Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: Non-fiction Lesson 3
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?
Some dinosaurs were really massive, but others, such as Compsognathus, were only about the size of a chicken.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
D) What was Triceratops famous for?
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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
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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only
both
every
could
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
interesting features
enormous sail
unique
curved crest
bony plates
impressive neck frill
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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
unique
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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
unique
Your turn
interesting features
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
enormous sail
curved crest
bony plates
impressive neck frill
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
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 could look very different from each other, but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out. Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back. Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body. Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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
Dinosaurs could look very different from each other,
but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out.
Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back.
Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body.
Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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 could look very different from each other, but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out. Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back. Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body. Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
What did dinosaurs look like?
Dinosaurs could be big, tiny, colourful, feathered, or scaly. There's no such thing as a “normal” dinosaur!
Some dinosaurs were really massive, but others, such as Compsognathus, were only about the size of a chicken.
A) Name two ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the beginning of the text to find a way dinosaurs could look different from each other. I ‘find and take’ the answer that some dinosaurs could be big and others could be tiny. This shows that dinosaurs came in different sizes.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
Pairedreading first
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
D) What was Triceratops famous for?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - dinosaurs could be…colourful - these amazing animals came in different…colours
different colours
A) Name two ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
Text Mark Evidence dinosaurs could be…feathered or scaly
different body coverings
Text Mark Evidence these amazing animals came in different shapes
different shapes
Text Mark Evidence - some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out - enormous sail - soft feathers - curved crest - long necks and tails - large bony plates - three horns and an impressive neck frill
different features
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Acceptable Answers
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
Click to reveal...
claws
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
Click to reveal...
an enormous sail
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What was Triceratops famous for?
its three horns
its neck frill
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence?Each type of dinosaur was...
B) friendly
A) enormous
D) famous
C) unique
Tick Me
Tick two things all dinosaurs had.
Tick two:
A) tails
B) claws
Check
C) sails
Click if correct
D) horns
True or False?
A dinosaur could have feathers and still be a dinosaur.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
unique
animals
in common
Lookalikes These amazing came in different shapes, sizes, and probably colours. Each type was but they did have some things .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
keep a book journal.
Reveal
Write about what you've read or sketch your favourite scenes.
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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 3
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?
Some dinosaurs were really massive, but others, such as Compsognathus, were only about the size of a chicken.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
D) What was Triceratops famous 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
Adapted from: My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs by DK © 2018. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share
Common Exception Words
Explore
only
both
every
could
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
interesting features
enormous sail
unique
curved crest
bony plates
impressive neck frill
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
unique
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
unique
Your turn
interesting features
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
enormous sail
curved crest
bony plates
impressive neck frill
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
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 could look very different from each other, but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out. Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back. Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body. Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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 could look very different from each other,
but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out.
Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back.
Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body.
Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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 could look very different from each other, but some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out. Spinosaurus had an enormous sail on its back. Caudipteryx had soft feathers all over its body. Parasaurolophus had a curved crest on its head.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
What did dinosaurs look like? Dinosaurs could be big, tiny, colourful, feathered, or scaly. There's no such thing as a “normal” dinosaur! Some dinosaurs were really massive, but others, such as Compsognathus, were only about the size of a chicken.
A) Name two ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the beginning of the text to find a way dinosaurs could look different from each other. I ‘find and take’ the answer that some dinosaurs could be big and others could be tiny. This shows that dinosaurs came in different sizes.
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 ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
Pairedreading first
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
D) What was Triceratops famous for?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
Text Mark Evidence - dinosaurs could be…colourful - these amazing animals came in different…colours
different colours
A) Name two ways dinosaurs could look different from each other.
Text Mark Evidence dinosaurs could be…feathered or scaly
different body coverings
Text Mark Evidence these amazing animals came in different shapes
different shapes
Text Mark Evidence - some dinosaurs had interesting features that really made them stand out - enormous sail - soft feathers - curved crest - long necks and tails - large bony plates - three horns and an impressive neck frill
different features
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Acceptable Answers
B) What did all dinosaurs have on their fingers and toes?
Click to reveal...
claws
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What feature did Spinosaurus have on its back?
Click to reveal...
an enormous sail
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What was Triceratops famous for?
its three horns
its neck frill
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Which One's Right?
Which word best completes the sentence?Each type of dinosaur was...
B) friendly
A) enormous
D) famous
C) unique
Tick Me
Tick two things all dinosaurs had.
Tick two:
A) tails
B) claws
Check
C) sails
Click if correct
D) horns
True or False?
A dinosaur could have feathers and still be a dinosaur.
False
True
Fill the Gaps
unique
animals
in common
Lookalikes These amazing came in different shapes, sizes, and probably colours. Each type was but they did have some things .
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
keep a book journal.
Reveal
Write about what you've read or sketch your favourite scenes.
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.
animals
unique
in common