Using Flipgrid to Teach Nonfiction Text Features

The past couple of weeks, we have been working on learning nonfiction text features with third grade students in the library.  This isn't the most exciting topic and I wanted to find a way to make it interactive and engaging.  Flipgrid is the perfect tool for this!

After a brief introduction to four different nonfiction text features (headings, table of contents, keywords, and captions), students were paired up and visited four different stations.  At each station, they were given the task of finding one of the text features that we talked about in one of the library books. 

After finding the text feature, they recorded a short video on Flipgrid showing an example of the text feature and how that feature helps the reader.  Students really enjoyed telling about the different features and the videos are a great way for me to assess what they learned.

This week, we added four new text features (fact box, glossary, diagram, and timeline) and repeated the process.  Next week, we will finish with the last four text features.  I found the text features posters on TpT.


Bernie's Book Bank

Harrison School is so lucky to be partnered with Bernie's Book Bank this year!  Bernie's Book Bank provides local PK-6th grade students with bags of six new and gently used books to keep forever!  This week, our first delivery of books arrived and we passed them out to our students.  After getting their bags of books, students had an opportunity to trade books with other students if they wanted.  They were so excited to get their new books and it was so much fun to watch!!

What a great program that gets books into the homes of students who might not otherwise own many books.  Thank you Bernie's Book Bank!!

Happy Reading!