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Quiz Yourself Clever: 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?
The Nile crocodile dwells in large rivers, lakes, and swamps, and is also found in estuaries and river mouths.
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From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
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Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
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Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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solitary
webbed hindfeet
partially submerged
endangered
heavily plated
incubation
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From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 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
solitary
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
solitary
Your turn
partially submerged
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
webbed hindfeet
endangered
heavily plated
incubation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
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Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s, but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery. A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back. It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
What did you notice?
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From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s,
but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery.
A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back.
It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s, but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery. A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back. It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
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From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Nile crocodile dwells in large rivers, lakes, and swamps, and is also found in estuaries and river mouths. It feeds on fish, antelope, zebras, and even buffaloes, leaping up to snatch nesting birds or pull drinking animals into the water. Although solitary by nature, several Nile crocodiles gather to catch prey.
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Reveal Explainer
Food is essential for survival. This suggests that the Nile crocodile has special hunting behaviour to help it catch its prey. By ‘leaping’, it is able to surprise and catch its prey. This also show that the crocodile is capable of catching both small and very large prey.
Teach
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 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 special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Nile crocodile
Text Mark Evidence a Nile crocodile has highly acidic stomach juices that can even digest hooves
features to help it turn food into energy
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence it (crocodile) can bite but it cannot chew…it drags its prey underwater, and spins around to tear off chunks of flesh
hunting behaviour to help it eat its prey
Text Mark Evidence with its eyes and nostrils on the top of its head, the Nile crocodile can see and breath while partially submerged in water
features to keep it hidden when hunting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence its (crocodile’s) powerful tail and webbed hindfeet help it to swim
features to help it swim quickly to catch prey and avoid danger
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
American alligator
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator)…has a heavily plated back
features to help protect it from injury or predators
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence - it (alligator) has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw - an alligator grows replacement teeth for those lost…it can go through 3,000 teeth in its lifetime
features to help it catch and grip prey
Text Mark Evidence after two months of incubation, warmed by the heat from a nest of decomposing plant, an American alligator is ready to hatch
behaviour to use the environment to help hatch eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator) yelps while still inside the egg to alert the mother
behaviour to get the mother to protect hatchlings
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
American alligator
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence the American alligator prefers to float, partially submerged, in lakes swamps and marshes
behaviour to keep it hidden when hunting
Some children might have knowledge of reptiles or other cold-blooded animals needing to use external sources to regulate body temperature, so also accept:
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator) lies on the shore to bask in the sun
behaviour to help the reptile maintain body temperature
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘partially submerged’?
Find Me
Which word shows that the Nile crocodile prefers to life alone?
It feeds on fish, antelope, zebras, and even buffaloes, leaping up to snatch nesting birds or pull drinking animals into the water. Although solitary by nature, several Nile crocodiles gather to catch prey.
Discuss then check
solitary
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) American alligators became legally protected.
B) The American alligator was widely hunted for its skin.
C) The American alligator is no longer at risk of becoming extinct.
D) The American alligator became seriously endangered.
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
What do the crocodile and alligator have in common?
Tick all that apply:
A Both prefer the same habitat.
B Both are carnivores.
B Both are found in the same part of the world.
Check
D Both like to float partially submerged.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Quiz Yourself Clever: 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?
The Nile crocodile dwells in large rivers, lakes, and swamps, and is also found in estuaries and river mouths.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Explore
Let me read today's text whilst I show you the illustrations...
Explore
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
solitary
webbed hindfeet
partially submerged
endangered
heavily plated
incubation
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 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
solitary
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
solitary
Your turn
partially submerged
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
webbed hindfeet
endangered
heavily plated
incubation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s, but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery. A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back. It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s,
but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery.
A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back.
It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Once widely hunted for its skin, the American alligator became seriously endangered in the 1950s, but under legal protection has gained a strong recovery. A powerful reptile, it is black with a broad head, and has a heavily plated back. It also has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw.
Explore
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Nile crocodile dwells in large rivers, lakes, and swamps, and is also found in estuaries and river mouths. It feeds on fish, antelope, zebras, and even buffaloes, leaping up to snatch nesting birds or pull drinking animals into the water. Although solitary by nature, several Nile crocodiles gather to catch prey.
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Reveal Explainer
Food is essential for survival. This suggests that the Nile crocodile has special hunting behaviour to help it catch its prey. By ‘leaping’, it is able to surprise and catch its prey. This also show that the crocodile is capable of catching both small and very large prey.
Teach
From: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 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 special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Nile crocodile
Text Mark Evidence a Nile crocodile has highly acidic stomach juices that can even digest hooves
features to help it turn food into energy
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence it (crocodile) can bite but it cannot chew…it drags its prey underwater, and spins around to tear off chunks of flesh
hunting behaviour to help it eat its prey
Text Mark Evidence with its eyes and nostrils on the top of its head, the Nile crocodile can see and breath while partially submerged in water
features to keep it hidden when hunting
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence its (crocodile’s) powerful tail and webbed hindfeet help it to swim
features to help it swim quickly to catch prey and avoid danger
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
American alligator
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator)…has a heavily plated back
features to help protect it from injury or predators
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence - it (alligator) has a large fourth tooth that fits into a socket in the upper jaw - an alligator grows replacement teeth for those lost…it can go through 3,000 teeth in its lifetime
features to help it catch and grip prey
Text Mark Evidence after two months of incubation, warmed by the heat from a nest of decomposing plant, an American alligator is ready to hatch
behaviour to use the environment to help hatch eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator) yelps while still inside the egg to alert the mother
behaviour to get the mother to protect hatchlings
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
American alligator
What special body features or behaviours help the Nile crocodile and the American alligator survive?
Text Mark Evidence the American alligator prefers to float, partially submerged, in lakes swamps and marshes
behaviour to keep it hidden when hunting
Some children might have knowledge of reptiles or other cold-blooded animals needing to use external sources to regulate body temperature, so also accept:
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it (alligator) lies on the shore to bask in the sun
behaviour to help the reptile maintain body temperature
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘partially submerged’?
Find Me
Which word shows that the Nile crocodile prefers to life alone?
It feeds on fish, antelope, zebras, and even buffaloes, leaping up to snatch nesting birds or pull drinking animals into the water. Although solitary by nature, several Nile crocodiles gather to catch prey.
Discuss then check
solitary
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) American alligators became legally protected.
B) The American alligator was widely hunted for its skin.
C) The American alligator is no longer at risk of becoming extinct.
D) The American alligator became seriously endangered.
Click if correct
Check
Tick Me
What do the crocodile and alligator have in common?
Tick all that apply:
A Both prefer the same habitat.
B Both are carnivores.
B Both are found in the same part of the world.
Check
D Both like to float partially submerged.
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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: Quiz Yourself Clever: Animals of the World by DK © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.