Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
How can they grow into something you can eat.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Planting Seeds
Seeds are so small,
so hard and dry,
like fingernails or grains of sand.
How can they grow into something you can eat?
With your help they can…
Plant them in some soil,
crumbly and moist as cake mix.
Not too deep and not too shallow.
Then water them… then wait.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Under the earth, the seeds soak up water, swell, and come to life.
When you see the shoots of green,
you know your seeds aren’t seeds any more,
but baby carrots, squashes, corn and cabbage.
Your tiny seeds have grown into things
that soon you’ll want to eat!
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
grains of sand
moist
crumbly
soak up
swell
shoots of green
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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
grains of sand
Explore
Find Read Talk
Seeds are so small,
so hard and dry,
like fingernails or grains of sand.
How can they grow into something you can eat?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
grains of sand
Your turn
crumbly
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
moist
soak up
swell
shoots of green
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Planting Seeds
Seeds are so small,
so hard and dry,
like fingernails or grains of sand.
How can they grow into something you can eat?
With your help they can…
Plant them in some soil,
crumbly and moist as cake mix.
Not too deep and not too shallow.
Then water them… then wait.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Under the earth, the seeds soak up water, swell, and come to life.
When you see the shoots of green,
you know your seeds aren’t seeds any more,
but baby carrots, squashes, corn and cabbage.
Your tiny seeds have grown into things
that soon you’ll want to eat!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Plant them in the soil,
crumbly and moist as a cake mix.
Not too deep and not too shallow.
Then water them...then wait.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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) Which statements are true and which are false?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Seeds are so small,
so hard and dry,
like fingernails or grains of sand.
How can they grow into something you can eat?
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key phrase 'grow into foods'. I can see that they 'have grown into' and 'soon you'll want to eat.' I can ‘find and take’ this. This statement is false. It does not say drink.
• Seeds grow into foods you'll want to drink. - False
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence plant them in some soil
plant them in soil
Text Mark Evidence crumbly and moist as cake mix
the soil needs to be moist
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
Text Mark Evidence not too deep and not too shallow
do not plant them too deep or shallow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence then water them… then wait
water them
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘swell’?
Which One's Right?
'Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist'. The work crumbly tells us the soil is...
B) brown
A) hard
C) shiny
D) breaks apart
Tick Me
When you see the shoots of green, you know your seeds aren't seeds any more.
Tick the statement that is closest in meaning to ‘shoots of green’:
Tick one:
A) A slide at the water park.
B) Small green plants just starting to grow out of the ground.
Check
C) The roots of the plant.
Click if correct
D) The soil around the seed.
Sequence Me
Put the following statements in the correct order:
A) Soon they will grow into things you can eat.
B) Plant your seeds in soil.
C) You will see shoots of green.
D) Water them and wait.
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...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark 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 from: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
How can they grow into something you can eat.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Planting Seeds
Seeds are so small, so hard and dry, like fingernails or grains of sand. How can they grow into something you can eat? With your help they can… Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Under the earth, the seeds soak up water, swell, and come to life. When you see the shoots of green, you know your seeds aren’t seeds any more, but baby carrots, squashes, corn and cabbage. Your tiny seeds have grown into things that soon you’ll want to eat!
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
grains of sand
moist
crumbly
soak up
swell
shoots of green
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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
grains of sand
Explore
Find Read Talk
Seeds are so small, so hard and dry, like fingernails or grains of sand. How can they grow into something you can eat?
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
grains of sand
Your turn
crumbly
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
moist
soak up
swell
shoots of green
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Planting Seeds
Seeds are so small, so hard and dry, like fingernails or grains of sand. How can they grow into something you can eat? With your help they can… Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Under the earth, the seeds soak up water, swell, and come to life. When you see the shoots of green, you know your seeds aren’t seeds any more, but baby carrots, squashes, corn and cabbage. Your tiny seeds have grown into things that soon you’ll want to eat!
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Plant them in the soil,
crumbly and moist as a cake mix.
Not too deep and not too shallow.
Then water them...then wait.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist as cake mix. Not too deep and not too shallow. Then water them… then wait.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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) Which statements are true and which are false?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Seeds are so small, so hard and dry, like fingernails or grains of sand. How can they grow into something you can eat?
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key phrase 'grow into foods'. I can see that they 'have grown into' and 'soon you'll want to eat.' I can ‘find and take’ this. This statement is false. It does not say drink. • Seeds grow into foods you'll want to drink. - False
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Which statements are true and which are false?
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence plant them in some soil
plant them in soil
Text Mark Evidence crumbly and moist as cake mix
the soil needs to be moist
B) What can you do to help seeds grow?
Text Mark Evidence not too deep and not too shallow
do not plant them too deep or shallow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence then water them… then wait
water them
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘swell’?
Which One's Right?
'Plant them in some soil, crumbly and moist'. The work crumbly tells us the soil is...
B) brown
A) hard
C) shiny
D) breaks apart
Tick Me
When you see the shoots of green, you know your seeds aren't seeds any more.
Tick the statement that is closest in meaning to ‘shoots of green’:
Tick one:
A) A slide at the water park.
B) Small green plants just starting to grow out of the ground.
Check
C) The roots of the plant.
Click if correct
D) The soil around the seed.
Sequence Me
Put the following statements in the correct order:
A) Soon they will grow into things you can eat.
B) Plant your seeds in soil.
C) You will see shoots of green.
D) Water them and wait.
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...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark 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 from: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.