Ready Steady Read Together
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems: Poetry Lesson 3
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?
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs...
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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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) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Dining with Dinosaurs
by Sue Hardy-Dawson
If you dare
to dine with dinosaurs
explain it’s rude to
eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
front
doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
and if they make holes in
your floors, never
reward
them with applause.
Their tiny brains can hardly think,
so never let them play with ink,
and discourage padding
in the sink or tipping toilets
up to drink....
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
... It’s hard to stop
them chewing chairs and
damaging the hall and stairs,
importantly such small repairs,
should never catch
you unawares. But if you
dine with dinosaurs,
you may find that it’s
good to pause, and
before you let
them
all
indoors
make
sure
that
they
are
herbivores
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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door
fine
floor
sure
should
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Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
reward
discourage
applause
repairs
unawares
herbivores
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
reward
Explore
Find Read Talk
If you dare
to dine with dinosaurs
explain it’s rude to
eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
front
doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
and if they make holes in
your floors, never
reward
them with applause.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
reward
Your turn
applause
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
discourage
repairs
unawares
herbivores
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Dining with Dinosaurs
by Sue Hardy-Dawson
If you dare
to dine with dinosaurs
explain it’s rude to
eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
front
doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
and if they make holes in
your floors, never
reward
them with applause.
Their tiny brains can hardly think,
so never let them play with ink,
and discourage padding
in the sink or tipping toilets
up to drink....
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
... It’s hard to stop
them chewing chairs and
damaging the hall and stairs,
importantly such small repairs,
should never catch
you unawares. But if you
dine with dinosaurs,
you may find that it’s
good to pause, and
before you let
them
all
indoors
make
sure
that
they
are
herbivores
Reveal Vocabulary
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...
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares.But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores.
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
It’s hard to stop
them chewing chairs
and damaging the hall and stairs,
importantly such small repairs,
should never catch you unawares.
But if you dine with dinosaurs,
you may find that it’s good to pause,
and before you let them all indoors
make sure that they are herbivores.
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
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares.But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores.
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: Read Between the Lines
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
If you dare
to dine with dinosaurs
explain it’s rude to
eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
front
doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
and if they make holes in
your floors,...
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘dare’ suggests it is risky to eat with a dinosaur. If you have to tell them not to eat doors, it hints that they might try to eat or damage parts of your home while they are dining with you. Inviting a dinner guest who plans to eat parts of your home would be a bad idea.
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) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it’s rude to eat front doors - it’s hard to stop them chewing chairs
might eat parts of the house or furniture
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Text Mark Evidence - they make holes in your floors - (dinosaurs) damaging the hall and stairs
might cause damage
Text Mark Evidence - never let them play with ink - discourage paddling in the sink or tipping toilets up to drink
might be messy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores
might try to eat you
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
Text Mark Evidence never reward them with applause
applause
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence their tiny brains
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘herbivore’?
Fill the Gaps
If you dare
to dine with dinosaurs
explain it’s rude to
eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
front
doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
and if they make holes in
your floors, never
them with .
Their tiny brains can hardly think,
so never let them play with ink,
and padding
in the sink or tipping toilets
up to drink....
discourage
reward
applause
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Which One's Right?
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares.
The word ‘unawares’ means to not let small repairs…
A) be loud, like alarms.
B) surprise you.
D) be fixed by others.
C) take too much time.
Tick Me
Why might the poet have typed out the words in this way?
Tick one:
A) To show that the poem is about food
B) To hint that the poem is about dinosaurs
Check
C) To make it easier to read
Click if correct
D) To use less space on the page
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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 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 dare to dine with dinosaurs...
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) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Dining with Dinosaurs
by Sue Hardy-Dawson
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs explain it’s rude to eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ front doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ and if they make holes in your floors, never reward them with applause. Their tiny brains can hardly think, so never let them play with ink, and discourage padding in the sink or tipping toilets up to drink....
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
... It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares. But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
door
fine
floor
sure
should
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
reward
discourage
applause
repairs
unawares
herbivores
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
reward
Explore
Find Read Talk
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs explain it’s rude to eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ front doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ and if they make holes in your floors, never reward them with applause.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
reward
Your turn
applause
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
discourage
repairs
unawares
herbivores
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Dining with Dinosaurs
by Sue Hardy-Dawson
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs explain it’s rude to eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ front doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ and if they make holes in your floors, never reward them with applause. Their tiny brains can hardly think, so never let them play with ink, and discourage padding in the sink or tipping toilets up to drink....
Reveal Vocabulary
Explore
From: The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems by Brian Moses © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
... It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares. But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores
Reveal Vocabulary
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...
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares.But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores.
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
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs
and damaging the hall and stairs,
importantly such small repairs,
should never catch you unawares.
But if you dine with dinosaurs,
you may find that it’s good to pause,
and before you let them all indoors
make sure that they are herbivores.
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
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares.But if you dine with dinosaurs, you may find that it’s good to pause, and before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores.
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: Read Between the Lines
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs explain it’s rude to eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ front doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ and if they make holes in your floors,...
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Reveal Explainer
The word ‘dare’ suggests it is risky to eat with a dinosaur. If you have to tell them not to eat doors, it hints that they might try to eat or damage parts of your home while they are dining with you. Inviting a dinner guest who plans to eat parts of your home would be a bad idea.
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) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - it’s rude to eat front doors - it’s hard to stop them chewing chairs
might eat parts of the house or furniture
A) Why might it be a bad idea to dine with dinosaurs?
Text Mark Evidence - they make holes in your floors - (dinosaurs) damaging the hall and stairs
might cause damage
Text Mark Evidence - never let them play with ink - discourage paddling in the sink or tipping toilets up to drink
might be messy
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence before you let them all indoors make sure that they are herbivores
might try to eat you
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What should you never use to reward dinosaurs?
Text Mark Evidence never reward them with applause
applause
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What part of a dinosaur is tiny?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence their tiny brains
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘herbivore’?
Fill the Gaps
If you dare to dine with dinosaurs explain it’s rude to eat \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ front doors, /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ and if they make holes in your floors, never them with . Their tiny brains can hardly think, so never let them play with ink, and padding in the sink or tipping toilets up to drink....
discourage
reward
applause
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Which One's Right?
It’s hard to stop them chewing chairs and damaging the hall and stairs, importantly such small repairs, should never catch you unawares. The word ‘unawares’ means to not let small repairs…
A) be loud, like alarms.
B) surprise you.
D) be fixed by others.
C) take too much time.
Tick Me
Why might the poet have typed out the words in this way?
Tick one:
A) To show that the poem is about food
B) To hint that the poem is about dinosaurs
Check
C) To make it easier to read
Click if correct
D) To use less space on the page
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
set reading goals.
Reveal
Challenge yourself to read a specific number of books or pages.
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.
reward
applause
discourage