Ready Steady Read Together
101 Great Science Experiments: 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?
Seeds seem lifeless, but they can suddenly come alive and grow into plants.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
A) What happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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plant
every
water
because
only
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
lifeless
moisten
saucers
properly
sow
crop
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From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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
lifeless
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
lifeless
Your turn
saucers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
moisten
properly
sow
crop
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Growing crops
Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land. The seeds need water to start growing, and the young crops also need water to grow. If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water. These crops are being sprayed with water. Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Growing crops
Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land.
The seeds need water to start growing,
and the young crops also need water to grow.
If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water.
These crops are being sprayed with water.
Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Growing crops
Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land. The seeds need water to start growing, and the young crops also need water to grow. If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water. These crops are being sprayed with water. Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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...
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Teacher Model Question Only What happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word ‘dry’. I can then ‘find and take’ the answer. The seeds on the dry paper towel don’t grow because seeds need water to grow.
Teach
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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 happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
Text Mark Evidence - only the beans in the first saucer begin to grow properly - these beans grow because they get water from the moist paper and oxygen from the air, and they are warm
they grow well
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
Text Mark Evidence the underwater beans begin to grow, but the water stops air getting to them and they stop growing
they start to grow but then stop
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence water
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Text Mark Evidence oxygen gas from the air / oxygen
Text Mark Evidence warmth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘saucers’?
Tick Me
Why did the seeds on the second saucer (blue) stop growing?
Tick one:
A They were too dry.
B They had too much air.
Check
C They were too warm.
Click if correct
D They had too much water.
Sequence Me
Put the steps in the right order to grow seeds properly:
A) Put a moist paper towel on a saucer.
B) Soak the beans overnight.
C) Put some beans on the paper towel.
D) Keep the seeds warm and the towel moist.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with the correct meaning:
A make it a little wet
1 lifeless
B plant seeds in soil
2 moisten
C in the right way
3 properly
Check
D not moving or growing
Click if correct
4 sow
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
101 Great Science Experiments: 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?
Seeds seem lifeless, but they can suddenly come alive and grow into plants.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
A) What happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
plant
every
water
because
only
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
lifeless
moisten
saucers
properly
sow
crop
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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
lifeless
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
lifeless
Your turn
saucers
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
moisten
properly
sow
crop
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Growing crops Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land. The seeds need water to start growing, and the young crops also need water to grow. If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water. These crops are being sprayed with water. Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Growing crops
Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land.
The seeds need water to start growing,
and the young crops also need water to grow.
If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water.
These crops are being sprayed with water.
Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Growing crops Farmers sow seeds of crop plants on the land. The seeds need water to start growing, and the young crops also need water to grow. If it does not rain, the seeds and plants must be given water. These crops are being sprayed with water. Watering crops is called ‘irrigation’.
Explore
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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 happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhat happens to the seeds on the third saucer (red) with the dry paper towel?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the word ‘dry’. I can then ‘find and take’ the answer. The seeds on the dry paper towel don’t grow because seeds need water to grow.
Teach
From: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993. 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 happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What happens to the seeds on the first saucer (yellow) that has a moist paper towel?
Text Mark Evidence - only the beans in the first saucer begin to grow properly - these beans grow because they get water from the moist paper and oxygen from the air, and they are warm
they grow well
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What happens to the seeds on the second saucer (blue) with the seeds covered in water?
Text Mark Evidence the underwater beans begin to grow, but the water stops air getting to them and they stop growing
they start to grow but then stop
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence water
C) What three things do seeds need to grow into plants?
Text Mark Evidence oxygen gas from the air / oxygen
Text Mark Evidence warmth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘saucers’?
Tick Me
Why did the seeds on the second saucer (blue) stop growing?
Tick one:
A They were too dry.
B They had too much air.
Check
C They were too warm.
Click if correct
D They had too much water.
Sequence Me
Put the steps in the right order to grow seeds properly:
A) Put a moist paper towel on a saucer.
B) Soak the beans overnight.
C) Put some beans on the paper towel.
D) Keep the seeds warm and the towel moist.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each word with the correct meaning:
A make it a little wet
1 lifeless
B plant seeds in soil
2 moisten
C in the right way
3 properly
Check
D not moving or growing
Click if correct
4 sow
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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: 101 Great Science Experiments by Neil Ardley © 1993 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.