"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 Resource
Students stayed engaged and enjoyed using this activity!
A fun way to help teach morphology
I love using sketch notes with my students. Thank you for creating these!
Great resource for morning work.
My students work on this when they arrive to school while we wait for the tardy bell and all students to arrive. We then go over it daily at the end of the day for bonus points.
Fun way for kids to explore root words
This is a great resource for my students to use a lot of different skills and be as creative as they'd like. I teach 4th grade, and it has taken a few tries for them to really understand exactly what they are meant to be doing, but now that they "get it" they are really getting into it. My only tiny complaint is that the word list is only given to us on a sheet where it has the list 8 times...meaning it's meant to copy and then cut before giving out. I would love it if it cam in a form where I didn't have to cut it.
Helpful resource
This resource has many depth of knowledge questions. An answer key would have been appreciated.
Questions & Answers (2)
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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!
