Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Animals: Poetry 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?
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies…
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)
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger.
B) They hide in the pond.
C) They become and adult with wings.
D) They hunt for food.
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Let me read today's text
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Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk
they lurk,
monster babies.
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Again and again they split their skin,
growing bigger.
Up they climb,
split one last time,
spread grown-up wings:
dragonflies!
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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again
climb
last
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
murk
grasp
lurk
stab
catapult jaws
split their skin
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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
murk
Explore
Find Read Talk
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk
they lurk,
monster babies.
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
murk
Your turn
lurk
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
grasp
stab
catapult jaws
split their skin
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk
they lurk,
monster babies.
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Again and again they split their skin,
growing bigger.
Up they climb,
split one last time,
spread grown-up wings:
dragonflies!
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...
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Again and again
they split their skin,
growing bigger.
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
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Again and again
they split their skin,
growing bigger.
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
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Again and again
they split their skin,
growing bigger.
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) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk,
monster babies.
Reveal link statements
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for matching words in the first verse and the answers. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. I can see that the babies lurk or hide in the pond.
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
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger.
B) They hide in the pond.
C) They become and adult with wings.
D) They hunt for food.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Verse 1
B) They hide in the pond.
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
Verse 2
D) They hunt for food.
Verse 3
A) They grow larger and larger.
Click on each word from the text to reveal how it is used
Verse 4
C) They become and adult with wings.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (they) spread grown-up wings: dragonflies
they grow wings/become adult dragonflies
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which word is the best match for ‘murk’?
Which One's Right?
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
The dragonfly babies catch their prey…
B slowly and sleepily
A quickly and sharply
C gently and kindly
D loudly and clumsily
Find Me
Find two words that mean‘hold on to’:
They reach and grab,
grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
grab
grasp
Tick Me
Which is the best sentence to describe the poem?
Tick one
A Monsters hide with the dragonfly babies.
B Frogs like to eat dragonflies.
Check
C The dragonfly parents care for their babies.
Click if correct
D Dragonflies change and grow.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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.
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger.
B) They hide in the pond.
C) They become and adult with wings.
D) They hunt for food.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Animals: Poetry 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?
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies…
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)
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger. B) They hide in the pond. C) They become and adult with wings. D) They hunt for food.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws.
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
again
climb
last
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
murk
grasp
lurk
stab
catapult jaws
split their skin
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
murk
Explore
Find Read Talk
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
murk
Your turn
lurk
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
grasp
stab
catapult jaws
split their skin
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws.
Explore
From: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
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...
They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger.
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
They reach and grab, grasp and stab,
with catapult jaws.
Again and again they split their skin,
growing bigger.
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
They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger.
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) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Dragonfly Babies
In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies.
Reveal link statements
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for matching words in the first verse and the answers. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. I can see that the babies lurk or hide in the pond.
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
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger. B) They hide in the pond. C) They become and adult with wings. D) They hunt for food.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Verse 1
B) They hide in the pond.
A) Link each verse with what the dragonfly babies are doing in that verse.
Verse 2
D) They hunt for food.
Verse 3
A) They grow larger and larger.
Click on each word from the text to reveal how it is used
Verse 4
C) They become and adult with wings.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (they) spread grown-up wings: dragonflies
they grow wings/become adult dragonflies
B) What happens when their skin splits for the last time?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which word is the best match for ‘murk’?
Which One's Right?
They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws.
The dragonfly babies catch their prey…
B slowly and sleepily
A quickly and sharply
C gently and kindly
D loudly and clumsily
Find Me
Find two words that mean‘hold on to’:
They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws.
1 Discuss then check
2 Discuss then check
grab
grasp
Tick Me
Which is the best sentence to describe the poem?
Tick one
A Monsters hide with the dragonfly babies.
B Frogs like to eat dragonflies.
Check
C The dragonfly parents care for their babies.
Click if correct
D Dragonflies change and grow.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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.
1) In the pond’s dark murk they lurk, monster babies. 2) They reach and grab, grasp and stab, with catapult jaws. 3) Again and again they split their skin, growing bigger. 4) Up they climb, split one last time, spread grown-up wings: dragonflies!
A) They grow larger and larger. B) They hide in the pond. C) They become and adult with wings. D) They hunt for food.