In "Who Was/Who Is Weekly Book Club," students will interact with nonfiction texts and text features about the wildly popular Who Was/Who Is book series.  Students will gain knowledge while while learning early research skills!

Students at this age are learning to be good readers.  They are curious about the world around them, but nonfiction text can seem overwhelming with big words, pictures, and a different visual format than literary texts.  It is important for children to be able to comprehend facts they read as young researchers--but HOW does that happen?  Students must apply literal, inferential, and evaluative skills to answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions based on the text.  In this camp, we will practice answering comprehension questions based on nonfiction texts. 

During the 45 minute class:
• Students will be welcomed to class.  We will quickly review the class rules and our learning goals.  
• The teacher will present 3 excerpts or quotes from the text for students to discuss.  Emphasis will be placed on building the literary vocabulary and text features (diagram, caption, bold words, index, table of contents, headings, time line, photographs v. illustrations) Students will then read text and pictures to apply their skills.  Students will also identify where this person lived and worked.
• Students will then spend approximately 20 minutes with teacher guidance, discussing their own quotes and interesting facts they drew from the text.  During this time, we will practice note taking skills, organizing information into time lines, charts, and tables, and listening for key words that are important for overall comprehension of the nonfiction text.  Teacher support will be available to all students during this time. Students should raise their hand if they have a question.
• During the last 5 minutes of class, students will generate a list of questions they have about the topic, encouraging students to continue their study of the influential character.  We will review the material covered in the mini lesson and I will answer any questions prior to dismissing the class.  
 
Topics and Books Covered by Week:
Week of September 3 <Topic 14>:  Who Was Henry Ford? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of September 10 <Topic 15>:  Who Was Isaac Newton? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of September 17 <Topic 16>:  Who Was Frida Kahlo? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of September 24<Topic 17> :  Who Is Pele? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of October 1 <Topic 18> :  Who Is Michelangelo? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of October 8 <Topic 19> :  Who Is Galileo? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of October 15 <Topic 20> :  Who Is Jane Goodall? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of October 22 <Topic 21>:  Who Is Neil Armstrong? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of October 29 <Topic 22>:  Who Was Steve Irwin? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of November 5 <Topic 23> Who Was Leonardo da Vinci?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of November 12 <Topic 24> Who Was Rachel Carlson?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of November 19 <Topic 25> Who Was Claude Monet?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of November 26 <Topic 26> Who Was Marie Curie?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of December 3 <Topic 27> Who Was Temple Grandin?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of December 10 <Topic 28> Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright?  (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of December 17 <Topic 1>: Who Were the Wright Brothers? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of December 24 <Topic 2>:  Who Was Steve Jobs? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of December 31 <Topic 3>: Who Was Norman Rockwell? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of January 7 <Topic 4>: Who Was Milton Hersey? (close reading, text features, and note taking) 
Week of January 14 <Topic 5>:  Who Was Harry Houdini? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of January 21 <Topic 6>:  Who Was Queen Elizabeth? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of January 28 <Topic 7>:  Who Was Paul Revere? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of February 4 <Topic 8>: Who Was Sacagawea? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of February 11 <Topic 9>: Who Was Georgia O'Keeffe? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of February 18 <Topic 10>:  Who Was Blackbeard? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of February 25 <Topic 11>:  Who Was Albert Einstein? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of March 3 <Topic 12>: Who Was Charles Darwin? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of March 10 <Topic 13>:  Who Was Louis Braille? (close reading, text features, and note taking)
Week of March 17 <Topic 14>:  Who Was Henry Ford? (close reading, text features, and note taking)


Students may start, pause and stop their subscription as needed, and the topics will cycle back to the beginning once this series is complete.  Facts will be drawn directly from the text.