Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of Why: Non-Fiction 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?
Most dogs can understand more than 150 words. That’s the same as a two-year old human.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
C) Why do mice squeak?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
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only
poor
find
eye
water
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Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
communicate
high-pitched
nuzzle
chirpy
impress
facial expressions
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 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
communicate
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
communicate
Your turn
nuzzle
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
high-pitched
chirpy
impress
facial expressions
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate. They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate.
They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling
and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate. They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. 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) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Only humans speak human languages, but certain pets do understand some human words. Animals mainly communicate by using sounds, body language and smells. Dogs woof and wag their tails when they want our attention.
Reveal Explainer
First, I ‘look around’ the text to find where it tells me what dogs do. I can see the part that says dogs “woof and wag their tails when they want our attention.” I can ‘find and take’ this answer from the text. This shows that dogs communicate by making sounds and using their bodies to tell us something.
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 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) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
C) Why do mice squeak?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
Text Mark Evidence - meow - nuzzle
cats
Text Mark Evidence - make a wheek-wheek sound - jump
guinea pigs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence say more than 100 words
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
Text Mark Evidence knew some colours
Text Mark Evidence (knew some) shapes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence count
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
to communicate with each other
C) Why do mice squeak?
to show how they are feeling
to tell their friends where food and water is
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
to chat or sing to other mice (e.g. males to impress females)
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘communicate’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is the closest in meaning to ‘chirpy’?
B) angry
A) sad
D) tired
C) cheerful
True or False?
Mice have excellent eyesight and poor hearing.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
high-pitched
impress
chirpy
Females use squeaks to chat to each other, and males singlove songs to the females.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
join a book club.
Reveal
Talk to others about books you've read to get new perspectives.
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: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of Why: Non-Fiction 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?
Most dogs can understand more than 150 words. That’s the same as a two-year old human.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
C) Why do mice squeak?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
only
poor
find
eye
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
communicate
high-pitched
nuzzle
chirpy
impress
facial expressions
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 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
communicate
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
communicate
Your turn
nuzzle
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
high-pitched
chirpy
impress
facial expressions
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate. They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate.
They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling
and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Mice have their own squeaky language, which they use to communicate. They make different squeaks depending on how they are feeling and to let their friends know where to find food and water.
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 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) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Only humans speak human languages, but certain pets do understand some human words. Animals mainly communicate by using sounds, body language and smells. Dogs woof and wag their tails when they want our attention.
Reveal Explainer
First, I ‘look around’ the text to find where it tells me what dogs do. I can see the part that says dogs “woof and wag their tails when they want our attention.” I can ‘find and take’ this answer from the text. This shows that dogs communicate by making sounds and using their bodies to tell us something.
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
From: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 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) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
C) Why do mice squeak?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) What do dogs, cats and guinea pigs do to communicate?
Text Mark Evidence - meow - nuzzle
cats
Text Mark Evidence - make a wheek-wheek sound - jump
guinea pigs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence say more than 100 words
B) Name two things the African grey parrot Alex could do.
Text Mark Evidence knew some colours
Text Mark Evidence (knew some) shapes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence count
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
to communicate with each other
C) Why do mice squeak?
to show how they are feeling
to tell their friends where food and water is
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
to chat or sing to other mice (e.g. males to impress females)
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘communicate’?
Which One's Right?
Which word is the closest in meaning to ‘chirpy’?
B) angry
A) sad
D) tired
C) cheerful
True or False?
Mice have excellent eyesight and poor hearing.
True
False
Fill the Gaps
high-pitched
impress
chirpy
Females use squeaks to chat to each other, and males singlove songs to the females.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
join a book club.
Reveal
Talk to others about books you've read to get new perspectives.
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: First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes and Stephanie Drimmer © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
high-pitched
chirpy
impress