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My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Sequence Me
Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year:
A) Heritage Day
B) Inti Raymi
C) Cinco de Mayo
D) Dia de los Muertos
Click if correct
Check
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 victory
4 culture
1 fortune
2 display
C good luck or wealth
B the way a group of people live
D when you win a game
A to put where it can be seen
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each festival or celebration with the correct description:
A the celebration of the end of Ramadan
1 Diwali
B a Jewish holiday with a seder meal
2 Chinese New Year
C a holiday which invites good luck
Check
3 Passover
Click if correct
D a Hindufestival of light
4 Eid-al-Fitr
Tick Me
Which completes the sentence best? The text Festivals and Celebrations was about...
Tick one
A how fireworks are used to celebrate
B how to cook special meals
Check
C how to make scary costumes
Click if correct
D special customs throughout the year
Speaking Spotlight
Live Action
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Bring the scene of the first moon landing from Lesson 2 to life.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
habits
throughout
hibernate
bedtime routine
heal
slumber
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Give two reasons why we need sleep:
Text Mark Evidence it (sleep) also gives us energy so we can be active throughout the day
Text Mark Evidence sleep helps our body heal, grow, and stay healthy
reference to energy levels or being active
reference to sleep’s health benefits or helping with growth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
2) It’s not just people that love to snooze. In fact, many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.
Circle the word which has the closest meaning to habits:
toys
routines
places
snores
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show which statements are true or false
True
False
Hedgehogs hibernate all through the summer.
A swift is a bird that can sleep while it is flying.
Koalas sleep around 8 hours a day.
Giraffes sleep standing up.
Reveal Answers
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
If you like this book, you might like...
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Sequence Me
Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year:
A) Heritage Day
B) Inti Raymi
C) Cinco de Mayo
D) Dia de los Muertos
Click if correct
Check
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 victory
4 culture
1 fortune
2 display
C good luck or wealth
B the way a group of people live
D when you win a game
A to put where it can be seen
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each festival or celebration with the correct description:
A the celebration of the end of Ramadan
1 Diwali
B a Jewish holiday with a seder meal
2 Chinese New Year
C a holiday which invites good luck
Check
3 Passover
Click if correct
D a Hindufestival of light
4 Eid-al-Fitr
Tick Me
Which completes the sentence best? The text Festivals and Celebrations was about...
Tick one
A how fireworks are used to celebrate
B how to cook special meals
Check
C how to make scary costumes
Click if correct
D special customs throughout the year
Speaking Spotlight
Live Action
Explore
Live-Action
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Bring the scene of the first moon landing from Lesson 2 to life.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
habits
throughout
hibernate
bedtime routine
heal
slumber
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Give two reasons why we need sleep:
Text Mark Evidence it (sleep) also gives us energy so we can be active throughout the day
Text Mark Evidence sleep helps our body heal, grow, and stay healthy
reference to energy levels or being active
reference to sleep’s health benefits or helping with growth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
2) It’s not just people that love to snooze. In fact, many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.
Circle the word which has the closest meaning to habits:
toys
routines
places
snores
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show which statements are true or false
True
False
Hedgehogs hibernate all through the summer.
A swift is a bird that can sleep while it is flying.
Koalas sleep around 8 hours a day.
Giraffes sleep standing up.
Reveal Answers
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 adpated for accessibility from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.