Ready Steady Read Together
Complete Children's Cookbook: Non-fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
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What do you know and think?
This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion…
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Put the recipe steps in the correct order.
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
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Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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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
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sugar
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
platter
deseeded
accompany
florets
grated
season
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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
platter
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
platter
accompany
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
deseeded
florets
grated
season
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...
Vegetable platter
This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion or as a side dish to accompany a light meal. Variation
There are plenty of other vegetables and dips you can try out for a vegetable platter. So, why not try out green beans and sugar snap peas and a guacamole dip?
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
Vegetable platter
This healthy and colourful snack
works well for any occasion
or as a side dish to accompany a light meal.
Variation
There are plenty of other vegetables and dips
you can try out for a vegetable platter.
So, why not try out green beans
and sugar snap peas
and a guacamole dip?
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
Vegetable platter
This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion or as a side dish to accompany a light meal. Variation
There are plenty of other vegetables and dips you can try out for a vegetable platter. So, why not try out green beans and sugar snap peas and a guacamole dip?
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 the recipe steps in the correct order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Put the recipe steps in the correct order.
Reveal Recipe Steps
First, I will read through all the steps. Next, I will ‘look around’ for the first instruction in the recipe. The first step of the recipe is to slice the vegetables into thin strips. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. The first step is: Slice the cucumber, celery, peppers and carrots.
Reveal Explainer
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 the recipe steps in the correct order.
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click oneach statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put the recipe steps in the correct order.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence 20 minutes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence green beans
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
Text Mark Evidence sugar snap peas
Text Mark Evidence a guacamole dip
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘deseeded’?
Match Me
Match each ingredient with the word used to describe it in the recipe:
4) black pepper
3) mint
1) cream
2) chives
D) dried
C) sour
B) ground
A) chopped
Click if correct
Check
True or False?
You need 8 colourful cups for this recipe.
False
True
Link Me
Link each word with its correct meaning:
A) a large plate used to serve food
1) platter
Check
Click if correct
B) cut into tiny shreds using a kitchen tool
2) accompany
C) add herbs and spices to give food more flavour
3) grated
D) to go with
4) season
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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Transcript
Ready Steady Read Together
Complete Children's Cookbook: 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?
This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion…
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 the recipe steps in the correct order.
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
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
sugar
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
platter
deseeded
accompany
florets
grated
season
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
platter
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: Complete Children's Cookbook by DK © 2015. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Your turn
platter
accompany
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
deseeded
florets
grated
season
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...
Vegetable platter This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion or as a side dish to accompany a light meal. Variation There are plenty of other vegetables and dips you can try out for a vegetable platter. So, why not try out green beans and sugar snap peas and a guacamole dip?
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
Vegetable platter
This healthy and colourful snack
works well for any occasion
or as a side dish to accompany a light meal.
Variation There are plenty of other vegetables and dips
you can try out for a vegetable platter.
So, why not try out green beans
and sugar snap peas
and a guacamole dip?
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
Vegetable platter This healthy and colourful snack works well for any occasion or as a side dish to accompany a light meal. Variation There are plenty of other vegetables and dips you can try out for a vegetable platter. So, why not try out green beans and sugar snap peas and a guacamole dip?
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 the recipe steps in the correct order.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Put the recipe steps in the correct order.
Reveal Recipe Steps
First, I will read through all the steps. Next, I will ‘look around’ for the first instruction in the recipe. The first step of the recipe is to slice the vegetables into thin strips. I can ‘find and take’ the answer. The first step is: Slice the cucumber, celery, peppers and carrots.
Reveal Explainer
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 the recipe steps in the correct order.
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Click oneach statement to reveal the correct answer
A) Put the recipe steps in the correct order.
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How long does the recipe take to prepare?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence 20 minutes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence green beans
C) Which ingredients could you use to change the recipe to make it slightly different?
Text Mark Evidence sugar snap peas
Text Mark Evidence a guacamole dip
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘deseeded’?
Match Me
Match each ingredient with the word used to describe it in the recipe:
4) black pepper
3) mint
1) cream
2) chives
D) dried
C) sour
B) ground
A) chopped
Click if correct
Check
True or False?
You need 8 colourful cups for this recipe.
False
True
Link Me
Link each word with its correct meaning:
A) a large plate used to serve food
1) platter
Check
Click if correct
B) cut into tiny shreds using a kitchen tool
2) accompany
C) add herbs and spices to give food more flavour
3) grated
D) to go with
4) season
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
celebrate your reading.
Reveal
Make a list of the books you've read and celebrate milestones.
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.