Ready Steady Read Together
My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Dinosaurs: 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?
Some dinosaurs were “accidental omnivores” because they would have eaten tiny insects on leaves without realising.
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
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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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plant
both
most
eye
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Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
main categories
mammals
stuck to one or the other
scavenged for their meals
blunt
accidental
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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
main categories
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
main categories
Your turn
stuck to one or the other
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mammals
scavenged for their meals
accidental
without realising
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 that ate meat were carnivores. Most had good eyesight, long legs, and sharp teeth to help them hunt, but others scavenged for their meals. (I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 that ate meat were carnivores.
Most had good eyesight, long legs,
and sharp teeth to help them hunt,
but others scavenged for their meals.
(I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 that ate meat were carnivores. Most had good eyesight, long legs, and sharp teeth to help them hunt, but others scavenged for their meals. (I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Name two things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the Meat Menu to find something that meat-eating dinosaurs could eat. I ‘find and take’ the answer other dinosaurs. This tells me that some meat-eating dinosaurs ate other dinosaurs.
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
small mammals
A) Name two things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
reptiles
fish
insects
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
eggs
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
Text Mark Evidence these dinosaurs usually had blunt or flat teeth to help them strip and chew plants
blunt or flat teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
Text Mark Evidence the diet of these omnivores was made up of plants and fruit, as well as lizards, fish and insects
plants and meat
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
good eyesight
long legs
sharp teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mammals’?
Which One's Right?
Some dinosaurs were “accidental omnivores” becausethey would have eaten tiny insects on leaves without realising.Which word is the closest in meaning to ‘accidental’?
B) carefully
A) on purpose
D) quickly
C) by mistake
True or False?
All dinosaurs ate both meat and plants.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) eats both plants and meat
1) carnivore
B) eats meat only
2) herbivore
Check
C) eats plants only
3) omnivore
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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 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?
Some dinosaurs were “accidental omnivores” because they would have eaten tiny insects on leaves without realising.
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
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
plant
both
most
eye
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
main categories
mammals
stuck to one or the other
scavenged for their meals
blunt
accidental
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
main categories
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
main categories
Your turn
stuck to one or the other
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
mammals
scavenged for their meals
accidental
without realising
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
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
Dinosaurs that ate meat were carnivores. Most had good eyesight, long legs, and sharp teeth to help them hunt, but others scavenged for their meals. (I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 that ate meat were carnivores.
Most had good eyesight, long legs,
and sharp teeth to help them hunt,
but others scavenged for their meals.
(I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 that ate meat were carnivores. Most had good eyesight, long legs, and sharp teeth to help them hunt, but others scavenged for their meals. (I better run if I don’t want to be eaten).
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
What's the question asking? Now, what are you looking for?
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
A) Name two things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
Reveal Explainer
I need to ‘look around’ the Meat Menu to find something that meat-eating dinosaurs could eat. I ‘find and take’ the answer other dinosaurs. This tells me that some meat-eating dinosaurs ate other dinosaurs.
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 things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
Pairedreading first
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Acceptable Answers
small mammals
A) Name two things meat-eating dinosaurs could eat.
reptiles
fish
insects
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
eggs
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
B) What do plant-eating dinosaurs usually have to help them chew plants?
Text Mark Evidence these dinosaurs usually had blunt or flat teeth to help them strip and chew plants
blunt or flat teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
C) What two things make up the diet of omnivores?
Text Mark Evidence the diet of these omnivores was made up of plants and fruit, as well as lizards, fish and insects
plants and meat
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Acceptable Answers
D) What is one thing meat-eating dinosaurs used to help them hunt?
good eyesight
long legs
sharp teeth
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘mammals’?
Which One's Right?
Some dinosaurs were “accidental omnivores” becausethey would have eaten tiny insects on leaves without realising.Which word is the closest in meaning to ‘accidental’?
B) carefully
A) on purpose
D) quickly
C) by mistake
True or False?
All dinosaurs ate both meat and plants.
True
False
Link Me
Link each word with its correct definition:
A) eats both plants and meat
1) carnivore
B) eats meat only
2) herbivore
Check
C) eats plants only
3) omnivore
Click if correct
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
visit libraries.
Reveal
Libraries are treasure troves for finding new and exciting reads.
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.