocks and Minerals If you were to look beneath the grass and soil under your feet, you would find that the ground is made up of solid rock. This rock is not all the same – it comes in a huge range of shapes, colours, and textures. Rocks can form deep underground or from volcanic eruptions, and over time they can transform into other types of rock.
Discuss then check
transform
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) An insect gets stuck in the sticky resin.
B) A scientist finds an insect inside the fossil.
C) A tree produces resin from a broken branch.
D) The resin turns into a fossil over many years
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each process with the correct explanation:
A Mud or sand builds up and becomes heavy, pressing the layers below.
1 weathering
B Water and wind slowly break down rocks into smaller pieces.
2 squashing
C When rock gets very hot, it melts and becomes liquid.
3 heating
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
Copyright Notice
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Explore: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
Rocks can form deep underground or from volcanic eruptions, and over time they can transform into other types of rock.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
textures
substances
transform
metamorphosis
preserved
specimens
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. 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
textures
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
textures
Your turn
transform
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
substances
metamorphosis
preserved
specimens
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
What is a rock? Rocks are solid substances found in nature. They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals. Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed, called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
What is a rock?
Rocks are solid substances found in nature.
They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals.
Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed,
called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
What is a rock? Rocks are solid substances found in nature. They are made up of a mix of other natural substances, called minerals. Rocks can be organised into three different groups, based on how they are formed, called ‘sedimentary’, ‘igneous’, and ‘metamorphic’.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
The pictures of the different types of rocks and their captions will help me. I will ‘look around’ for the word granite. I can ‘find and take’ the answer, igneous rock.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. 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) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
1) igneous 2) sedimentary 3) metamorphic
A) forms when heat and pressure change other rocks deep underground B) forms from tiny pieces of rock, sand or shells pressed together C) forms when hot liquid rock cools and hardens
Find the answers
Text mark
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
coal
sedimentary
A) Which type of rock are these: granite, coal, serpentine, chalk and pumice?
serpentine
metamorphic
chalk
sedimentary
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
pumice
igneous
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sedimentary
B) What are the three main groups to organise rocks based on how they are formed?
igneous
metamorphic
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
1 igneous
C forms when hot liquid rock cools and hardens
C) Match each type of rock with the way it is formed.
2 sedimentary
B forms from tiny pieces of rock, sand or shells pressed together
3 metamorphic
C forms when heat and pressure change other rocks deep underground
Click on the boxes to reveal the match.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sedimentary rock
D) Using the keys, which two types of rock are affected by squashing?
metamorphic rock
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'textures'?
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘change’.
Rocks and Minerals If you were to look beneath the grass and soil under your feet, you would find that the ground is made up of solid rock. This rock is not all the same – it comes in a huge range of shapes, colours, and textures. Rocks can form deep underground or from volcanic eruptions, and over time they can transform into other types of rock.
Discuss then check
transform
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order:
A) An insect gets stuck in the sticky resin.
B) A scientist finds an insect inside the fossil.
C) A tree produces resin from a broken branch.
D) The resin turns into a fossil over many years
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each process with the correct explanation:
A Mud or sand builds up and becomes heavy, pressing the layers below.
1 weathering
B Water and wind slowly break down rocks into smaller pieces.
2 squashing
C When rock gets very hot, it melts and becomes liquid.
3 heating
Check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.