Elementary Library

Say: Facts are the true things you learn from a story. “The story was funny” is not a fact. But “The author writes the words is a fact.” We will work together to identify facts while we read. When you hear an interesting fact, raise your hand and we will write it on our fact chart. We can use the chart to help us recall facts from the story. To be excellent at recall, you must be an excellent listener. Show me what whole body listening looks like! Read the first book using the discussion guide and stopping occasionally to ask students what facts they learned on that page. Take notes on the fact chart using written words and images if necessary. These books do not need to be read in their entirety. Pick and choose the best, most interesting passages. Say: Look at all of the facts we learned from this book. Recall… [read out facts from chart]. Do you recall any other facts we didn’t write down? Step 2: Read Aloud & Student Practice Read the second book using the discussion guide and stopping occasionally to ask students what facts they learned on that page. Use a new fact chart, or continue adding to the first. Voice that we write down the title of the book and the page we found knowledge on so that we can find the information again and credit the book with our new learning. Say: You did very well listening to nonfiction texts today. Which was your favorite book we read? [Have students vote.] What is one fact you recall from a story today? Our goal for learning was to be able to recall information from a nonfiction text. Ask students for thumbs up or thumbs down if they think they mastered today’s learning. Remind students where they can find more nonfiction books to borrow. Movement break

Dismiss for circulation READER’S ADVISORY, CIRCULATION PROCEDURES & DISMISSAL As students check out, ask for one fact they can recall from the books we read today.

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