Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
B) How long does the festival last?
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
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people
every
last
water
any
most
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
repair broken relationships
victory of good over evil
traditionally
represents
drench
gossip
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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
traditionally
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
traditionally
victory of good over evil
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
repair broken relationships
drench
gossip
represents
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day. People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
What did you notice?
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan
and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil.
Rangwali Holi takes place the following day.
People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal
and drench one another with water in any way they can,
including using water balloons and supersoakers!
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day. People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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...
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day.
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
This shows that the Holi celebration begins with a bonfire. It shows that the bonfire is an important symbol to celebrate good winning over evil.
Reveal Explainer
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
B) How long does the festival last?
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
1) red
2) blue
3) yellow
A) medicines
B) love
C) gods
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence people cover each other with colourful powders called gulal
colourful powders
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
Text Mark Evidence people…drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers
water/water balloons/ water guns/supersoakers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
reference to food and drink
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click to reveal
a night and a day
B) How long does the festival last?
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
1) red
A) medicines
2) blue
B) love
3) yellow
C) gods
Acceptable Answers
flowers
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
spices
things from nature
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Do not accept...
man-made materials.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘drench’?
True or False?
Holi is held in April or May.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its explanation:
A colourful powders
1 Holi
B bonfires celebrate victory of good over evil
Check
2 Holika Dohan
Click if correct
C a festival of love or colours
3 Rangwali Holi
D a day of throwing water and coloured powders
4 Gulal
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best explains Holi.
Tick one
A Holi celebrates the start of winter.
B Holi is only celebrated by children in schools.
Check
C Holi helps people become friends again.
Click if correct
D Holi is a quiet time for people to think.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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 adadpted for accessibility from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
B) How long does the festival last?
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
people
every
last
water
any
most
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
repair broken relationships
victory of good over evil
traditionally
represents
drench
gossip
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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
traditionally
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
traditionally
victory of good over evil
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
repair broken relationships
drench
gossip
represents
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day. People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
What did you notice?
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan
and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil.
Rangwali Holi takes place the following day.
People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal
and drench one another with water in any way they can,
including using water balloons and supersoakers!
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day. People cover each other with colourful powders called gulal and drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers!
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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...
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Holi celebrations begin on the evening of Holika Dohan and bonfires are lit to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Rangwali Holi takes place the following day.
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
This shows that the Holi celebration begins with a bonfire. It shows that the bonfire is an important symbol to celebrate good winning over evil.
Reveal Explainer
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 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) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
B) How long does the festival last?
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
1) red 2) blue 3) yellow
A) medicines B) love C) gods
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence people cover each other with colourful powders called gulal
colourful powders
A) Name some things used to celebrate Holi.
Text Mark Evidence people…drench one another with water in any way they can, including using water balloons and supersoakers
water/water balloons/ water guns/supersoakers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
reference to food and drink
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click to reveal
a night and a day
B) How long does the festival last?
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
C) Match the colours of the powders with their meanings.
1) red
A) medicines
2) blue
B) love
3) yellow
C) gods
Acceptable Answers
flowers
D) What were the gulal powders made from in the past?
spices
things from nature
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Do not accept...
man-made materials.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘drench’?
True or False?
Holi is held in April or May.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its explanation:
A colourful powders
1 Holi
B bonfires celebrate victory of good over evil
Check
2 Holika Dohan
Click if correct
C a festival of love or colours
3 Rangwali Holi
D a day of throwing water and coloured powders
4 Gulal
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best explains Holi.
Tick one
A Holi celebrates the start of winter.
B Holi is only celebrated by children in schools.
Check
C Holi helps people become friends again.
Click if correct
D Holi is a quiet time for people to think.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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 adadpted for accessibility from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.