Ready Steady Read Together
The Usbourne Beginner's Cookbook: 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?
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fold
bitter
rind
alternate
well-risen and firm
marble effect
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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
fold
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
fold
Your turn
rind
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
bitter
alternate
well-risen and firm
marble effect
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Folding in
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently. Do this again and again. Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed. Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
What did you notice?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Folding in
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture,
then fold it over very gently.
Do this again and again.
Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed.
Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Folding in
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently. Do this again and again. Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed. Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 item with how it is used in the recipe.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1. Put the tin onto some greaseproof paper or baking parchment and draw around the bottom. Cut out the shape.
Reveal items and uses
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the words baking parchment. An outline of the tin is traced onto it and it is placed in the bottom of the tin after the tin is greased. I will read all the answer options. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
1) baking parchment
2) rim of the bowl
3) metal spoon
4) two bowls
5) knife
A) to make swirly patterns
B) to separate and flavour the mixture
C) to crack the eggs
D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick
E) to gently fold the mixture
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
Text mark
Find the answers
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
1) baking parchment
A) to make swirly patterns
2) rim of the bowl
B) to separate andflavour the mixture
3) metal spoon
C) to crack the eggs
4) two bowls
D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick
5) knife
E) to gently fold the mixture
Acceptable Answers
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
Click to reveal...
(makes about) 8 slices
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence add the orange rind to one bowl
orange
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
Text Mark Evidence add cocoa powder to the other (bowl)
chocolate
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
to keep the colours separate
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
to keep the flavours separate
for the marble effect to work properly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘well-risen’?
Which One's Right?
Why do you think it is called ‘Marble Cake’?
B A marble is hidden inside for a surprise.
A It is firm like marble when it’s baked.
D It is shiny just like marble.
C It has a swirly pattern that looks like marble.
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A sharp or sour
1 fold
B take turns
2 rind
C skin or peel
Check
3 bitter
Click if correct
D combine gently
4 alternate
Sequence Me
Put the steps to create the marble effect in the correct order:
A) Add orange rind to one bowl and cocoa powder to the other.
B) Divide the mixture into two bowls.
C) Use a knife to make swirly patterns.
D) Put alternate spoonfuls of each mixture into the tin.
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...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
1) baking parchment
2) rim of the bowl
3) metal spoon
4) two bowls
5) knife
A) to make swirly patterns
B) to separate and flavour the mixture
C) to crack the eggs
D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick
E) to gently fold the mixture
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Usbourne Beginner's Cookbook: 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?
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fold
bitter
rind
alternate
well-risen and firm
marble effect
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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
fold
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
fold
Your turn
rind
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
bitter
alternate
well-risen and firm
marble effect
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Folding in Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently. Do this again and again. Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed. Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
What did you notice?
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Folding in
Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture,
then fold it over very gently.
Do this again and again.
Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed.
Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Folding in Use a metal spoon to cut through the middle of the mixture, then fold it over very gently. Do this again and again. Carry on cutting and folding until the ingredients are mixed. Folding in keeps your mixture very light.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 item with how it is used in the recipe.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1. Put the tin onto some greaseproof paper or baking parchment and draw around the bottom. Cut out the shape.
Reveal items and uses
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the words baking parchment. An outline of the tin is traced onto it and it is placed in the bottom of the tin after the tin is greased. I will read all the answer options. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick.
From: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999. 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 item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
1) baking parchment 2) rim of the bowl 3) metal spoon 4) two bowls 5) knife
A) to make swirly patterns B) to separate and flavour the mixture C) to crack the eggs D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick E) to gently fold the mixture
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
Text mark
Find the answers
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
1) baking parchment
A) to make swirly patterns
2) rim of the bowl
B) to separate andflavour the mixture
3) metal spoon
C) to crack the eggs
4) two bowls
D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick
5) knife
E) to gently fold the mixture
Acceptable Answers
B) How many slices of cake does the recipe make?
Click to reveal...
(makes about) 8 slices
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence add the orange rind to one bowl
orange
C) Which two flavours are mixed to make the marble pattern?
Text Mark Evidence add cocoa powder to the other (bowl)
chocolate
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
to keep the colours separate
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to use separate spoons for each bowl?
to keep the flavours separate
for the marble effect to work properly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘well-risen’?
Which One's Right?
Why do you think it is called ‘Marble Cake’?
B A marble is hidden inside for a surprise.
A It is firm like marble when it’s baked.
D It is shiny just like marble.
C It has a swirly pattern that looks like marble.
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A sharp or sour
1 fold
B take turns
2 rind
C skin or peel
Check
3 bitter
Click if correct
D combine gently
4 alternate
Sequence Me
Put the steps to create the marble effect in the correct order:
A) Add orange rind to one bowl and cocoa powder to the other.
B) Divide the mixture into two bowls.
C) Use a knife to make swirly patterns.
D) Put alternate spoonfuls of each mixture into the tin.
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...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: The Usborne Beginner's Cookbook by Fiona Watt © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
1) baking parchment 2) rim of the bowl 3) metal spoon 4) two bowls 5) knife
A) to make swirly patterns B) to separate and flavour the mixture C) to crack the eggs D) to line the baking tin so the cake doesn’t stick E) to gently fold the mixture