It has been a batty week in room 219! Not just crazy, but we have been learning all about bats!
So far this year I have noticed that many of my fourthies are reluctant to read nonfiction texts. In order to encourage this, I wanted to start with a less intimidating research project, that I could throw a little fun in, too! This was week 1 of 2 on bats.. Here’s a sneak peek at our week:
Our objectives this week were:
-Understanding Nonfiction Text Structure: Focusing on Description, Cause and Effect, and Compare and Contrast
-Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
-Summarizing Nonfiction Text
-Writing a descriptive research paper on a topic
Here’s how we worked it all in!
What a fun little project/unit!!
A Tall Drink of Water
Loved your post! I can't wait to have my students try the bat webquest! Thanks for sharing your creative ideas!
I love your writing workshop focus board that you project to your students. I think it's great that it tells them what they should be doing, what you're doing, plus has the time and everything else on there as well! Love, love, love! My fifth graders need something like that ;)… Thanks for sharing the idea.
Amanda
My Shoe String Life
We are learning about bats too! So many great ideas! I also love your writing workshop focus board. Where is that from? π
Pam
Diary of a Second Grade Teacher
I've been working on bats a little with my third graders, and we're going to read Stellaluna and Nightsong very soon. These are FANTASTIC resources to use with the books, though! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you! π
I hope your students love the web quest! Thanks for stopping by π
Awe, thank you! It works so well with my kiddos! If you send me an email I will gladly send you the file π
Bats have been so fun! Hope your kiddos are enjoying it as much as mine! I made the focus board. Send me an email and I will gladly send you the file π
Such great books! Your welcome π
We just ended 2 weeks learning about bats! Looks like your kiddos have had fun too! π
Rachel
A-B-Seymour
Love all these ideas!!! π Your two bat posts make me want to do every bit of it!! I love the cocoa puffs bat poop. Hee hee!
Jivey
ideas by jivey
How did you make your writers workshop board focus board??? I want one of these that are editable and have the timer on it. Help please!!
Beth– egreenway@rcs.k12.va.us
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