"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
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Great Set of Spiral Reviews
I started teaching at the beginning of February in a third grade classroom. I am filling a teacher's leave until the end of school. THe other third grade teachers gave me spiral review activity sheets to use during morning work for a few weeks. I noticed that they had their own set of spiral reviews and they were all a little different. I used them for 2 or 3 weeks and decided to look online for my own. Since I am a new teacher, I do not have alot of money and I am having to be really frugal. I am even considering trying to make my own, but just can't find the time. As I was lookingon TPT, I came across your Daily Math SPiral Review and I loved it! I like the way it is laid out and I started using them in my classroom. I love them and my students seem to understand the questions/problems on the worksheets. I hope to make my own set one day, but was glad to find yours on TPT.
Year-long review
While this covers standards for 6th grade ELA, I wish there is more variety in the types of questions. It is also difficult to review all of the concepts when some of them are taught later in the year.
Great resource
Loved the variety of activities (both guided and independent) to practice using dialogue in writing.
Lovely resource
This was a great resource to support deeper thinking for my Grade 5/6 book clubs! Highly recommend.
Kids love doing these!
These are a refreshing way to take notes that can become rather monotonous. There are tons of options which helps to be able to pick and choose what you need to focus on and the options are there. The only thing is that they took a long time to download and sort.
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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!
