Sharing New Facts I Have Learned

Today we learned that when we read nonfiction we learn new facts. A fact is something that it is true and gives us true information  about a topic. We talked about the importance of remembering the facts you learn in a book after you are done reading. To practice this we followed the following steps:

First we read the book.

Next we reread the title.

Last we say back across our fingers the new facts we have learned.

We used the nonfiction text "Living and Nonliving" and did a "close" read with each child listening for a new fact. After reading, we each took a sticky note and recorded our new fact and then posted it on a classroom chart (see the pictures below).

This activity supports common core standard RI.K.2 (Reading: Informational Text) With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.