First up….butterflies! We read this nonfiction storia ebook!
Monday: State essential question…reminding students that we will be referencing this question for the week! Also, before reading the book for the first time the students will do a turn & talk with their partners. I like to give them a moment to tell their partners everything they already know about the theme!
Day two is always vocabulary! I read the text again and we discuss unknown words. We share our the words and do a few turn & talks with our partners! We also have actions for each of the words.
Days 3-4 are our text-dependent questions and collaborative questions! Day five is our cumulative writing…this week we were focusing on one of our vocabulary words, migration!
Migration means to me that butterflies move and move to another place and lay their eggs. Then they move back to their normal place.
Migration means butterflies travel to Mexico or Canada.
Migration is when the butterflies go to Canada and Mexico.
We also work on our close read “theme” during our content study and in writing as well some times! I like to bring our alternate texts for them to learn additional knowledge!
Below are a view snapshots from our week on butterflies!
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Supplies:
Directions:
Lay the coffee filter opened on a piece of paper, students color the coffee filter with markers, teacher will spray the coffee filter, dry {mine took about 2 hours to dry}, then wrap the pipe cleaner around and twist for antennae.
This past week our close read was all about seeds to plants! We had a lot fun this one…as always! Same format as before… that’s what I love about close reads! The routines and format is the same..however, the kids never get bored with it because the content is changing!
The excitement of the week for sure came from our experiment! We posed this question, do seeds need water? The kiddos seemed to think they knew the answer right away, but great scientist always test their hypothesis! We planted our own grass seeds and water ours. However, we had one cup that didn’t receive any water. Each day we recorded our findings!
And here is a little snap shot of my Easter weekend….my sister, niece Lolah, and I! 🙂
Thanks Tara for sharing. We are finishing up our plant unit and starting butterflies tomorrow. I'll be sharing your close read ideas with my staff as our entire school will be starting butterflies this week.
✿Tiffani Time 4 Kindergarten
Oh my freaking gosh Tara, stop being so darn amazing all the time!!!!! Where is that little parts of a flower page from?? So cute!!! And the setting on the bottom one is adorable!!!
LOVE!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue Skies
Hi Tara! I love your close reads! I plan on starting plants soon and really like your science experiment sheet. Is that included with the nonfiction purchase of the close reads?
Love your writing strips.