Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Life of Animals: 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?
My teeny-tiny eyes are little bigger (click) than pinholes (click) and have no lenses (click).
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
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.
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
most
because
any
eye
find
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pinholes
basically
lenses
echolocation
riverbed
trail
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
pinholes
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.
pinholes
Your turn
lenses
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
basically
echolocation
riverbed
trail
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.
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...
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed. I swim along (click) swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin,
I also have (click) a bendy neck,
meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed.
I swim along (click)
swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed. I swim along (click) swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I listen for my clicking noises (click) bouncing off objects (click) in the water – like the echolocation system used by bats.
A) How does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
When I ‘look around’ at the text, I notice it says, “I listen for my clicking noises bouncing off objects in the water.” This tells me the dolphin does not use its eyes to find food. Instead, it makes clicking sounds and listens to them bouncing back. This helps it know where the fish are, even in muddy water.
Reveal Explainer
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed - swinging my long snout from side-to-side
uses it bendy neck and long snout to find fish hiding in the riverbed
A) How does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
Text Mark Evidence I swim on my side (click) and trail a flipper through the mud (click), feeling for fish
swims on its side and trails a flipper though the mud to feel for fish
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I also swim upside-down to look for food
sometimes swims upside down
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Ganges River, India
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I can’t really (click) see anything much (click) in this muddy river water
the river water is muddy
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
Text Mark Evidence mostly it’s due to my (click) terrible eyesight
it has terrible eyesight
Text Mark Evidence my teeny-tiny eyes are little bigger (click) than pinholes (click) and have no lenses (click)
its eyes are very small and have no lenses
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I’m basically blind
it is basically blind
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘riverbed’?
Tick Me
What does the repeated “(click)” help the reader understand?
Tick one:
A) The dolphin cannot swim
B) The dolphin uses sound to explore its surroundings
Check
C) The dolphin likes loud noises
Click if correct
D) The dolphin is talking to people
Find Me
Find one word that means the dolphin cannot see.
I’m basically blind (click) and yet (click) I still catch fish like this one (click) near me now.
Discuss then check
blind
True or False?
The South Asian River Dolphin only has one way of finding food.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Life of Animals: 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?
My teeny-tiny eyes are little bigger (click) than pinholes (click) and have no lenses (click).
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
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.
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
most
because
any
eye
find
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
pinholes
basically
lenses
echolocation
riverbed
trail
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
pinholes
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.
pinholes
Your turn
lenses
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
basically
echolocation
riverbed
trail
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.
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...
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed. I swim along (click) swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin,
I also have (click) a bendy neck,
meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed.
I swim along (click)
swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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
Unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed. I swim along (click) swinging my long snout (click) from side-to-side.
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I listen for my clicking noises (click) bouncing off objects (click) in the water – like the echolocation system used by bats.
A) How does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
When I ‘look around’ at the text, I notice it says, “I listen for my clicking noises bouncing off objects in the water.” This tells me the dolphin does not use its eyes to find food. Instead, it makes clicking sounds and listens to them bouncing back. This helps it know where the fish are, even in muddy water.
Reveal Explainer
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 does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - unlike most other (click) types of dolphin, I also have (click) a bendy neck, meaning I can find fish (click) hiding in the riverbed - swinging my long snout from side-to-side
uses it bendy neck and long snout to find fish hiding in the riverbed
A) How does the South Asian River Dolphin find its food?
Text Mark Evidence I swim on my side (click) and trail a flipper through the mud (click), feeling for fish
swims on its side and trails a flipper though the mud to feel for fish
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I also swim upside-down to look for food
sometimes swims upside down
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where does the South Asian River Dolphin live?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Ganges River, India
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence I can’t really (click) see anything much (click) in this muddy river water
the river water is muddy
C) Why can the South Asian River Dolphin not see very well?
Text Mark Evidence mostly it’s due to my (click) terrible eyesight
it has terrible eyesight
Text Mark Evidence my teeny-tiny eyes are little bigger (click) than pinholes (click) and have no lenses (click)
its eyes are very small and have no lenses
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence I’m basically blind
it is basically blind
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘riverbed’?
Tick Me
What does the repeated “(click)” help the reader understand?
Tick one:
A) The dolphin cannot swim
B) The dolphin uses sound to explore its surroundings
Check
C) The dolphin likes loud noises
Click if correct
D) The dolphin is talking to people
Find Me
Find one word that means the dolphin cannot see.
I’m basically blind (click) and yet (click) I still catch fish like this one (click) near me now.
Discuss then check
blind
True or False?
The South Asian River Dolphin only has one way of finding food.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
ask questions.
Reveal
Think of questions as you read and look for answers in the text.
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.