Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Stories: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gushed’?
Tick Me
Why did Tiddalik laugh at Platypus?
Tick one:
A) She told him a funny joke.
B) He was nervous because she was cross.
Check
C) She shouted loudly at Tiddalik.
Click if correct
D) She looked strange and unusual.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 replace
4 blessing
1 crafty
2 task
C) clever or sneaky
D) a job or chore
B) something good that makes you thankful
A) swap something old for something new
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each story with the sentence which best describes it:
A) A tailor makes many things from a piece of cloth and shares memories.
1) King of the Forest
B) All the animals are thirsty because one greedy animal drank all the water.
2) The Blue Coat
C) A crafty fox tricks a curious tiger into believing he is in charge.
Check
3) The Cracked Pot
Click if correct
D) Something thought to be broken turns out to be useful.
4) The Thirsty Frog
Speaking Spotlight
Freeze Speak
Explore
Freeze Speak
What might they say?
How can you show how they feel?
How might they say it?
What is around them?
How will their body move?
How might they react?
Recreate the scene of the animals gathered at the driedup waterhole.Assign roles: Tiddalik, Wombat, Kookaburra, Koala, Echidna, Lizard, Kangaroo and Platypus.
Common Exception Words
Explore
children
fast
should
pass
busy
kind
floor
half
door
whole
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
eldest
batter
deserve
quarrelling
squabbling
snout
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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The Runaway Pancake
A German Story
One morning, a woman fried a huge pancake for her children.
“I’m the eldest,” said the biggest boy, “I’ll have the first bite.”
“I need to grow,” said the smallest, “I should have the first bite.”
“I stirred the batter,” cried his sister, “I deserve the first bite!” All the children began to argue.
When it heard this, the pancake wriggled and flapped and jumped right out of the pan. The children were too busy quarrelling to notice the pancake roll across the kitchen floor, out of the back door and down the hill.
“Catch that pancake!” cried their mother and all the children ran after it. But the pancake was too fast to catch.
At the bottom of the hill it passed a hare.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Stop,” called the hare, “you look good to eat!” “I’ve run away from squabbling children and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled.
“Stop,” bleated a goat, “you smell tasty!”
“I’ve run away from squabbling children and a hungry hare and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled.
“Stop,” barked a fox, “you’d make a fine meal!”
“I’ve run away from squabbling children, a hungry hare and a greedy goat and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled.
The pancake came to a river and had to stop.
Along trotted a pig. “Let me carry you across the river,” he said kindly.
“Thank you,” said the pancake and rolled onto his snout. The pig swam half way across, tossed the pancake into the air and swallowed it whole!
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) When it heard this, the pancake wriggled and flapped and jumped right out of the pan.
Circle the word closest in meaning to ‘wriggled’.
fell
squirmed
rested
jumped
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
The children argued over the first bite.
The pancake jumped out of the frying pan.
The pancake had to stop at a river.
A woman made a huge pancake for her children.
Reveal Answer
The pig swallowed the pancake whole.
Practise & Apply
3) Match each animal to the words it said:
hare
You smell tasty!
goat
You’d make a fine meal!
Let me carry you across the river.
fox
pig
You look good to eat!
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
spot themes.
Reveal
Look for big ideas or lessons the story might be teaching.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Stories: Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘gushed’?
Tick Me
Why did Tiddalik laugh at Platypus?
Tick one:
A) She told him a funny joke.
B) He was nervous because she was cross.
Check
C) She shouted loudly at Tiddalik.
Click if correct
D) She looked strange and unusual.
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 replace
4 blessing
1 crafty
2 task
C) clever or sneaky
D) a job or chore
B) something good that makes you thankful
A) swap something old for something new
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each story with the sentence which best describes it:
A) A tailor makes many things from a piece of cloth and shares memories.
1) King of the Forest
B) All the animals are thirsty because one greedy animal drank all the water.
2) The Blue Coat
C) A crafty fox tricks a curious tiger into believing he is in charge.
Check
3) The Cracked Pot
Click if correct
D) Something thought to be broken turns out to be useful.
4) The Thirsty Frog
Speaking Spotlight
Freeze Speak
Explore
Freeze Speak
What might they say?
How can you show how they feel?
How might they say it?
What is around them?
How will their body move?
How might they react?
Recreate the scene of the animals gathered at the driedup waterhole.Assign roles: Tiddalik, Wombat, Kookaburra, Koala, Echidna, Lizard, Kangaroo and Platypus.
Common Exception Words
Explore
children
fast
should
pass
busy
kind
floor
half
door
whole
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
eldest
batter
deserve
quarrelling
squabbling
snout
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Runaway Pancake
A German Story
One morning, a woman fried a huge pancake for her children. “I’m the eldest,” said the biggest boy, “I’ll have the first bite.” “I need to grow,” said the smallest, “I should have the first bite.” “I stirred the batter,” cried his sister, “I deserve the first bite!” All the children began to argue. When it heard this, the pancake wriggled and flapped and jumped right out of the pan. The children were too busy quarrelling to notice the pancake roll across the kitchen floor, out of the back door and down the hill. “Catch that pancake!” cried their mother and all the children ran after it. But the pancake was too fast to catch. At the bottom of the hill it passed a hare.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Stop,” called the hare, “you look good to eat!” “I’ve run away from squabbling children and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled. “Stop,” bleated a goat, “you smell tasty!” “I’ve run away from squabbling children and a hungry hare and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled. “Stop,” barked a fox, “you’d make a fine meal!” “I’ve run away from squabbling children, a hungry hare and a greedy goat and I’ll run away from you,” laughed the pancake and on it rolled. The pancake came to a river and had to stop. Along trotted a pig. “Let me carry you across the river,” he said kindly. “Thank you,” said the pancake and rolled onto his snout. The pig swam half way across, tossed the pancake into the air and swallowed it whole!
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) When it heard this, the pancake wriggled and flapped and jumped right out of the pan. Circle the word closest in meaning to ‘wriggled’.
fell
squirmed
rested
jumped
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
The children argued over the first bite.
The pancake jumped out of the frying pan.
The pancake had to stop at a river.
A woman made a huge pancake for her children.
Reveal Answer
The pig swallowed the pancake whole.
Practise & Apply
3) Match each animal to the words it said:
hare
You smell tasty!
goat
You’d make a fine meal!
Let me carry you across the river.
fox
pig
You look good to eat!
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
spot themes.
Reveal
Look for big ideas or lessons the story might be teaching.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.