Ready Steady Read Together
The LEGO Ideas Book: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
rampaging
lofty
chaos
weathered
iconic
distinctive
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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
rampaging
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
rampaging
Your turn
chaos
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lofty
weathered
iconic
distinctive
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure. Palm trees, definitely. Pyramids, of course.
What did you notice?
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by.
Imagine what this famous statue saw!
The River Nile, for sure.
Palm trees, definitely.
Pyramids, of course.
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure. Palm trees, definitely. Pyramids, of course.
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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...
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure.
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
I will ‘look around’ for the word Sphinx and can ‘find and take’ the answer. The authors are imagining the Sphinx could have seen the sights in ancient Egypt, such as the River Nile. I will keep looking for other sights in ancient Egypt.
Reveal Explainer
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
palm trees
pyramids
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
boats
a jetty (leading to a riverside temple)
a riverside temple
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
temple (with columns)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
This tiny boat is made from...
(just) three (small pieces)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
try scaling up
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
make bigger versions of your favourites
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
a brick with round holes (on its face)
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
1x2 brick with two holes for the eyes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 lofty
4 weathered
1 rampaging
2 chaos
C old or worn
B charging and damaging things
A confusing and out of control
D tall or high
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Which word means ‘easy to tell apart or recognise’?
Jump Ahead
Hidden jumper plates help to give the Sphinx its distinctive head shape. Each layer is slightly narrower than the one below it. Jumper plates centre each layer so the head looks symmetrical.
Discuss then check
distinctive
Tick Me
Why did the authors use the sentence “As rulers go, I’m very fair-aoh”?
Tick one
A to show how rulers used to be fair
B to explain the meaning of the word pharaoh
Check
C to play with the word pharaoh to make a joke
Click if correct
D to give a historical fact about rulers in Egypt
Link Me
Link the features of the build with the bricks used:
A ridged bricks
1 a smooth river
B curved slopes
2 temple’s columns
C blue bricks and tiles on their sides
3 crumbling limestone
Check
Click if correct
D a spindledfence piece
4 iconic lion paws
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The LEGO Ideas Book: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
rampaging
lofty
chaos
weathered
iconic
distinctive
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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
rampaging
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
rampaging
Your turn
chaos
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lofty
weathered
iconic
distinctive
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure. Palm trees, definitely. Pyramids, of course.
What did you notice?
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by.
Imagine what this famous statue saw!
The River Nile, for sure.
Palm trees, definitely.
Pyramids, of course.
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure. Palm trees, definitely. Pyramids, of course.
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Sphinx watched thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history roll by. Imagine what this famous statue saw! The River Nile, for sure.
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
I will ‘look around’ for the word Sphinx and can ‘find and take’ the answer. The authors are imagining the Sphinx could have seen the sights in ancient Egypt, such as the River Nile. I will keep looking for other sights in ancient Egypt.
Reveal Explainer
From: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022. 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) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
palm trees
pyramids
A) Name four things the Sphinx might have ‘seen’ in ancient Egypt?
boats
a jetty (leading to a riverside temple)
a riverside temple
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
temple (with columns)
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) In the section marked Plain Sailing, how many pieces are used to make a boat?
This tiny boat is made from...
(just) three (small pieces)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
try scaling up
C) What could you do once you have mastered micro models?
make bigger versions of your favourites
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
a brick with round holes (on its face)
D) Which bricks give the Sphinx a grand-looking gaze?
1x2 brick with two holes for the eyes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 lofty
4 weathered
1 rampaging
2 chaos
C old or worn
B charging and damaging things
A confusing and out of control
D tall or high
Click if correct
Check
Find Me
Which word means ‘easy to tell apart or recognise’?
Jump Ahead Hidden jumper plates help to give the Sphinx its distinctive head shape. Each layer is slightly narrower than the one below it. Jumper plates centre each layer so the head looks symmetrical.
Discuss then check
distinctive
Tick Me
Why did the authors use the sentence “As rulers go, I’m very fair-aoh”?
Tick one
A to show how rulers used to be fair
B to explain the meaning of the word pharaoh
Check
C to play with the word pharaoh to make a joke
Click if correct
D to give a historical fact about rulers in Egypt
Link Me
Link the features of the build with the bricks used:
A ridged bricks
1 a smooth river
B curved slopes
2 temple’s columns
C blue bricks and tiles on their sides
3 crumbling limestone
Check
Click if correct
D a spindledfence piece
4 iconic lion paws
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The LEGO Ideas Book by Hannah Dolan, Simon Hugo, Tori Kosara, Julia March & Catherine Saunders © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.