Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Life of Animals: Non-Fiction 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?
Even as youngsters, we already swallow our food WHOLE – bones and all.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
cold
every
even
eyes
whole
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
Arctic tundra
lemmings
camouflage
youngsters
dissolve
cough up pellets
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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
Arctic tundra
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Arctic tundra
Your turn
camouflage
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lemmings
youngsters
dissolve
cough up pellets
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES,
which are among the largest of the owl species.
We use them to spot our favourite foods –
voles and lemmings.
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
When I look at this sentence, I notice it says the owl has “bright yellow eyes” and that “we use them to spot our favourite foods.” This tells me the eyes help the owl see its food clearly. Because they are very large, they make it easier to spot animals like voles and lemmings. This shows that snowy owls use their eyes to help them catch their food.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
Teach
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence big feet are a big help when it comes to catching lemmings, as are huge, sharp claws
they use their big feet and sharp claws
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
Text Mark Evidence even as youngsters, we already swallow our food whole – bones and all
they swallow their food whole
Text Mark Evidence we cough up pellets packed with bones and fur
they cough up pellets after eating
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
Text Mark Evidence Mum and Dad have white feathers for CAMOUFLAGE in winter
to camouflage themselves by blending in with the snow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Text Mark Evidence we use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings
to spot their food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘Arctic tundra’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is the best match for ‘camouflage’?
B) eat
A) sleep
D) climb
C) blend
True or False?
A Dad’s snowy owl feathers are whiter than a Mum’s.
False
True
Tick Me
What is a snowy owl’s favourite food?
Tick two:
A) berries
B) voles
Check
C) lemmings
Click if correct
D) worms
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Life of Animals: Non-Fiction 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?
Even as youngsters, we already swallow our food WHOLE – bones and all.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
cold
every
even
eyes
whole
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
Arctic tundra
lemmings
camouflage
youngsters
dissolve
cough up pellets
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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
Arctic tundra
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Arctic tundra
Your turn
camouflage
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
lemmings
youngsters
dissolve
cough up pellets
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES,
which are among the largest of the owl species.
We use them to spot our favourite foods –
voles and lemmings.
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
Explore
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I already have their BRIGHT YELLOW EYES, which are among the largest of the owl species. We use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings.
When I look at this sentence, I notice it says the owl has “bright yellow eyes” and that “we use them to spot our favourite foods.” This tells me the eyes help the owl see its food clearly. Because they are very large, they make it easier to spot animals like voles and lemmings. This shows that snowy owls use their eyes to help them catch their food.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
Teach
From: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 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) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence big feet are a big help when it comes to catching lemmings, as are huge, sharp claws
they use their big feet and sharp claws
A) How do snowy owls catch and eat their food?
Text Mark Evidence even as youngsters, we already swallow our food whole – bones and all
they swallow their food whole
Text Mark Evidence we cough up pellets packed with bones and fur
they cough up pellets after eating
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Why do snowy owls have white feathers in winter?
Text Mark Evidence Mum and Dad have white feathers for CAMOUFLAGE in winter
to camouflage themselves by blending in with the snow
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What do snowy owls use their bright yellow eyes for?
Text Mark Evidence we use them to spot our favourite foods – voles and lemmings
to spot their food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘Arctic tundra’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is the best match for ‘camouflage’?
B) eat
A) sleep
D) climb
C) blend
True or False?
A Dad’s snowy owl feathers are whiter than a Mum’s.
False
True
Tick Me
What is a snowy owl’s favourite food?
Tick two:
A) berries
B) voles
Check
C) lemmings
Click if correct
D) worms
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pick books you love.
Reveal
Choose books that excite you and spark your curiosity.
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: The Wild Life of Animals by Mike Barfield © 2023 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.