Ready Steady Read Together
The LEGO Ideas Book: 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?
Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
1) more than meets the eye
2) blends in perfectly
3) found its target
4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go.
C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job.
D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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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!
flag of surrender
imposing
pelt
prime-time
tilt
tread carefully
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
flag of surrender
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.
flag of surrender
Your turn
pelt
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
imposing
tilt
tread carefully
prime-time
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...
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye.
When the judges press their big red buttons,
they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender,
or even pelt the performers with falling fish!
Happily, there is also a gold button,
used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish!
Reveal phrases & meanings
A) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘meets the eye’. The second sentence tells me about secret tricks the judges can play on the performers. This means that there are hidden features that we might not notice at first. (Match 1 with D.)
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
1) more than meets the eye
2) blends in perfectly
3) found its target
4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go.
C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job.
D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1 more than meets the eye
D It looks simple at first, but there's a hidden surprise.
A) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
A It matches so well witheverything around that it's hard to see.
2 blends in perfectly
B It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go.
3 found its target
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
4 have what it takes
C Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
open a trapdoor
fly a flag of surrender
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
pelt the performers with falling fish
shower the truly talented in glittery glory
a trapdoor launches the unlucky performer right off the stage
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
- this prod lifts up when the first judge hits his button - this prod rises when the third judge presses his button
Acceptable Answers
stage
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
lights
judge's desk
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
Text Mark Evidence
these fish fly when the bucket tips
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tilt’?
Fill the Gaps
flag of surrender
glory
pelt
When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a , oreven the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘flings or hurls’:
Exit Stage Up
When the middle judge presses her big red button, a trapdoor launches the unlucky performer right off the stage! The trapdoor is a 6x6 plate that blends in perfectly with the stage when closed, so contestants better tread carefully…
Discuss then check
launches
True or False?
The objective of this build is to show off special talents.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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.
1) more than meets the eye
2) blends in perfectly
3) found its target
4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go.
C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job.
D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
flag of surrender
pelt
glory
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Ready Steady Read Together
The LEGO Ideas Book: 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?
Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
1) more than meets the eye 2) blends in perfectly 3) found its target 4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go. C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job. D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
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!
flag of surrender
imposing
pelt
prime-time
tilt
tread carefully
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
flag of surrender
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.
flag of surrender
Your turn
pelt
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
imposing
tilt
tread carefully
prime-time
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...
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye.
When the judges press their big red buttons,
they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender,
or even pelt the performers with falling fish!
Happily, there is also a gold button,
used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery glory.
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
There’s much more to this talent show stage than meets the eye. When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a flag of surrender, or even pelt the performers with falling fish!
Reveal phrases & meanings
A) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘meets the eye’. The second sentence tells me about secret tricks the judges can play on the performers. This means that there are hidden features that we might not notice at first. (Match 1 with D.)
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) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
1) more than meets the eye 2) blends in perfectly 3) found its target 4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go. C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job. D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1 more than meets the eye
D It looks simple at first, but there's a hidden surprise.
A) Link each phrase from the text with its correct meaning.
A It matches so well witheverything around that it's hard to see.
2 blends in perfectly
B It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go.
3 found its target
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
4 have what it takes
C Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
open a trapdoor
fly a flag of surrender
B) Name three things the judges’ buttons can do.
pelt the performers with falling fish
shower the truly talented in glittery glory
a trapdoor launches the unlucky performer right off the stage
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
- this prod lifts up when the first judge hits his button - this prod rises when the third judge presses his button
Acceptable Answers
stage
C) What are the features of a Talent Show build?
lights
judge's desk
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What happens when the bucket tips?
Text Mark Evidence
these fish fly when the bucket tips
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tilt’?
Fill the Gaps
flag of surrender
glory
pelt
When the judges press their big red buttons, they can open a trapdoor, fly a , oreven the performers with falling fish! Happily, there is also a gold button, used to shower the truly talented in glittery .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘flings or hurls’:
Exit Stage Up When the middle judge presses her big red button, a trapdoor launches the unlucky performer right off the stage! The trapdoor is a 6x6 plate that blends in perfectly with the stage when closed, so contestants better tread carefully…
Discuss then check
launches
True or False?
The objective of this build is to show off special talents.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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.
1) more than meets the eye 2) blends in perfectly 3) found its target 4) have what it takes
A) It matches so well with everything around that it’s hard to see. B) It landed or pointed exactly where it was meant to go. C) Be really good at something - enough to win or do a great job. D) It looks simple at first, but there’s a hidden surprise.
flag of surrender
pelt
glory