Ready Steady Read Together
A Whale of a Time: Poetry Lesson 1
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 never send Sam to the store anymore...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
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Let me read today's text
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THEY NEVER SEND SAM TO THE STORE ANYMORE
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store
to purchase a carton of eggs,
he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core,
and a leopard with lavender legs.
He returned with an elephant small as a mouse,
a baseball that bounces a mile,
a little tame dragon that heats up the house,
and a lantern that lights when they smile.
Sam brought them a snowball that never feels cold,
a gossamer carpet that flies,
a salmon of silver, a grackle of gold,
and an ermine with emerald eyes.
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Jack Prelutsky
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
purchase
tame
in its core
gossamer
grackle
ermine
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From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 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
purchase
Explore
Find Read Talk
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
purchase
Your turn
in its core
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tame
gossamer
grackle
ermine
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
THEY NEVER SEND SAM TO THE STORE ANYMORE
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store
to purchase a carton of eggs,
he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core,
and a leopard with lavender legs.
He returned with an elephant small as a mouse,
a baseball that bounces a mile,
a little tame dragon that heats up the house,
and a lantern that lights when they smile.
Sam brought them a snowball that never feels cold,
a gossamer carpet that flies,
a salmon of silver, a grackle of gold,
and an ermine with emerald eyes.
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Reveal Vocabulary
Jack Prelutsky
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From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. 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) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs.
Reveal Explainer
I will look around the poem for the part that tells me what Sam brought back from the grocery store. In the poem, it says “he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core”, so one thing Sam brought back from the store was a pear with a pearl in its core.
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Teach
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 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
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a leopard with lavender legs
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Text Mark Evidence an elephant small as a mouse
Text Mark Evidence a baseball (that bounces a mile)
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence a little tame dragon
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a lantern
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a snowball
Text Mark Evidence a flying carpet
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Text Mark Evidence a silver salmon
Text Mark Evidence a gold grackle
10
Text Mark Evidence an ermine with emerald eyes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
11
Text Mark Evidence a dodo
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
Text Mark Evidence - he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core - a leopard with lavender legs - a dodo that danced on the floor - but he didn’t bring home any eggs
because he brings back silly, unusual things and does not bring home the eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
Text Mark Evidence - they never send Sam to the store anymore - no matter how often he begs - he didn’t bring home any eggs
they think it is a bad idea and do not trust him
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tame’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘purchase’?
A) look
B) buy
C) drop
D) make
Link Me
Link the item Sam brought back to what is unusual about it:
A) heats up the house
1) a gossamer carpet
B) dances onthe floor
2) a littletame dragon
C) never feels cold
Check
3) a snowball
Click if correct
D) it flies
4) a dodo
True or False?
The people enjoy sending Sam to the store.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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 Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Whale of a Time: Poetry Lesson 1
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 never send Sam to the store anymore...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
THEY NEVER SEND SAM TO THE STORE ANYMORE
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs. He returned with an elephant small as a mouse, a baseball that bounces a mile, a little tame dragon that heats up the house, and a lantern that lights when they smile. Sam brought them a snowball that never feels cold, a gossamer carpet that flies, a salmon of silver, a grackle of gold, and an ermine with emerald eyes. They never send Sam to the store anymore, no matter how often he begs, for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor, but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Jack Prelutsky
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
purchase
tame
in its core
gossamer
grackle
ermine
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 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
purchase
Explore
Find Read Talk
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
purchase
Your turn
in its core
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
tame
gossamer
grackle
ermine
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
THEY NEVER SEND SAM TO THE STORE ANYMORE
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs. He returned with an elephant small as a mouse, a baseball that bounces a mile, a little tame dragon that heats up the house, and a lantern that lights when they smile. Sam brought them a snowball that never feels cold, a gossamer carpet that flies, a salmon of silver, a grackle of gold, and an ermine with emerald eyes. They never send Sam to the store anymore, no matter how often he begs, for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor, but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Reveal Vocabulary
Jack Prelutsky
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
They never send Sam to the store anymore, no matter how often he begs, for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor, but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
They never send Sam to the store anymore,
no matter how often he begs,
for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor,
but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
They never send Sam to the store anymore, no matter how often he begs, for he brought back a dodo that danced on the floor, but he didn’t bring home any eggs.
Explore
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 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) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The day they sent Sam to the grocery store to purchase a carton of eggs, he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core, and a leopard with lavender legs.
Reveal Explainer
I will look around the poem for the part that tells me what Sam brought back from the grocery store. In the poem, it says “he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core”, so one thing Sam brought back from the store was a pear with a pearl in its core.
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Teach
From: A Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 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
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a leopard with lavender legs
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Text Mark Evidence an elephant small as a mouse
Text Mark Evidence a baseball (that bounces a mile)
Go to the next slide for more....
Text Mark Evidence a little tame dragon
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence a lantern
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence a snowball
Text Mark Evidence a flying carpet
A) Name 3 things Sam brought back from the grocery store.
Text Mark Evidence a silver salmon
Text Mark Evidence a gold grackle
10
Text Mark Evidence an ermine with emerald eyes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
11
Text Mark Evidence a dodo
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do they never send Sam to the store anymore?
Text Mark Evidence - he brought back a pear with a pearl in its core - a leopard with lavender legs - a dodo that danced on the floor - but he didn’t bring home any eggs
because he brings back silly, unusual things and does not bring home the eggs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How do you think the people feel about sending Sam to the store?
Text Mark Evidence - they never send Sam to the store anymore - no matter how often he begs - he didn’t bring home any eggs
they think it is a bad idea and do not trust him
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘tame’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘purchase’?
A) look
B) buy
C) drop
D) make
Link Me
Link the item Sam brought back to what is unusual about it:
A) heats up the house
1) a gossamer carpet
B) dances onthe floor
2) a littletame dragon
C) never feels cold
Check
3) a snowball
Click if correct
D) it flies
4) a dodo
True or False?
The people enjoy sending Sam to the store.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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 Whale of a Time by Lou Peacock © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.