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Quick, Let's Get Out of Here: Poetry Lesson 3
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
The yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney on the green roof of the yellow house and the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
B) How are the two money boxes different?
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Let me read today's text
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Money Box
At that – the yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney
on the green roof
of the yellow house
and the money rolled down the beak,
down the chimney and into the house.
Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww clunk.
Funny thing is:
I can’t remember how I got the money out!
My first money box
was a yellow house
with a green roof.
On the roof
was a yellow woodpecker.
On the woodpecker there was
a green beak.
In his beak was a
a slot.
In the slot,
went your money.
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“How does it work?” “Not saying.”
“Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?” “All right – one penny – there.”
“In goes the drawer, out it comes – see – the penny’s gone.” “How do I get it back then?”
“Secret.”
My next money box was A Money Box. A wooden box with a trick drawer.
You opened the drawer
you put the money in the drawer you closed the drawer
and when you pulled the drawer out –
it was empty – the money was gone.
My friends came over.
“OK,” I said,
“you put your money in the drawer,
close the drawer,
pull the drawer out
and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.”
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
money box
slot
woodpecker
chimney
clunk
trick drawer
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From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. 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
money box
Explore
Find Read Talk
Money Box
My first money box
was a yellow house
with a green roof.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
money box
Your turn
woodpecker
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
slot
chimney
clunk
trick drawer
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Money Box
Reveal Vocabulary
At that – the yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney
on the green roof
of the yellow house
and the money rolled down the beak,
down the chimney and into the house.
Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww clunk.
Funny thing is:
I can’t remember how I got the money out!
My first money box
was a yellow house
with a green roof.
On the roof
was a yellow woodpecker.
On the woodpecker there was
a green beak.
In his beak was a
a slot.
In the slot,
went your money.
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“How does it work?” “Not saying.”
“Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?” “All right – one penny – there.”
“In goes the drawer, out it comes – see – the penny’s gone.” “How do I get it back then?”
“Secret.”
Reveal Vocabulary
My next money box was A Money Box. A wooden box with a trick drawer.
You opened the drawer
you put the money in the drawer you closed the drawer
and when you pulled the drawer out –
it was empty – the money was gone.
My friends came over.
“OK,” I said,
“you put your money in the drawer,
close the drawer,
pull the drawer out
and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
“OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.” “How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
What did you notice?
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From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“OK,” I said,“you put your money in the drawer,”
“Close the drawer, pull the drawer outand your money’s gone.”
“It’s in the box.”
“How does it work?”
“Not saying.”
“Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.”
“Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.” “How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Money Box
My first money boxwas a yellow house with a green roof.
Reveal Images
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Reveal Explainer
I will read through the first part of the poem and see which answers I can rule out. This shows that the house was yellow. I know I can cross out A because the house is not green.
Teach
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
A)
B)
C)
D)
B) How are the two money boxes different?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence my first money box was a yellow house
the house is yellow
Text Mark Evidence a yellow house with a green roof
the roof is green
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Text Mark Evidence on the roof was a yellow woodpecker
the woodpecker is on the roof
Text Mark Evidence a yellow woodpecker
the woodpecker is yellow
Text Mark Evidence on the woodpecker there was a green beak
the woodpecker’s beak is green
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in his (the woodpecker’s) beak was a slot
the slot is in the woodpecker’s beak
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence first: my first money box was a yellow house with a green roof
second: a wooden box
appearance
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence first: the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house
second: you put the money in the drawer…you closed the drawer and when you pulled the drawer out – it was empty – the money was gone
how it worked / what you can see
B) How are the two money boxes different?
Text Mark Evidence first: no mention of sharing with friends second: - my friends came over - you won’t see it (the trick drawer) work then, will you…all right – one penny – there - how do I get it (penny) back then…secret
sharing with friends / tricking friends
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence first: I can’t remember how I got the money out
second: how do I get it back then…secret
the poet’s different memories of getting the money out
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘chimney’?
Which One's Right?
How might the poet’s friend feel after the penny disappeared?
B relieved
A bored
D proud
C surprised
Tick Me
Why might the poet have invited his friends over to see his second money box?
Tick two:
A To get their help in figuring out how it worked
B To show them how the money disappeared
Check
C To share his money with them
Click if correct
D To trick them out of a penny
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) A coin is placed in the slot in the woodpecker’s beak.
B) The woodpecker pecked the chimney.
C) The money rolled down the beak.
D) They coin fell with a ‘clunk’ into the house.
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...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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 from: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here: Poetry 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?
The yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney on the green roof of the yellow house and the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
B) How are the two money boxes different?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Money Box
At that – the yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney on the green roof of the yellow house and the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house. Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww clunk. Funny thing is: I can’t remember how I got the money out!
My first money box was a yellow house with a green roof. On the roof was a yellow woodpecker. On the woodpecker there was a green beak. In his beak was a a slot. In the slot, went your money.
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?” “All right – one penny – there.” “In goes the drawer, out it comes – see – the penny’s gone.” “How do I get it back then?” “Secret.”
My next money box was A Money Box. A wooden box with a trick drawer. You opened the drawer you put the money in the drawer you closed the drawer and when you pulled the drawer out – it was empty – the money was gone. My friends came over. “OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.”
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
money box
slot
woodpecker
chimney
clunk
trick drawer
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. 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
money box
Explore
Find Read Talk
Money Box
My first money box was a yellow house with a green roof.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
money box
Your turn
woodpecker
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
slot
chimney
clunk
trick drawer
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Money Box
Reveal Vocabulary
At that – the yellow woodpecker pecked the chimney on the green roof of the yellow house and the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house. Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww clunk. Funny thing is: I can’t remember how I got the money out!
My first money box was a yellow house with a green roof. On the roof was a yellow woodpecker. On the woodpecker there was a green beak. In his beak was a a slot. In the slot, went your money.
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?” “All right – one penny – there.” “In goes the drawer, out it comes – see – the penny’s gone.” “How do I get it back then?” “Secret.”
Reveal Vocabulary
My next money box was A Money Box. A wooden box with a trick drawer. You opened the drawer you put the money in the drawer you closed the drawer and when you pulled the drawer out – it was empty – the money was gone. My friends came over. “OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.” “How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“OK,” I said,“you put your money in the drawer,”
“Close the drawer, pull the drawer outand your money’s gone.”
“It’s in the box.”
“How does it work?”
“Not saying.”
“Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.”
“Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“OK,” I said, “you put your money in the drawer, close the drawer, pull the drawer out and your money’s gone. It’s in the box.” “How does it work?” “Not saying.” “Well, I’m not putting my money in it then.” “Well you won’t see it work then, will you?”
Explore
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Money Box
My first money boxwas a yellow house with a green roof.
Reveal Images
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Reveal Explainer
I will read through the first part of the poem and see which answers I can rule out. This shows that the house was yellow. I know I can cross out A because the house is not green.
Teach
From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
A)
B)
C)
D)
B) How are the two money boxes different?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence my first money box was a yellow house
the house is yellow
Text Mark Evidence a yellow house with a green roof
the roof is green
A) Which image is the best match for the poet’s first money box?
Text Mark Evidence on the roof was a yellow woodpecker
the woodpecker is on the roof
Text Mark Evidence a yellow woodpecker
the woodpecker is yellow
Text Mark Evidence on the woodpecker there was a green beak
the woodpecker’s beak is green
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence in his (the woodpecker’s) beak was a slot
the slot is in the woodpecker’s beak
Practise & Apply
Text Mark Evidence first: my first money box was a yellow house with a green roof second: a wooden box
appearance
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence first: the money rolled down the beak, down the chimney and into the house second: you put the money in the drawer…you closed the drawer and when you pulled the drawer out – it was empty – the money was gone
how it worked / what you can see
B) How are the two money boxes different?
Text Mark Evidence first: no mention of sharing with friends second: - my friends came over - you won’t see it (the trick drawer) work then, will you…all right – one penny – there - how do I get it (penny) back then…secret
sharing with friends / tricking friends
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence first: I can’t remember how I got the money out second: how do I get it back then…secret
the poet’s different memories of getting the money out
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘chimney’?
Which One's Right?
How might the poet’s friend feel after the penny disappeared?
B relieved
A bored
D proud
C surprised
Tick Me
Why might the poet have invited his friends over to see his second money box?
Tick two:
A To get their help in figuring out how it worked
B To show them how the money disappeared
Check
C To share his money with them
Click if correct
D To trick them out of a penny
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) A coin is placed in the slot in the woodpecker’s beak.
B) The woodpecker pecked the chimney.
C) The money rolled down the beak.
D) They coin fell with a ‘clunk’ into the house.
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...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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 from: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
A)
B)
C)
D)