Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of How: 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?
It can store a huge amount of water – as much as 30 full bathtubs.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the largest part of the fire engine?
A) Where can a fire engine get water?
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
even
people
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
lever
hoses
pump
fire hydrants
emergency light and siren
suction
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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
lever
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
lever
Your turn
pump
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hoses
fire hydrants
emergency light and siren
suction
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When the fire engine reaches the fire, the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses. The hoses can also suck up extra water from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When the fire engine reaches the fire,
the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump
that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses.
The hoses can also suck up extra water
from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When the fire engine reaches the fire, the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses. The hoses can also suck up extra water from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question Only What is the largest part of the fire engine?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The largest part of the fire engine is its tank. It can store a huge amount of water – as much as 30 full bathtubs.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the largest part of the fire engine?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like ‘largest part’. This shows the tank, the part that holds the water, is the largest part of the fire truck. I can ‘find and take’ the answer - its tank.
Teach
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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) Where can a fire engine get water?
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence its tank
A) Where can a fire engine get water?
Text Mark Evidence nearby fire hydrants
Text Mark Evidence lakes
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Text Mark Evidence swimming pools
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence firefighters / a team of firefighters
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
Text Mark Evidence equipment
Text Mark Evidence emergency light
Text Mark Evidence siren
Text Mark Evidence surfboard
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Text Mark Evidence a boat
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
Text Mark Evidence a straw
Text Mark Evidence when you slurp juice through a straw
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Text Mark Evidence a bucket
Text Mark Evidence a bucket in the centre of the machine
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘suction’?
Find Me
What does a fire engine carry to alert people they are coming? Find two things:
Fire engines carry a team of firefighters and all their equipment as well as an emergency light and siren to warn people they’re on their way.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
emergency light
sirens
Tick Me
Why is drinking through a straw a helpful way to explain how a vacuum works?
Tick one:
A) It warns people not to drink dirty water.
B) People have used straws so they know how they work.
Check
C) Both are used in the kitchen.
Click if correct
D) Both make loud noises.
Match Me
Match each word to the correct image:
C) hose
A) fire hydrant
D) lever
B) pump
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...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of How: 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?
It can store a huge amount of water – as much as 30 full bathtubs.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the largest part of the fire engine?
A) Where can a fire engine get water?
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
even
people
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
lever
hoses
pump
fire hydrants
emergency light and siren
suction
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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
lever
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
lever
Your turn
pump
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
hoses
fire hydrants
emergency light and siren
suction
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
When the fire engine reaches the fire, the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses. The hoses can also suck up extra water from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
When the fire engine reaches the fire,
the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump
that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses.
The hoses can also suck up extra water
from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
When the fire engine reaches the fire, the driver pulls a lever to turn on a pump that forces the water in the tank out of the hoses. The hoses can also suck up extra water from nearby fire hydrants, lakes or even swimming pools.
Explore
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question Only What is the largest part of the fire engine?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The largest part of the fire engine is its tank. It can store a huge amount of water – as much as 30 full bathtubs.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is the largest part of the fire engine?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for key words like ‘largest part’. This shows the tank, the part that holds the water, is the largest part of the fire truck. I can ‘find and take’ the answer - its tank.
Teach
From: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024. 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) Where can a fire engine get water?
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence its tank
A) Where can a fire engine get water?
Text Mark Evidence nearby fire hydrants
Text Mark Evidence lakes
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Text Mark Evidence swimming pools
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence firefighters / a team of firefighters
B) Other than water, what else does a fire engine carry?
Text Mark Evidence equipment
Text Mark Evidence emergency light
Text Mark Evidence siren
Text Mark Evidence surfboard
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Text Mark Evidence a boat
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What was a vacuum cleaner compared to?
Text Mark Evidence a straw
Text Mark Evidence when you slurp juice through a straw
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Where does the dirt drop into after it’s been sucked up by a vacuum?
Text Mark Evidence a bucket
Text Mark Evidence a bucket in the centre of the machine
Click to reveal acceptable answers and evidence from the text
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘suction’?
Find Me
What does a fire engine carry to alert people they are coming? Find two things:
Fire engines carry a team of firefighters and all their equipment as well as an emergency light and siren to warn people they’re on their way.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
emergency light
sirens
Tick Me
Why is drinking through a straw a helpful way to explain how a vacuum works?
Tick one:
A) It warns people not to drink dirty water.
B) People have used straws so they know how they work.
Check
C) Both are used in the kitchen.
Click if correct
D) Both make loud noises.
Match Me
Match each word to the correct image:
C) hose
A) fire hydrant
D) lever
B) pump
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...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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: First Big Book of How by Sally Symes and Saranne Taylor © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.