Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
The animals and birds who ran about the garden have left a snowy record of their feet.
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) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Snow Song
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness,
Turning blackest night to palest grey.
Listen and you can hear the quiet,
As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away.
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
You forgot the other seasons and their colours;
For now, white seems more
beautiful than green.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
every
who
beautiful
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
flakes
palest grey
swirl
hear the quiet
snowy record
muddle
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
flakes
Explore
Find Read Talk
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey. Listen and you can hear the quiet, As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
flakes
Your turn
swirl
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
palest grey
hear the quiet
snowy record
muddle
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Snow Song
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness,
Turning blackest night to palest grey.
Listen and you can hear the quiet,
As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away.
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
You forgot the other seasons and their colours;
For now, white seems more
beautiful than green.
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...
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep.
Reveal: Words & Phrases
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
I will ‘look around’ for matching words in part 1 and the answers. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. I can see the words 'kept a diary' that comes from A.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle:
It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness,
Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Acceptable Answers
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
Click on each phrase to link with the correct answer
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle:
It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness,
Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the snow kept a diary
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
Text Mark Evidence animals and birds ran about
Text Mark Evidence (animals left tracks in the snow) they…left a snowy record of their feet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘swirl’?
Which One's Right?
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle:
It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
The snow has covered...
A all the animal tracks.
B all the mess.
D all the diary.
C all the snow.
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘messy’:
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle:
It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
You forgot the other seasons and their colours;
For now, white seems more
beautiful than green.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
dirt
muddle
Tick Me
Which is the best sentence to describe the poem?
Tick one:
A Snow falls and makes the world quiet and clean.
B Animals make a mess all winter.
Check
C Summer is the best season.
Click if correct
D Snow is dangerous.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness,
Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle:
It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
A First Book of Nature: Poetry 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?
The animals and birds who ran about the garden have left a snowy record of their feet.
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) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Snow Song
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey. Listen and you can hear the quiet, As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away. In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean. You forgot the other seasons and their colours; For now, white seems more beautiful than green.
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
every
who
beautiful
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
flakes
palest grey
swirl
hear the quiet
snowy record
muddle
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
flakes
Explore
Find Read Talk
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey. Listen and you can hear the quiet, As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
flakes
Your turn
swirl
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
palest grey
hear the quiet
snowy record
muddle
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Snow Song
Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey. Listen and you can hear the quiet, As if every sound had been wrapped up and put away. In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
Explore
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean. You forgot the other seasons and their colours; For now, white seems more beautiful than green.
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...
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary
Of things that happened when you were asleep.
The animals and birds who ran about the garden
Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep. The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
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) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep.
Reveal: Words & Phrases
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
I will ‘look around’ for matching words in part 1 and the answers. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. I can see the words 'kept a diary' that comes from A.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies © 2012. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Acceptable Answers
A) Link each part of the poem with what the snow has done.
Click on each phrase to link with the correct answer
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the snow kept a diary
B) Look at the second verse. What things happened when you were asleep?
Text Mark Evidence animals and birds ran about
Text Mark Evidence (animals left tracks in the snow) they…left a snowy record of their feet
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘swirl’?
Which One's Right?
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
The snow has covered...
A all the animal tracks.
B all the mess.
D all the diary.
C all the snow.
Find Me
Find two words that mean ‘messy’:
Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean. You forgot the other seasons and their colours; For now, white seems more beautiful than green.
2 Discuss then check
1 Discuss then check
dirt
muddle
Tick Me
Which is the best sentence to describe the poem?
Tick one:
A Snow falls and makes the world quiet and clean.
B Animals make a mess all winter.
Check
C Summer is the best season.
Click if correct
D Snow is dangerous.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
memorise a poem.
Reveal
Practise reciting a favourite poem from memory.
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.
1 In the morning, you’ll find the snow has kept a diary Of things that happened when you were asleep.
A The snow keeps a diary of what has happened at night.
2 Outside the flakes swirl down out of the darkness, Turning blackest night to palest grey.
B The snow swirls down at night.
3 The animals and birds who ran about the garden Have left a snowy record of their feet.
C The animals have left marks when they ran in the snow.
4 Snow has covered up the dirt and muddle: It’s made the world look new and neat and clean.
D The snow hides the dirt makes everywhere bright and tidy.