Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Stories: 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?
There wasn’t a drop of water left in the land…
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) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
Explore
Let me read today's text
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Tiddalik, The Thirsty Frog
An Indigenous Australian Story
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
When the other animals grew thirsty there was nothing for them to drink. They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut.
“Let’s make him laugh,” suggested Wombat.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Good idea,” said Kookaburra and she told some jokes. But Tiddalik didn’t even smile. Koala stood on her head, Echidna made funny faces and Lizard danced a silly dance – but still Tiddalik sat with his lips closed tight.
Last to try was Kangaroo, who boxed with his shadow, thump, thump, thump! The thumping disturbed Platypus who’d been sleeping nearby.
“Who woke me up?” she said, snapping her beak. Tiddalik stared in surprise, he’d never seen such a weird looking creature.
Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked.
At last, Tiddalik couldn’t help himself, he opened his mouth to laugh.
“Watch out!” cried Wombat.
Out gushed a great flood, filling the waterholes and creeks, and swamps and lagoons; plenty for all the animals to drink.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
last
after
who
any
could
told
great
even
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
creek / river / swamp / lagoons
waterhole
pleaded
webbed feet
ridiculous
gushed a great flood
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
waterhole
Explore
Find Read Talk
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
waterhole
creek / river / swamp / lagoons
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pleaded
webbed feet
ridiculous
gushed a great flood
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Tiddalik, The Thirsty Frog
An Indigenous Australian Story
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
When the other animals grew thirsty there was nothing for them to drink. They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut.
“Let’s make him laugh,” suggested Wombat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Good idea,” said Kookaburra and she told some jokes. But Tiddalik didn’t even smile. Koala stood on her head, Echidna made funny faces and Lizard danced a silly dance – but still Tiddalik sat with his lips closed tight.
Last to try was Kangaroo, who boxed with his shadow, thump, thump, thump! The thumping disturbed Platypus who’d been sleeping nearby.
“Who woke me up?” she said, snapping her beak. Tiddalik stared in surprise, he’d never seen such a weird looking creature.
Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked.
At last, Tiddalik couldn’t help himself, he opened his mouth to laugh.
“Watch out!” cried Wombat.
Out gushed a great flood, filling the waterholes and creeks, and swamps and lagoons; plenty for all the animals to drink.
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...
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry,
but still he felt thirsty
So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons –
until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land.
After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true or false.
Reveal True or False Statements
Reveal Explainer
First, I will ‘look around’ for a key word like ‘Tiddalik’ or ‘thirsty’. This shows that Tiddalik was a small frog, not a toad. I can ‘find and take’ the answer false.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
1) Kookaburra
A) stood on her head
2) Koala
B) told some jokes
3) Echidna
C) danced a silly dance
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
4) Lizard
D) boxed with his shadow
5) kangaroo
E) made funny faces
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the waterhole
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
Text Mark Evidence the creek
Text Mark Evidence the swamps
Text Mark Evidence the rivers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the lagoons
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each animal to link with the correct answer
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
1) Kookaburra
A) stood on her head
2) Koala
B) told some jokes
3) Echidna
C) danced a silly dance
4) Lizard
D) boxed with his shadow
5) kangaroo
E) made funny faces
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘webbed feet’?
Which One's Right?
They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘pleaded’?
A) shouted
B) begged
C) laughed
D) ordered
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘silly or funny’:
Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked.
Discuss then check
ridiculous
True or False?
Tiddalik laughed at Platypus and the water gushed out.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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 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?
There wasn’t a drop of water left in the land…
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) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Tiddalik, The Thirsty Frog
An Indigenous Australian Story
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink. Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere. When the other animals grew thirsty there was nothing for them to drink. They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut. “Let’s make him laugh,” suggested Wombat.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
“Good idea,” said Kookaburra and she told some jokes. But Tiddalik didn’t even smile. Koala stood on her head, Echidna made funny faces and Lizard danced a silly dance – but still Tiddalik sat with his lips closed tight. Last to try was Kangaroo, who boxed with his shadow, thump, thump, thump! The thumping disturbed Platypus who’d been sleeping nearby. “Who woke me up?” she said, snapping her beak. Tiddalik stared in surprise, he’d never seen such a weird looking creature. Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked. At last, Tiddalik couldn’t help himself, he opened his mouth to laugh. “Watch out!” cried Wombat. Out gushed a great flood, filling the waterholes and creeks, and swamps and lagoons; plenty for all the animals to drink.
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
water
last
after
who
any
could
told
great
even
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
creek / river / swamp / lagoons
waterhole
pleaded
webbed feet
ridiculous
gushed a great flood
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
waterhole
Explore
Find Read Talk
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Your turn
waterhole
creek / river / swamp / lagoons
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
pleaded
webbed feet
ridiculous
gushed a great flood
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Tiddalik, The Thirsty Frog
An Indigenous Australian Story
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink. Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere. When the other animals grew thirsty there was nothing for them to drink. They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut. “Let’s make him laugh,” suggested Wombat.
Explore
From: A Year Full of Stories by Angela McAllister © 2016. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
“Good idea,” said Kookaburra and she told some jokes. But Tiddalik didn’t even smile. Koala stood on her head, Echidna made funny faces and Lizard danced a silly dance – but still Tiddalik sat with his lips closed tight. Last to try was Kangaroo, who boxed with his shadow, thump, thump, thump! The thumping disturbed Platypus who’d been sleeping nearby. “Who woke me up?” she said, snapping her beak. Tiddalik stared in surprise, he’d never seen such a weird looking creature. Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked. At last, Tiddalik couldn’t help himself, he opened his mouth to laugh. “Watch out!” cried Wombat. Out gushed a great flood, filling the waterholes and creeks, and swamps and lagoons; plenty for all the animals to drink.
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...
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry,
but still he felt thirsty
So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons –
until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land.
After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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
Tiddalik drank and drank until the waterhole was dry, but still he felt thirsty. So, he drank all the water in the creek, then all the swamps and the rivers and lagoons – until there wasn’t a drop of water left in the land. After he’d finished, Tiddalik’s belly was as huge as a mountain and he was too heavy to hop anywhere.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Long ago, when the world was still being made, there lived a small frog called Tiddalik. The hot sun made him thirsty, so Tiddalik hopped down to the waterhole for a drink.
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true or false.
Reveal True or False Statements
Reveal Explainer
First, I will ‘look around’ for a key word like ‘Tiddalik’ or ‘thirsty’. This shows that Tiddalik was a small frog, not a toad. I can ‘find and take’ the answer false.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
1) Kookaburra
A) stood on her head
2) Koala
B) told some jokes
3) Echidna
C) danced a silly dance
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
4) Lizard
D) boxed with his shadow
5) kangaroo
E) made funny faces
Acceptable Answers
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put a tick (✓) to show if the statement is true or false.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the waterhole
B) From what places did Tiddalik drink all the water?
Text Mark Evidence the creek
Text Mark Evidence the swamps
Text Mark Evidence the rivers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence the lagoons
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Click on each animal to link with the correct answer
C) Link each animal to how they tried to get Tiddalik to laugh.
1) Kookaburra
A) stood on her head
2) Koala
B) told some jokes
3) Echidna
C) danced a silly dance
4) Lizard
D) boxed with his shadow
5) kangaroo
E) made funny faces
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘webbed feet’?
Which One's Right?
They pleaded with Tiddalik to give them some water, but he kept his mouth firmly shut. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘pleaded’?
A) shouted
B) begged
C) laughed
D) ordered
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘silly or funny’:
Platypus banged her tail and tapped her webbed feet crossly. “Well, what’s going on?” The angrier she got, the more ridiculous she looked.
Discuss then check
ridiculous
True or False?
Tiddalik laughed at Platypus and the water gushed out.
False
True
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
connect with characters.
Reveal
Consider how the characters feel and what you'd do in their situation.
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.