Ready Steady Read Together
Start to Cook: Non-Fiction Lesson 2
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
They make a great breakfast for a special occasion.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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batter
dairy-free
self-raising flour
for serving
sift
milky mixture
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From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. 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
batter
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
batter
Your turn
self-raising flour
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dairy-free
for serving
sift
milky mixture
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
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Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan. Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other. 6. Cook for 3 minutes. You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes. Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
What did you notice?
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From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan.
Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other.
6. Cook for 3 minutes.
You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes.
Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan. Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other. 6. Cook for 3 minutes. You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes. Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. 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) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar and stir it in.
Reveal: Items and Uses
Reveal Explainer
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
First, I will ‘look around’ for the word bowl. I can see that it says Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar and stir it in. I will read all the answer options. I can ‘find and take’ the answer used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients.
Teach
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Text mark
Find the answers
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each item to link with itscorrect use
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients
Acceptable Answers
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence (makes about) 20 pancakes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
Text Mark Evidence - you'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes - turn the pancakes over
when small bubbles appear on the top (of the pancakes)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
to keep them warm while you cook the rest of the pancakes
to stop them drying out
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sift’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The batter is ready to cook when…
A) it has been left to rest for an hour.
B) all the lumps have been mixed out.
D) the pancakes have turned golden.
C) the oil is smoking in the pan.
True or False?
This recipe shows you how to cook small, puffy pancakes.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) This text explains why pancakes are eaten on special days.
B) This text tells you what pancakes taste like and how to serve them.
C) This text gives instructions and ingredients for making pancakes.
Check
Click if correct
D) This text describes different types of breakfast food.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients
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Ready Steady Read Together
Start to Cook: 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?
They make a great breakfast for a special occasion.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
batter
dairy-free
self-raising flour
for serving
sift
milky mixture
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. 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
batter
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
batter
Your turn
self-raising flour
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
dairy-free
for serving
sift
milky mixture
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
Adapted from: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan. Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other. 6. Cook for 3 minutes. You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes. Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan.
Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other.
6. Cook for 3 minutes.
You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes.
Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
5. Drop 2 or 3 more tablespoons of butter into other parts of the pan. Try to make sure the pancakes don't touch each other. 6. Cook for 3 minutes. You'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes. Turn the pancakes over, then cook for 2-3 minutes more.
Explore
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. 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 item with how it is used in the recipe.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar and stir it in.
Reveal: Items and Uses
Reveal Explainer
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
First, I will ‘look around’ for the word bowl. I can see that it says Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar and stir it in. I will read all the answer options. I can ‘find and take’ the answer used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients.
Teach
From: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Text mark
Find the answers
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each item to link with itscorrect use
A) Link each item with how it is used in the recipe.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients
Acceptable Answers
B) How many pancakes should the recipe make?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence (makes about) 20 pancakes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) When is it best to turn the pancakes over?
Text Mark Evidence - you'll see small bubbles appear on top of the pancakes - turn the pancakes over
when small bubbles appear on the top (of the pancakes)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Why do you think the recipe tells you to put the pancakes on a warm plate and cover with a clean tea towel?
to keep them warm while you cook the rest of the pancakes
to stop them drying out
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sift’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? The batter is ready to cook when…
A) it has been left to rest for an hour.
B) all the lumps have been mixed out.
D) the pancakes have turned golden.
C) the oil is smoking in the pan.
True or False?
This recipe shows you how to cook small, puffy pancakes.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) This text explains why pancakes are eaten on special days.
B) This text tells you what pancakes taste like and how to serve them.
C) This text gives instructions and ingredients for making pancakes.
Check
Click if correct
D) This text describes different types of breakfast food.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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: Start To Cook by Jane Chisholm © 2010 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
mixing bowl
used to cook the pancakes over heat
jug
used to pour and mix the egg and milk together
whisk or fork
used to measure and drop batter into the pan
frying pan
used to mix the batter and remove lumps
spoon or tablespoon
used to hold the flour and other dry ingredients