"Book Bits": a Fun Pre-reading Activity for The Witch of Blackbird Pond
5.0 (66 reviews)“Book Bits” are carefully selected snippets of information from the book. There are 47 “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 47 “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.
Depth and Complexity Companion for The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Get all the latest Teacher Thrive news!
➜FOLLOW me on Teachers Pay Teachers!
➜FOLLOW me on TeacherThrive.com!
Please read: This is a nonrefundable digital download. Please read the description carefully and examine the preview file before purchasing.
© Copyright 2018 M. Tallman. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy pages specifically designed for student or teacher use by the original purchaser or licensee. This is intended to be used by one teacher unless additional licenses have been purchased. The reproduction of any other part of this product is strictly prohibited. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden. Doing so makes it possible for an Internet search to make the document available on the Internet, free of charge, and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Reviews
Showing 5311–5315 of 5,412 reviews
I bought this for my special education students and it was way to hard!
My biggest complaint is that intensive pronouns are not correct in the packet. I would prefer to have a review of all the different pronouns instead of the same one each time. Same for most of the other things. It's great for a few weeks, but the same skills over and over don't push my students to learn other relevant skills needed for 6th grade
Hello! I am not sure what you referring to in regards to the intensive pronouns. Please feel free to email me info@teacherthrive.com, and I would be happy to help.
Love the content! Tasks are daunting to students unless worked through together.
I purchased this and although thorough with great graphics, I just couldn't figure out how to incorporate the material into my everyday lessons or even weekly lessons. It's almost too much :) I will try to use my summer to figure that out.
This is a nicely put together little package with instructions for the students to understand roles. The size of the resource is deceptive; you have two each of all the templates.
Questions & Answers (2)
Have a question about this resource? Log in to ask a question.
I can't get my computer to print the PDF. Is there something I need to do?
Please make sure that you are opening in the latest version of Adobe reader. If you contact TpT they can also help you if that doesn't work.
Can you make one of these for True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle? :-)
Yes!!! It's in the works, but might be about a month before I finish. I go back to work in two weeks so it's going to be a bit crazy. Thanks for your interest.
UPDATE: A novel unit for True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is now available!
