My students need informational texts including Five Senses, Our Community Helpers, National Geographic Readers and various other titles. The bins will be for storage.
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My Students
"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn,the more places you'll go." ~Dr. Seuss During independent reading, my students read and explore informational texts. Our classroom library does not have enough on level informational books to take students on this journey.
My 18 kindergartners were asked to give their favorite types of books and topics of interest.
I anticipated their first choice to be fantasy books. Surprisingly, most students favored informational topics from animals to community helpers. They are curious and constantly ask questions about the world around them. Because our field trip funding is limited, we have not had the opportunity to visit the zoo or various places in the community. I want to teach my students they can take a journey anywhere to explore animals and meet various people in the community. Their ticket is a good book! However, when organizing my classroom library by interest levels I noticed I have a limited supply of books (tickets) to help them along this journey. Most of the books that students use for independent reading are on level fantasy books. There are few informational books which they can read independently. More of these type books will guide them on this quest for knowledge.
My Project
My students are continually asking questions. I allow these questions to drive student learning. Research shows students will retain information that peaks their interests. I plan to use these books during the independent reading time to guide student learning. Mini lessons are done during this time of our reading block. I will do several weeks worth of mini lessons on questioning and locating answers in these informational texts. The students will then take the questions they have and find the answers in the texts. I want students to see "all they need is a book." The students will present the information in a way they choose. I know they will learn this process because they have chosen the texts, guided their own learning with questions, and researched the answers with on level, engaging texts. The donation of these informational texts and bins for storage will provide my students a ticket to a magical world. I can't wait to see "the places they'll go."
These informational texts will help my students become lifelong learners.
Through this journey my hope is they will come to understand while resources may sometimes be limited, the opportunities provided through books are limitless.
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