Ready Steady Read Together
101 Great Science Experiments: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
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 can do this using the static electricity you get when you rub a balloon.
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)
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
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
clothes
because
hold
people
after
both
again
many
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
static electricity
attract
repel
pump
forms
cling
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
static electricity
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.
static electricity
Your turn
repel
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
attract
pump
forms
cling
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.
Explore
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
1. Draw some small people on the paper.
2. Carefully cut them out. Make as many people as you like. 3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop.
4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big. Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes. 5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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
1. Draw some small people on the paper.
2. Carefully cut them out.
Make as many people as you like.
3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop.
4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big.
Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes.
5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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
1. Draw some small people on the paper.
2. Carefully cut them out. Make as many people as you like. 3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop.
4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big. Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes. 5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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...
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
Reveal Table
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘people’ or ‘paper’. It says to draw small people on thin paper. Thick card is heavier and harder to move. The card people would be too heavy to jump so I can ‘find and take’ the answer no.
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) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pen
Text Mark Evidence scissors
Text Mark Evidence balloon
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
Text Mark Evidence balloon pump
Text Mark Evidence thin paper
Text Mark Evidence woollen clothes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
Text Mark Evidence tabletop
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘repel’?
Find Me
How high should you hold the balloon above the people?
5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
6. Hold the balloon about 10 cm (4 in) above the people. They jump up and down!
Discuss then check
about 10 cm (4 in)
Which One's Right?
Which answer is the best match for ‘pump’?
B to form
A to makesomething jump
D to cut out carefully
C to blow up or inflate
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 forms
4 cling
1 repel
2 attract
A sticks to
B makes or appears
C pull towards
D push away
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...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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 4
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 can do this using the static electricity you get when you rub a balloon.
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)
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
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
clothes
because
hold
people
after
both
again
many
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
static electricity
attract
repel
pump
forms
cling
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
static electricity
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.
static electricity
Your turn
repel
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
attract
pump
forms
cling
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.
Explore
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
1. Draw some small people on the paper. 2. Carefully cut them out. Make as many people as you like. 3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop. 4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big. Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes. 5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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
1. Draw some small people on the paper.
2. Carefully cut them out.
Make as many people as you like.
3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop.
4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big.
Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes.
5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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
1. Draw some small people on the paper. 2. Carefully cut them out. Make as many people as you like. 3. Place all your paper people on a tabletop. 4. Pump the balloon until it is quite big. Then tie a knot in its neck so no air escapes. 5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes.
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...
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
Reveal Table
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the words ‘people’ or ‘paper’. It says to draw small people on thin paper. Thick card is heavier and harder to move. The card people would be too heavy to jump so I can ‘find and take’ the answer no.
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) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether the experiment will work (the people will jump) or not.
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pen
Text Mark Evidence scissors
Text Mark Evidence balloon
B) Name at least three items you need to do this activity.
Text Mark Evidence balloon pump
Text Mark Evidence thin paper
Text Mark Evidence woollen clothes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Also accept...
Text Mark Evidence tabletop
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘repel’?
Find Me
How high should you hold the balloon above the people?
5. Rub the balloon on some woollen clothes. 6. Hold the balloon about 10 cm (4 in) above the people. They jump up and down!
Discuss then check
about 10 cm (4 in)
Which One's Right?
Which answer is the best match for ‘pump’?
B to form
A to makesomething jump
D to cut out carefully
C to blow up or inflate
Match Me
Match each word with its correct meaning:
3 forms
4 cling
1 repel
2 attract
A sticks to
B makes or appears
C pull towards
D push away
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...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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.