Ready Steady Read Together
The Wild Life of Animals: Non-Fiction Lesson 3
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?
Soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them, meaning we’ll munch on plants instead.
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
C) Why are they called discus fish?
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
Explore
Let me read today's text
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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
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after
beautiful
because
plant
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
siblings
literally
clinging to a rock
discus thrown in athletics
mucus
shoal
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
siblings
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.
siblings
Your turn
clinging to a rock
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
literally
discus thrown in athletics
mucus
shoal
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...
See what I mean? Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL? We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics, but a lot more colourful.
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
See what I mean?
Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL?
We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics,
but a lot more colourful.
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
See what I mean? Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL? We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics, but a lot more colourful.
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Unusually for fish, Mum and Dad look after us as babies. For two weeks now, we’ve been MUNCHING on the MUCUS they make on their bodies. They take turns, flicking us between them when they’ve had enough. I wonder if it tickles to be nibbled like this?
When I look around the text, I find the sentence, “we've been MUNCHING on the MUCUS they make on their bodies.” This tells me exactly how the parents look after their babies. The baby fish are eating mucus from their mum and dad. So I can see that the parents feed their babies by letting them munch on the mucus they make.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do discus fish parents look after their babies?
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
C) Why are they called discus fish?
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they take turns
they take turns feeding the babies
A) How do discus fish parents look after their babies?
Text Mark Evidence flicking us between them when they’ve had enough
they move the babies between them when one has had enough
Text Mark Evidence for two weeks now
they stay with the babies for two weeks after hatching
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them
they only swim away when it is time for the babies to feed themselves
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence in a warm, dark pool in a flooded Brazilian rainforest
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why are they called discus fish?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence they are flat and round like a discus thrown in athletics
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
Text Mark Evidence soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF… meaning we’ll munch on plants instead
they will eat plants
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘siblings’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Discus fish get their name because their bodies are shaped like...
B) a sharp triangle
A) a long, thin worm
C) a square box
D) a round discus used in athletics
True or False?
Discus fish babies hatch in a cold, bright ocean.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘group of fish’:
Soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them, meaning we’ll munch on plants instead. They will then rejoin their shoal of a dozen beautiful buddies and, one day soon, I’ll have a COLOURFUL CREW of my own to feed. I can't wait!
Discuss then check
shoal
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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 3
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?
Soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them, meaning we’ll munch on plants instead.
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
C) Why are they called discus fish?
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
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
after
beautiful
because
plant
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
siblings
literally
clinging to a rock
discus thrown in athletics
mucus
shoal
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
siblings
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.
siblings
Your turn
clinging to a rock
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
literally
discus thrown in athletics
mucus
shoal
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...
See what I mean? Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL? We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics, but a lot more colourful.
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
See what I mean?
Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL?
We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics,
but a lot more colourful.
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
See what I mean? Aren’t our Mum and Dad BEAUTIFUL? We are called discus fish because we are FLAT and ROUND like the discus thrown in athletics, but a lot more colourful.
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Unusually for fish, Mum and Dad look after us as babies. For two weeks now, we’ve been MUNCHING on the MUCUS they make on their bodies. They take turns, flicking us between them when they’ve had enough. I wonder if it tickles to be nibbled like this?
When I look around the text, I find the sentence, “we've been MUNCHING on the MUCUS they make on their bodies.” This tells me exactly how the parents look after their babies. The baby fish are eating mucus from their mum and dad. So I can see that the parents feed their babies by letting them munch on the mucus they make.
Reveal Explainer
A) How do discus fish parents look after their babies?
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 discus fish parents look after their babies?
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
C) Why are they called discus fish?
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence they take turns
they take turns feeding the babies
A) How do discus fish parents look after their babies?
Text Mark Evidence flicking us between them when they’ve had enough
they move the babies between them when one has had enough
Text Mark Evidence for two weeks now
they stay with the babies for two weeks after hatching
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them
they only swim away when it is time for the babies to feed themselves
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) Where do discus fish babies live after hatching?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence in a warm, dark pool in a flooded Brazilian rainforest
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why are they called discus fish?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence they are flat and round like a discus thrown in athletics
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What will the baby fish eat when their parents swim off?
Text Mark Evidence soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF… meaning we’ll munch on plants instead
they will eat plants
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘siblings’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Discus fish get their name because their bodies are shaped like...
B) a sharp triangle
A) a long, thin worm
C) a square box
D) a round discus used in athletics
True or False?
Discus fish babies hatch in a cold, bright ocean.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘group of fish’:
Soon Mum and Dad will SWIM OFF when we try to feed on them, meaning we’ll munch on plants instead. They will then rejoin their shoal of a dozen beautiful buddies and, one day soon, I’ll have a COLOURFUL CREW of my own to feed. I can't wait!
Discuss then check
shoal
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
use graphs and pictures.
Reveal
Pay attention to visuals that explain the topic.
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.