"Book Bits": a Fun Pre-reading Activity for Hatchet
4.9 (194 reviews)Pique student interest and activate critical thinking before beginning a novel-study unit! "Book Bits" are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 45 “Book Bits”, however, you will only need one for each student; you can pick and choose which ones you like the most. 1.…
- Grade
- Grade 6
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 11
- Answer key
- N/A
- Teaching duration
- 3 Days
- Digital download
Description
Pique student interest and activate critical thinking before beginning a novel-study unit!
“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 45 “Book Bits”, however, you will only need one for each student; you can pick and choose which ones you like the most.
1. Give each student a “Book Bit”. The students will read their individual “Book Bits” and be allowed a little time to ponder and reflect on what they say (e.g., What impressions are they gathering about the book?).
2. Have the students move around the classroom, reading their “Book Bit” to every other student, while also listening to the other students’ “Book Bits”. No discussion or interpretation occurs at this point; they are simply reading to each other.
3. After hearing the other students’ “Book Bits”, students can then do a quick write on the impressions they now have about the book (What is this book about? What can we infer about the characters?, What might happen in the story? etc.)
4. After the quick write, students can discuss with each other in pairs, small groups, and eventually whole group.
5. The “Book Bit” quick write can then be revisited after students have read more of the book, or have completed the book.
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My students used this passage as a part of a substitute packet. When I returned they all wanted to talk about it and read it again so we could review it together!
I love the questions that are in this resource. They are rigorous and highly engage the students with the texts. I used it with fourth graders, and I found that asking all of the questions of them was a little hard, so I chose 1 to pose each day. This resource really is great for pushing students beyond the basic comprehension level!
I use these as a review for students who need some extra practice on 5th grade skills. I really enjoy the editable version because I can focus on the skills students need the most practice. Thanks for a great resource.
Good resource - just starting to use it. One of my students discovered that there is a problem with #8. The question ask to make a triangle that equals 1 if the parallelogram is 2/9. It appears that you can only make a triangle that equals 8/9s. Maybe we missed something - if so, would love to see the solution.
We used this spiral review for bell work for the first semester, and I found it beneficial for the students. It really helped them practice several different skills.
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