Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Stories: 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?
“I can make something of that.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Blue Coat
A Jewish Story
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat. Then they went out to search for animal tracks in the snow.
David loved the blue coat, but next winter it was too small.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the coat and made David a blue jacket. Then they went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike.
David loved his blue jacket, but eventually it had worn thin.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the jacket and made David a blue cap. Then he took him to the river to learn to fish. David loved his blue cap, but one day a dog chewed it and left only a scrap.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he made a blue button and sewed it onto David’s shirt.
As time passed, the button frayed until all that was left was a thread.
“That’s the end of our blue cloth,” said David sadly.
“No,” said Grandad, “you can make something of that. Tell me about the blue coat.”
David told Grandad about all the clothes he’d made for him and all the wonderful things they’d done together.
Grandad smiled. “You see,” he said, “there was enough blue cloth to make a story!”
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
clothes
only
pass
told
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
tailor
scrap
stitch
sewed
frayed
thread
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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
tailor
Explore
Find Read Talk
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
tailor
Your turn
stitch
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrap
sewed
frayed
thread
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Blue Coat
A Jewish Story
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat. Then they went out to search for animal tracks in the snow.
David loved the blue coat, but next winter it was too small.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the coat and made David a blue jacket. Then they went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike.
David loved his blue jacket, but eventually it had worn thin.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the jacket and made David a blue cap. Then he took him to the river to learn to fish. David loved his blue cap, but one day a dog chewed it and left only a scrap.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he made a blue button and sewed it onto David’s shirt.
As time passed, the button frayed until all that was left was a thread.
“That’s the end of our blue cloth,” said David sadly.
“No,” said Grandad, “you can make something of that. Tell me about the blue coat.”
David told Grandad about all the clothes he’d made for him and all the wonderful things they’d done together.
Grandad smiled. “You see,” he said, “there was enough blue cloth to make a story!”
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
David’s grandad was a tailor.
When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad
cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad.
He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
Reveal Explainer
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
This tells us that David enjoyed spending time with his grandad while he worked. He watched his grandad cut cloth and stitch the clothes, showing that just being together was special to him.
Teach
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence went out to search for animal tracks in the snow
looking for animals
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
Text Mark Evidence went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike
learning to cycle
Text Mark Evidence took him to the river to learn to fish
learning to fish
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a warm coat
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Text Mark Evidence a blue jacket
Text Mark Evidence a blue cap
Text Mark Evidence a blue button
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a story
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘frayed’?
Match Me
Match each image with the correct word:
B) thread
A) stitch
C) tailor
D) scrap
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) David and his grandad searched for animal tracks together.
B) Grandad cut up the blue cloth.
C) Grandad stitched the cloth to make a warm coat.
D) David saw blue cloth on the shelf.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each item of clothing from the story to the reason David could no longer wear it:
A) it had worn thin
1 blue coat
B) it was too small
2 blue jacket
C) a dog chewed it
Check
3 blue cap
Click if correct
D) it frayed into a single thread
4 blue button
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: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Stories: 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?
“I can make something of that.”
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
The Blue Coat
A Jewish Story
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes. One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf. “That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat. Then they went out to search for animal tracks in the snow. David loved the blue coat, but next winter it was too small. “I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the coat and made David a blue jacket. Then they went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike. David loved his blue jacket, but eventually it had worn thin.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the jacket and made David a blue cap. Then he took him to the river to learn to fish. David loved his blue cap, but one day a dog chewed it and left only a scrap. “I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he made a blue button and sewed it onto David’s shirt. As time passed, the button frayed until all that was left was a thread. “That’s the end of our blue cloth,” said David sadly. “No,” said Grandad, “you can make something of that. Tell me about the blue coat.” David told Grandad about all the clothes he’d made for him and all the wonderful things they’d done together. Grandad smiled. “You see,” he said, “there was enough blue cloth to make a story!”
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
clothes
only
pass
told
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
tailor
scrap
stitch
sewed
frayed
thread
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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
tailor
Explore
Find Read Talk
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
tailor
Your turn
stitch
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
scrap
sewed
frayed
thread
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Blue Coat
A Jewish Story
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes. One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf. “That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat. Then they went out to search for animal tracks in the snow. David loved the blue coat, but next winter it was too small. “I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the coat and made David a blue jacket. Then they went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike. David loved his blue jacket, but eventually it had worn thin.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he cut up the jacket and made David a blue cap. Then he took him to the river to learn to fish. David loved his blue cap, but one day a dog chewed it and left only a scrap. “I can make something of that,” said Grandad and he made a blue button and sewed it onto David’s shirt. As time passed, the button frayed until all that was left was a thread. “That’s the end of our blue cloth,” said David sadly. “No,” said Grandad, “you can make something of that. Tell me about the blue coat.” David told Grandad about all the clothes he’d made for him and all the wonderful things they’d done together. Grandad smiled. “You see,” he said, “there was enough blue cloth to make a story!”
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes. One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf. “That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
David’s grandad was a tailor.
When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad
cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf.
“That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad.
He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes. One winter’s day, David noticed some blue cloth on the shelf. “That’s just enough to make you a coat,” said Grandad. He cut up the blue cloth and made David a warm coat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
David’s grandad was a tailor. When David was small, he liked to watch his grandad cut the cloth and stitch the pieces together, to make wonderful clothes.
Reveal Explainer
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
This tells us that David enjoyed spending time with his grandad while he worked. He watched his grandad cut cloth and stitch the clothes, showing that just being together was special to him.
Teach
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. 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) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence went out to search for animal tracks in the snow
looking for animals
A) What special activities did David do with his grandad?
Text Mark Evidence went to the park and Grandad taught him how to ride a bike
learning to cycle
Text Mark Evidence took him to the river to learn to fish
learning to fish
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a warm coat
B) What items were made using the blue cloth?
Text Mark Evidence a blue jacket
Text Mark Evidence a blue cap
Text Mark Evidence a blue button
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a story
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘frayed’?
Match Me
Match each image with the correct word:
B) thread
A) stitch
C) tailor
D) scrap
Click if correct
Check
Sequence Me
Put the following events in the correct order:
A) David and his grandad searched for animal tracks together.
B) Grandad cut up the blue cloth.
C) Grandad stitched the cloth to make a warm coat.
D) David saw blue cloth on the shelf.
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each item of clothing from the story to the reason David could no longer wear it:
A) it had worn thin
1 blue coat
B) it was too small
2 blue jacket
C) a dog chewed it
Check
3 blue cap
Click if correct
D) it frayed into a single thread
4 blue button
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: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.