Here is an example of the graphic organizer we made to show what we learned:
The last couple of weeks my first grade students and I have been talking about fiction and nonfiction texts. We have talked about how they are alike and how they are different. And since it is October, to get my point across we have used the Halloween-y theme of bats. For our fiction text we read Stellaluna. After the story we talked about all the things that told us that the story was fiction: bats don't have names, bats and birds wouldn't live together, bats and birds don't talk, bats aren't usually called Stellaluna they are just called bat (my favorite reason by far). Our nonfiction text was a book titled Bats. It was a simple nonfiction text about bats. This book was a hit! The students loved learning even more facts about bats. Did you know bats can eat up to 600 bugs in one hour? Or that fruit bats drop seeds from the fruit they eat and these seeds grow into more plants? One of my sweet little firsties asked if the bats were out to save the world? Not sure how to answer that one. Like Batman maybe? Anyway, once we finished reading both texts and talked more about fiction and nonfiction, we completed a simple graphic organizer on the SMART Board. This was a great discussion. I think students really enjoyed the lesson because at check-out time I overheard: "You have a fiction book just like me." "I am checking out a nonfiction book today." "Look mine has a table of contents!" "Mine too!"
Here is an example of the graphic organizer we made to show what we learned:
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About me . . .Formerly a classroom teacher. Currently a School Library Media Coordinator. I loved being in the classroom, but now that I am in the library I can't imagine doing anything else! The library is my favorite place to be. From my rocking chair to my ABC rug to the smiling student faces checking out books, the library just can't be beat! Archives
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