When I came into Grade 2 this year, I just knew I could not teach a love of reading from the old basal readers that were on the shelf. I want my kiddos to feel successful reading chapter books. I want to introduce them to different genres. And I want to inspire a LOVE of reading using books by authors who've written a series, so that my students will seek out MORE by that author!
So began my newest 'hobby'...creating book studies...which I LOVE! I try to jam-pack the activities so that students learn various important story elements, will close read to recall information from the text, will make connections {text-to-self, etc}, and will offer opinions. They'll learn new vocabulary, decide which elements of the story can be fiction or non-fiction, and so on!
Our first book study was Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold. We LOVE Fly Guy! Not only is the book engaging and funny, it is a chapter book, which gives students the much-needed feeling of success at this stage! We work on the book for about a month. At the end of our study we celebrate with Paper Bag Book Club!
Here's a a little peek into our Hi! Fly Guy book study.
digging into the story...
PAPER BAG BOOK CLUB
What a great way to top off our book learning, by having a Book Club-style discussion, complete with paper bags of popcorn to enjoy!
LOVED hearing the discussions happening :)
Yum!
Looks like your students really enjoyed these activities! I love that they had the freedom to sit anywhere! My kids choose to sit in weird places too:).
ReplyDeleteThis looks like an awesome unit, Anita! Love the range of activities! It looks like your kiddos were really engaged! :)
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Mrs. Beattie's Classroom
Wow.....great work.....very inspiring.....
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