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Friday, November 29, 2013

Informational Text Book Club Packets

Are your students reading enough nonfiction? I have been focusing on getting more informational text into my guided reading plans.

I bought sets of National Geographic Kids books with my Scholastic book club points and made these book club packets.
 I included questions on text features as well as comprehension.

 There is even a related descriptive writing assignment about weather.
I found related videos and included the links in the packets with an optional QR Code for fun.

I grouped them by reading level so you can grab Frogs and Weather or Sharks and Penguins.

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16 comments:

  1. Mrs. JohnsonNovember 29, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    I love these. I have been developing similar lessons to coordinate with National Geographic Young Explorer articles.

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  2. PamNovember 29, 2013 at 9:20 PM

    I would love to win a book club packet! I have been ordering sets of National Geographic books for the classroom too! :)

    Pam
    Diary of a Second Grade Teacher

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  3. UnknownNovember 29, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    Love these packets. Just what my kids need.

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  4. micheleNovember 30, 2013 at 1:46 AM

    I have these books but never thought of using them in small groups instead of just during close reading/context talk time! This is great!

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  5. UnknownNovember 30, 2013 at 4:54 AM

    I love these! I can easily order more books to match!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 30, 2013 at 5:48 AM

    I have each one of these titles coming in my latest order. what a great pack of activities to use with them!

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  7. AnonymousNovember 30, 2013 at 5:49 AM

    I have each one of these titles coming in my latest order. what a great pack of activities to use with them!

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  8. BeckiNovember 30, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    Great packet. Always enjoy finding lessons for nonfiction.

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  9. The Filapek FamilyNovember 30, 2013 at 9:18 AM

    My teammates and I have been talking about doing this for awhile (but we've been too lazy ourselves!) Thanks for saving us the trouble. Love these books!
    Beth
    bfilapek@yahoo.com

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  10. Carol T.November 30, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    I too would just love to get a copy of this package for my class. Thanks for the help and opportunity.
    Carol
    carolt1954@gmail.com

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  11. RitaNovember 30, 2013 at 10:24 AM

    I love all of your book packets, so I am super excited to see you now have nonfiction. I hope to win, but will add them to my wishlist too!
    rita@serendipityschool.com

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  12. Tara HardinkNovember 30, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    My students love non-fiction, these are a perfect addition. Thank you!

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  13. AmandaNovember 30, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    I'm a follower and this is such a great idea! It's hard to find comprehension for non fiction!

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  14. AmandaNovember 30, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    I think any of the NatGeo Kids books are great choices, but my kids really like the Dolphins book!

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  15. UnknownNovember 30, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    My first graders love non-fiction, especially the NatGeo books. They really loved the frog book.
    Michelle
    mjaquillard@oregoncs.org

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  16. UnknownNovember 30, 2013 at 6:45 PM

    Love these informational text packets! We're liking the penguins book right now.

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