Library Genre Scavenger Fliphunt

This week, our fourth grade students participated in an active, collaborative activity in the library that was so much fun...a library genre scavenger Fliphunt!  With this activity, I wanted students to learn about different fictional genres, where the different genres are in our library, and how to tell what genre a book might be.



The books in the fiction section of our library are arranged by genre.  For example, all of the realistic fiction books are together, all of the fantasy books are together, etc and it's important for students to learn about the different literary genres.  By fourth grade, the students are mostly familiar with the genres so to demonstrate their understanding, they recorded videos using Flipgrid.

 

First, the students were placed in groups of 2-3 and each group had to find the different Fliphunt task sheets.  There were six different tasks and each one was in a different section of the genres.  Students had to read the task and then record a video on Flipgrid showing their understanding.  

Examples include: 
-Find one mystery book and record a video predicting what the mystery will be about
-Find one science fiction book and tell why you think it's science fiction.  

Here is a link to the materials I used.

 

The students seemed to really enjoy the activity! Most of the groups did not finish in one class period so we will finish another time.  I love how this activity gets students up and moving and forces them to work together in groups.  We will definitely do more Fliphunts throughout the year!