Unit 7: Reading Nonfiction

Independent

Projects:

Create an expert poster showing what you learned about a topic you read lots of books about.

Games & Activities:

As you are reading a nonfiction book, pick out all of the words that you think are specific to your topic and make you an expert! Create your own glossary of expert words and definitions.
Choose two books about the same topic. Make a venn diagram to show what information you learned that was the same and what information you learned that was different.
Read a nonfiction book about a topic you are interested in. Write down three questions you have that you want to research more in the next book you read about that topic.

Online Games (Websites & Apps):

Games & Activities:

FACT versus FICTION! Use index cards to write down facts you find in a nonfiction book and mix them up with made up information. Quiz a friend or family member to see if they can sort out which cards contain facts and which are fiction.
Scavenger Hunt! Choose a topic you are interested in and go on a scavenger hunt to find things that relate to that topic. Share out how all the things you collected go together.
Go to the library and check out a few books about the same topic. Have everyone in your family read a different book and then meet together to share out what you learned. How were the books similar? How were they different?
Using KidRex.org, research one of your favorite topics! Choose two websites and compare them. What is the author teaching you? How is the information set up?
While reading your book write down one word you do not know the meaning of. Ask a family or friend to help you look up the definition of the new word!