Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science: 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?
Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Today's Question(s)
A) Why is plastic useful?
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
waterproof
synthetic
poured into moulds
bioplastics
flexible
rigid
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From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. 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
waterproof
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
waterproof
Your turn
poured into moulds
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
synthetic
bioplastics
flexible
rigid
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Plastic lasts for a very long time. This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment. All the plastic we have ever made still exists, and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years. Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
What did you notice?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Plastic lasts for a very long time.
This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment.
All the plastic we have ever made still exists,
and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years.
Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Plastic lasts for a very long time. This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment. All the plastic we have ever made still exists, and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years. Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
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) Why is plastic useful?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Plastic is a material that is strong, waterproof, cheap to makes, easy to shape, hard to break, and doesn’t let electricity pass through it. This makes plastic very useful, and we create and use huge amounts of it.
Reveal Explainer
I will “look around” and find the beginning of the extract where it states that plastic is strong. This is useful because it does not break easily when it is dropped. Because plastic is strong, it can protect the things inside it, such as food, drinks, or toys, and last a long time.
A) Why is plastic useful?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Teach
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Why is plastic useful?
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - waterproof - doesn’t let electricity pass through it
plastic protects things
Text Mark Evidence - cheap to make - easy to shape
plastic is easy to make and use
Text Mark Evidence - there are many different types of plastic - each is made for a specific job - some are flexible…and some are rigid
plastic is used for different jobs
A) Why is plastic useful?
Text Mark Evidence - it can be lightweight - (plastics) help reduce fuel use
plastic is useful for transport
Text Mark Evidence it is long-lasting hard to break
plastic is strong
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence some types of plastic can be turned into new things
plastic can be reused
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence will not rot away completely for hundreds of years
plastic lasts a very long time
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Text Mark Evidence all the plastic we have ever made still exists
plastic creates rubbish
Text Mark Evidence plastic rubbish can harm wildlife
can be harmful because animals can get hurt by it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘recycling’?
Tick Me
Which of these are true about plastic?
Tick two:
A) It is cheap to make.
B) It rots away in a few days.
Check
C) It breaks easily when it is dropped.
Click if correct
D) Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
True or False?
Scientists are now developing smarter plastics that break down faster or can be reused more easily.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
specific
flexible
rigid
There are many different kinds of plastic, and each is made for a job. Some plastics are , like cling film, while others are , like plastic chairs.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science: 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?
Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Today's Question(s)
A) Why is plastic useful?
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
waterproof
synthetic
poured into moulds
bioplastics
flexible
rigid
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. 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
waterproof
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
waterproof
Your turn
poured into moulds
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
synthetic
bioplastics
flexible
rigid
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Plastic lasts for a very long time. This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment. All the plastic we have ever made still exists, and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years. Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
What did you notice?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Plastic lasts for a very long time.
This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment.
All the plastic we have ever made still exists,
and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years.
Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Plastic lasts for a very long time. This is good when we're using it but bad for the environment. All the plastic we have ever made still exists, and will not rot away completely for hundreds of years. Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Explore
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Why is plastic useful?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Plastic is a material that is strong, waterproof, cheap to makes, easy to shape, hard to break, and doesn’t let electricity pass through it. This makes plastic very useful, and we create and use huge amounts of it.
Reveal Explainer
I will “look around” and find the beginning of the extract where it states that plastic is strong. This is useful because it does not break easily when it is dropped. Because plastic is strong, it can protect the things inside it, such as food, drinks, or toys, and last a long time.
A) Why is plastic useful?
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Teach
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Why is plastic useful?
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - waterproof - doesn’t let electricity pass through it
plastic protects things
Text Mark Evidence - cheap to make - easy to shape
plastic is easy to make and use
Text Mark Evidence - there are many different types of plastic - each is made for a specific job - some are flexible…and some are rigid
plastic is used for different jobs
A) Why is plastic useful?
Text Mark Evidence - it can be lightweight - (plastics) help reduce fuel use
plastic is useful for transport
Text Mark Evidence it is long-lasting hard to break
plastic is strong
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence some types of plastic can be turned into new things
plastic can be reused
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence will not rot away completely for hundreds of years
plastic lasts a very long time
B) Why can plastic be a problem for the environment?
Text Mark Evidence all the plastic we have ever made still exists
plastic creates rubbish
Text Mark Evidence plastic rubbish can harm wildlife
can be harmful because animals can get hurt by it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘recycling’?
Tick Me
Which of these are true about plastic?
Tick two:
A) It is cheap to make.
B) It rots away in a few days.
Check
C) It breaks easily when it is dropped.
Click if correct
D) Plastic rubbish can harm wildlife.
True or False?
Scientists are now developing smarter plastics that break down faster or can be reused more easily.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
specific
flexible
rigid
There are many different kinds of plastic, and each is made for a job. Some plastics are , like cling film, while others are , like plastic chairs.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read every day.
Reveal
Even 15 minutes a day can make a big difference!
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: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
specific
flexible
rigid