Lesson video

Hello super storytellers and welcome to this English lesson.

My name is Miss Cashin.

And in this lesson, we are going to be reading our information text, All About Witches.

Can you remember, which witch have I written about? Which witch was it? Can you tell me? That's right.

It's the ice witch.

You have created your very own witch in this unit.

But today we're going to be reading about my witch, the ice witch.

And we're going to find some key information by reading really carefully.

So let's see what we're going to get up to in this lesson.

We're going to start today's lesson with a spelling activity.

Then we're going to check our strategy so that we're ready for reading.

Then we're going to read some parts of my information texts together, and then we're going to see if we find some key information, because we know that the purpose of an information text is to give information to whoever is reading it.

So you want, see if we can find that really clear information today.

In this lesson, you're going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper.

You're going to need something to write with, so a pen or pencil, and of course, you're going to need your brilliant brain for your brilliant reading.

So if you need to go and get any of those things, you can pause the video now and go and get them.

Well done super storytellers, you are all ready for our lesson.

So let's get started with our spellings.

For our spellings today, we are looking at common exception words.

And we've already looked at those in this unit.

Now remember, a common exception word is a word that is common.

We use it all the time.

But it's an exception word, it doesn't always follow the rules of our spellings or the rules of our sounds.

So sometimes we just need to know them.

So I've got a word at the side here, Can you read it? Great.

Great.

What a great witch? Fantastic.

Now, if I was looking at this with my sounds, I think I might think it was greet.

Cause I've got G-R-EE-T.

Greet.

It is actually great, and we just need to know it.

So let's say our letters, G-R-E-A-T G-R-E-A-T.

Join in with me.

G-R-E-A-T.

Well done superstars.

Let's have a look at our next common exception word.

I've got one at the side here, can you read it to me? Many.

Many.

Now we looked at any in one of our other lessons, this is many, and again, it's got an 'A', but it sounds like an 'E' sound, me-ny, so we just have to remember it is an 'A'.

Let's say the letters, M-A-N-Y M-A-N-Y Super spelling.

Let's have a look at our next common exception word.

Look at this word, can you read it to me? Even.

Even.

Even.

I can see even more witches.

Fantastic.

Okay, when I look at even, the 'E' sound has only got one 'E'.

So it doesn't look like even it looks like evan.

We have to remember that it is even.

Let's say it.

E-V-E-N.

E-V-E-N.

Well done super spellers.

Okay.

I have got our common exception words here, but I have missed out those tricky parts of the spellings, where we need to think, which letters do I need in this word? Because it's a common exception word.

So it's not the sound that I think it is, to start off with.

So, pause the video in a moment and see if you can fill in these missing letters.

Let's remind ourselves what words we've got.

Great.

Many.

Even.

So pause the video now and see if you can fill in the missing letters.

Well done, super spellers.

Let's have a look at how you got on.

There they are; great, many and even.

You can now check your spellings and see if you're going to give yourself three big ticks because you've got them all the right, or if you made a mistake, write down the correct spelling so that you don't get it wrong next time.

So pause the video now to check your work.

Well done, super spellers.

Now, we're going to check our strategy before we get reading.

There are three things we're going to need to do brilliant reading today.

We're going to need our magnet eyes, to follow through as I read and also for you to look yourself.

You're going to need your listening ears to listen to my reading and then to use your sounds, when you read independently.

And then you're going to need your finding finger to see if you could find the sentence that gives you that key information.

Remember the most important thing about our information text is that they give you clear information.

So that's what we're trying to find today.

So now we're going to read together and see if we can find that key information.

I'm going to start by reading the introduction.

So put your magnet eyes on the first word, introduction.

Introduction.

There are many types of witches in the world.

There are forest witches, ocean witches and even city witches.

There are kind witches, wicked witches and funny witches.

I am going to tell you about one of the most magical witches of all today, the ice witch.

Brilliant listening.

Okay, here's my question.

In a moment, you're going to pause the video to answer this question, and you need to try and read through independently to find the sentence that tells you the right answer.

Which statement is true? There are some types of witches.

There are no types of witches.

There are lots of types of witches.

Pause the video and see which sentence, which statement sorry, you think is true.

Well done storytelling superstars.

Let's have a look.

There is the true statement.

There are lots of types of witches.

And we can see the sentence in pink is the sentence that gave us the answer.

So hope you're able to find it with your finding finger.

And I can see that the word, 'types of witches' is in that sentence.

It says, there are many types of witches in the world.

So I need the statement that was true, is there are lots of types of witches.

Brilliant work, super storytellers.

Now we're going to read about the witches appearance.

That means how they look.

Magnet eyes on the first word, appearance.

Appearance.

Ice witches have shimmering, solid hair made of beautiful delicate icicles.

Ice witches are really hard to see because they are almost completely see-through.

Their lips are thin and grey.

Their eyes are completely white, and their mouth never smiles.

Right, lets see what our question is.

Why are Ice witches hard to see? Ice witches are hard to see because, you need to look carefully for the bit that says hard to see and see if you can find the sentence that tells you the answer.

So pause the video to see if you can find this sentence.

Well done story telling superstars.

Let's have a look.

There we go.

Ice witches are really hard to see because they are almost completely see-through.

So that's the reason and there was a word that we used which was transparent because they are almost completely transparent, they are very hard to see.

Well done if you were able to find that sentence.

Now we're going to read about their habitat and we know this means where they live.

Magnet eyes on the first word, habitat.

Habitat.

Ice witches can only live in very cold climates.

Most live near the North or South pole.

They love to feel the harsh wind on their face and the snow crunching beneath that bare feet.

Each ice witch digs a hole in the ice and snow with their sharp talons and lives there.

Brilliant listening.

Okay.

What do ice witches enjoy about living in cold places? And there are two things that they enjoy so I've given you here.

Ice witches enjoy mmh and mmh.

Read this paragraph again and think, where does it tell me that ice witches enjoy living in the snowy climate and what is it that they enjoy about it? So you pause the video to see if you can complete this sentence.

Well done story telling superstars.

Let's have a look.

There's the sentence that we needed to look for.

It says, they love to feel the harsh wind on their face and the snow crunching beneath their bare feet.

So whereas I would find that so uncomfortable and really unpleasant having my feet in wet cold snow, the ice witches love it.

So this was a bit trickier because the question's that, what do they enjoy? If looking for the word enjoy, it's not there, but it says they love to feel the harsh wind on their face.

So that means that they enjoy it, so we need to look for a word similar to enjoy.

Now we're going to read about their behaviour, which is what they do.

So magnet eyes on the first word, behaviour.

Behaviour.

All day, the ice witches sing a sad screeching song from down in their burrow.

Their song is beautiful, but it will make you feel like crying if you listen to it.

At night, they fly across the land in search of food.

Okay.

Which three adjectives describe the ice witch's song? There are three adjectives that describe the song.

So pause the video and see if you can find those three adjectives.

Well done story telling superstars.

Let's see where they are.

There we go.

We had an expanded noun phrase there, the sad screeching song.

And then we had a different sort of expanded noun phrase, their song is beautiful, That's then an expanding noun phrase is still telling us that the song is beautiful.

It's just ordered in a slightly different way.

So the three adjectives were; sad, screeching and beautiful.

We're going to read a little bit more about the witches behaviour.

Magnet eyes on the first word, behaviour and then when.

Behaviour.

When snow witches meet humans they are usually kind, but if you upset them, they can turn you into ice with one hard stare.

If an ice switch feels too hot, they immediately fall asleep.

Okay story telling superstars.

Why might you be nervous if you met an ice witch? And I don't want you to think about everything that you know about ice witches, just what it says here.

I might be nervous because, again, I can't see the word nervous in this paragraphs, So you're going to have to read and think what information is here that tells me something I might be nervous about if I met an ice witch.

So pause the video and see if you can complete this sentence.

Well done story telling superstars.

Let's have a look.

There's the sentence that I was looking at.

They can turn you into ice with one hard stare.

So, if you met an ice witch you might be nervous cause they could turn it into ice.

Now it says if you upset them, that you might upset them accidentally.

Sometimes I upset people without meaning to.

And usually I would go and say, sorry, but you can't do that with an ice witch they will turn you into ice just with a hard stare.

Can you show me your hardest, most frightening stare? Lots of scary staring going on.

Fantastic work story telling superstars.

We've got our conclusion now, here we go.

Magnet eyes on the first word.

Conclusion.

Ice witches are fascinating, magical creatures.

I hope you will meet an ice witch one day because they are incredible to see and hear.

They look so unusual, build beautiful burrows and sing a haunting song.

We had a lot of tricky words in that so I'm going to read it one more time.

Conclusion.

Ice witches are fascinating, magical creatures.

I hope you will meet an ice witch one day because they are incredible to see and hear.

They look so unusual, build beautiful burrows and sing a haunting song.

Okay.

I've got a challenge to finish off our learning for today.

Why would you like to see an ice witch? I would like to see an ice witch because.

and I put this challenge on our conclusion, cause our conclusion sums up all the information that we have learnt about ice witches.

So we know that they're fascinating and magical.

They're incredible to see and hear their song they look unusual they build these amazing burrows with all the patterns.

So think, why would you like to see an ice witch? Pause the video to complete the sentence.

Well done super storytellers.

Can you tell me why would you most like to see an ice witch? So many incredible reasons, I heard one learner say, 'I would like to see an ice witch because their skin is transparent and I want to be able to see their bones and their veins.

' I heard someone say, 'I want to see the intricate and delicate patterns that they have inside their burrows.

' I heard somebody say, 'I want to hear their song and see if it really makes me cry.

' Well done for all of your fantastic work today, we are learning so much about witches and I can't wait to read the information text that you are going to write about your witch.

In our next lesson, we're going to do some planning, all about your information texts.

So I'm really looking forward to that.

Remember, you can always share your work with Oak national and I would love to see some of the things that you have done in today's lesson.

So if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tagging at Oak national and hashtag learn with Oak.

And I hope to see you in our next lesson.

Bye super storytellers.