Nonfiction Reading & Text Features (FLEX)

In this 4 week course students will learn all about Nonfiction text including text features and comprehension strategies. Students will engage in several Nonfiction reading passages, talking to the text, answering comprehension questions, and identifying features. Students will learn text feature vocab and examples. 

Week #1: text features - identify key text features including vocab, definitions, and examples. Engage in a text feature scavenger hunt of nonfiction reading passages. 

Week #2: talk to the text - read nonfiction passages and evaluate the text using text talk. Students will learn how to "mark up" nonfiction pieces and take notes. 

Week #3: reading comprehension - students will read nonfiction passages and answer comprehension questions afterwards.

Week #4: practice all of it - students will combine everything that they have learned in this final week! Students will read nonfiction passages and stories (following along with virtual read alouds) and use all of the tools we have learned throughout the week. 

- Throughout this class, students will engage with their peers through the use of Kahoots! and class wide games like Jeopardy! and BINGO. Nearpod will also be utilized to demonstrate what students have learned, engage in virtual field trips, and allow for classmate interaction. 

- Students will also post their completed crafts and assignments for their classmates to comment on. Students will follow along with various crafts such as coloring pages, multimedia crafts, informative diagrams, cut and paste crafts, and so much more! We will engage in activities such as interactive google presentations, mini info books, and super exciting experiments! 

- Also shared in the classroom will be exciting videos for students to watch and learn from, guided questions will be attached to each video. 

- Anchor charts will be used as visuals.