Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks...
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From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each animal with the item with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
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Let me read today's text
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Grandma
My grandmother’s a peaceful person, and she loves to sit.
But there never was a grandma who was such a one to knit.
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks But not for you and not for me.
What makes her knit so busily?
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner,
Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows
Weary of its one suit of clothes.
She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants –
Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So when frost nips the lily roots
Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
When snowy winds are slicing in through all the little crannies
The shrubs and birds in our neighbours’ gardens envy those in my granny’s.
Her shrubs have scarves and pullovers,
Her birds have ear-muffs over their ears,
And cats that come asking for ‘Titbits please’
Go trotting away with little bootees.
A frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten.
A Camel whose important hump tended to get frost-bitten
Has a tea-cosy with tassels on it.
A grass-snake has a sock with a bonnet.
Folks can buy clothes at some shop or other.
The creatures depend on my grandmother.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
toil
weary
shabbier
crannies
stout
tea-cosy with tassels
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From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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
toil
Explore
Find Read Talk
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner,
Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
toil
Your turn
shabbier
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
weary
crannies
stout
tea-cosy with tassels
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Grandma
Reveal Vocabulary
My grandmother’s a peaceful person, and she loves to sit.
But there never was a grandma who was such a one to knit.
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks But not for you and not for me.
What makes her knit so busily?
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner,
Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows
Weary of its one suit of clothes.
She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants –
Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So when frost nips the lily roots
Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Reveal Vocabulary
When snowy winds are slicing in through all the little crannies
The shrubs and birds in our neighbours’ gardens envy those in my granny’s.
Her shrubs have scarves and pullovers,
Her birds have ear-muffs over their ears,
And cats that come asking for ‘Titbits please’
Go trotting away with little bootees.
A frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten.
A Camel whose important hump tended to get frost-bitten
Has a tea-cosy with tassels on it.
A grass-snake has a sock with a bonnet.
Folks can buy clothes at some shop or other.
The creatures depend on my grandmother.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
So when frost nips the lily roots
Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
So when frost nips the lily roots
Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
So when frost nips the lily roots
Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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) Why are forests important?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows
Weary of its one suit of clothes.
She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants –
Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
A) Link each animal with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
Reveal animals and items
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word ‘wasp’. This shows me that grandma has replaced their shabby black and yellow jerseys with flowered skirts and speckled pants. I can ‘find and take’ the answer B).
Teach
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
A) Link each animal with the item with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
1) wasps
2) goldfish
3) birds
4) camel
5) grass-snake
A) green and blue woolly suits
B) flowered skirts and speckled pants
C) a sock with a bonnet
D) ear-muffs
E) a tea-cosy with tassels
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
A) Link each animal with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
1) wasps
A) green and blue woolly suits
2) goldfish
B) flowered skirts and speckled pants
3) birds
C) a sock with a bonnet
4) camel
5) grass-snake
E) a tea-cosy with tassels
D) ear-muffs
Text Mark Evidence all summer wasps toil tirelessly…their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner…Grandma knows just how a wasp grows weary of its one suit of clothes…she knits flowered skirts and speckled pants
Acceptable Answers
newer clothes replace what is worn out
Text Mark Evidence she knits flowered skirts and speckled pants – now they can go to the beach or a dance
special clothes for events or places
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
Text Mark Evidence - under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating…they have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating…so when the frost nips... Grandma’s knitting woolly suits - a frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten
clothes to provide warmth and protection from cold
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence folks can buy clothes at some shop or other… the creatures depend on my grandmother
cannot shop for clothes like people do
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘crannies’?
Fill the Gaps
shabbier
toil
weary
All summer wasps tirelessly to earn their daily dinner,
Their black and yellow jerseys getting and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows
of its one suit of clothes.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
True or False?
The camel received a bonnet with tassels.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 weary
4 stout
1 toil
2 shabby
A scruffy
B work hard
C strong and thick
D tired or bored of
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
toil
shabbier
weary
1) wasps
2) goldfish
3) birds
4) camel
5) grass-snake
A) green and blue woolly suits
B) flowered skirts and speckled pants
C) a sock with a bonnet
D) ear-muffs
E) a tea-cosy with tassels
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Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry 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?
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each animal with the item with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Grandma
My grandmother’s a peaceful person, and she loves to sit. But there never was a grandma who was such a one to knit.
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks But not for you and not for me. What makes her knit so busily?
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner, Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows Weary of its one suit of clothes. She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants – Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating. They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So when frost nips the lily roots Grandma’s knitting woolly suits – Greens, blues the goldfish adore them! Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
When snowy winds are slicing in through all the little crannies The shrubs and birds in our neighbours’ gardens envy those in my granny’s.
Her shrubs have scarves and pullovers, Her birds have ear-muffs over their ears, And cats that come asking for ‘Titbits please’ Go trotting away with little bootees.
A frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten. A Camel whose important hump tended to get frost-bitten
Has a tea-cosy with tassels on it. A grass-snake has a sock with a bonnet. Folks can buy clothes at some shop or other. The creatures depend on my grandmother.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
toil
weary
shabbier
crannies
stout
tea-cosy with tassels
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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
toil
Explore
Find Read Talk
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner, Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
toil
Your turn
shabbier
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
weary
crannies
stout
tea-cosy with tassels
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Grandma
Reveal Vocabulary
My grandmother’s a peaceful person, and she loves to sit. But there never was a grandma who was such a one to knit.
Scarves, caps, suits, socks – Her needles tick like fifty clocks But not for you and not for me. What makes her knit so busily?
All summer wasps toil tirelessly to earn their daily dinner, Their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows Weary of its one suit of clothes. She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants – Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating. They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So when frost nips the lily roots Grandma’s knitting woolly suits – Greens, blues the goldfish adore them! Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Reveal Vocabulary
When snowy winds are slicing in through all the little crannies The shrubs and birds in our neighbours’ gardens envy those in my granny’s.
Her shrubs have scarves and pullovers, Her birds have ear-muffs over their ears, And cats that come asking for ‘Titbits please’ Go trotting away with little bootees.
A frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten. A Camel whose important hump tended to get frost-bitten
Has a tea-cosy with tassels on it. A grass-snake has a sock with a bonnet. Folks can buy clothes at some shop or other. The creatures depend on my grandmother.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating. They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating. So when frost nips the lily roots Grandma’s knitting woolly suits – Greens, blues the goldfish adore them! Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating.
They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating.
So when frost nips the lily roots Grandma’s knitting woolly suits –
Greens, blues the goldfish adore them!
Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating. They have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating. So when frost nips the lily roots Grandma’s knitting woolly suits – Greens, blues the goldfish adore them! Winter-long they’re thankful for them.
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. 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) Why are forests important?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows Weary of its one suit of clothes. She knits flowered skirts and speckled pants – Now they can go to the beach or a dance.
A) Link each animal with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
Reveal animals and items
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word ‘wasp’. This shows me that grandma has replaced their shabby black and yellow jerseys with flowered skirts and speckled pants. I can ‘find and take’ the answer B).
Teach
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
A) Link each animal with the item with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
1) wasps 2) goldfish 3) birds 4) camel 5) grass-snake
A) green and blue woolly suits B) flowered skirts and speckled pants C) a sock with a bonnet D) ear-muffs E) a tea-cosy with tassels
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each response to link with the correct answer
A) Link each animal with the correct item that Grandma has knitted.
1) wasps
A) green and blue woolly suits
2) goldfish
B) flowered skirts and speckled pants
3) birds
C) a sock with a bonnet
4) camel
5) grass-snake
E) a tea-cosy with tassels
D) ear-muffs
Text Mark Evidence all summer wasps toil tirelessly…their black and yellow jerseys getting shabbier and thinner…Grandma knows just how a wasp grows weary of its one suit of clothes…she knits flowered skirts and speckled pants
Acceptable Answers
newer clothes replace what is worn out
Text Mark Evidence she knits flowered skirts and speckled pants – now they can go to the beach or a dance
special clothes for events or places
B) How does Grandma’s knitting help the animals and plants?
Text Mark Evidence - under the ice the goldfish hear December blizzards beating…they have no fire at all down there, no rooms with central heating…so when the frost nips... Grandma’s knitting woolly suits - a frosty Octopus received a stout eight-fingered mitten
clothes to provide warmth and protection from cold
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence folks can buy clothes at some shop or other… the creatures depend on my grandmother
cannot shop for clothes like people do
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘crannies’?
Fill the Gaps
shabbier
toil
weary
All summer wasps tirelessly to earn their daily dinner, Their black and yellow jerseys getting and thinner.
Grandma knows just how a wasp grows of its one suit of clothes.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
True or False?
The camel received a bonnet with tassels.
True
False
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 weary
4 stout
1 toil
2 shabby
A scruffy
B work hard
C strong and thick
D tired or bored of
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...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
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: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
toil
shabbier
weary
1) wasps 2) goldfish 3) birds 4) camel 5) grass-snake
A) green and blue woolly suits B) flowered skirts and speckled pants C) a sock with a bonnet D) ear-muffs E) a tea-cosy with tassels