Ready Steady Read Together
The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas: 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?
Oil pastels work well on coloured paper which has a slightly textured surface.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
B) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
blend
overlap
foreground
revealing
grid
border
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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
blend
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
blend
Your turn
foreground
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
overlap
revealing
grid
border
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours.
• You can draw on black paper with oil pastels, although the colours you get may change slightly. • A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper.
• Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours.
• You can draw on black paper with oil pastels,
although the colours you get may change slightly.
• A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper.
• Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours.
• You can draw on black paper with oil pastels, although the colours you get may change slightly. • A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper.
• Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
• Oil pastels work well on coloured paper which has a slightly textured surface.
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
I will ‘look around’ for the word paper. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. Coloured paper is one type of paper which suits oil pastels.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
B) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence oil pastels work well on…paper which has a slightly textured surface
textured paper
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
Text Mark Evidence you can draw on black paper with oil pastels
black paper
Text Mark Evidence a white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper
coloured paper
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper
art or craft paper
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence use them (oil pastels) on their side to fill in areas of colour
to fill larger areas
A) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Text Mark Evidence use the side of an orange pastel to fill in the background
to fill the background
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘overlap’?
Which One's Right?
The colours blend together.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘blend’?
B separate
A combine
C smudge
D cover
Fill the Gaps
revealing
border
grid
3. Leave the paint until it is almost dry. Then use a screwdriver to scratch lines, thepastel underneath.
4. Scratch several more lines down the paint, then scratch lines across to make a large . Scratch a , too.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Sequence Me
Put the steps for A tiger in the long grass in the correct order:
A) Colour the background orange.
B) Draw and colour the hills and sky.
C) Draw long grass in the foreground.
D) Draw the tiger and add patterns on its fur.
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
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas: 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?
Oil pastels work well on coloured paper which has a slightly textured surface.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
B) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
blend
overlap
foreground
revealing
grid
border
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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
blend
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
blend
Your turn
foreground
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
overlap
revealing
grid
border
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours. • You can draw on black paper with oil pastels, although the colours you get may change slightly. • A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper. • Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours.
• You can draw on black paper with oil pastels,
although the colours you get may change slightly.
• A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper.
• Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
• Try doing lots of overlapping strokes in different colours. • You can draw on black paper with oil pastels, although the colours you get may change slightly. • A white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper. • Oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper.
Explore
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
• Oil pastels work well on coloured paper which has a slightly textured surface.
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
I will ‘look around’ for the word paper. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. Coloured paper is one type of paper which suits oil pastels.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004. 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) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
B) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence oil pastels work well on…paper which has a slightly textured surface
textured paper
A) What kind of paper works well with oil pastels?
Text Mark Evidence you can draw on black paper with oil pastels
black paper
Text Mark Evidence a white oil pastel shows up well on brightly coloured paper
coloured paper
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence oil pastels work well on cartridge paper and sugar paper
art or craft paper
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence use them (oil pastels) on their side to fill in areas of colour
to fill larger areas
A) When is it useful to use the side of the oil pastel?
Text Mark Evidence use the side of an orange pastel to fill in the background
to fill the background
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘overlap’?
Which One's Right?
The colours blend together. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘blend’?
B separate
A combine
C smudge
D cover
Fill the Gaps
revealing
border
grid
3. Leave the paint until it is almost dry. Then use a screwdriver to scratch lines, thepastel underneath. 4. Scratch several more lines down the paint, then scratch lines across to make a large . Scratch a , too.
Click if correct
Discuss then check
Sequence Me
Put the steps for A tiger in the long grass in the correct order:
A) Colour the background orange.
B) Draw and colour the hills and sky.
C) Draw long grass in the foreground.
D) Draw the tiger and add patterns on its fur.
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 and adapted for accessibility from: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas by Fiona Watt © 2004 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
revealing
grid
border