Ready Steady Read Together
First Big Book of Why: 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?
When you’re hungry, your stomach makes even more rumbly noises.
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
C) What do the intestines do?
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
eye
even
any
most
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
purpose
intestines
sweep away
long winding
vitamins
squish and squeeze
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
purpose
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.
purpose
Your turn
sweep away
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
intestines
long winding
vitamins
squish and squeeze
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...
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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
Short, straight, curly or long,
you have eyelashes for one purpose –
to protect your eyes.
Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
First, I ‘look around’ the text and scan for the word ‘eyelashes’. I find the sentence that tells me what they do. It says eyelashes sweep away dust and dirt to stop it getting into your eyes.
So I can ‘find and take’ the answer that eyelashes protect our eyes from dust and dirt.
Reveal Explainer
A) What do eyelashes protect our eyes from?
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
C) What do the intestines do?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
rain and sweat
A) What do eyelashes protect our eyes from?
drying out (wind)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
Upper
about 150 on the upper lids
Lower
about 100 on the lower lids
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence removes all the things the body needs from food, such as vitamins
remove useful things from food for the body
C) What do the intestines do?
Text Mark Evidence the intestines squish and squeeze anything leftover
squish and squeeze leftover food
Text Mark Evidence sweeping away any leftover bits of food… ready for your next meal
clean out leftover food to get ready for the next meal
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sweep away’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Camels have two rows of ______________ to keep the dust and sand out of their eyes in their desert homes.
B) teeth
A) sand
C) hairs
D) eyelashes
True or False?
The intestines only work when you are eating food.
True
False
Find Me
Find one word that shows the noises your tummy makes.
The intestines squish and squeezeanything leftover, and they’re rumbling all the time. When you’re hungry, your stomach makes even more rumbly noises.
Discuss then check
rumbly
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pair non-fiction with fiction.
Reveal
Read a story and then a fact book on the same topic.
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 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?
When you’re hungry, your stomach makes even more rumbly noises.
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
C) What do the intestines do?
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
eye
even
any
most
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
purpose
intestines
sweep away
long winding
vitamins
squish and squeeze
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
purpose
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.
purpose
Your turn
sweep away
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
intestines
long winding
vitamins
squish and squeeze
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...
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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
Short, straight, curly or long,
you have eyelashes for one purpose –
to protect your eyes.
Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Short, straight, curly or long, you have eyelashes for one purpose – to protect your eyes. Lashes sweep away dust and dirt and warn you to shut your eyes if something touches them.
First, I ‘look around’ the text and scan for the word ‘eyelashes’. I find the sentence that tells me what they do. It says eyelashes sweep away dust and dirt to stop it getting into your eyes. So I can ‘find and take’ the answer that eyelashes protect our eyes from dust and dirt.
Reveal Explainer
A) What do eyelashes protect our eyes from?
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 eyelashes protect our eyes from?
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
C) What do the intestines do?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
rain and sweat
A) What do eyelashes protect our eyes from?
drying out (wind)
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many eyelashes do you have on your upper and lower lids?
Upper
about 150 on the upper lids
Lower
about 100 on the lower lids
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence removes all the things the body needs from food, such as vitamins
remove useful things from food for the body
C) What do the intestines do?
Text Mark Evidence the intestines squish and squeeze anything leftover
squish and squeeze leftover food
Text Mark Evidence sweeping away any leftover bits of food… ready for your next meal
clean out leftover food to get ready for the next meal
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘sweep away’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Camels have two rows of ______________ to keep the dust and sand out of their eyes in their desert homes.
B) teeth
A) sand
C) hairs
D) eyelashes
True or False?
The intestines only work when you are eating food.
True
False
Find Me
Find one word that shows the noises your tummy makes.
The intestines squish and squeezeanything leftover, and they’re rumbling all the time. When you’re hungry, your stomach makes even more rumbly noises.
Discuss then check
rumbly
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
pair non-fiction with fiction.
Reveal
Read a story and then a fact book on the same topic.
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.