Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: Non-Fiction 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?
Rocks are mostly made from minerals. We organise them into groups, depending on how they formed.
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) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
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Let me read today's text
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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
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Hover for definitions!
searingly
sculptures
minerals
mistook
burrows
spiralling
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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
minerals
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
minerals
searingly
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sculptures
mistook
burrows
spiralling
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
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it. You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too.
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
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is.
It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white,
and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it.
You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth,
and it's easy to carve, too.
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
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it. You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too.
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it.
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Reveal Explainer
One advantage of using marble for buildings and sculptures is how it looks - it is available in different colours and sometimes has patterns too.
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) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Advantages
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Text Mark Evidence one of the most beautiful rocks there is
appealing appearance
Text Mark Evidence you can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too
easy to work with
Disadvantages
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it is heavy though - a cube of marble with sides 1m (3 ft) long can weigh more than a rhinoceros
heavy
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence fossils are made from the hardened remains of dead animals and plants
show what animals and plants looked like millions of years ago
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
Text Mark Evidence the swirling shells of sea creatures that once lived all over the world…related to the squashy squids and octopuses we have today
help scientists learn about prehistoric life and how animals and plants have changed over time
Text Mark Evidence footprints, burrows, and even poo can become fossilised
help scientists understand what happened in the past
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in the past, people mistook dinosaur fossils for the remains of dragons and monsters
help scientists identify prehistoric creatures
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sculpture’?
Which One's Right?
For all these reasons, marble is a popular choice for buildings and sculptures.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘popular’?
B expensive
A heavy
C old
D favourite
True or False?
The Taj Mahal, in India, is covered in swirling patterned marble.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Soft parts rot away, leaving only hard parts (bones, shells and stems)
B) Minerals replace the hard parts
C) A fossil is formed
D) An animal or plant dies and is trapped in mud or sand
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: Non-Fiction 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?
Rocks are mostly made from minerals. We organise them into groups, depending on how they formed.
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) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
Explore
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!
searingly
sculptures
minerals
mistook
burrows
spiralling
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
minerals
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
minerals
searingly
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
sculptures
mistook
burrows
spiralling
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
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Explore
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it. You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too.
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
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is.
It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white,
and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it.
You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth,
and it's easy to carve, too.
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
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it. You can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too.
Explore
From: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Marble is one of the most beautiful rocks there is. It comes in many colours, including black, grey, green, and white, and it often has swirling patterns of other minerals running through it.
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Reveal Explainer
One advantage of using marble for buildings and sculptures is how it looks - it is available in different colours and sometimes has patterns too.
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) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Advantages
A) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using marble for buildings and sculptures?
Text Mark Evidence one of the most beautiful rocks there is
appealing appearance
Text Mark Evidence you can polish it until it becomes super-smooth, and it's easy to carve, too
easy to work with
Disadvantages
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence it is heavy though - a cube of marble with sides 1m (3 ft) long can weigh more than a rhinoceros
heavy
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence fossils are made from the hardened remains of dead animals and plants
show what animals and plants looked like millions of years ago
B) Why do you think that fossils are important to scientists?
Text Mark Evidence the swirling shells of sea creatures that once lived all over the world…related to the squashy squids and octopuses we have today
help scientists learn about prehistoric life and how animals and plants have changed over time
Text Mark Evidence footprints, burrows, and even poo can become fossilised
help scientists understand what happened in the past
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in the past, people mistook dinosaur fossils for the remains of dragons and monsters
help scientists identify prehistoric creatures
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sculpture’?
Which One's Right?
For all these reasons, marble is a popular choice for buildings and sculptures.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘popular’?
B expensive
A heavy
C old
D favourite
True or False?
The Taj Mahal, in India, is covered in swirling patterned marble.
True
False
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) Soft parts rot away, leaving only hard parts (bones, shells and stems)
B) Minerals replace the hard parts
C) A fossil is formed
D) An animal or plant dies and is trapped in mud or sand
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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.