Ready Steady Read Together
Can You Get Rainbows in Space?: 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?
If you were an astronaut on the International Space Station and you looked at the Sun, it would appear white, because of the lack of an atmosphere.
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) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
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.
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!
emits
Earth’s atmosphere
electromagnetic spectrum
horizon
tinged
constellation
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
emits
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.
emits
Your turn
electromagnetic spectrum
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
Earth’s atmosphere
horizon
tinged
constellation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
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...
So why does the Sun look white or yellow? The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue – but its strongest is the green wavelength. And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light. This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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
So why does the Sun look white or yellow?
The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue –
but its strongest is the green wavelength.
And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light.
This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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
So why does the Sun look white or yellow? The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue – but its strongest is the green wavelength. And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light. This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Earth’s atmosphere scatters away light at the blue and violet end of the spectrum. Colours with longer wavelengths (reds, oranges and yellows) are not scattered away, so are visible to our eyes.
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
Reveal: Colours and Descriptions
Reveal Explainer
First I ‘look around’ in the text for clues about wavelength. I can see it says longer wavelengths are reds, oranges and yellows and they are not scattered away so we can see them. That matches the answer. So I ‘find and take’ and connect red, orange and yellow with longer wavelength and visible to our eyes.
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) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
red, orange and yellows
white light
blue/violet
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each colour to link with the correct answer
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
red, orange and yellows
white light
blue/violet
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
Acceptable Answers
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence around 500 nanometres
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a red star
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘emits’?
Tick Me
Which answer best completes the sentence?
The Sun would look white to an astronaut in space because…
Tick one:
A) there is no atmosphere in space to scatter the different colours of light.
B) the Sun only emits white light in space.
Check
C) astronauts wear special helmets that change the Sun’s colour.
Click if correct
D) the International Space Station is very close to the Sun.
Fill the Gaps
emits
spectrum
visible
The Sun energy and light from all areas of the electromagnetic . It can give off X-rays, gamma rays on light, and on the visible spectrum it can emit red, green or violet light.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
True or False?
The bluer a star looks, the cooler it is.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
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.
emits
spectrum
visible
red, orange and yellows
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
white light
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
blue/violet
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow
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Ready Steady Read Together
Can You Get Rainbows in Space?: 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?
If you were an astronaut on the International Space Station and you looked at the Sun, it would appear white, because of the lack of an atmosphere.
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) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
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.
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!
emits
Earth’s atmosphere
electromagnetic spectrum
horizon
tinged
constellation
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
emits
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.
emits
Your turn
electromagnetic spectrum
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
Earth’s atmosphere
horizon
tinged
constellation
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
Adapted from: Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Dr Sheila Kanani © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
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...
So why does the Sun look white or yellow? The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue – but its strongest is the green wavelength. And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light. This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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
So why does the Sun look white or yellow?
The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue –
but its strongest is the green wavelength.
And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light.
This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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
So why does the Sun look white or yellow? The Sun emits all colours of visible light – red through to blue – but its strongest is the green wavelength. And as you may remember, if you mix together all of the colours of the rainbow, you make white light. This is the colour of the light coming from the Sun (or any other star).
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: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
The Earth’s atmosphere scatters away light at the blue and violet end of the spectrum. Colours with longer wavelengths (reds, oranges and yellows) are not scattered away, so are visible to our eyes.
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
Reveal: Colours and Descriptions
Reveal Explainer
First I ‘look around’ in the text for clues about wavelength. I can see it says longer wavelengths are reds, oranges and yellows and they are not scattered away so we can see them. That matches the answer. So I ‘find and take’ and connect red, orange and yellow with longer wavelength and visible to our eyes.
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) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
red, orange and yellows
white light
blue/violet
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click on each colour to link with the correct answer
A) Match each colour of light to its wavelength or description.
red, orange and yellows
white light
blue/violet
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
Acceptable Answers
B) What wavelength does the Sun mostly emit energy at?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence around 500 nanometres
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) In about five billion years, what will our Sun turn into?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a red star
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘emits’?
Tick Me
Which answer best completes the sentence? The Sun would look white to an astronaut in space because…
Tick one:
A) there is no atmosphere in space to scatter the different colours of light.
B) the Sun only emits white light in space.
Check
C) astronauts wear special helmets that change the Sun’s colour.
Click if correct
D) the International Space Station is very close to the Sun.
Fill the Gaps
emits
spectrum
visible
The Sun energy and light from all areas of the electromagnetic . It can give off X-rays, gamma rays on light, and on the visible spectrum it can emit red, green or violet light.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
True or False?
The bluer a star looks, the cooler it is.
True
False
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
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.
emits
spectrum
visible
red, orange and yellows
scatters away light at the end of the spectrum
turquoise shade of green
wavelength around 500 nanometres
white light
longer wavelength, visible to our eyes
blue/violet
a mix of all the colours of the rainbow