Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: 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?
From the smallest clumps of moss to the tallest trees, plants really do come in all shapes and sizes.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
B) Why are most plants green?
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
Explore
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!
pigment
fibres
marshes
filter
stilts
predators
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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
pigment
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
pigment
Your turn
marshes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fibres
filter
stilts
predators
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
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...
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals. Most useful of all, they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper, also called papyrus.
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
Around 5000 years ago,
the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats,
as well as baskets, rope, and sandals.
Most useful of all,
they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper,
also called papyrus.
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
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals. Most useful of all, they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper, also called papyrus.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals.
A) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Reveal Explainer
The Ancient Egyptians used the strong fibres from the papyrus stalk to make different things.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
B) Why are most plants green?
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper
paper
A) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Text Mark Evidence used it to record important information…medical knowledge and mathematics
helped Egyptians keep records and communicate
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why are most plants green?
Text Mark Evidence this green colour comes from a pigment called chlorophyll
chlorophyll
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
Text Mark Evidence papyrus stems are not round, but triangular
shape
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
Text Mark Evidence - ‘safe nursery’ which protects them from bigger predators because they can’t fit - bigger predators can't wriggle into the cage of roots
safe space
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find the word which shows that chlorophyll does something amazing:
This green colour comes from a pigment called chlorophyll (klor-roh-fill), and it is this magical substance that traps energy from sunlight, so plants can make sugar for food.
Discuss then check
magical
Tick Me
Where do papyrus plants grow?
Tick all that apply:
A in marshes
B in rainforests
Check
C in the sea
Click if correct
D at the edge of rivers
Fill the Gaps
roots
branches
secure
When the tide goes out, they look like they are on stilts. These ‘stilts’ are notbut the woody that keep the trees as the tide goes in and out.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each fact with the correct plant:
A Used to make everyday items.
B Likes to have its roots wet
1 Papyrus
C Protects animals
Check
2 Mangrove
Click if correct
D Grows in saltwater
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
Copyright Notice
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wonders of Nature: 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?
From the smallest clumps of moss to the tallest trees, plants really do come in all shapes and sizes.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
B) Why are most plants green?
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
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!
pigment
fibres
marshes
filter
stilts
predators
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
pigment
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Wonders of Nature by Ben Hoare © 2019. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
pigment
Your turn
marshes
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fibres
filter
stilts
predators
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
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...
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals. Most useful of all, they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper, also called papyrus.
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
Around 5000 years ago,
the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats,
as well as baskets, rope, and sandals.
Most useful of all,
they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper,
also called papyrus.
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
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals. Most useful of all, they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper, also called papyrus.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Around 5000 years ago, the Ancient Egyptians worked out how to use the strong fibres from papyrus stalks to make sails for their boats, as well as baskets, rope, and sandals.
A) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Reveal Explainer
The Ancient Egyptians used the strong fibres from the papyrus stalk to make different things.
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) Why is papyrus considered so important?
B) Why are most plants green?
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they turned the fibres into a thick type of paper
paper
A) Why is papyrus considered so important?
Text Mark Evidence used it to record important information…medical knowledge and mathematics
helped Egyptians keep records and communicate
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why are most plants green?
Text Mark Evidence this green colour comes from a pigment called chlorophyll
chlorophyll
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is special about papyrus stems?
Text Mark Evidence papyrus stems are not round, but triangular
shape
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why do many small creatures choose the mangroves as their habitat?
Text Mark Evidence - ‘safe nursery’ which protects them from bigger predators because they can’t fit - bigger predators can't wriggle into the cage of roots
safe space
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find the word which shows that chlorophyll does something amazing:
This green colour comes from a pigment called chlorophyll (klor-roh-fill), and it is this magical substance that traps energy from sunlight, so plants can make sugar for food.
Discuss then check
magical
Tick Me
Where do papyrus plants grow?
Tick all that apply:
A in marshes
B in rainforests
Check
C in the sea
Click if correct
D at the edge of rivers
Fill the Gaps
roots
branches
secure
When the tide goes out, they look like they are on stilts. These ‘stilts’ are notbut the woody that keep the trees as the tide goes in and out.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each fact with the correct plant:
A Used to make everyday items.
B Likes to have its roots wet
1 Papyrus
C Protects animals
Check
2 Mangrove
Click if correct
D Grows in saltwater
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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.
branches
roots
secure