Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Animals: Poetry 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 nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) What are ants busy doing?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Ants
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground. It holds as many ants as there are people in a city.
Somewhere deep and hidden, the queen is laying eggs…
and eggs and eggs that will become more ants.
No wonder ants are always busy
with such a huge family to feed!
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
busy
many
find
people
hold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
feelers
stream
scent trail
maze
tunnels
underground
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. 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
feelers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
feelers
Your turn
scent trail
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stream
maze
tunnels
underground
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Ants
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground. It holds as many ants as there are people in a city.
Somewhere deep and hidden, the queen is laying eggs…
and eggs and eggs that will become more ants.
No wonder ants are always busy
with such a huge family to feed!
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. 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) Which statements are true and which are false? Ants use their legs to touch and taste.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find
so other ants can find it too.
A) Which statements are true and which are false? Ants use their legs to touch and taste.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key words touch and taste. I can see that legs are used for whizzing. I can ‘find and take’ the fact that feelers are used to touch and taste. This statement is false.
Teach
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) What are ants busy doing?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - feelers touching, tasting…they leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too - a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest - ants are always busy with such a huge family to feed
looking for food / carrying food back to the nest
B) What are ants busy doing?
Also accept:
Text Mark Evidence the queen is laying eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which word is the best match for ‘feelers’?
Which One's Right?
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
The word whizzing suggests the ants’ legs are moving…
A carefully
B fast
D loudly
C slowly
Tick Me
In no time there’s a stream of ants
flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Tick the statement that is closest in meaning to ‘stream of ants’:
Tick one
A The ants live in the water.
B The rain flooded the ants’ nest.
Check
C The ants are moving together in a long line.
Click if correct
D The ants are hungry.
Sequence Me
Put the following statements in the correct order:
A) Ants leave a scent trail to the food.
B) Ants use feelers to find food.
C) The food feeds the huge ant family.
D) A stream of ants bring the food back to the nest.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
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 from: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Animals: Poetry 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 nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) What are ants busy doing?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Ants
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too. In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground. It holds as many ants as there are people in a city. Somewhere deep and hidden, the queen is laying eggs… and eggs and eggs that will become more ants. No wonder ants are always busy with such a huge family to feed!
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
busy
many
find
people
hold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
feelers
stream
scent trail
maze
tunnels
underground
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. 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
feelers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
feelers
Your turn
scent trail
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
stream
maze
tunnels
underground
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Ants
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too. In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The nest’s a maze of tiny tunnels underground. It holds as many ants as there are people in a city. Somewhere deep and hidden, the queen is laying eggs… and eggs and eggs that will become more ants. No wonder ants are always busy with such a huge family to feed!
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too. In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Ants are always busy:
legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too.
In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too. In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. 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 statements are true and which are false? Ants use their legs to touch and taste.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting. They leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too.
A) Which statements are true and which are false? Ants use their legs to touch and taste.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key words touch and taste. I can see that legs are used for whizzing. I can ‘find and take’ the fact that feelers are used to touch and taste. This statement is false.
Teach
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) What are ants busy doing?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - feelers touching, tasting…they leave a scent trail to the food they find so other ants can find it too - a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest - ants are always busy with such a huge family to feed
looking for food / carrying food back to the nest
B) What are ants busy doing?
Also accept:
Text Mark Evidence the queen is laying eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which word is the best match for ‘feelers’?
Which One's Right?
Ants are always busy: legs whizzing, feelers touching, tasting.
The word whizzing suggests the ants’ legs are moving…
A carefully
B fast
D loudly
C slowly
Tick Me
In no time there’s a stream of ants flowing to the food and back to the nest.
Tick the statement that is closest in meaning to ‘stream of ants’:
Tick one
A The ants live in the water.
B The rain flooded the ants’ nest.
Check
C The ants are moving together in a long line.
Click if correct
D The ants are hungry.
Sequence Me
Put the following statements in the correct order:
A) Ants leave a scent trail to the food.
B) Ants use feelers to find food.
C) The food feeds the huge ant family.
D) A stream of ants bring the food back to the nest.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
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 from: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.