Here are the links to our Nonfiction Book Club Videos
Bears by: Ashley, Gabe, and Keagan
Snakes by: Braylen and Mrs. Walter
Seals by: Taylor and Sophia S.
Sharks by: Thomas and Brodie
Frogs by: Gwen and Sophia K.
Sea Turtles by: Anna and Abella
Insects by: Kasen and Alivia
Dinosaurs by: Jackson and Cameron
Dogs by: Jacob and Evie
Cats by: Evan, Ella, Nora and Chris
Let's take a look at the process:
Students picked a topic to read about and participate in a book club focused on that topic.
Students sticky noted information they were surprised about, learned right then or were excited to share with others on their topic.
As a group they worked together to see if any of their information would go together.
They decided information how to organize their information.
Students took pictures from their text books to support the information they wanted to share.
They inserted the pictures into iMovie and recorded their facts.
Students cited their sources by taking a picture of all of the resources they used to create the iMovie.
Students completed all of this independently with little or no guidance from me. The role I played was a facilitator in their book club to help them appropriately interact and gain knowledge from their book club. We talked a lot about friendly discourse, what it looks like and how it should feel if it is friendly. Being challenged doesn't have to feel like an attack but rather like an opportunity for you to defend your thinking/opinion with evidence.
This was an awesome project and the students did an amazing job working with peers, negotiating and taking risks in their learning.
