Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: 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?
The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard”. Just like the lizards of today, dinosaurs were all reptiles.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Common Exception Words
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most
could
many
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Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
dominant
in common
ruled the land
reptiles
hatched from eggs
scales
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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
dominant
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
dominant
Your turn
in common
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ruled the land
reptiles
hatched from eggs
scales
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws. Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food. Scales or feathers? Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales, but we now know many of them had feathers.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws.
Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food.
Scales or feathers?
Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales,
but we now know many of them had feathers.
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws. Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food. Scales or feathers? Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales, but we now know many of them had feathers.
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reptile relations
The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard”. Just like the lizards of today, dinosaurs were all reptiles.
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the information boxes on the page to find something that most dinosaurs had in common. I ‘find and take’ the answer that dinosaurs were all reptiles. This tells me that being a reptile was something most dinosaurs shared.
Teach
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
hatched from eggs
had tails
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
had claws
had scales
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
had feathers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence 170 million years
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
to fight
to gather food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scales’?
Tick Me
Why did dinosaurs have tails?
Tick one:
A) to help them fly
B) to help them swim
Check
C) to help them balance
Click if correct
D) to help them sleep
Find Me
Find one word that means ‘born from an egg’:
Dinosaur babies all hatched from eggs like birds, fish, and modern reptiles.
Discuss then check
hatched
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence?Dinosaurs were...
B) mammals
A) fish
C) birds
D) reptiles
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: 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?
The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard”. Just like the lizards of today, dinosaurs were all reptiles.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
Explore
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Common Exception Words
Explore
most
could
many
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
dominant
in common
ruled the land
reptiles
hatched from eggs
scales
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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
dominant
Explore
Find Read Talk
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
dominant
Your turn
in common
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ruled the land
reptiles
hatched from eggs
scales
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check & Re-read
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Reveal Vocabulary
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws. Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food. Scales or feathers? Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales, but we now know many of them had feathers.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws.
Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food.
Scales or feathers?
Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales,
but we now know many of them had feathers.
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
Dinosaurs all had tails and claws. Tails helped them balance and claws were used for fighting or gathering food. Scales or feathers? Scientists used to think all dinosaurs had bodies covered in scales, but we now know many of them had feathers.
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
Reptile relations The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard”. Just like the lizards of today, dinosaurs were all reptiles.
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the information boxes on the page to find something that most dinosaurs had in common. I ‘find and take’ the answer that dinosaurs were all reptiles. This tells me that being a reptile was something most dinosaurs shared.
Teach
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. 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) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
hatched from eggs
had tails
A) Name three things that most dinosaurs had in common.
had claws
had scales
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
had feathers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) How long were dinosaurs the most dominant land animals on Earth?
Click to reveal...
Text Mark Evidence 170 million years
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What did dinosaurs use their claws for?
to fight
to gather food
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘scales’?
Tick Me
Why did dinosaurs have tails?
Tick one:
A) to help them fly
B) to help them swim
Check
C) to help them balance
Click if correct
D) to help them sleep
Find Me
Find one word that means ‘born from an egg’:
Dinosaur babies all hatched from eggs like birds, fish, and modern reptiles.
Discuss then check
hatched
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence?Dinosaurs were...
B) mammals
A) fish
C) birds
D) reptiles
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
talk about books.
Reveal
Share your thoughts with friends or family.
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: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.