Ready Steady Read Together
Grimwood: 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?
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhere did Ted and Nancy live?
A) How did Nancy help Ted?
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
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Let me read today's text
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Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city.
Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy. She made sure he had food and somewhere warm to sleep.
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Ted, on the other hand, was a sweet little fox cub. He liked staying close to the den, which was hidden inside some spiky holly bushes in the corner of a huge park. Ted liked to roll around on the grass in the sunshine, snuffle though twigs and leaves, and lick up dropped ice-cream cones. Every now and then Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him. Delicious…
Nancy preferred coffee. It kept her ALERT.
Though sometimes, if she drank too much, she would shake and bark and Ted would have to sit on her head to calm her down.
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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every
could
grass
sure
would
after
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Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
mooch
tough
alley
den
snuffle
alert
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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
mooch
Explore
Find Read Talk
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
mooch
Your turn
alley
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tough
den
snuffle
alert
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city.
Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy. She made sure he had food and somewhere warm to sleep.
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Ted, on the other hand, was a sweet little fox cub. He liked staying close to the den, which was hidden inside some spiky holly bushes in the corner of a huge park. Ted liked to roll around on the grass in the sunshine, snuffle though twigs and leaves, and lick up dropped ice-cream cones. Every now and then Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him. Delicious…
Nancy preferred coffee. It kept her ALERT.
Though sometimes, if she drank too much, she would shake and bark and Ted would have to sit on her head to calm her down.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends.
She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place.
Nancy was TOUGH.
She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics.
But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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 OnlyWhere did Ted and Nancy live?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city.
Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy.
Teacher Model Question Only Where did Ted and Nancy live?
Reveal Explainer
I will look around for the key word ‘live’. I can see the word ‘lived’. I can find and take the answer ‘in a big city’.
Teach
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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) How did Nancy help Ted?
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - she made sure he had food - Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him (Ted)
fed him
A) How did Nancy help Ted?
Text Mark Evidence she made sure he had…somewhere warm to sleep
kept him warm
Text Mark Evidence as well as looking after Ted
kept him safe
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence hidden inside some spiky holly bushes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence staying close to the den
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
Text Mark Evidence roll around on the grass in the sunshine
Text Mark Evidence snuffle through twigs and leaves
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence lick up dropped ice-cream cones
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence coffee
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tough’?
Which One's Right?
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends.
Which word is the best match for ‘mooch’?
A) run
B) stroll
D) jump
C) hide
True or False?
Nancy spent a lot of time reading comic books.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word to its correct meaning:
A) to sniff and push things with your snout
1 alley
B) awake and looking out for danger
2 den
C) a narrow path between buildings
Check
3 snuffle
Click if correct
D) the safe, hidden home of an animal
4 alert
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Grimwood: 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?
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhere did Ted and Nancy live?
A) How did Nancy help Ted?
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city. Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy. She made sure he had food and somewhere warm to sleep. As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Ted, on the other hand, was a sweet little fox cub. He liked staying close to the den, which was hidden inside some spiky holly bushes in the corner of a huge park. Ted liked to roll around on the grass in the sunshine, snuffle though twigs and leaves, and lick up dropped ice-cream cones. Every now and then Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him. Delicious… Nancy preferred coffee. It kept her ALERT. Though sometimes, if she drank too much, she would shake and bark and Ted would have to sit on her head to calm her down.
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
every
could
grass
sure
would
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
mooch
tough
alley
den
snuffle
alert
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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
mooch
Explore
Find Read Talk
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
mooch
Your turn
alley
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tough
den
snuffle
alert
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city. Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy. She made sure he had food and somewhere warm to sleep. As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Ted, on the other hand, was a sweet little fox cub. He liked staying close to the den, which was hidden inside some spiky holly bushes in the corner of a huge park. Ted liked to roll around on the grass in the sunshine, snuffle though twigs and leaves, and lick up dropped ice-cream cones. Every now and then Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him. Delicious… Nancy preferred coffee. It kept her ALERT. Though sometimes, if she drank too much, she would shake and bark and Ted would have to sit on her head to calm her down.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends.
She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place.
Nancy was TOUGH.
She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics.
But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends. She knew every street, every dark alley, every bin and every hiding place. Nancy was TOUGH. She had no time for laughing or sniffing flowers or reading comics. But Nancy didn’t need those things, oh no.
Explore
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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 OnlyWhere did Ted and Nancy live?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Like a lot of foxes, Ted and Nancy lived in a big city. Nancy was the bravest and boldest fox Ted had ever known. He couldn’t remember having a mum or a dad, but he had always had Nancy.
Teacher Model Question Only Where did Ted and Nancy live?
Reveal Explainer
I will look around for the key word ‘live’. I can see the word ‘lived’. I can find and take the answer ‘in a big city’.
Teach
From: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021. 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) How did Nancy help Ted?
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - she made sure he had food - Nancy would trot by and drop off a snack for him (Ted)
fed him
A) How did Nancy help Ted?
Text Mark Evidence she made sure he had…somewhere warm to sleep
kept him warm
Text Mark Evidence as well as looking after Ted
kept him safe
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where was Nancy and Ted’s den?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence hidden inside some spiky holly bushes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence staying close to the den
C) Name at least two things Ted liked to do.
Text Mark Evidence roll around on the grass in the sunshine
Text Mark Evidence snuffle through twigs and leaves
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence lick up dropped ice-cream cones
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Nancy like to drink?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence coffee
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tough’?
Which One's Right?
As well as looking after Ted, Nancy liked to mooch around the city with her friends.
Which word is the best match for ‘mooch’?
A) run
B) stroll
D) jump
C) hide
True or False?
Nancy spent a lot of time reading comic books.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word to its correct meaning:
A) to sniff and push things with your snout
1 alley
B) awake and looking out for danger
2 den
C) a narrow path between buildings
Check
3 snuffle
Click if correct
D) the safe, hidden home of an animal
4 alert
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: Grimwood by Nadia Shireen © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.