Ready Steady Read Together
Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur: Non-fiction Lesson 4
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?
The mole avoids being eaten and killed by staying out of sight.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
B) Which animals prey on moles?
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
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.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
burrowing
synonymous
solitary
forage
hibernate
maligned
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
burrowing
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.
burrowing
Your turn
solitary
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
synonymous
forage
hibernate
maligned
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.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills. Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes, with special rooms for birthing and sleeping. They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills.
Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes,
with special rooms for birthing and sleeping.
They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms.
A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws,
to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it –
a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills. Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes, with special rooms for birthing and sleeping. They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
Reveal Statements
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog.
Reveal Explainer
I will read the first statement. I will ‘look around’ for keywords like ‘earthworm’ and ‘gut’. I can see that it is the mole that squeezes the earthworm between its paws. I will ‘find and take’ the answer mole by putting a tick in the mole column. I will now ‘look around’ for the key words in the hedgehog section. I cannot find the words ‘earthworm’ or ‘gut’ in the hedgehog section so I will not put a tick in the hedgehog column. Mole is the only correct answer.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
B) Which animals prey on moles?
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence owls
Text Mark Evidence foxes
B) Which animals prey on moles?
Text Mark Evidence weasels
Text Mark Evidence raccoons
Text Mark Evidence dogs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence cats
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
Text Mark Evidence weight: 200g – 1kg
hedgehog
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence prickle of hedgehogs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘solitary’?
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence?
The word ‘mole’ is used to describe a type of spy because the person…
A) is very sneaky.
B) only comesout at night.
C) is deeply hidden.
D) is good atdigging tunnels.
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘active during the night’:
The distinctive-looking hedgehog has an unusual coat which has thousands of stiff spines called quills. These are made out of keratin, the same substance in human nails and hair. Nocturnal, they mostly forage for food at night and sleep during the day. In colder climates, hedgehogs hibernate during the winter months.
Discuss then check
Nocturnal
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3) forage
4) hibernate
1) burrowing
2) solitary
B) digging a hole or tunnel
C) to sleep during winter
A) alone or apart from others
D) to search for food
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
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.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Feather, Flower, Forest, Fur: Non-fiction Lesson 4
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?
The mole avoids being eaten and killed by staying out of sight.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
B) Which animals prey on moles?
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
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.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
burrowing
synonymous
solitary
forage
hibernate
maligned
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
burrowing
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.
burrowing
Your turn
solitary
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
synonymous
forage
hibernate
maligned
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.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills. Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes, with special rooms for birthing and sleeping. They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills.
Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes,
with special rooms for birthing and sleeping.
They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms.
A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws,
to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it –
a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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
This burrowing animal is famous for its tunnelling skills. Moles create multiple tunnels and chambers for their homes, with special rooms for birthing and sleeping. They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
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) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
They also use their tunnels to trap their prey, feeding mostly on earthworms. A mole will squeeze an earthworm between its paws, to get rid of any dirt in its gut, before eating it – a bit like squeezing toothpaste out of its tube.
Reveal Statements
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog.
Reveal Explainer
I will read the first statement. I will ‘look around’ for keywords like ‘earthworm’ and ‘gut’. I can see that it is the mole that squeezes the earthworm between its paws. I will ‘find and take’ the answer mole by putting a tick in the mole column. I will now ‘look around’ for the key words in the hedgehog section. I cannot find the words ‘earthworm’ or ‘gut’ in the hedgehog section so I will not put a tick in the hedgehog column. Mole is the only correct answer.
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
Find the answers
Your Turn
Text mark
B) Which animals prey on moles?
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Put a tick to show if the statement is true for either the mole or the hedgehog. Put two ticks if the statement is true for both the mole and the hedgehog.
Click each statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence owls
Text Mark Evidence foxes
B) Which animals prey on moles?
Text Mark Evidence weasels
Text Mark Evidence raccoons
Text Mark Evidence dogs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence cats
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which of the two animals is the heaviest?
Text Mark Evidence weight: 200g – 1kg
hedgehog
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) Which animal is known as a prickle?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence prickle of hedgehogs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘solitary’?
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence? The word ‘mole’ is used to describe a type of spy because the person…
A) is very sneaky.
B) only comesout at night.
C) is deeply hidden.
D) is good atdigging tunnels.
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘active during the night’:
The distinctive-looking hedgehog has an unusual coat which has thousands of stiff spines called quills. These are made out of keratin, the same substance in human nails and hair. Nocturnal, they mostly forage for food at night and sleep during the day. In colder climates, hedgehogs hibernate during the winter months.
Discuss then check
Nocturnal
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3) forage
4) hibernate
1) burrowing
2) solitary
B) digging a hole or tunnel
C) to sleep during winter
A) alone or apart from others
D) to search for food
Click if correct
Check
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
look for answers.
Reveal
Use non-fiction books to solve puzzles or satisfy your curiosity.
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.