Historical fiction anchor chart

I have discovered the wonderful world of anchor charts! I am probably last on the boat for this...but WOW...just...WOW! I only have a few ma...

With all the madness of standardized test prep, I wanted to give my students a little shift in our classroom tone. I felt it was time to implement book clubs, but I wanted to challenge many of my readers to stretch outside their comfort zone. A small percentage of my readers engage in historical fiction and I wanted to expose others to the greatness as well. First, we started with an introduction to what historical fiction is: Bless Pinterest for the assistance I needed with this anchor…

Ok, just because I've been gone from 'blogging land' doesn't mean we haven't been working hard in 4B. I've definitely been documenting a lot of what we've been doing! To start, it was clear to me that our old way of peer conferencing just wasn't working. Kids seemed to be goofing around, not really helping each other, and it was a waste of everyone's time. It frustrated me when most of my one-on-one conference time was spent managing unruly PEER conferences. I knew something had to change. I…

Teaching historical fiction? Connect reading and writing activities for a powerful genre study. Then throw in a full-length novel.

Historical fiction elements

FREE Historical Fiction Reading Collection from The Curriculum Corner | Reading Workshop | Intermediate Classrooms | 4th Grade | 5th Grade

Strategies for teaching historical fiction. Video lesson @Jennifer Scarola

Historical Fiction Anchor Chart for 5th grade

Historical Fiction - OEU 4A 14/15