Ready Steady Read Together
Einstein the Penguin: 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?
“You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
A) What were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
B) What was the penguin carrying?
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.”
“A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
The children looked up from their jigsaw, looked at each other and then raced into the hallway. Their mother quickly followed.
It was true: there was a penguin at the door.
In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face.
“You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?” Mr Stewart asked.
“What – a penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
“Well, there was that mix-up last week with the teabags –”
“Yes, James, but a penguin?”
Mr Stewart frowned. “No,” he said. “I suppose that would be rather difficult, wouldn’t it?”
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The penguin looked at them blankly. Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.”
Mrs Stewart looked alarmed. “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…”
“You should never say things you don’t mean!” Imogen piped up.
Mr and Mrs Stewart looked at each other.
“What are we going to do?” asked Mrs Stewart.
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected. “He’s obviously lost.”
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
Mr
door
would
Mrs
could
children
hours
should
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
patient expression
blankly
mix-up
obviously
alarmed
piped up
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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
patient expression
Explore
Find Read Talk
In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
patient expression
Your turn
mix-up
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
blankly
alarmed
piped up
obviously
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.”
“A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
The children looked up from their jigsaw, looked at each other and then raced into the hallway. Their mother quickly followed.
It was true: there was a penguin at the door.
In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face.
“You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?” Mr Stewart asked.
“What – a penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
“Well, there was that mix-up last week with the teabags –”
“Yes, James, but a penguin?”
Mr Stewart frowned. “No,” he said. “I suppose that would be rather difficult, wouldn’t it?”
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The penguin looked at them blankly. Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.”
Mrs Stewart looked alarmed. “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…”
“You should never say things you don’t mean!” Imogen piped up.
Mr and Mrs Stewart looked at each other.
“What are we going to do?” asked Mrs Stewart.
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected. “He’s obviously lost.”
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly –
“I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door,”
“...that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded.
“That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,”
Mrs Stewart corrected.
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected.
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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 OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.”
“A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘Mrs Stewart’. Someone answered the door and asked Rachel why there would be a penguin at the door. The person who answered was Mrs Stewart, so her first name must be Rachel. I can ‘find and take’ the answer ‘Rachel’.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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 were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
B) What was the penguin carrying?
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence their jigsaw
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a small orange rucksack
B) What was the penguin carrying?
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence invite him in for supper
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Text Mark Evidence take him back to the zoo in the morning
Click to reveal...
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘alarmed’?
True or False?
Mrs Stewart was hoping the penguin would visit their house.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
blankly
alarmed
The penguin looked at them .
Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.”
Mrs Stewart looked . “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…”
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link the word with the correct meaning:
A clearly
1 patient
B spoke suddenly
2 mix-up
C mistake
Check
3 piped up
Click if correct
D waiting calmly
4 obviously
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
Reveal
Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
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: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Einstein the Penguin: 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?
“You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
A) What were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
B) What was the penguin carrying?
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.” “A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart. The children looked up from their jigsaw, looked at each other and then raced into the hallway. Their mother quickly followed. It was true: there was a penguin at the door. In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face. “You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?” Mr Stewart asked. “What – a penguin?” said Mrs Stewart. “Well, there was that mix-up last week with the teabags –” “Yes, James, but a penguin?” Mr Stewart frowned. “No,” he said. “I suppose that would be rather difficult, wouldn’t it?”
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
The penguin looked at them blankly. Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.” Mrs Stewart looked alarmed. “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…” “You should never say things you don’t mean!” Imogen piped up. Mr and Mrs Stewart looked at each other. “What are we going to do?” asked Mrs Stewart. “Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.” “Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.” “Can we keep him?” cried Imogen. “We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected. “He’s obviously lost.”
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
Mr
door
would
Mrs
could
children
hours
should
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
patient expression
blankly
mix-up
obviously
alarmed
piped up
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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
patient expression
Explore
Find Read Talk
In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
patient expression
Your turn
mix-up
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
blankly
alarmed
piped up
obviously
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.” “A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart. The children looked up from their jigsaw, looked at each other and then raced into the hallway. Their mother quickly followed. It was true: there was a penguin at the door. In fact, it was the very same penguin the children had seen at the zoo just a few hours earlier. And now it was waiting on the doorstep, with a small orange rucksack and a patient expression on its face. “You haven’t accidentally ordered anything online, have you?” Mr Stewart asked. “What – a penguin?” said Mrs Stewart. “Well, there was that mix-up last week with the teabags –” “Yes, James, but a penguin?” Mr Stewart frowned. “No,” he said. “I suppose that would be rather difficult, wouldn’t it?”
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
The penguin looked at them blankly. Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.” Mrs Stewart looked alarmed. “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…” “You should never say things you don’t mean!” Imogen piped up. Mr and Mrs Stewart looked at each other. “What are we going to do?” asked Mrs Stewart. “Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.” “Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.” “Can we keep him?” cried Imogen. “We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected. “He’s obviously lost.”
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.” “Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.” “Can we keep him?” cried Imogen. “We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly –
“I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door,”
“...that we ought to invite him in for supper.”
“Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded.
“That makes a lot of sense.”
“Can we keep him?” cried Imogen.
“We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,”
Mrs Stewart corrected.
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“Well, I suppose –” said Mr Stewart slowly – “I suppose, given that he’s knocked on the door, that we ought to invite him in for supper.” “Yes,” Mrs Stewart nodded. “That makes a lot of sense.” “Can we keep him?” cried Imogen. “We’ll take him back to the zoo in the morning,” Mrs Stewart corrected.
Explore
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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 OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“I was just wondering, Rachel, why there’s a penguin at the door.” “A penguin?” said Mrs Stewart.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat is Mrs Stewart’s first name?
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘Mrs Stewart’. Someone answered the door and asked Rachel why there would be a penguin at the door. The person who answered was Mrs Stewart, so her first name must be Rachel. I can ‘find and take’ the answer ‘Rachel’.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022. 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 were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
B) What was the penguin carrying?
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Text mark
Find the answers
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What were the children playing with when the penguin arrived?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence their jigsaw
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a small orange rucksack
B) What was the penguin carrying?
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did Mr Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence invite him in for supper
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Mrs Stewart decide to do with the penguin?
Text Mark Evidence take him back to the zoo in the morning
Click to reveal...
Click to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘alarmed’?
True or False?
Mrs Stewart was hoping the penguin would visit their house.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
blankly
alarmed
The penguin looked at them . Arthur coughed, and tapped his mother on the arm. “You did say, Mummy, that he could come to stay whenever he liked.” Mrs Stewart looked . “Why, yes, I suppose I did say that – but I didn’t really mean…”
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link the word with the correct meaning:
A clearly
1 patient
B spoke suddenly
2 mix-up
C mistake
Check
3 piped up
Click if correct
D waiting calmly
4 obviously
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read together!
Reveal
Enjoy fiction as a shared experience with friends and family.
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: Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley © 2022 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
blankly
alarmed