As part of our Bookworm
Challenge, nearly every grade level will have to read a certain number of
biographies. I really wanted Kindergarten, First and Second grades to become
more familiar with this genre.
Therefore, I used Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day as a perfect excuse to read about the life of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
I also used this
opportunity to discuss finding facts within the story. After reading a page or
two, I would stop and ask them what facts we learned about Martin Luther King,
Jr. It was probably a 50/50 mix of
students that could and couldn’t do this task. I do believe I have found
another skill that we will need to work on in the future.
I’m hoping this exposure
will prime them for wanting to find biographies on their own about some of
their favorite people and then sharing that experience through their classroom
bookworm.
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