Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science: Non-Fiction 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?
Once fired, the hard item will not change shape.
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) How are glass and ceramics different?
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
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!
chemicals
fragile
glass-blowing
layered with plastic
moulded object
insulators
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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
chemicals
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
chemicals
Your turn
glass-blowing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fragile
layered with plastic
insulators
moulded object
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...
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours, and can be beautiful to look at. Some artists specialise in glass, and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
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
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours,
and can be beautiful to look at.
Some artists specialise in glass,
and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
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
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours, and can be beautiful to look at. Some artists specialise in glass, and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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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) How are glass and ceramics different?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Glass
See-through and easy to shape, glass is a very useful material.
Ceramics
You probably know ceramics from the cups, plates, and bowls you use every day, but they have plenty of other uses, too.
Reveal Explainer
At the start of the extract, it says that glass is see-through. Further down the page, the text explains that ceramics are used for cups, plates and bowls, which shows me, they are usually not see-through.
A) How are glass and ceramics different?
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) How are glass and ceramics different?
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - glass can be layered with plastic to create a strong, see-through material - ceramic materials are insulators
special properties
A) How are glass and ceramics different?
Text Mark Evidence - glass is made by melting sand and chemicals - to turn clay hard, it must be baked at an extremely high temperature
how they are made
Text Mark Evidence - people have shaped glass by blowing into it when it is hot and liquid - clay is moulded into the desired shape when wet
how they are shaped
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence sand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence kiln
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘firing’?
Tick Me
Which of these is true about glass?
Tick one:
A) Glass is made by baking clay in a kiln.
B) Glass can bend without breaking.
Check
C) Glass is see-through and can shatter if smashed.
Click if correct
D) Glass blocks electricity in machines.
True or False?
Ceramics are useful in places like kitchens and bathrooms.
False
True
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) The clay is heated in a very hot oven called a kiln.
B) The clay is shaped while it is wet.
C) The finished ceramic object is ready to use.
D) The clay becomes hard and keeps its shape.
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...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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 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?
Once fired, the hard item will not change shape.
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) How are glass and ceramics different?
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
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!
chemicals
fragile
glass-blowing
layered with plastic
moulded object
insulators
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
chemicals
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Science © 2025. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
chemicals
Your turn
glass-blowing
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
fragile
layered with plastic
insulators
moulded object
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...
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours, and can be beautiful to look at. Some artists specialise in glass, and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
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
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours,
and can be beautiful to look at.
Some artists specialise in glass,
and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
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
Glass comes in all sorts of different colours, and can be beautiful to look at. Some artists specialise in glass, and it has been used in the windows of religious buildings for centuries.
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) How are glass and ceramics different?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Glass
See-through and easy to shape, glass is a very useful material.
Ceramics
You probably know ceramics from the cups, plates, and bowls you use every day, but they have plenty of other uses, too.
Reveal Explainer
At the start of the extract, it says that glass is see-through. Further down the page, the text explains that ceramics are used for cups, plates and bowls, which shows me, they are usually not see-through.
A) How are glass and ceramics different?
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) How are glass and ceramics different?
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - glass can be layered with plastic to create a strong, see-through material - ceramic materials are insulators
special properties
A) How are glass and ceramics different?
Text Mark Evidence - glass is made by melting sand and chemicals - to turn clay hard, it must be baked at an extremely high temperature
how they are made
Text Mark Evidence - people have shaped glass by blowing into it when it is hot and liquid - clay is moulded into the desired shape when wet
how they are shaped
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What material is mixed with chemicals to make glass?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence sand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the oven called that is used to fire ceramics?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence kiln
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘firing’?
Tick Me
Which of these is true about glass?
Tick one:
A) Glass is made by baking clay in a kiln.
B) Glass can bend without breaking.
Check
C) Glass is see-through and can shatter if smashed.
Click if correct
D) Glass blocks electricity in machines.
True or False?
Ceramics are useful in places like kitchens and bathrooms.
False
True
Sequence Me
Put these events in the correct order:
A) The clay is heated in a very hot oven called a kiln.
B) The clay is shaped while it is wet.
C) The finished ceramic object is ready to use.
D) The clay becomes hard and keeps its shape.
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...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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.