Ready Steady Read Together
Complete Children's Cookbook: 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?
Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
both
half
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
bicarbonate of soda
decoration
spatula
remaining
whisk
layers
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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
bicarbonate of soda
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
bicarbonate of soda
Your turn
spatula
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
decoration
remaining
whisk
layers
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Pancakes
Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them. Have fun trying out both types of pancake. Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’. Make this dish for your family.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Pancakes
Pancakes can be thick or thin
depending on the ingredients
you use to make them.
Have fun trying out both types of pancake.
Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’.
Make this dish for your family.
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Pancakes
Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them. Have fun trying out both types of pancake. Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’. Make this dish for your family.
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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 each statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
Reveal Explainer
I will read the first statement. Next, I will ‘look around’ for the key words ‘thick’ and ‘thin’. The recipe says pancakes can be either thick or thin. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: true.
Teach
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
Click oneach statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Serves 4
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence sunflower oil, for frying
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence two layers of strawberries
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘decoration’?
Which One's Right?
Which ingredient will you measure with a measuring jug?
B) egg
A) strawberries
C) flour
D) milk
Find Me
Find a word that means ‘left over’:
Wash the strawberries and carefully cut a few of them into halves and place to one side (they will be used for decoration). Hull the remaining strawberries and cut into slices.
Discuss then check
remaining
Link Me
Link each word to its correct meaning:
A) something added to make something look nice
1) spatula
B) a kitchen tool used for lifting or turning food
2) decoration
C) things placed on top of one another
3) whisk
Check
Click if correct
D) a wire kitchen tool used to mix ingredients
4) layers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
follow instructions.
Reveal
Use DIY, craft or recipe books to try something new.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Complete Children's Cookbook: 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?
Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Common Exception Words
Explore
both
half
gold
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
bicarbonate of soda
decoration
spatula
remaining
whisk
layers
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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
bicarbonate of soda
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
bicarbonate of soda
Your turn
spatula
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
decoration
remaining
whisk
layers
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Pancakes Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them. Have fun trying out both types of pancake. Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’. Make this dish for your family.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Pancakes
Pancakes can be thick or thin
depending on the ingredients
you use to make them.
Have fun trying out both types of pancake.
Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’.
Make this dish for your family.
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Pancakes Pancakes can be thick or thin depending on the ingredients you use to make them. Have fun trying out both types of pancake. Thin pancakes are often called ‘crêpes’. Make this dish for your family.
Explore
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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 each statement is true or false.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reveal True or False Statements
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
Reveal Explainer
I will read the first statement. Next, I will ‘look around’ for the key words ‘thick’ and ‘thin’. The recipe says pancakes can be either thick or thin. I can ‘find and take’ the answer: true.
Teach
From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. 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) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
A) Put a tick to show if each statement is true or false.
Click oneach statement to reveal the correct answer
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How many people will the recipe feed?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence Serves 4
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Which ingredient is used to fry the pancakes?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence sunflower oil, for frying
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) How many layers of strawberries should you make?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence two layers of strawberries
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘decoration’?
Which One's Right?
Which ingredient will you measure with a measuring jug?
B) egg
A) strawberries
C) flour
D) milk
Find Me
Find a word that means ‘left over’:
Wash the strawberries and carefully cut a few of them into halves and place to one side (they will be used for decoration). Hull the remaining strawberries and cut into slices.
Discuss then check
remaining
Link Me
Link each word to its correct meaning:
A) something added to make something look nice
1) spatula
B) a kitchen tool used for lifting or turning food
2) decoration
C) things placed on top of one another
3) whisk
Check
Click if correct
D) a wire kitchen tool used to mix ingredients
4) layers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
follow instructions.
Reveal
Use DIY, craft or recipe books to try something new.
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: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.