Ready Steady Read Together
Explore: 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?
Our planet is home to billions of trees, which grow together in vast groups known as forests.
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) Why are forests important?
B) How and why are forests different?
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!
vast
absorbing
climate change
climate
equator
species
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
vast
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
vast
Your turn
climate change
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
absorbing
climate
equator
species
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...
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate – how hot it is and how much rain there is. Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild. Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold. Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator, but only where there is a lot of rain.
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
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate –
how hot it is and how much rain there is.
Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild.
Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold
Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator,
but only where there is a lot of rain.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate – how hot it is and how much rain there is. Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild. Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold. Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator, but only where there is a lot of rain.
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) Why are forests important?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Our planet is home to billions of trees, which grow together in vast groups known as forests. Forests produce the oxygen we need to breathe,...
A) Why are forests important?
Reveal Explainer
Forests are important because the trees and plants in forests make the oxygen that people and animals need to stay alive.
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) Why are forests important?
B) How and why are forests different?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (forests) help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide
help our planet
A) Why are forests important?
Text Mark Evidence - many different types of animals rely on forests for their food and shelter - they (rainforests) are home to millions of different animal species
provide habitats
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
different kinds
Text Mark Evidence - there are three main types (of forest) - temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild - boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold - tropical forests grow in warm areas near the Earth’s equator
B) How and why are forests different?
Text Mark Evidence - forests grow in different places depending on the climate - map shows different locations
different locations
Text Mark Evidence - deciduous trees make up this type (temperate) of forest - trees in boreal forests are conifers - tropical forests have extremely tall trees, which are mainly evergreens
different trees
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'vast'?
Tick Me
Forests produce the oxygen we need to breathe, and help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide – they are magical places!
Why does the author describe forests as magical places?
Tick one
A They can perform tricks, like changing shape or weather.
B They help animals grow and are important for the Earth.
Check
C They are full of adventure and mystery.
Click if correct
D They are dangerous and people can get lost or disappear in them.
Find Me
Find two types of trees which don’t shed their leaves.
Boreal Forests – The trees in boreal forests are conifers, which have thin, needle-like leaves all year round. We sometimes call trees that don’t drop their leaves ‘evergreens’.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
conifers
evergreens
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
Deciduous trees have needle-like leaves all year round.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
Explore: 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?
Our planet is home to billions of trees, which grow together in vast groups known as forests.
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) Why are forests important?
B) How and why are forests different?
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!
vast
absorbing
climate change
climate
equator
species
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
vast
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
vast
Your turn
climate change
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
absorbing
climate
equator
species
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...
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate – how hot it is and how much rain there is. Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild. Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold. Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator, but only where there is a lot of rain.
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
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate –
how hot it is and how much rain there is.
Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild.
Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold
Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator,
but only where there is a lot of rain.
Explore
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Forests grow in different places depending on the climate – how hot it is and how much rain there is. Temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild. Boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold. Tropical forests grow in warm areas near Earth’s equator, but only where there is a lot of rain.
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) Why are forests important?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Our planet is home to billions of trees, which grow together in vast groups known as forests. Forests produce the oxygen we need to breathe,...
A) Why are forests important?
Reveal Explainer
Forests are important because the trees and plants in forests make the oxygen that people and animals need to stay alive.
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) Why are forests important?
B) How and why are forests different?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (forests) help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide
help our planet
A) Why are forests important?
Text Mark Evidence - many different types of animals rely on forests for their food and shelter - they (rainforests) are home to millions of different animal species
provide habitats
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
different kinds
Text Mark Evidence - there are three main types (of forest) - temperate forests occur where temperatures are mild - boreal forests grow near polar areas, where it is very cold - tropical forests grow in warm areas near the Earth’s equator
B) How and why are forests different?
Text Mark Evidence - forests grow in different places depending on the climate - map shows different locations
different locations
Text Mark Evidence - deciduous trees make up this type (temperate) of forest - trees in boreal forests are conifers - tropical forests have extremely tall trees, which are mainly evergreens
different trees
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for 'vast'?
Tick Me
Forests produce the oxygen we need to breathe, and help slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide – they are magical places!
Why does the author describe forests as magical places?
Tick one
A They can perform tricks, like changing shape or weather.
B They help animals grow and are important for the Earth.
Check
C They are full of adventure and mystery.
Click if correct
D They are dangerous and people can get lost or disappear in them.
Find Me
Find two types of trees which don’t shed their leaves.
Boreal Forests – The trees in boreal forests are conifers, which have thin, needle-like leaves all year round. We sometimes call trees that don’t drop their leaves ‘evergreens’.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
conifers
evergreens
From: Explore by Lizzie Munsey © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
True or False?
Deciduous trees have needle-like leaves all year round.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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.