I introduced some new words today: "chit chat" and "close up reading". We are using these to help us dig more into our reading and help us write better nonfiction responses and research. In May, our focus will be on nonfiction in both reading and writing. We've done A LOT of front work for this and many types of activities and writing to help us prepare. Before we jump on in and do some research, I wanted to help them think more about the facts they are reading. This will help them understand the nonfiction text better and be able to write more detailed research.
I started with close up reading. We defined it as "looking at the key details, word meaning, author’s words & a deep understanding of the text that makes us question. Then in turn makes us go back into the text and provide evidence and reasoning. We did this with an examples from one short page of facts about lions. The first sentence along (4 words) told us 5 facts! We practiced these skills with our chit chat! I put the examples above! We will learn about lions, elephants, zebras and giraffes and practice close reading!
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