Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
If elements mix to form a solid material, it is called a mineral. When two or more different minerals are combined together, they create rock.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
elements
ooze
decorative
fossilise
transforming
time capsule
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. 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
elements
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
elements
Your turn
decorative
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ooze
fossilise
transforming
time capsule
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Fluorite comes in many colours. It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow! This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Fluorite comes in many colours.
It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow!
This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Fluorite comes in many colours. It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow! This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
Reveal: Elements and Definitions
Reveal Explainer
I know that ‘element’ matches ‘the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron’ because in the text it says 'The simplest of these are elements, such as iron and oxygen.'
Teach
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. 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) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
element
made when two or more minerals are combined together
mineral
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
rock
a solid material made when elements mix together
Text mark
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
Find the answers
Acceptable Answers
Click on each person to link with the correct answer
A) Match each person to the correct action from the poem.
made when two or more minerals are combined together
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
a solid material made when elements mix together
rock
mineral
element
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it changes colour to bright blue
colour changes
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
Text Mark Evidence seems to glow…called fluorescence
glows
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence honey
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
Text Mark Evidence glass
Text Mark Evidence solid sunlight
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if a spider or insect walks across the golden goo when it is still sticky, it can get trapped
first, insects get stuck
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
Text Mark Evidence as the resin turns to amber, the creepy-crawly is trapped forever
next, the resin hardens
Text Mark Evidence we can see it (insect) as it was millions of years ago
insects from ages ago can be seen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘fluorescence’?
True or False?
It is possible to get Blue John fluorite from mines today.
False
True
Which One's Right?
Just like a dinosaur bone, the resin can fossilise, transforming into amber.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘transforming’?
B breaking
A changing
C hiding
D melting
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 gemstone
4 globe
1 resin
2 gleaming
A the Earth - a round planet
C shining brightly
B shiny, valuable stone that can be polished and used in jewellery
D thick, sticky liquid that comes from trees
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...
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: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
made when two or more minerals are combined together
element
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
mineral
a solid material made when elements mix together
rock
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: Non-Fiction Lesson 1
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?
If elements mix to form a solid material, it is called a mineral. When two or more different minerals are combined together, they create rock.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
elements
ooze
decorative
fossilise
transforming
time capsule
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. 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
elements
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
elements
Your turn
decorative
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ooze
fossilise
transforming
time capsule
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Fluorite comes in many colours. It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow! This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Fluorite comes in many colours.
It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow!
This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Fluorite comes in many colours. It can even be more than one colour within the same crystal and, if you shine a special ultraviolet light on it, it changes colour to bright blue and seems to glow! This glowing is called fluorescence. (floor-ess-ense).
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. 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) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
Reveal: Elements and Definitions
Reveal Explainer
I know that ‘element’ matches ‘the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron’ because in the text it says 'The simplest of these are elements, such as iron and oxygen.'
Teach
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. 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) Match the word (element, mineral, rock) to its definition.
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
element
made when two or more minerals are combined together
mineral
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
rock
a solid material made when elements mix together
Text mark
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
Find the answers
Acceptable Answers
Click on each person to link with the correct answer
A) Match each person to the correct action from the poem.
made when two or more minerals are combined together
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
a solid material made when elements mix together
rock
mineral
element
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence it changes colour to bright blue
colour changes
B) What happens if you shine ultraviolet light onto fluorite?
Text Mark Evidence seems to glow…called fluorescence
glows
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence honey
C) Name two things that amber is compared to.
Text Mark Evidence glass
Text Mark Evidence solid sunlight
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if a spider or insect walks across the golden goo when it is still sticky, it can get trapped
first, insects get stuck
D) Explain how amber can be a time capsule to the prehistoric world.
Text Mark Evidence as the resin turns to amber, the creepy-crawly is trapped forever
next, the resin hardens
Text Mark Evidence we can see it (insect) as it was millions of years ago
insects from ages ago can be seen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘fluorescence’?
True or False?
It is possible to get Blue John fluorite from mines today.
False
True
Which One's Right?
Just like a dinosaur bone, the resin can fossilise, transforming into amber.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘transforming’?
B breaking
A changing
C hiding
D melting
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 gemstone
4 globe
1 resin
2 gleaming
A the Earth - a round planet
C shining brightly
B shiny, valuable stone that can be polished and used in jewellery
D thick, sticky liquid that comes from trees
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...
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: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
made when two or more minerals are combined together
element
the simplest ingredient of everything, for example iron
mineral
a solid material made when elements mix together
rock