Ready Steady Read Together
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems: Poetry Lesson 1
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What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
And they’re OFF...
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From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) “And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears;
Snow White is giving her seven small friends
Some last-minute tips,
But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Meanwhile, the Bad Fairy is being searched for
Go-Faster Spells;
The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf,
(Which CAN’T be right),
And Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe,
Doesn’t have a hope.
The last few runners are arriving, just in time!
Rapunzel’s at the top of her stony tower,
She’s blowing her whistle
And they’re OFF…
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
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last
great
gold
fast
only
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
sports reporter
adjusting
grand final
allowed
training run
meanwhile
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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
sports reporter
Explore
Find Read Talk
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.)
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
sports reporter
Your turn
grand final
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
adjusting
allowed
training run
meanwhile
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) “And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears;
Snow White is giving her seven small friends
Some last-minute tips,
But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Meanwhile, the Bad Fairy is being searched for
Go-Faster Spells;
The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf,
(Which CAN’T be right),
And Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe,
Doesn’t have a hope.
The last few runners are arriving, just in time!
Rapunzel’s at the top of her stony tower,
She’s blowing her whistle
And they’re OFF…
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears;
Snow White is giving her seven small friends
Some last-minute tips,
But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – “
“Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,”
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
“Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears;”
“Snow White is giving her seven small friends
Some last-minute tips,
But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears;
Snow White is giving her seven small friends
Some last-minute tips,
But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots...
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for fairy tale characters. Capital letters might help me because they are used for proper nouns like names. I can ‘find and take’ the answer Puss as he is the character in the fairy tale Puss in Boots.
Teach
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Goldilocks
Text Mark Evidence The Three Bears
Text Mark Evidence Snow White
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence Grumpy
Text Mark Evidence Bad Fairy
Text Mark Evidence Big Bad Wolf
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Cinderella
Text Mark Evidence Rapunzel
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots
Puss: he has new boots with spikes which might help him run faster
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
Text Mark Evidence Goldilocks is still puffing after a training run with the Three Bears
Goldilocks: she has been practising to get ready for the race
Accept any character referenced with a reasonable explanation:
Text Mark Evidence Snow White is giving her seven small friends some last-minute tips
one of the Seven Dwarves: they might follow the advice or tips from Snow White
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf
one of the Three Little Pigs: they might run very fast to get away from the Big Bad Wolf
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
Text Mark Evidence the Bad Fairy is being searched for Go-Faster Spells
she might be using magic to cheat or help her run faster
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Text Mark Evidence Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe, doesn’t have a hope
Cinderella only has one shoe and it is made of glass
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sports reporter’?
Tick Me
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.)
Why might the poet want you to read the poem quickly?
Tick one:
A) To show that the runners are tired
B) Because the race has already finished
Check
C) Because the poem is very short
Click if correct
D) To make the race sound fast and exciting
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘changing or moving something to make it work better’:
“And…
They’re all lining up for the Grand Final –
Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
Goldilocks is still puffing
After a training run with the Three Bears…”
Discuss then check
adjusting
Which One's Right?
Who blew the whistle to start the race?
B) Snow White
A) Sports Reporter
C) Cinderella
D) Rapunzel
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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 from: he Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems: Poetry 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?
And they’re OFF...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) “And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots, (Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed). Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears; Snow White is giving her seven small friends Some last-minute tips, But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Meanwhile, the Bad Fairy is being searched for Go-Faster Spells; The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf, (Which CAN’T be right), And Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe, Doesn’t have a hope. The last few runners are arriving, just in time! Rapunzel’s at the top of her stony tower, She’s blowing her whistle And they’re OFF…
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
last
great
gold
fast
only
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
sports reporter
adjusting
grand final
allowed
training run
meanwhile
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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
sports reporter
Explore
Find Read Talk
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.)
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
sports reporter
Your turn
grand final
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
adjusting
allowed
training run
meanwhile
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
The Storyland Sprint (Part One)
by Clare Bevan
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) “And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots, (Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed). Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears; Snow White is giving her seven small friends Some last-minute tips, But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Meanwhile, the Bad Fairy is being searched for Go-Faster Spells; The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf, (Which CAN’T be right), And Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe, Doesn’t have a hope. The last few runners are arriving, just in time! Rapunzel’s at the top of her stony tower, She’s blowing her whistle And they’re OFF…
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots, (Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed). Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears; Snow White is giving her seven small friends Some last-minute tips, But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – “
“Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots,”
(Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed).
“Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears;”
“Snow White is giving her seven small friends Some last-minute tips, But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots, (Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed). Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears; Snow White is giving her seven small friends Some last-minute tips, But Grumpy still doesn’t look Happy.”
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots...
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ for fairy tale characters. Capital letters might help me because they are used for proper nouns like names. I can ‘find and take’ the answer Puss as he is the character in the fairy tale Puss in Boots.
Teach
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. 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) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Goldilocks
Text Mark Evidence The Three Bears
Text Mark Evidence Snow White
A) Which fairy tale characters are mentioned in the poem?
Text Mark Evidence Grumpy
Text Mark Evidence Bad Fairy
Text Mark Evidence Big Bad Wolf
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence Cinderella
Text Mark Evidence Rapunzel
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots
Puss: he has new boots with spikes which might help him run faster
B) Who might win the race? Why do you think?
Text Mark Evidence Goldilocks is still puffing after a training run with the Three Bears
Goldilocks: she has been practising to get ready for the race
Accept any character referenced with a reasonable explanation:
Text Mark Evidence Snow White is giving her seven small friends some last-minute tips
one of the Seven Dwarves: they might follow the advice or tips from Snow White
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence The Little Pigs have been placed next to the Big Bad Wolf
one of the Three Little Pigs: they might run very fast to get away from the Big Bad Wolf
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why is the Bad Fairy being searched?
Text Mark Evidence the Bad Fairy is being searched for Go-Faster Spells
she might be using magic to cheat or help her run faster
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Who does the poem hint is not likely to win the race? Why?
Text Mark Evidence Cinderella, wearing only one glass shoe, doesn’t have a hope
Cinderella only has one shoe and it is made of glass
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sports reporter’?
Tick Me
(To be read at great speed by your excited Sports Reporter.) Why might the poet want you to read the poem quickly?
Tick one:
A) To show that the runners are tired
B) Because the race has already finished
Check
C) Because the poem is very short
Click if correct
D) To make the race sound fast and exciting
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘changing or moving something to make it work better’:
“And… They’re all lining up for the Grand Final – Puss is adjusting his new, spiky boots, (Plain green leather – no ankle-wings allowed). Goldilocks is still puffing After a training run with the Three Bears…”
Discuss then check
adjusting
Which One's Right?
Who blew the whistle to start the race?
B) Snow White
A) Sports Reporter
C) Cinderella
D) Rapunzel
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
collect your favourites.
Reveal
Keep a notebook of poems you love or that inspire you.
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 from: he Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.