Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
They’re not animals and they are not plants, they are something else – they’re fungi.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks:
rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees;
grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves;
skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
They’re not animals and they’re not plants,
they’re something else –
they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They’ve been here all along, their string-like bodies
hidden in the soil, under bark, inside branches.
The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapes
and when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust,
they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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grass
plants
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
spotted saucers
toadstools
frisbees
moulds
string-like bodies
spread their seeds
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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
spotted saucers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks:
rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees;
grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves;
skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
spotted saucers
Your turn
frisbees
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
toadstools
moulds
string-like bodies
spread their seeds
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks:
rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees;
grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves;
skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
They’re not animals and they’re not plants,
they’re something else –
they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They’ve been here all along, their string-like bodies
hidden in the soil, under bark, inside branches.
The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapes
and when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust,
they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks:
rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees;
grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves;
skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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...
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key words that describe one of these different fungi. I can ‘find and take’ a part of the answer. Spotted saucers. This tells me that one of the fungi is a round shape with dots.
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pale balls
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
Text Mark Evidence spotted saucers
Text Mark Evidence rubbery frisbees
Text Mark Evidence grey furry fuzz
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence skinny orange fingers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence in the soil
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Text Mark Evidence under bark
Text Mark Evidence inside branches
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘string-like bodies’?
Which One's Right?
What happens after they have spread their seeds?
B) they'll turn intofallen leaves
A) they'll grow bigger
C) they’ll disappear as quietly as they came
D) they'll bemade into soup
Find Me
Find the word in the last verse that means the shapes they make are strange.
The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapesand when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust, they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
Discuss then check
weird
Tick Me
They’re not animals and they’re not plants,
they’re something else –
they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
What are fungi?
Tick one:
A) They are plants.
B) They are animals.
Check
C) They are toadstools, mushrooms and moulds.
Click if correct
D) They are bark on trees.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use nature as inspiration.
Reveal
Many poets write about nature; try reading outdoors!
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: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
They’re not animals and they are not plants, they are something else – they’re fungi.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass. They’re not animals and they’re not plants, they’re something else – they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
They’ve been here all along, their string-like bodies hidden in the soil, under bark, inside branches. The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapes and when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust, they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
grass
plants
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
spotted saucers
toadstools
frisbees
moulds
string-like bodies
spread their seeds
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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
spotted saucers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
spotted saucers
Your turn
frisbees
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
toadstools
moulds
string-like bodies
spread their seeds
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Fungi
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass. They’re not animals and they’re not plants, they’re something else – they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
They’ve been here all along, their string-like bodies hidden in the soil, under bark, inside branches. The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapes and when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust, they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks:
rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees;
grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves;
skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Pale balls and spotted saucers up on stalks: rubbery frisbees on trunks of trees; grey furry fuzz on fallen leaves; skinny orange fingers poking through the grass.
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key words that describe one of these different fungi. I can ‘find and take’ a part of the answer. Spotted saucers. This tells me that one of the fungi is a round shape with dots.
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. 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) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence pale balls
A) Look at the first verse. What do these different fungi look like?
Text Mark Evidence spotted saucers
Text Mark Evidence rubbery frisbees
Text Mark Evidence grey furry fuzz
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence skinny orange fingers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence in the soil
B) Look at the third verse. Where are fungi hidden?
Text Mark Evidence under bark
Text Mark Evidence inside branches
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘string-like bodies’?
Which One's Right?
What happens after they have spread their seeds?
B) they'll turn intofallen leaves
A) they'll grow bigger
C) they’ll disappear as quietly as they came
D) they'll bemade into soup
Find Me
Find the word in the last verse that means the shapes they make are strange.
The wet weather’s brought them out in these weird shapesand when they’ve spread their seeds, as fine as dust, they’ll disappear as quietly as they came.
Discuss then check
weird
Tick Me
They’re not animals and they’re not plants, they’re something else – they’re fungi: toadstools, mushrooms, moulds.
What are fungi?
Tick one:
A) They are plants.
B) They are animals.
Check
C) They are toadstools, mushrooms and moulds.
Click if correct
D) They are bark on trees.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use nature as inspiration.
Reveal
Many poets write about nature; try reading outdoors!
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: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.