Ready Steady Read Together
Knowledge Encylopedia Space: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
It takes a staggering amount of energy to break free from Earth’s gravitational pull and fly into space.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
ignites
consumed
chemicals react explosively to make hot gases
generate
propel
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
consumed
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ignites
chemicals react explosively to make hot gases
generate
propel
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together. When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter. The stage above then ignites. The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together.
When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter.
The stage above then ignites.
The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together. When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter. The stage above then ignites. The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false: Most of a rocket’s weight is cargo.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key word ‘weight’. I can then ‘find and take’ the answer. It says that most of a rocket’s weight is fuel, not cargo. The answer is false.
Teach
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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) Put ticks in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
1) uppermost stage 2) nose cone 3) crew module 4) service module
Text mark
Find the answers
A) returns to Earth using a parachute and splashes down in the ocean B) a small rocket designed to transport the crew in an emergency C) the section which carries fuel and supplies D) the section under the rocket’s nose used to hold cargo
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
1) uppermost stage
A) returns to Earth using a parachute and splashes down in the ocean
2) nose cone
B) a small rocket designed to transport the crew in an emergency
3) crew module
C) the section which carries fuel and supplies
4) service module
D) the section under the rocket’s nose used to hold cargo
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ignite’?
Tick Me
The text says the Saturn V ‘carried a cargo as heavy as 24 elephants.’ Why might the author have used this comparison?
Tick one
A To make the text more interesting and fun to read.
B Most people know how much elephants weigh.
Check
C Elephants were sent into space with rockets.
Click if correct
D To make the weight easier for readers to imagine.
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 generate
4 propel
1 harness
2 consume
A use up
B to control and use
C thrust forward
D produce or create
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order to show how a multi-stage rocket works:
A) The lowest stage runs out of fuel.
B) The next stage ignites to propel the rocket higher.
C) The lowest stage drops off to make the rocket lighter.
D) Fuel is ignited to produce gases for lift off.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
Knowledge Encylopedia Space: Non-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?
It takes a staggering amount of energy to break free from Earth’s gravitational pull and fly into space.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
ignites
consumed
chemicals react explosively to make hot gases
generate
propel
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
harness the explosive power of burning fuel
consumed
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ignites
chemicals react explosively to make hot gases
generate
propel
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together. When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter. The stage above then ignites. The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together.
When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter.
The stage above then ignites.
The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
A modern rocket is really several rockets in one, with separate ‘stages’ stacked cleverly together. When the lowest stage runs out of fuel, it drops off, making the remaining vehicle lighter. The stage above then ignites. The cargo is usually in the uppermost stage, under the rocket’s nose.
Explore
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false: Most of a rocket’s weight is cargo.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key word ‘weight’. I can then ‘find and take’ the answer. It says that most of a rocket’s weight is fuel, not cargo. The answer is false.
Teach
From: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015. 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) Put ticks in the table to show which statements are true and which are false.
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
1) uppermost stage 2) nose cone 3) crew module 4) service module
Text mark
Find the answers
A) returns to Earth using a parachute and splashes down in the ocean B) a small rocket designed to transport the crew in an emergency C) the section which carries fuel and supplies D) the section under the rocket’s nose used to hold cargo
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
B) Match the part of the rocket to the correct fact.
1) uppermost stage
A) returns to Earth using a parachute and splashes down in the ocean
2) nose cone
B) a small rocket designed to transport the crew in an emergency
3) crew module
C) the section which carries fuel and supplies
4) service module
D) the section under the rocket’s nose used to hold cargo
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘ignite’?
Tick Me
The text says the Saturn V ‘carried a cargo as heavy as 24 elephants.’ Why might the author have used this comparison?
Tick one
A To make the text more interesting and fun to read.
B Most people know how much elephants weigh.
Check
C Elephants were sent into space with rockets.
Click if correct
D To make the weight easier for readers to imagine.
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 generate
4 propel
1 harness
2 consume
A use up
B to control and use
C thrust forward
D produce or create
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events in the correct order to show how a multi-stage rocket works:
A) The lowest stage runs out of fuel.
B) The next stage ignites to propel the rocket higher.
C) The lowest stage drops off to make the rocket lighter.
D) Fuel is ignited to produce gases for lift off.
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
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 accessibility from: Knowledge Encyclopedia: Space! by DK London © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.