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My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia: 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?
If you don’t feel well, then a check up with your doctor is a good way to find out what’s wrong.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
E) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
D) What is the name of an eye specialist?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
health care workers
ear canal and the ear drum
functioning
digital, infrared scanner and mercury thermometers
device
scales
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From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. 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
health care workers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
health care workers
Your turn
functioning
ear canal and the ear drum
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
device
digital, infrared scanner and mercury thermometers
scales
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Vision
Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see. An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes. This tests the eye muscles. Stadiometer and scales
A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight. Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
What did you notice?
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Vision
Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see.
An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes.
This tests the eye muscles.
Stadiometer and scales
A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight.
Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Vision
Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see. An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes. This tests the eye muscles. Stadiometer and scales
A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight. Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. 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 piece of equipment with the correct description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Otoscope
This tool has a bright light that helps the doctor see the ear canal and the ear drum. They can tell if there’s wax in the canal affecting hearing.
Reveal: Equipment and Descriptions
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key word ‘otoscope’. I can re-read this and read all the answer choices to find the correct match. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
D) What is the name of an eye specialist?
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
E) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each piece of equipment to match the desscription
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (it) lifts the roof of your mouth
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
Text Mark Evidence to make it easier for the doctor to see inside (your mouth)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the name of an eye specialist?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence optician
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
Text Mark Evidence (about) 37 degrees Celsius
Text Mark Evidence (about) 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence how fast the heart beats every minute
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘health care workers’?
True or False?
A doctor must use a special piece of equipment to measure a pulse.
True
False
Which One's Right?
Health care workers use special equipment to check how the body is functioning and help them find a way to make you feel better.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘functioning’?
A) growing
B) working
C) resting
D) feeling
Tick Me
Doctors make sure the body is healthy. If they think something isn’t right, they are a bit like detectives.
How are doctors a bit like detectives?
Tick two:
A) They ask questions to find answers.
B) They use tools to help them solve crimes.
Check
C) They use the same tools as detectives.
Click if correct
D) They look for clues about what is wrong.
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 Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia: 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?
If you don’t feel well, then a check up with your doctor is a good way to find out what’s wrong.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
E) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
D) What is the name of an eye specialist?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
health care workers
ear canal and the ear drum
functioning
digital, infrared scanner and mercury thermometers
device
scales
Explore
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. 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
health care workers
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
health care workers
Your turn
functioning
ear canal and the ear drum
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
device
digital, infrared scanner and mercury thermometers
scales
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Vision Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see. An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes. This tests the eye muscles. Stadiometer and scales A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight. Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
What did you notice?
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Vision
Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see.
An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes.
This tests the eye muscles.
Stadiometer and scales
A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight.
Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Vision Reading letters of different sizes on a chart tests how well you can see. An optician (eye specialist) might also ask you to follow their moving finger with your eyes. This tests the eye muscles. Stadiometer and scales A stadiometer measures your height, and scales measure your weight. Measuring these things helps the doctor understand how your body is growing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. 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 piece of equipment with the correct description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Otoscope This tool has a bright light that helps the doctor see the ear canal and the ear drum. They can tell if there’s wax in the canal affecting hearing.
Reveal: Equipment and Descriptions
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for the key word ‘otoscope’. I can re-read this and read all the answer choices to find the correct match. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing.
From: My Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Find the answers
Text mark
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
D) What is the name of an eye specialist?
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
E) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each piece of equipment to match the desscription
A) Link each piece of equipment with the correct description.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence (it) lifts the roof of your mouth
B) Why might a doctor ask you to say ‘ahhh’?
Text Mark Evidence to make it easier for the doctor to see inside (your mouth)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the name of an eye specialist?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence optician
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the normal body temperature for humans?
Text Mark Evidence (about) 37 degrees Celsius
Text Mark Evidence (about) 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What does a doctor learn when he measures your pulse?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence how fast the heart beats every minute
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘health care workers’?
True or False?
A doctor must use a special piece of equipment to measure a pulse.
True
False
Which One's Right?
Health care workers use special equipment to check how the body is functioning and help them find a way to make you feel better. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘functioning’?
A) growing
B) working
C) resting
D) feeling
Tick Me
Doctors make sure the body is healthy. If they think something isn’t right, they are a bit like detectives. How are doctors a bit like detectives?
Tick two:
A) They ask questions to find answers.
B) They use tools to help them solve crimes.
Check
C) They use the same tools as detectives.
Click if correct
D) They look for clues about what is wrong.
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 Very Important Human Body Encyclopaedia by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury & Andrea Mills © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
otoscope
used to check your vision to see how well you can see
stethoscope
used to listen to your heart and lungs to check if they are working well
eye chart
used to measure your height and your weight to understand how your body is growing
stadiometer and scales
used to see if there is wax in the ear canal affecting hearing