Ready Steady Read Together
Poems for Every Season: Poetry 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?
Crocuses shine, and snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
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Let me read today's text
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Under the Ground
Under the ground in a million places
Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces,
Putting out roots to hold themselves tight
Working away in the long winter night.
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The sun shines out, and the melting snow
Trickles away in the earth below,
And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white
And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warm
Down in the earth to each bulb and corm,
Little green spears will push up to see
What sort of place the world can be!
And then all the treasure of purple and gold
Of yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold
Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine,
And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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hold
great
gold
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Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
feathery flakes
trickles
cosy and snug
spears
delight
bulb and corm
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. 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
feathery flakes
Explore
Find Read Talk
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
feathery flakes
Your turn
cosy and snug
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
trickles
delilght
bulb and corm
spears
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Under the Ground
Under the ground in a million places
Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces,
Putting out roots to hold themselves tight
Working away in the long winter night.
Reveal Vocabulary
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The sun shines out, and the melting snow
Trickles away in the earth below,
And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white
And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warm
Down in the earth to each bulb and corm,
Little green spears will push up to see
What sort of place the world can be!
Reveal Vocabulary
And then all the treasure of purple and gold
Of yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold
Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine,
And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Under the ground in a million places
Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces,
Putting out roots to hold themselves tight
Working away in the long winter night.
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
Reveal Explainer
The brown bulbs are hiding underground and they start to grow roots to hold them tight during winter.
Teach
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Verse 2
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Reveal Main Point
Snow covers the bulbs like a warm, soft blanket, keeping them cosy and safe.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 3
The sun shines out, and the melting snowTrickles away in the earth below, And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Reveal Main Point
When the sun shines and melts the snow, the bulbs use their roots to drink the water.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 4
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warmDown in the earth to each bulb and corm, Little green spears will push up to see What sort of place the world can be!
Reveal Main Point
When the sun’s warmth reaches the bulbs, little green shoots push up from the soil to see the world.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 5
And then all the treasure of purple and goldOf yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine, And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
Reveal Main Point
Finally, many kinds of flowers bloom in many different colours.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘spears’?
Which One's Right?
Under the ground in a million places
This means that bulbs are…
A waiting to grow.
B hiding everywhere.
D popping up everywhere.
C above the soil.
Match Me
Match the words to what they mean in the poem:
4 the sun sends fingers
1 little brown faces
3 treasure of purple and gold
2 blanket
C covering of snow
B bulbs
A warmth or rays of the sun
D the blooming flowers
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the two seasons this poem is about:
A spring
B summer
Check
C autumn
Click if correct
D winter
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of 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: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Poems for Every Season: Poetry 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?
Crocuses shine, and snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Under the Ground
Under the ground in a million places Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces, Putting out roots to hold themselves tight Working away in the long winter night.
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The sun shines out, and the melting snow Trickles away in the earth below, And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warm Down in the earth to each bulb and corm, Little green spears will push up to see What sort of place the world can be!
And then all the treasure of purple and gold Of yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine, And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
hold
great
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
feathery flakes
trickles
cosy and snug
spears
delight
bulb and corm
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. 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
feathery flakes
Explore
Find Read Talk
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
feathery flakes
Your turn
cosy and snug
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
trickles
delilght
bulb and corm
spears
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Under the Ground
Under the ground in a million places Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces, Putting out roots to hold themselves tight Working away in the long winter night.
Reveal Vocabulary
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The sun shines out, and the melting snow Trickles away in the earth below, And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warm Down in the earth to each bulb and corm, Little green spears will push up to see What sort of place the world can be!
Reveal Vocabulary
And then all the treasure of purple and gold Of yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine, And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
The snow comes down, and it softly makes
A blanket warm of its feathery flakes.
On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug
The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Explore
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Under the ground in a million places Bulbs are hiding their little brown faces, Putting out roots to hold themselves tight Working away in the long winter night.
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
Reveal Explainer
The brown bulbs are hiding underground and they start to grow roots to hold them tight during winter.
Teach
From: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
What happens in each verse? Think about the main point or summary for the verse.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Verse 2
The snow comes down, and it softly makes A blanket warm of its feathery flakes. On the ground it lies, and cosy and snug The brown bulbs cuddle beneath their rug.
Reveal Main Point
Snow covers the bulbs like a warm, soft blanket, keeping them cosy and safe.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 3
The sun shines out, and the melting snowTrickles away in the earth below, And the bulbs reach out with their roots of white And drink up their blanket in great delight.
Reveal Main Point
When the sun shines and melts the snow, the bulbs use their roots to drink the water.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 4
Soon, when the sun sends fingers warmDown in the earth to each bulb and corm, Little green spears will push up to see What sort of place the world can be!
Reveal Main Point
When the sun’s warmth reaches the bulbs, little green shoots push up from the soil to see the world.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Verse 5
And then all the treasure of purple and goldOf yellow and blue that the brown bulbs hold Is spread in the sun, and crocuses shine, And snowdrops, scyllas and daffies are mine!
Reveal Main Point
Finally, many kinds of flowers bloom in many different colours.
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘spears’?
Which One's Right?
Under the ground in a million places This means that bulbs are…
A waiting to grow.
B hiding everywhere.
D popping up everywhere.
C above the soil.
Match Me
Match the words to what they mean in the poem:
4 the sun sends fingers
1 little brown faces
3 treasure of purple and gold
2 blanket
C covering of snow
B bulbs
A warmth or rays of the sun
D the blooming flowers
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
Tick the two seasons this poem is about:
A spring
B summer
Check
C autumn
Click if correct
D winter
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
play with words.
Reveal
Create your own rhymes or fun combinations of 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: Poems for Every Season by Enid Blyton © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.