Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of Why: 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?
They can swim faster and dive deeper than any other bird….
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
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
even
water
fast
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
armour
detect the vibrations
sensitive
affectionate
barnacles
blubbery fat
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
armour
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.
armour
Your turn
sensitive
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
detect the vibrations
affectionate
barnacles
blubbery fat
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...
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin. These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin.
These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips.
In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin. These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Crocodiles have tough skin, a bit like armour, to protect them from enemy bites and to stop them from drying out. But that’s not all.
Reveal Explainer
First, I ‘look around’ the text for the key word ‘skin’ or ‘crocodiles’ to help me find the right part.
Now I read that sentence carefully. It says crocodiles have tough skin, like armour, to protect them from enemy bites.
So I can ‘find and take’ that answer: protects them from enemy bites.
A) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
to stop them from drying out
to help them detect vibrations in the water
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence scutes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence that is where their food lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
they have blubbery fat
they have layers of special feathers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘armour’?
Tick Me
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Crocodiles have bumpy skin because it helps them...
Tick one:
A) feel vibrations in the water.
B) swim backwards.
Check
C) change colours like a chameleon.
Click if correct
D) eat plants faster.
True or False?
Penguins spend most of their lives in water.
False
True
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘notice’:
These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
Discuss then check
detect
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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 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?
They can swim faster and dive deeper than any other bird….
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
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
even
water
fast
any
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
armour
detect the vibrations
sensitive
affectionate
barnacles
blubbery fat
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
armour
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.
armour
Your turn
sensitive
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
detect the vibrations
affectionate
barnacles
blubbery fat
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...
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin. These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin.
These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips.
In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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
Look closely and you’ll see that crocs have thousands of small black bumps on their lumpy skin. These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Crocodiles have tough skin, a bit like armour, to protect them from enemy bites and to stop them from drying out. But that’s not all.
Reveal Explainer
First, I ‘look around’ the text for the key word ‘skin’ or ‘crocodiles’ to help me find the right part. Now I read that sentence carefully. It says crocodiles have tough skin, like armour, to protect them from enemy bites. So I can ‘find and take’ that answer: protects them from enemy bites.
A) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
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) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Why do crocodiles have bumpy skin? Give two reasons.
to stop them from drying out
to help them detect vibrations in the water
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What are the small black bumps on a crocodile’s skin called?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence scutes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why do penguins spend most of their lives in the water?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence that is where their food lives
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) How do penguins keep warm in icy water?
they have blubbery fat
they have layers of special feathers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘armour’?
Tick Me
Which answer best completes the sentence? Crocodiles have bumpy skin because it helps them...
Tick one:
A) feel vibrations in the water.
B) swim backwards.
Check
C) change colours like a chameleon.
Click if correct
D) eat plants faster.
True or False?
Penguins spend most of their lives in water.
False
True
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘notice’:
These bumps are even more sensitive than your fingertips. In still water, a crocodile’s skin can detect the vibrations of a wildebeest drinking from 20 metres away.
Discuss then check
detect
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
compare information.
Reveal
Check if the book matches what you already know or teaches you more.
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.