Ready Steady Read Together
There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question: 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?
…but at the kind of height that planes fly, the sky belongs to the country it's above.
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)
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
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.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
descending into chaos
unexplored
photographed by satellites
isolated communities
immune systems
tribes
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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.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
descending into chaos
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
descending into chaos
photographed by satellites
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unexplored
isolated communities
immune systems
tribes
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.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out (which means losing the water you just drank). In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in, so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out
(which means losing the water you just drank).
In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in,
so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out (which means losing the water you just drank). In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in, so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
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Strategy: Read Between the Lines
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
But there are places nobody has visited. There is a huge mountain in Bhutan, called Gangkhar Puensum, that is thought to have never been fully explored, and was officially closed to climbers in 1994. There are enormous chunks of unexplored desert, like the Southern Namib in Africa, which are difficult to survive in due to the very dry conditions.
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
I ‘look around’ the text and find, “There are enormous chunks of unexplored desert… difficult to survive in due to the very dry conditions.” I ‘find and take’ the idea that some parts of the Earth are very hard for humans to survive in, which makes them difficult to fully explore.
Reveal Explainer
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 it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
Pairedreading first
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence nobody can visit North Sentinel Island…visitors might make the people there sick
some areas are isolated and dangerous
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
Text Mark Evidence many inland parts of Antarctica are also yet to be fully explored
some places are extremely remote or unvisited
Text Mark Evidence the area of our earth which remains the least explored is the ocean
the ocean is vast and least explored
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
Text Mark Evidence at the kind of height that planes fly, the sky belongs to the country it’s above
at the height planes fly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
Text Mark Evidence was officially closed to climbers in 1994
it is officially closed to climbers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence seawater is too salty for the body to handle
it contains too much salt for the body to handle
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
Text Mark Evidence your body would need to use more water than you took in
drinking it makes you lose water instead of gaining it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unexplored’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence?
Drinking seawater will make you more thirsty because…
A) it is too cold for the human body to handle.
B) it containstoo many germs.
D) the ocean wateris too deep.
C) the body uses more water to remove the salt than it takes in.
True or False?
Some places on Earth have still not been fully explored.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) The text shares facts about the sky, unexplored places and seawater.
B) The text explains how planes are controlled in the sky.
Check
C) The text describes mountains, deserts and rainforests in detail.
Click if correct
D) The text focuses on oceans and sea life around the world.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
focus on fun facts.
Reveal
Write down interesting or surprising facts you learn.
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Ready Steady Read Together
There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question: 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?
…but at the kind of height that planes fly, the sky belongs to the country it's above.
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)
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
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.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
descending into chaos
unexplored
photographed by satellites
isolated communities
immune systems
tribes
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
descending into chaos
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
descending into chaos
photographed by satellites
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
unexplored
isolated communities
immune systems
tribes
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.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out (which means losing the water you just drank). In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in, so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out
(which means losing the water you just drank).
In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in,
so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
Seawater is too salty for the body to handle, and the only way to get rid of too much salt is to wee it out (which means losing the water you just drank). In the end, your body would need to use more water than you took in, so drinking seawater will leave you thirstier than you were in the first place.
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
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
Be a detective and look for clues!
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
But there are places nobody has visited. There is a huge mountain in Bhutan, called Gangkhar Puensum, that is thought to have never been fully explored, and was officially closed to climbers in 1994. There are enormous chunks of unexplored desert, like the Southern Namib in Africa, which are difficult to survive in due to the very dry conditions.
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
I ‘look around’ the text and find, “There are enormous chunks of unexplored desert… difficult to survive in due to the very dry conditions.” I ‘find and take’ the idea that some parts of the Earth are very hard for humans to survive in, which makes them difficult to fully explore.
Reveal Explainer
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 it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
Pairedreading first
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence nobody can visit North Sentinel Island…visitors might make the people there sick
some areas are isolated and dangerous
A) Why might it still be difficult for humans to fully explore all parts of the Earth?
Text Mark Evidence many inland parts of Antarctica are also yet to be fully explored
some places are extremely remote or unvisited
Text Mark Evidence the area of our earth which remains the least explored is the ocean
the ocean is vast and least explored
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) At what height does the sky belong to a country?
Text Mark Evidence at the kind of height that planes fly, the sky belongs to the country it’s above
at the height planes fly
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) Why is Gangkhar Puensum not explored by climbers?
Text Mark Evidence was officially closed to climbers in 1994
it is officially closed to climbers
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence seawater is too salty for the body to handle
it contains too much salt for the body to handle
D) Why is seawater dangerous for the human body?
Text Mark Evidence your body would need to use more water than you took in
drinking it makes you lose water instead of gaining it
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘unexplored’?
Which One's Right?
Which answer best completes the sentence? Drinking seawater will make you more thirsty because…
A) it is too cold for the human body to handle.
B) it containstoo many germs.
D) the ocean wateris too deep.
C) the body uses more water to remove the salt than it takes in.
True or False?
Some places on Earth have still not been fully explored.
False
True
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which is the best summary for the text.
Tick one:
A) The text shares facts about the sky, unexplored places and seawater.
B) The text explains how planes are controlled in the sky.
Check
C) The text describes mountains, deserts and rainforests in detail.
Click if correct
D) The text focuses on oceans and sea life around the world.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
focus on fun facts.
Reveal
Write down interesting or surprising facts you learn.
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.