Ready Steady Read Together
Can You Get Rainbows in Space?: Non-Fiction Lesson 2
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?
Different temperatures of fire give off different-coloured light.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
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Let me read today's text
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Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
combustion
chemical reaction
heat of friction
form the flames
carbon
lithium chloride
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From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. 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
combustion
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Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
combustion
Your turn
chemical reaction
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
heat of friction
form the flames
carbon
lithium chloride
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Fire burns because of combustion. This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen. The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood. The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Fire burns because of combustion.
This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen.
The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood.
The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck)
and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Fire burns because of combustion. This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen. The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood. The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off. We feel the heat as it warms us, and we see the light in the form of the flames.
Reveal Explainer
The sentence “the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off” shows that fire releases energy. The text also explains that different temperatures and fuels create different flame colours, and that removing heat, fuel or oxygen will put a fire out. So, understanding how fire works helps us explain why flames look different and how fires can be controlled safely.
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Teach
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. 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 knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the flame is the hottest at its bottom, and coolest at its tip
explains why different parts of a flame have different temperatures
Text Mark Evidence different temperatures of fire give off different-coloured light
explains why flames can appear different colours
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Text Mark Evidence copper burns green
explains how different chemicals affect flame colour
Text Mark Evidence if one of these is removed, the fire will go out
shows how fires can be controlled by removing one element of the fire triangle
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence firefighters use this knowledge to put out fires
shows how understanding fire helps people use it safely in real life
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence heat
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
Text Mark Evidence fuel
Text Mark Evidence oxygen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
Text Mark Evidence the bottom
Text Mark Evidence the base of the flame
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
Text Mark Evidence water cools the fire and removes heat
by removing heat
Text Mark Evidence fire blankets stop oxygen from reaching the flames
by stopping oxygen from reaching the flames
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘chemical reaction’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘combustion’?
A) freezing
B) burning
D) dissolving
C) melting
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) Flames are only orange and fire is always the same temperature.
B) Fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen and burns differently depending on the fuel and chemicals involved.
Check
C) Fire is not dangerous and can be touched safely if it is yellow.
Click if correct
D) All fires look blue and burn at the same speed.
True or False?
The top of a flame is the hottest part and is always blue.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Can You Get Rainbows in Space?: 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?
Different temperatures of fire give off different-coloured light.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
combustion
chemical reaction
heat of friction
form the flames
carbon
lithium chloride
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. 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
combustion
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
combustion
Your turn
chemical reaction
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
heat of friction
form the flames
carbon
lithium chloride
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Fire burns because of combustion. This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen. The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood. The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Fire burns because of combustion.
This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen.
The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood.
The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck)
and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Fire burns because of combustion. This is a chemical reaction that takes place between fuel and oxygen. The fuel can be a number of things, like petrol, gas or wood. The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off.
Explore
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The fuel and oxygen are combined with the heat of friction (for example, a match being struck) and the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off. We feel the heat as it warms us, and we see the light in the form of the flames.
Reveal Explainer
The sentence “the resulting combustion causes heat and light to be given off” shows that fire releases energy. The text also explains that different temperatures and fuels create different flame colours, and that removing heat, fuel or oxygen will put a fire out. So, understanding how fire works helps us explain why flames look different and how fires can be controlled safely.
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Teach
From: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. 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 knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the flame is the hottest at its bottom, and coolest at its tip
explains why different parts of a flame have different temperatures
Text Mark Evidence different temperatures of fire give off different-coloured light
explains why flames can appear different colours
A) How does knowing how fire works help us explain different flames and control fire safely?
Text Mark Evidence copper burns green
explains how different chemicals affect flame colour
Text Mark Evidence if one of these is removed, the fire will go out
shows how fires can be controlled by removing one element of the fire triangle
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence firefighters use this knowledge to put out fires
shows how understanding fire helps people use it safely in real life
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence heat
B) Name three things that a fire needs to keep burning.
Text Mark Evidence fuel
Text Mark Evidence oxygen
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which part of a flame is the hottest?
Text Mark Evidence the bottom
Text Mark Evidence the base of the flame
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Name two ways firefighters can stop a fire, according to the text.
Text Mark Evidence water cools the fire and removes heat
by removing heat
Text Mark Evidence fire blankets stop oxygen from reaching the flames
by stopping oxygen from reaching the flames
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘chemical reaction’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘combustion’?
A) freezing
B) burning
D) dissolving
C) melting
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) Flames are only orange and fire is always the same temperature.
B) Fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen and burns differently depending on the fuel and chemicals involved.
Check
C) Fire is not dangerous and can be touched safely if it is yellow.
Click if correct
D) All fires look blue and burn at the same speed.
True or False?
The top of a flame is the hottest part and is always blue.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
staycurious.
Reveal
Explore topics you've never considered before.
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: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.