Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
and you’re sprinkled with cheese,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
oh, give me some please.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
I love you a lot,
you’re slishy, you’re sloshy,
delicious and hot,
I gobble you down
oh, I can’t get enough,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff.
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle,
you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti
all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
great
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle
sprinkled
mound
you're slishy, you're sloshy
slurpy
gobble
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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
sprinkled
Explore
Find Read Talk
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
and you’re sprinkled with cheese,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
oh, give me some please.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
sprinkled
mound
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle
slurpy
you’re slishy, you’re sloshy
gobble
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
and you’re sprinkled with cheese,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
oh, give me some please.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
I love you a lot,
you’re slishy, you’re sloshy,
delicious and hot,
I gobble you down
oh, I can’t get enough,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff.
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle,
you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti
all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle,
you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti
all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
I think you are great.
What did you notice?
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle,
you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti
all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Spaghetti! spaghetti!
piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle,
you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti
all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
and you’re sprinkled with cheese,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false: The spaghetti only has sauce on it.
Reveal True or False Table
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word sauce. This shows that the spaghetti has both sauce and cheese on it. I can ‘find and take’ the answer false.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - you’re wonderful stuff - I love you, spaghetti - I think you are great - I love you a lot - delicious and hot
says how good or tasty it is
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
Text Mark Evidence - I can’t get enough - give me some please - I gobble you down
wants to eat lots of spaghetti
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sprinkled’?
Tick Me
Which words best describe the poem?
Tick one:
A sad and upset
B spooky and scary
Check
C silly and playful
Click if correct
D dull and boring
Find Me
Find the word that means‘ate quickly and noisily’:
I gobble you down
oh, I can’t get enough,
spaghetti! spaghetti!
you’re wonderful stuff.
Discuss then check
gobble
Link Me
Link each word with its correct meaning:
A twist and turn
1 mound
B a loud sucking sound
2 wriggle
C a pile or heap
3 slurp
Check
Click if correct
D eat quickly
4 gobble
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: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems: Poetry Lesson 2
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?
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce and you’re sprinkled with cheese, spaghetti! spaghetti! oh, give me some please.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Spaghetti! spaghetti! I love you a lot, you’re slishy, you’re sloshy, delicious and hot, I gobble you down oh, I can’t get enough, spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff.
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around. There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate, spaghetti! spaghetti! I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
great
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle
sprinkled
mound
you're slishy, you're sloshy
slurpy
gobble
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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
sprinkled
Explore
Find Read Talk
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce and you’re sprinkled with cheese, spaghetti! spaghetti! oh, give me some please.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
sprinkled
mound
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle
slurpy
you’re slishy, you’re sloshy
gobble
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
Spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce and you’re sprinkled with cheese, spaghetti! spaghetti! oh, give me some please.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Spaghetti! spaghetti! I love you a lot, you’re slishy, you’re sloshy, delicious and hot, I gobble you down oh, I can’t get enough, spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff.
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around. There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate, spaghetti! spaghetti! I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around. There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate, spaghetti! spaghetti! I think you are great.
What did you notice?
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound,
you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around.
There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate,
spaghetti! spaghetti! I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Spaghetti! spaghetti! piled high in a mound, you wiggle, you wriggle, you squiggle around. There’s slurpy spaghetti all over my plate, spaghetti! spaghetti! I think you are great.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce and you’re sprinkled with cheese, spaghetti! spaghetti!
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false: The spaghetti only has sauce on it.
Reveal True or False Table
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word sauce. This shows that the spaghetti has both sauce and cheese on it. I can ‘find and take’ the answer false.
From: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 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
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) in each row to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - you’re wonderful stuff - I love you, spaghetti - I think you are great - I love you a lot - delicious and hot
says how good or tasty it is
B) How can you tell that the poet really likes spaghetti?
Text Mark Evidence - I can’t get enough - give me some please - I gobble you down
wants to eat lots of spaghetti
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sprinkled’?
Tick Me
Which words best describe the poem?
Tick one:
A sad and upset
B spooky and scary
Check
C silly and playful
Click if correct
D dull and boring
Find Me
Find the word that means‘ate quickly and noisily’:
I gobble you down oh, I can’t get enough, spaghetti! spaghetti! you’re wonderful stuff.
Discuss then check
gobble
Link Me
Link each word with its correct meaning:
A twist and turn
1 mound
B a loud sucking sound
2 wriggle
C a pile or heap
3 slurp
Check
Click if correct
D eat quickly
4 gobble
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: The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems edited by June Crebbin © 1999 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.