Writing “All About” Nonfiction Booklets!

Hey there friends!  I am popping in to share with you a great way to keep your writers engaged this time of the year!  Every year it seems like our classes have areas that they really get interested in…and this year my class is obsessed with nonfiction and most of all – – all about books!

We started doing the “all about” books whole group alongside our close reads.  The kids quickly fell in love so I started placing the blank all about booklets in their work on writing folders and in my early finisher drawers.  I noticed that they were choosing these over all the other options!  I decided it was time to offer them a variety of topics to choose from.  Sometimes kids will stick with what they “know” and not always realize that they can expand!

You can see from the picture above that the kiddos can now choose from “real life” labeled topic cards.  The cards are colorful and pull the kids in almost instantly!  The topics are clearly labeled on each card…so this helps take away the … “So, how do I spell chameleons?”

After choosing the topic card the student then begins their all about book.  You can see from below that this student chose to write an all about book for babies!

Once students have completed their title page they can then continue on through the all about book writing facts, comparisons, drawing diagrams, and more! Below you can view examples of our all about books that we did whole group.

Students colored their title pages and we then glued them onto a large piece of construction paper to give it that real “book” feeling.

The first page inside the book is a table of contents page.  Students know that this helps the readers quickly access the information inside their books.

You can see from the image below …that there are many options for you to include in the books.  You could place all of these into the books, or just pick the few that you want.