Ready Steady Read Together
Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur: 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?
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
wingspan
breed
migrate
inhabits
clutches
plumage
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. 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
wingspan
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
wingspan
Your turn
migrate
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
breed
inhabits
clutches
plumage
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil. There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia. Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers, which can also make them hard to spot. Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil.
There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia.
Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers
which can also make them hard to spot.
Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil. There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia. Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers, which can also make them hard to spot. Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. 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) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Blackcap The black cap of this species only belongs to the male bird, while the female bird’s head is a chestnut brown. A tuneful warbler, the blackcap is also known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Reveal: Warblers and Facts
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ to find the section about the blackcap and will re-read it. Next, I will read each answer carefully to see which one matches the information about the blackcap. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Text mark
Find the answers
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Acceptable Answers
Click on each warbler to link with itscorrect fact
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the reed warbler inhabits reedbeds and riverside reed edges
reed warbler
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
Text Mark Evidence (Cetti’s) warbler enjoys hiding in long grasses and scrub near wetlands
Cetti’s warbler
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Blackcap – 21g
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Whitethroat – Length 14cm
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘wingspan’?
True or False?
The male blackcap’s head is chestnut brown.
True
False
Tick Me
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil.
Why might the author have included the reference to the pencil?
Tick two:
A) to help the reader understand how light the birds are
B) to show how sturdy the birds are
Check
C) to suggest a pencil could be used as a perch
Click if correct
D) to compare the weight to something familiar
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) to have babiesor lay eggs
1) migrate
Check
Click if correct
B) a bird’s feathers
2) breed
C) to move to another place during a certain season
3) inhabit
D) to live in a certain place
4) plumage
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for keywords.
Reveal
Notice bold or highlighted words to understand main ideas.
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 adpated for accessibility from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur: 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?
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
wingspan
breed
migrate
inhabits
clutches
plumage
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. 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
wingspan
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
wingspan
Your turn
migrate
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
breed
inhabits
clutches
plumage
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil. There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia. Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers, which can also make them hard to spot. Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil.
There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia.
Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers
which can also make them hard to spot.
Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil. There are almost 350 different species of warblers across Europe and Asia. Their colouring is rather dull with mainly green, olive, brown and black feathers, which can also make them hard to spot. Spotting warblers means that spring is finally on its way.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. 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) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Blackcap The black cap of this species only belongs to the male bird, while the female bird’s head is a chestnut brown. A tuneful warbler, the blackcap is also known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Reveal: Warblers and Facts
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Reveal Explainer
I will ‘look around’ to find the section about the blackcap and will re-read it. Next, I will read each answer carefully to see which one matches the information about the blackcap. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
From: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
Text mark
Find the answers
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Acceptable Answers
Click on each warbler to link with itscorrect fact
A) Match each warbler with the correct fact.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence the reed warbler inhabits reedbeds and riverside reed edges
reed warbler
B) Which warblers prefer wet, grassy habitats?
Text Mark Evidence (Cetti’s) warbler enjoys hiding in long grasses and scrub near wetlands
Cetti’s warbler
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which warbler is the heaviest?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Blackcap – 21g
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Which warbler is the longest?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Whitethroat – Length 14cm
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘wingspan’?
True or False?
The male blackcap’s head is chestnut brown.
True
False
Tick Me
Most warblers weigh between 6 – 20 grams, which is about the same as a pencil. Why might the author have included the reference to the pencil?
Tick two:
A) to help the reader understand how light the birds are
B) to show how sturdy the birds are
Check
C) to suggest a pencil could be used as a perch
Click if correct
D) to compare the weight to something familiar
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) to have babiesor lay eggs
1) migrate
Check
Click if correct
B) a bird’s feathers
2) breed
C) to move to another place during a certain season
3) inhabit
D) to live in a certain place
4) plumage
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for keywords.
Reveal
Notice bold or highlighted words to understand main ideas.
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 adpated for accessibility from: Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur by Sarah Walden and Caroline Rowlands © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
Blackcap
It lays two clutches of four eggs each year.
Reed Warbler
It only has ten tail feathers instead of twelve.
Chiffchaff
It is known as the ‘northern nightingale’.
Whitethroat
It spends its winters south of the Sahara desert.
Cetti's Warbler
The female builds a dome next near the ground.