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My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: Non-fiction Lesson 2
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?
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
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From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
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Let me read today's text
Follow as I read
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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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many
plant
could
who
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
groups and subgroups
keep track
new evidence
protective spikes
armoured plates
browsers
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
keep track
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
keep track
Your turn
groups and subgroups
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
new evidence
protective spikes
armoured plates
browsers
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...
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them. Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups. Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips, but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
What did you notice?
Volume
Pace
Smoothness
Phrasing
Expression
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From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them.
Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups.
Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips,
but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
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
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them. Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups. Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips, but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
Explore
From: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Look Around & Find and Take
Be a word thief and steal what you've been asked to find...
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
I need to ‘look around’ the page to find the names of dinosaur groups. I ‘find and take’ the answer Theropods. This is one dinosaur group mentioned in the text.
Reveal Explainer
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 two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Sauropodomorphs
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
Thyreophorans
Ornithopods
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Marginocephalians
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
Click to reveal...
plants
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
Click to reveal...
four legs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
Click to reveal...
bony frills
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find a word that means 'very large':
SauropodomorphsThese enormous plant-eaters were the largest creatures to ever walk the earth. They had long necks and tails.
Discuss then check
enormous
True or False?
Experts split dinosaurs into groups to help keep track of them.
False
True
Tick Me
What is the main purpose of this page?
Tick one:
A) to tell a story about dinosaurs
B) to explain different dinosaur groups
Check
C) to explain how dinosaurs became extinct
Click if correct
D) to teach people how to find fossils
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘browsers’?
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
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Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: 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?
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them.
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 two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
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
many
plant
could
who
after
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
groups and subgroups
keep track
new evidence
protective spikes
armoured plates
browsers
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
keep track
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
keep track
Your turn
groups and subgroups
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
new evidence
protective spikes
armoured plates
browsers
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...
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them. Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups. Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips, but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
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
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them.
Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups.
Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips,
but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
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
There were so many types of dinosaur that it can be hard to keep track of them. Luckily, experts split them into groups and subgroups. Experts used to think that dinosaurs could be put into groups based on the shape of their hips, but new evidence suggests this probably isn't the case after all.
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 two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
I need to ‘look around’ the page to find the names of dinosaur groups. I ‘find and take’ the answer Theropods. This is one dinosaur group mentioned in the text.
Reveal Explainer
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 two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Sauropodomorphs
A) Name two dinosaur groups mentioned in the text.
Thyreophorans
Ornithopods
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Marginocephalians
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What did Sauropodomorphs eat?
Click to reveal...
plants
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) How many legs did Thyreophorans walk on?
Click to reveal...
four legs
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What did Marginocephalians have on their heads?
Click to reveal...
bony frills
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Find Me
Find a word that means 'very large':
SauropodomorphsThese enormous plant-eaters were the largest creatures to ever walk the earth. They had long necks and tails.
Discuss then check
enormous
True or False?
Experts split dinosaurs into groups to help keep track of them.
False
True
Tick Me
What is the main purpose of this page?
Tick one:
A) to tell a story about dinosaurs
B) to explain different dinosaur groups
Check
C) to explain how dinosaurs became extinct
Click if correct
D) to teach people how to find fossils
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘browsers’?
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
dive intofact books.
Reveal
Read about science, animals, history or any topic you love.
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.