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Magic Your Mind Happy: 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?
Great magic is not about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements.
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From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
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Let me read today's text
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THE AMAZING JUMPING BAND
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers. Let me tell you more about your hands. Almost everyone has a dominant and a non-dominant hand. Your dominant hand is the one that you usually write with, and your non-dominant hand is the other one.
Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand. The instructions in this book are written as if your dominant hand is your right hand. If you are left-handed then reverse the instructions.
Before you perform the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct position. Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
With your left hand, carefullystretch the band towards yourself. Bend all four fingers of your right hand inside the loop of the band and then release the band so that it lies across your fingernails. Now you are ready to perform the trick.
Show your friend the back of your right hand. To them, it will look like the band is wrapped around your first and second fingers.
Now say the word ‘jump.’ Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Great magic is not just about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements. At first this trick may feel awkward and slow. That is normal. Magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking. Try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see. Keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm. If you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away. Smooth confident actions make the magic feel real. The more you practise the more natural the jump will look and the more amazed your audience will be. Take your time and enjoy learning the trick. Every great magician starts by practising simple moves until they feel easy and effortless.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
invented
non-dominant
dominant
reverse the instruction
perform the trick
easy and effortless
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From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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
invented
Explore
Find Read Talk
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
invented
Your turn
dominant
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
non-dominant
reverse the instruction
perform the trick
easy and effortless
Use your text
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Vocabulary Check & Re-read
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Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
THE AMAZING JUMPING BAND
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers. Let me tell you more about your hands. Almost everyone has a dominant and a non-dominant hand. Your dominant hand is the one that you usually write with, and your non-dominant hand is the other one.
Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand. The instructions in this book are written as if your dominant hand is your right hand. If you are left-handed then reverse the instructions.
Before you perform the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct position. Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
With your left hand, carefullystretch the band towards yourself. Bend all four fingers of your right hand inside the loop of the band and then release the band so that it lies across your fingernails. Now you are ready to perform the trick.
Show your friend the back of your right hand. To them, it will look like the band is wrapped around your first and second fingers.
Now say the word ‘jump.’ Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Great magic is not just about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements. At first this trick may feel awkward and slow. That is normal. Magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking. Try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see. Keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm. If you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away. Smooth confident actions make the magic feel real. The more you practise the more natural the jump will look and the more amazed your audience will be. Take your time and enjoy learning the trick. Every great magician starts by practising simple moves until they feel easy and effortless.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Now say the word ‘jump’. Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
What did you notice?
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From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Now say the word ‘jump’.
Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand,
pushing the band up with all four fingers.
The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers
to your third and little fingers.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Now say the word ‘jump’. Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand.
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Reveal Explainer
The author includes this information to explain why hand choice matters. By saying that most people find magic moves easier with their dominant hand, the author helps readers understand how to make the trick easier to learn and encourages them to use the hand that works best for them.
Teach
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if you are left-handed then reverse the instructions
to help all readers follow the instructions, including left-handed readers
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Text Mark Evidence if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand
to reassure readers that struggling at first is normal and give them alternatives
Text Mark Evidence most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand
to help readers adapt the trick to what works best for them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - at first this trick may feel awkward and slow - that is normal
to make readers feel supported and confident while learning
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence show your friend the back of your right hand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
Text Mark Evidence put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down
the rubber band should be placed low on the first and second fingers of the right hand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking
practise the movements repeatedly
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
Text Mark Evidence keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm
keep hands relaxed and movements calm
Text Mark Evidence try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see
practise in front of a mirror
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away
avoid rushing the trick
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘performing a trick’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Great magic is about practise and ___________ movements.
B) rough
A) difficult
D) snappy
C) smooth
True or False?
The Amazing Rubber Band trick was invented 50 years ago by Stanley Collins.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
reverse
position
perform
If you are left-handed then the instructions. Before you the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct . Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Magic Your Mind Happy: 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?
Great magic is not about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
THE AMAZING JUMPING BAND
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers. Let me tell you more about your hands. Almost everyone has a dominant and a non-dominant hand. Your dominant hand is the one that you usually write with, and your non-dominant hand is the other one. Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand. The instructions in this book are written as if your dominant hand is your right hand. If you are left-handed then reverse the instructions. Before you perform the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct position. Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
With your left hand, carefullystretch the band towards yourself. Bend all four fingers of your right hand inside the loop of the band and then release the band so that it lies across your fingernails. Now you are ready to perform the trick. Show your friend the back of your right hand. To them, it will look like the band is wrapped around your first and second fingers. Now say the word ‘jump.’ Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Great magic is not just about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements. At first this trick may feel awkward and slow. That is normal. Magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking. Try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see. Keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm. If you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away. Smooth confident actions make the magic feel real. The more you practise the more natural the jump will look and the more amazed your audience will be. Take your time and enjoy learning the trick. Every great magician starts by practising simple moves until they feel easy and effortless.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
invented
non-dominant
dominant
reverse the instruction
perform the trick
easy and effortless
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. 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
invented
Explore
Find Read Talk
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
invented
Your turn
dominant
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
non-dominant
reverse the instruction
perform the trick
easy and effortless
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
THE AMAZING JUMPING BAND
This wonderful trick involves making a rubber band magically jump between your fingers. It was invented more than 100 years ago by a clever British magician called Stanley Collins. You will need a rubber band or a hair tie that fits over your first and second fingers. Let me tell you more about your hands. Almost everyone has a dominant and a non-dominant hand. Your dominant hand is the one that you usually write with, and your non-dominant hand is the other one. Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand. The instructions in this book are written as if your dominant hand is your right hand. If you are left-handed then reverse the instructions. Before you perform the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct position. Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
With your left hand, carefullystretch the band towards yourself. Bend all four fingers of your right hand inside the loop of the band and then release the band so that it lies across your fingernails. Now you are ready to perform the trick. Show your friend the back of your right hand. To them, it will look like the band is wrapped around your first and second fingers. Now say the word ‘jump.’ Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Great magic is not just about knowing the secret. It is about practice and smooth movements. At first this trick may feel awkward and slow. That is normal. Magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking. Try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see. Keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm. If you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away. Smooth confident actions make the magic feel real. The more you practise the more natural the jump will look and the more amazed your audience will be. Take your time and enjoy learning the trick. Every great magician starts by practising simple moves until they feel easy and effortless.
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Now say the word ‘jump’. Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Now say the word ‘jump’.
Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand,
pushing the band up with all four fingers.
The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers
to your third and little fingers.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Now say the word ‘jump’. Keeping all your fingers together, quickly open your right hand, pushing the band up with all four fingers. The band will magically jump from your first and second fingers to your third and little fingers.
Explore
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand. However, if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand.
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Reveal Explainer
The author includes this information to explain why hand choice matters. By saying that most people find magic moves easier with their dominant hand, the author helps readers understand how to make the trick easier to learn and encourages them to use the hand that works best for them.
Teach
From: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence if you are left-handed then reverse the instructions
to help all readers follow the instructions, including left-handed readers
A) Why do you think the author spends time explaining dominant and non-dominant hands instead of only giving the steps for the trick?
Text Mark Evidence if you are struggling to learn a trick, try using your non-dominant hand
to reassure readers that struggling at first is normal and give them alternatives
Text Mark Evidence most people find it easier to do secret magic moves with their dominant hand
to help readers adapt the trick to what works best for them
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - at first this trick may feel awkward and slow - that is normal
to make readers feel supported and confident while learning
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Before you say the word “jump,” what does the magician tell you to do with your right hand?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence show your friend the back of your right hand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How should the rubber band be positioned on your right hand before you perform the trick?
Text Mark Evidence put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down
the rubber band should be placed low on the first and second fingers of the right hand
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence magicians repeat the same actions again and again until their fingers move without thinking
practise the movements repeatedly
D) According to the text, how should a magician practise this trick to make it look smooth and convincing?
Text Mark Evidence keep your hands relaxed and your movements calm
keep hands relaxed and movements calm
Text Mark Evidence try practising in front of a mirror so you can see what your audience will see
practise in front of a mirror
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence if you rush the trick, it will look jumpy and give the secret away
avoid rushing the trick
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘performing a trick’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Great magic is about practise and ___________ movements.
B) rough
A) difficult
D) snappy
C) smooth
True or False?
The Amazing Rubber Band trick was invented 50 years ago by Stanley Collins.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
reverse
position
perform
If you are left-handed then the instructions. Before you the trick, you need to get your right hand on the band in the correct . Put the band over the first and second fingers of your right hand and move it all the way down.
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...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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 from: Magic Your Mind Happy by Richard Wiseman © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
reverse
perform
position