Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘grains of sand’?
True or False?
Starlings are birds that fly by themselves.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct meaning:
3 swirl
4 flakes
1 toadstools
2 roost
B to move around and around in the air, like dancing snow
A tiny pieces of snow that fall from the sky
C little mushrooms that grow on the ground
D a place where birds rest or sleep
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem with the correct fact:
A It makes the world look white and clean.
1 Planting Seeds
B They fly and dance in the air.
2 Fungi
C They hide in soil and under bark.
3 Starlings
Check
Click if correct
D They grow into green shoots.
4 Snow Song
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a verse from Snow Song to read aloud and perform.
Common Exception Words
Explore
behind
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
scooped
ravines
canyons
backward-swimming shrimps
fiercest
discover
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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Rock Pooling
Along the beach are pools the sea has left behind,
caught between the rocks or scooped sand.
There are wide pools, where the weed waves like a forest
and small fish swim like flocks of birds.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
There are deep pools, with dark ravines and canyons where the fiercest crabs can hide and snap their claws.
There are pools all filled with sunlight
and the sudden sparkle of backwards-swimming shrimps.
Each pool is a little world all of its own and you can be the first person to discover it.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Each pool is a little world all of its own
And you can be the first person to discover it
The word ‘discover’ means…
hunts
lost
to find something new
look at something
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Name two things that crabs can do in the rockpool.
There are deep pools, with dark ravines and canyons
where the fiercest crabs can hide and snap their claws.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
3) How does the poem make looking in rockpools interesting?
Tick two:
You can discover new worlds.
The animals behave in unusual ways.
Tells you how to collect big animals.
Shows you how sharks can live in them.
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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 First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘grains of sand’?
True or False?
Starlings are birds that fly by themselves.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct meaning:
3 swirl
4 flakes
1 toadstools
2 roost
B to move around and around in the air, like dancing snow
A tiny pieces of snow that fall from the sky
C little mushrooms that grow on the ground
D a place where birds rest or sleep
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poem with the correct fact:
A It makes the world look white and clean.
1 Planting Seeds
B They fly and dance in the air.
2 Fungi
C They hide in soil and under bark.
3 Starlings
Check
Click if correct
D They grow into green shoots.
4 Snow Song
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Prepare a verse from Snow Song to read aloud and perform.
Common Exception Words
Explore
behind
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
scooped
ravines
canyons
backward-swimming shrimps
fiercest
discover
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Rock Pooling
Along the beach are pools the sea has left behind, caught between the rocks or scooped sand. There are wide pools, where the weed waves like a forest and small fish swim like flocks of birds.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
There are deep pools, with dark ravines and canyons where the fiercest crabs can hide and snap their claws. There are pools all filled with sunlight and the sudden sparkle of backwards-swimming shrimps. Each pool is a little world all of its own and you can be the first person to discover it.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Each pool is a little world all of its own And you can be the first person to discover it
The word ‘discover’ means…
hunts
lost
to find something new
look at something
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Name two things that crabs can do in the rockpool.
There are deep pools, with dark ravines and canyons where the fiercest crabs can hide and snap their claws.
RevealText Marks
RevealExtract
Practise & Apply
3) How does the poem make looking in rockpools interesting?
Tick two:
You can discover new worlds.
The animals behave in unusual ways.
Tells you how to collect big animals.
Shows you how sharks can live in them.
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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 First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.