Ready Steady Read Together
There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question: Non-fiction Lesson 1
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
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What do you know and think?
One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
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From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
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Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
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cartilage
whopping
vertebrae
sporting multiple rows
razor-sharp
pleasantly repetitive
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From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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cartilage
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Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
cartilage
vertebrae
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
whopping
sporting multiple rows
razor-sharp
pleasantly repetitive
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers. Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones,
often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers.
Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime.
One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth,
grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers. Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
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From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Generally, longer creatures have more bones. Pythons can grow to 10 metres in length and have as many as 1,800 bones in total, with up to 600 vertebrae (bones that make up the backbone) and sets of ribs.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
Reveal Explainer
A python might have more bones than a horse because it is much longer. The text explains that “longer creatures have more bones” and pythons can grow up to 10 metres long, so they need lots of bones to support their long bodies.
Teach
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 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
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
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Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones
they can grow new teeth when old ones fall out
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
Text Mark Evidence multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers
they have multiple rows of sharp teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence about every two weeks
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Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a radula
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vertebrae’?
Which One's Right?
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers.Which word is closest in meaning to ‘constantly’?
B) quietly
A) rarely
D) suddenly
C) all the time
True or False?
Adult humans usually have 206 bones.
False
True
Find Me
Find one word that means ‘enormous’:
An adult human has 32 teeth – 16 on top, 16 below – while the toothiest land mammal, the giant armadillo, has a whopping 74 chompers. And fish and reptiles tend to have even more teeth!
Discuss then check
whopping
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore audiobooks.
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Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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Ready Steady Read Together
There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question: 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?
One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
cartilage
whopping
vertebrae
sporting multiple rows
razor-sharp
pleasantly repetitive
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 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
cartilage
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
cartilage
vertebrae
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
whopping
sporting multiple rows
razor-sharp
pleasantly repetitive
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers. Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones,
often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers.
Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime.
One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth,
grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers. Requiem sharks go through about 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. One plant-eating dinosaur, Nigersaurus, had around 500 teeth, grinding them down and replacing them about every two weeks.
Explore
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Read Between the Lines
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Generally, longer creatures have more bones. Pythons can grow to 10 metres in length and have as many as 1,800 bones in total, with up to 600 vertebrae (bones that make up the backbone) and sets of ribs.
Teacher Model Question OnlyWhy might a python have more bones than a horse?
Reveal Explainer
A python might have more bones than a horse because it is much longer. The text explains that “longer creatures have more bones” and pythons can grow up to 10 metres long, so they need lots of bones to support their long bodies.
Teach
From: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 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
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones
they can grow new teeth when old ones fall out
A) Why might sharks be able to keep hunting successfully?
Text Mark Evidence multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers
they have multiple rows of sharp teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How often did Nigersaurus replace its teeth?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence about every two weeks
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What is the name of the tongue-like structure that sea slugs grow their teeth on?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence a radula
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vertebrae’?
Which One's Right?
Sharks are constantly losing teeth while hunting then growing new ones, often sporting multiple rows of razor-sharp gnashers.Which word is closest in meaning to ‘constantly’?
B) quietly
A) rarely
D) suddenly
C) all the time
True or False?
Adult humans usually have 206 bones.
False
True
Find Me
Find one word that means ‘enormous’:
An adult human has 32 teeth – 16 on top, 16 below – while the toothiest land mammal, the giant armadillo, has a whopping 74 chompers. And fish and reptiles tend to have even more teeth!
Discuss then check
whopping
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
explore audiobooks.
Reveal
Listen to books during walks or while relaxing.
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: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question by Mike Rampton © 2024 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.