Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
With enough time, teeny tiny seeds turn into giant plants. It’s like magic in slow motion.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Explore
Let me read today's text
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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.
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
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plant
whole
beautiful
again
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
slow motion
roots
sprout
shoot
shell
stem
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From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. 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
slow motion
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
slow motion
Your turn
sprout
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
roots
shoot
shell
stem
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots. A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world. With help from the Sun more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger. Finally there is a beautiful flower, and the whole thing can start again!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots.
A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world.
With help from the Sun
more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger.
Finally there is a beautiful flower,
and the whole thing can start again!
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots. A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world. With help from the Sun more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger. Finally there is a beautiful flower, and the whole thing can start again!
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these events in the correct order...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal steps of a sunflower growing
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
I can see the steps are in order. I’ll ‘look around’ for the first step. It says 1. A sunflower head is full of seeds. I’ll ‘find and take’ the correct first step: C) A sunflower head has many seeds. Next, I’ll look for clues about step 2.
Reveal Explainer
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. 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) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger.
B) The plant gets a beautiful flower.
C) A sunflower head has many seeds.
D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow.
E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
C) A sunflower head has many seeds.
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.
D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow.
A) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
B) The plant gets a beautiful flower.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘shoot’?
Fill the Gaps
sunshine
sprout
roots
Rain and help the seed and grow .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 shell
4 stem
1 sprout
2 roots
B start to grow
A parts of the plant that are underground
D hard outer covering
C plant part that holds up leaves and flowers
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the answer which best completes the sentence: This text tells…
Tick one
A how sunflower seeds make a healthy snack
B how strawberries grow in the rainforest
Check
C how to play basketball with a seed
Click if correct
D how sunflower seeds grow into a plant
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
sunshine
sprout
roots
A) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger.
B) The plant gets a beautiful flower.
C) A sunflower head has many seeds.
D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow.
E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
With enough time, teeny tiny seeds turn into giant plants. It’s like magic in slow motion.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Explore
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.
Common Exception Words
Explore
plant
whole
beautiful
again
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
slow motion
roots
sprout
shoot
shell
stem
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. 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
slow motion
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
slow motion
Your turn
sprout
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
roots
shoot
shell
stem
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots. A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world. With help from the Sun more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger. Finally there is a beautiful flower, and the whole thing can start again!
What did you notice?
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots.
A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world.
With help from the Sun
more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger.
Finally there is a beautiful flower,
and the whole thing can start again!
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Rain and sunshine help the seed sprout and grow roots. A green shoot opens up and says hello to the world. With help from the Sun more leaves start to grow and the plant gets bigger. Finally there is a beautiful flower, and the whole thing can start again!
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these events in the correct order...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Strategy: Sequence It, Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
Put the events in the right order!
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal steps of a sunflower growing
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
I can see the steps are in order. I’ll ‘look around’ for the first step. It says 1. A sunflower head is full of seeds. I’ll ‘find and take’ the correct first step: C) A sunflower head has many seeds. Next, I’ll look for clues about step 2.
Reveal Explainer
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. 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) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger. B) The plant gets a beautiful flower. C) A sunflower head has many seeds. D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow. E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
C) A sunflower head has many seeds.
A) Put these steps of a sunflower growing in the correct order.
E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.
D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow.
A) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
B) The plant gets a beautiful flower.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
B) Put ticks (✓) in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘shoot’?
Fill the Gaps
sunshine
sprout
roots
Rain and help the seed and grow .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 shell
4 stem
1 sprout
2 roots
B start to grow
A parts of the plant that are underground
D hard outer covering
C plant part that holds up leaves and flowers
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the answer which best completes the sentence: This text tells…
Tick one
A how sunflower seeds make a healthy snack
B how strawberries grow in the rainforest
Check
C how to play basketball with a seed
Click if correct
D how sunflower seeds grow into a plant
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
sunshine
sprout
roots
A) More leaves grow as the plant gets bigger. B) The plant gets a beautiful flower. C) A sunflower head has many seeds. D) Rain and sunshine help the seed to grow. E) Seeds are blown onto the ground.