"Book Bits": a Fun Pre-reading Activity for The Lightning Thief
5.0 (138 reviews)“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 50 “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 al
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 11
- Answer key
- N/A
- Teaching duration
- 3 Days
- Digital download
Description
“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 50 “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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I normally teach high ability math and my students love the challenge of these tiles! This year, I don't have high ability for math and it was more of a struggle. I wish I had purchased a lower level for my group this year. The high ability and problem solvers do enjoy them!
Great resource for my students. They were engaged and happy to learn.
While my students don't love taking these quizzes, they are excellent to review what they learned throughout the week.
I used this resource on Fridays after completing the Language Reviews. While my students enjoyed doing the reviews as a class, they did not enjoy the assessments and felt they were too hard, even when i let them use their language review sheets. While this is a good tool for a fast read on how my students are doing, it isn't worth the looks of anguish each Friday.
My students were engaged with activity. Whenever I can incorporate art and writing, it seems to work
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I just purchased "Book Bits" for The Lightning Thief and the document is failing to load. I have tired on multiple computers and have the same problem. Is there another way you can send the document. I would love to use this with my students next week if possible.
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