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RSRT Y4 L5 How to Spaghettify Your Dog

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Transcript

Ready Steady Read Together

How to Spaghettify Your Dog: Non-Fiction Lesson 5

Quiz Time

Start

Questions about the book so far...

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘crystal’?

Fill the Gaps

crystals
pattern
base

In order for ice to form fromwater, the water needs to: 1. Be cold enough. 2. Have a special of molecules that act as a .

Discuss then check
Click if correct

Which One's Right?

Hit the first bottle on a hard surface and watch the water turn to ice instantly!

This means the water turned to ice…

A at once

B magically

D neatly

C eventually

Link Me

Link each word with its correct definition:

A not ableto be seen

1 arrange

B put in aspecial order

2 invisibly

C the outside part of something

Check

3 supercool

Click if correct

D very cold butnot frozen

4 surface

Speaking Spotlight

Live Action

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Live-Action

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

Bring one of the experiments from this unit to life.

Teacher Note: Look at plan for details.

Vocabulary

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Hover for definitions!

shards

securely

rim

suspended

midair

preventing

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From: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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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.

Adapted from: How To Spaghettify Your Dog by Hiba Noor Khan © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

Teach

Your turn

Practise & Apply

Use your text

Practise & Apply

1) The water inside the glass is suspended in midair!

Circle the word which has the closest meaning to suspended:

tipping
spilling
floating
falling
Reveal Answer

Practise & Apply

3) What might happen if you don’t push the card firmly against the glass before letting go?

Acceptable Answers

  • the water will spill out 
  • the water will not stay in the glass 
  • the experiment won’t work
  • the air pressure won’t hold the water in the glass 
RevealAnswer

Practise & Apply

3) Put the following experiment steps in the correct order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.

Fill the glass with water and place the card on top.

Gather a glass, water, a piece of card and a towel.

Push the card against the glass then move your hand away.

Ask an adult for permission to conduct the experiment.

Reveal Answer

Hold the card securely against the rim and tip the cup upside down.

Practise & Apply

4) What are two things that happen when you swim in deep water instead of at the surface?

Text Mark Evidence perhaps your ears even get a bit sore (the deeper you go)

Text Mark Evidence it (swimming) gets harder the deeper you go

it might hurt your ears

requires more effort than swimming on the surface

Text Mark Evidence the increased pressure from the (deeper) water on your body

scientific reason it is more difficult

Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers

Feedback: Who did what well?

FindRead Talk

EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

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Reveal

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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.

crystals
pattern
base