Austin was our Super Hero the week before spring break! Just look at his awesome poster! Thanks, Austin!
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Gabe was our super hero the week before we had spring break. He is a true super hero who is always safe, respectful and responsible! Thanks, Gabe!
To start our study of nonfiction, the students worked as a team to discuss and sort words under Nonfiction or Fiction. I loved listening in on their conversations. At first they were trying to decided if the word fit under Fiction or Nonfiction, but then they realized through discussion that some, like "fun to read" can be included under both. We discovered that many can be under both, especially with how nonfiction books have evolved. Now many nonfiction books, like Fly Guy Presents Bats and Magic School Bus Books, have used narrative stories to teach readers about a topic. We had a very rich discussion of the different words and the characteristics of both fiction and nonfiction.
We started our nonfiction unit recently. During this unit, students have already learned the nonfiction text features, so now we are learning more about what to do when you read nonfiction. There are three BIG questions students will be asking themselves as they read nonfiction that will help them to understand it more fully, and to question its accuracy. The first one that we learned today is the question "What surprised me?" We discussed how it could be something big that shocks you or something that just makes you say, "really? huh. I didn't know that." As we read an article about the great Chicago Fire, students were on the look out for something that surprised them. When they found something, they put an exclamation mark next to it. Try to encourage your child to read nonfiction for the 80 minutes of reading students have for homework.
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