Ready Steady Read Together
The Usbourne Beginner's Cookbook: 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?
Shake the flour and the salt through a sieve into the bowl.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
mature
mixture
ingredients
work surface
spread
sift
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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
mature
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
mature
Your turn
ingredients
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mixture
work surface
spread
sift
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Sifting
1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps. Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount. 2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side. You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
What did you notice?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Sifting
1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps.
Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount.
2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side.
You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Sifting
1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps. Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount. 2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side. You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 piece of equipment with its purpose.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
Reveal equipment and purposes
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for ‘oven gloves’. This tells me that I use oven gloves when using a hot oven or touching hot trays. I will read through the answer options and can ‘find and take’ the answer: E) to protect your hands when using the oven.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 piece of equipment with its purpose.
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
1) oven gloves
2) grater
3) sieve
4) baking tray
5) wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake
B) to cut into pieces using small holes
C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven
D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes
E) to protect your hands when using the oven
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1 oven gloves
E) to protect your hands when using the oven
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
2 grater
B) to cut into pieces using small holes
3 sieve
D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes
4 baking tray
C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
5 wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence grate some, then weigh the grated cheese…grate more if you need to
to be sure you have the correct amount/some might stick on the grater
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
Text Mark Evidence take care, so you don’t grate your fingers
to give you an extra bit to hold/to avoid hurting your fingers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
Text Mark Evidence the margarine greases the baking sheet
the cheese crunchies might stick to the baking tray
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - put…into a fridge…to chill - bake them
temperature/cold vs hot
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Text Mark Evidence - put…into the fridge for about an hour - bake them for about 15 minutes
length of time
Text Mark Evidence - lay the roll on some plastic foodwrap - lift them onto a wire rack
putting on different things
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mixture’?
Which One's Right?
7. Unwrap the roll and cut it into 1cm (½in) slices. Space out the slices on the baking sheets. They may spread as they cook.
The word spread suggests that the crunchies might:
B burn
A rise
D shrink
C widen
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
4 sift
1 mature
3 work surface
2 ingredients
C aged with strong flavour
B pass through a sieve to remove lumps
A food items combined to make a dish
D flat, clean area to prepare food
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following steps in the correct order:
A) Shape the mixture into a roll and chill.
B) Wash your hands with soap and water.
C) Slice and bake in the oven until golden.
D) Mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon.
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...
follow instructions.
Reveal
Use DIY, craft, or recipe books to try something new.
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 accessiblity from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
1) oven gloves
2) grater
3) sieve
4) baking tray
5) wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake
B) to cut into pieces using small holes
C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven
D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes
E) to protect your hands when using the oven
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Usbourne Beginner's Cookbook: 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?
Shake the flour and the salt through a sieve into the bowl.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
mature
mixture
ingredients
work surface
spread
sift
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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
mature
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
mature
Your turn
ingredients
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mixture
work surface
spread
sift
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Sifting 1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps. Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount. 2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side. You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
What did you notice?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Sifting
1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps.
Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount.
2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side.
You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Sifting 1. You sift an ingredient to get rid of any lumps. Place your sieve over a large bowl and spoon in the correct amount. 2. Lift the sieve slightly and shake it from side to side. You may need to use a spoon to push the last bit through the sieve.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 piece of equipment with its purpose.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
Reveal equipment and purposes
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for ‘oven gloves’. This tells me that I use oven gloves when using a hot oven or touching hot trays. I will read through the answer options and can ‘find and take’ the answer: E) to protect your hands when using the oven.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 piece of equipment with its purpose.
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
1) oven gloves 2) grater 3) sieve 4) baking tray 5) wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake B) to cut into pieces using small holes C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes E) to protect your hands when using the oven
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1 oven gloves
E) to protect your hands when using the oven
A) Link each piece of equipment with its purpose.
2 grater
B) to cut into pieces using small holes
3 sieve
D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes
4 baking tray
C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
5 wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence grate some, then weigh the grated cheese…grate more if you need to
to be sure you have the correct amount/some might stick on the grater
B) Why would you use a piece of cheese which weighs more than you need?
Text Mark Evidence take care, so you don’t grate your fingers
to give you an extra bit to hold/to avoid hurting your fingers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What could happen if you forget to put the margarine on the baking sheets?
Text Mark Evidence the margarine greases the baking sheet
the cheese crunchies might stick to the baking tray
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - put…into a fridge…to chill - bake them
temperature/cold vs hot
D) How is step 5 different from step 8?
Text Mark Evidence - put…into the fridge for about an hour - bake them for about 15 minutes
length of time
Text Mark Evidence - lay the roll on some plastic foodwrap - lift them onto a wire rack
putting on different things
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mixture’?
Which One's Right?
7. Unwrap the roll and cut it into 1cm (½in) slices. Space out the slices on the baking sheets. They may spread as they cook.
The word spread suggests that the crunchies might:
B burn
A rise
D shrink
C widen
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
4 sift
1 mature
3 work surface
2 ingredients
C aged with strong flavour
B pass through a sieve to remove lumps
A food items combined to make a dish
D flat, clean area to prepare food
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following steps in the correct order:
A) Shape the mixture into a roll and chill.
B) Wash your hands with soap and water.
C) Slice and bake in the oven until golden.
D) Mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon.
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...
follow instructions.
Reveal
Use DIY, craft, or recipe books to try something new.
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 accessiblity from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
1) oven gloves 2) grater 3) sieve 4) baking tray 5) wire rack
A) to cool baked food like biscuits or cake B) to cut into pieces using small holes C) to hold food while it bakes in the oven D) to make smooth by shaking it though tiny holes E) to protect your hands when using the oven