Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: 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?
So what if he did find my golden ball, I didn’t once mention a kiss.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
A) What did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
regret
naturally
mention
hygienic
dreamy
hatch
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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
regret
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
regret
Your turn
mention
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
naturally
hygienic
dreamy
hatch
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate. It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make. Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date. So we live in a pond, where he is king. The children will hatch in early spring.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate.
It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make.
Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date.
So we live in a pond, where he is king.
The children will hatch in early spring.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate. It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make. Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date. So we live in a pond, where he is king. The children will hatch in early spring.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question Only What did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
Reveal Explainer
When the princess first met the frog, she described him as ‘slimy’ and ‘wet’. This suggests she didn’t like his slippery appearance and wasn’t impressed. The words ‘I regret’ show that she felt disappointed by how he looked.
Teach
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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 did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence golden ball
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence silly shoes
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
Text Mark Evidence dress
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sleep on the princess’s pillow
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
eat off the same plate as the princess
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Click to reveal...
they will be frogs not human babies
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hygienic’?
Tick Me
What is the moral of the poem?
Tick one:
A Animals are unclean and full of germs.
B Magic can solve all of life’s problems.
Check
C Kindness is never rewarded.
D You should never judge someone on how they look.
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 hygienic
4 dreamy
1 regret
2 mention
A feel sorry for
B clean and healthy
C lovely and magical
D refer to
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) The frog turned into a dreamy date.
B) The frog found the princess’s golden ball.
C) The princess ran away.
D) The princess kicked the frog over a wall.
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...
use a bookmark.
Reveal
Never fold pages - use a fun bookmark instead!
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
Where Zebras Go: 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?
So what if he did find my golden ball, I didn’t once mention a kiss.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
A) What did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
regret
naturally
mention
hygienic
dreamy
hatch
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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
regret
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
regret
Your turn
mention
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
naturally
hygienic
dreamy
hatch
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate. It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make. Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date. So we live in a pond, where he is king. The children will hatch in early spring.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate.
It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make.
Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date.
So we live in a pond, where he is king.
The children will hatch in early spring.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Imagine this, he wanted to sleep on my pillow, to eat off the very same plate. It really isn’t hygienic, a point I tried but failed to make. Well at any rate, I saw a flash and all at once he was such a dreamy date. So we live in a pond, where he is king. The children will hatch in early spring.
Explore
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question Only What did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat did the Princess think of the frog when she first met him?
Reveal Explainer
When the princess first met the frog, she described him as ‘slimy’ and ‘wet’. This suggests she didn’t like his slippery appearance and wasn’t impressed. The words ‘I regret’ show that she felt disappointed by how he looked.
Teach
From: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017. 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 did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What did the frog find that belonged to the princess?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence golden ball
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence silly shoes
B) What two items was the princess wearing when she ran away from the frog?
Text Mark Evidence dress
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
sleep on the princess’s pillow
C) Name two things the frog wanted to do.
eat off the same plate as the princess
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does the word ‘hatch’ suggest about the children?
Click to reveal...
they will be frogs not human babies
Click to reveal acceptable answersand evidence
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘hygienic’?
Tick Me
What is the moral of the poem?
Tick one:
A Animals are unclean and full of germs.
B Magic can solve all of life’s problems.
Check
C Kindness is never rewarded.
D You should never judge someone on how they look.
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word to its correct definition:
3 hygienic
4 dreamy
1 regret
2 mention
A feel sorry for
B clean and healthy
C lovely and magical
D refer to
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the events from the poem in the correct order:
A) The frog turned into a dreamy date.
B) The frog found the princess’s golden ball.
C) The princess ran away.
D) The princess kicked the frog over a wall.
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...
use a bookmark.
Reveal
Never fold pages - use a fun bookmark instead!
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: Where Zebras Go by Sue Hardy-Dawson © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.