Ready Steady Read Together
How to Spaghettify Your Dog: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
Does it take longer to travel down surfaces that are smoother or rougher?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
materials
conducting an experiment
permission
choking hazard
sloped ramp
record
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
materials
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
materials
Your turn
permission
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
conducting an experiment
choking hazard
sloped ramp
record
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly. The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp changes according to the material. Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt, allowing the car to move faster.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly.
The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp
changes according to the material.
Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood,
create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt,
allowing the car to move faster.
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly. The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp changes according to the material. Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt, allowing the car to move faster.
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. 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) What items would you need to run this experiment?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Items you will need:
- a long piece of wood, cardboard or a big book
1. Set up a sloped ramp using a smooth surface like a piece of wood, cardboard, or even a big book.
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
I will ‘look around’ for the answer. The layout of the text helps me because I can see a bullet point list at the top. I can ‘find and take’ the answer which is something to make the ramp. I might also need some books or other items to prop up one end to make it slope. I will look around the whole text to find all the other answers.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. 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) What items would you need to run this experiment?
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a toy car, ball or marble
something to roll
Text Mark Evidence put different materials over the ramp like felt, a bedsheet, plastic, toilet roll, foil, Velcro or anything else you can find
different materials to cover the plank
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
Text Mark Evidence a timer or clock
something to measure the time
Text Mark Evidence paper and pencil
something to record the results
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence always ask for an adult’s permission before conducting an experiment
an adult says it’s OK to do
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough one, allowing the car to move faster
it takes more time for the car to move down rough surfaces and less time down smooth surfaces
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sloped ramp’?
True or False?
The car would move faster on plastic than it would on felt.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the best explanation of friction.
Tick one
A when two surfaces rub together and slow things down
B a type of glue that sticks things together
Check
C the power that makes things speed up when they move
Click if correct
D a soft, smooth material used to cover ramps
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
2 experiment
3 hazard
4 record
1 permission
C something dangerous or harmful
B measure and write down
A a scientific test
D be allowed to do something
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...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
How to Spaghettify Your Dog: 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?
Does it take longer to travel down surfaces that are smoother or rougher?
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
materials
conducting an experiment
permission
choking hazard
sloped ramp
record
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
materials
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
materials
Your turn
permission
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
conducting an experiment
choking hazard
sloped ramp
record
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly. The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp changes according to the material. Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt, allowing the car to move faster.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly.
The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp
changes according to the material.
Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood,
create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt,
allowing the car to move faster.
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Friction makes surfaces stick together slightly. The amount of friction between the car’s wheels and the ramp changes according to the material. Smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough ones, like Velcro or felt, allowing the car to move faster.
Explore
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. 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) What items would you need to run this experiment?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Items you will need:
1. Set up a sloped ramp using a smooth surface like a piece of wood, cardboard, or even a big book.
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
I will ‘look around’ for the answer. The layout of the text helps me because I can see a bullet point list at the top. I can ‘find and take’ the answer which is something to make the ramp. I might also need some books or other items to prop up one end to make it slope. I will look around the whole text to find all the other answers.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. 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) What items would you need to run this experiment?
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a toy car, ball or marble
something to roll
Text Mark Evidence put different materials over the ramp like felt, a bedsheet, plastic, toilet roll, foil, Velcro or anything else you can find
different materials to cover the plank
A) What items would you need to run this experiment?
Text Mark Evidence a timer or clock
something to measure the time
Text Mark Evidence paper and pencil
something to record the results
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence always ask for an adult’s permission before conducting an experiment
an adult says it’s OK to do
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence smooth surfaces, like plastic or wood, create less friction than rough one, allowing the car to move faster
it takes more time for the car to move down rough surfaces and less time down smooth surfaces
B) What should the results of the experiment show on both smooth and rough surfaces?
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sloped ramp’?
True or False?
The car would move faster on plastic than it would on felt.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the best explanation of friction.
Tick one
A when two surfaces rub together and slow things down
B a type of glue that sticks things together
Check
C the power that makes things speed up when they move
Click if correct
D a soft, smooth material used to cover ramps
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
2 experiment
3 hazard
4 record
1 permission
C something dangerous or harmful
B measure and write down
A a scientific test
D be allowed to do something
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...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy 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: How to Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.