Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
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?
Old or new, big or small, important or just for fun, festivals are a great way for people to come together and celebrate.
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) Link each festival or celebration with the correct fact.
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
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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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old
children
great
who
people
Christmas
water
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
fortune
display
tradition
victory
culture
heritage
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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
fortune
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.
fortune
Your turn
tradition
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
display
victory
culture
heritage
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...
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year – often with fireworks. Groundhog Day is an American tradition to celebrate that spring is on its way. For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
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
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year –
often with fireworks.
Groundhog Day is an American tradition
to celebrate that spring is on its way.
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls
to wish young girls happiness and health.
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
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year – often with fireworks. Groundhog Day is an American tradition to celebrate that spring is on its way. For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
Reveal festivals and facts
A) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
I will start with 1 and will ‘look around’ for the word Hinamatsuri. It says For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health. I’ll ‘find and take’ the correct fact: C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health. Next, I’ll look for clues about 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) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
1) Hinamatsuri
2) Songkran
3) Inti Raymi
4) Awa Odori
5) Dia de los Muertos
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated.
B) People remember those who have died.
C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health.
D) This is a Japanese street dance festival.
E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
A) Christmas
B) Mud Festival
C) Groundhog Day
D) Halloween
E) New Year’s Day
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1) Hinamatsuri
C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health.
A) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
2) Songkran
E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
3) Inti Raymi
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated.
4) Awa Odori
D) This is a Japanese street dance festival.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
5) Dia de los Muertos
B) People remember those who have died.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
E) New Year's Day
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
C) Groundhog Day
B) Mud Festival
D) Halloween
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
A) Christmas
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘victory’?
Find Me
Find the word which means‘to put on show’:
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
Discuss then check
display
True or False?
Eid-al-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan with a special meal and special treats.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
groundhog
celebrate
tradition
Day is an Americanto that spring is on its way.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
create your own fact book.
Reveal
Write down what you've learned and add pictures or diagrams.
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.
1) Hinamatsuri
2) Songkran
3) Inti Raymi
4) Awa Odori
5) Dia de los Muertos
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated.
B) People remember those who have died.
C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health.
D) This is a Japanese street dance festival.
E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
groundhog
tradition
celebrate
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Things: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
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?
Old or new, big or small, important or just for fun, festivals are a great way for people to come together and celebrate.
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) Link each festival or celebration with the correct fact.
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
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
old
children
great
who
people
Christmas
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fortune
display
tradition
victory
culture
heritage
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
fortune
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.
fortune
Your turn
tradition
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
display
victory
culture
heritage
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...
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year – often with fireworks. Groundhog Day is an American tradition to celebrate that spring is on its way. For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
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
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year –
often with fireworks.
Groundhog Day is an American tradition
to celebrate that spring is on its way.
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls
to wish young girls happiness and health.
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
New Year’s Day celebrates the beginning of the year – often with fireworks. Groundhog Day is an American tradition to celebrate that spring is on its way. For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
Explore
From: My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things by DK © 2016. 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 celebration or festival with the correct fact.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
Reveal festivals and facts
A) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
I will start with 1 and will ‘look around’ for the word Hinamatsuri. It says For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health. I’ll ‘find and take’ the correct fact: C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health. Next, I’ll look for clues about 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) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
1) Hinamatsuri 2) Songkran 3) Inti Raymi 4) Awa Odori 5) Dia de los Muertos
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated. B) People remember those who have died. C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health. D) This is a Japanese street dance festival. E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
A) Christmas B) Mud Festival C) Groundhog Day D) Halloween E) New Year’s Day
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
1) Hinamatsuri
C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health.
A) Link each celebration or festival with the correct fact.
2) Songkran
E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
3) Inti Raymi
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated.
4) Awa Odori
D) This is a Japanese street dance festival.
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
5) Dia de los Muertos
B) People remember those who have died.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
E) New Year's Day
B) Put each festival or celebration in the order they happen during the year.
C) Groundhog Day
B) Mud Festival
D) Halloween
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
A) Christmas
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘victory’?
Find Me
Find the word which means‘to put on show’:
For Hinamatsuri, Japanese people display dolls to wish young girls happiness and health.
Discuss then check
display
True or False?
Eid-al-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan with a special meal and special treats.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
groundhog
celebrate
tradition
Day is an Americanto that spring is on its way.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
create your own fact book.
Reveal
Write down what you've learned and add pictures or diagrams.
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.
1) Hinamatsuri 2) Songkran 3) Inti Raymi 4) Awa Odori 5) Dia de los Muertos
A) The shortest day of the year is celebrated. B) People remember those who have died. C) People use dolls to wish happiness and health. D) This is a Japanese street dance festival. E) The new year is celebrated with water fights.
groundhog
tradition
celebrate