Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science: Non-Fiction 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?
Fibres can be twisted together to make rope, or woven to make cloth.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
C) Where does silk come from?
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!
thin thread
properties
cocoon
large quantities
shape it into strings
microfibres
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
thin thread
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
thin thread
properties
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
cocoon
shape it into strings
large quantities
microfibres
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...
A fibre is a thin thread. Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth. Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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
A fibre is a thin thread.
Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth.
Humans have invented new fibres that allow us
to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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
A fibre is a thin thread. Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth. Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal: Fibres and Descriptions
A) Match each fibre to the correct description.
Reveal Explainer
I will look around and find the fibre called rayon.
I can see from the text that it is smooth, soft and waterproof, so I can match it to the correct description.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
C) Where does silk come from?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Match each fibre to the correct description.
Click on each fibre to link with the correct answer
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence thinner than human hairs…used to make cloths
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
Text Mark Evidence take in a lot of water
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence pick up dust
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Where does silk come from?
Text Mark Evidence from the cocoon of a particular type of moth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
True or False?
Many synthetic fibres contain plastic.
False
True
Tick Me
Which of these are true about synthetic fibres?
Tick two:
A) They only come from animals.
B) They are made by humans using chemicals.
Check
C) Humans have invented new fibres.
Click if correct
D) Synthetic fibres rot away faster than natural fibres.
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘cocoon’?
Fill the Gaps
woven to make cloth
thin thread
properties
A fibre is a . Fibres can betwisted together to make rope or . Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with that natural fibres don’t have.
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...
highlight what stands out.
Reveal
If the book is yours, underline or mark important parts.
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.
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
thin thread
woven to make cloth
properties
RSRT Y3 L3 My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science
Literacy Counts
Created on January 5, 2026
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
View
Urban Illustrated Presentation
View
3D Corporate Reporting
View
Discover Your AI Assistant
View
Vision Board
View
SWOT Challenge: Classify Key Factors
View
Explainer Video: Keys to Effective Communication
View
Explainer Video: AI for Companies
Explore all templates
Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science: Non-Fiction 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?
Fibres can be twisted together to make rope, or woven to make cloth.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
C) Where does silk come from?
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!
thin thread
properties
cocoon
large quantities
shape it into strings
microfibres
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
thin thread
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
thin thread
properties
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
cocoon
shape it into strings
large quantities
microfibres
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...
A fibre is a thin thread. Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth. Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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
A fibre is a thin thread.
Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth.
Humans have invented new fibres that allow us
to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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
A fibre is a thin thread. Fibres can be twisted together to make rope or woven to make cloth. Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with properties that natural fibres don’t have.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal: Fibres and Descriptions
A) Match each fibre to the correct description.
Reveal Explainer
I will look around and find the fibre called rayon. I can see from the text that it is smooth, soft and waterproof, so I can match it to the correct description.
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) Match each fibre to the correct description.
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
C) Where does silk come from?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Match each fibre to the correct description.
Click on each fibre to link with the correct answer
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence thinner than human hairs…used to make cloths
B) Why are microfibres useful for cleaning?
Text Mark Evidence take in a lot of water
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence pick up dust
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Where does silk come from?
Text Mark Evidence from the cocoon of a particular type of moth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
True or False?
Many synthetic fibres contain plastic.
False
True
Tick Me
Which of these are true about synthetic fibres?
Tick two:
A) They only come from animals.
B) They are made by humans using chemicals.
Check
C) Humans have invented new fibres.
Click if correct
D) Synthetic fibres rot away faster than natural fibres.
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘cocoon’?
Fill the Gaps
woven to make cloth
thin thread
properties
A fibre is a . Fibres can betwisted together to make rope or . Humans have invented new fibres that allow us to make cloth with that natural fibres don’t have.
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...
highlight what stands out.
Reveal
If the book is yours, underline or mark important parts.
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.
Rayon
warm, strong and light
Nylon
very strong
Spandex
smooth, soft and waterproof
Acrylic
strong and hard to wear out
Polyester
smooth and stretchy
thin thread
woven to make cloth
properties