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Discovering Non-Fiction
with Gail Gibbons
Finding resources for
content area topics is sometimes tricky for the elementary classroom. The
books, by author and illustrator Gail Gibbons, offer a wonderful way to
introduce children to the world of non-fiction. She has written and
illustrated a variety of books on an equally wide range of topics. With over
120 titles (and climbing) her books cover everything from holidays, to
careers, from dragons to trees. I hope you will find her books as valuable as
we have in our classroom!
Here are some of the things we will be doing to celebrate her books and
writing:
1. Important Facts
Each child (can be done as a partner activity) will pick their favorite Gail
Gibbons book. They will then use the format from The Important Book by
Margaret Wise Brown to write a formula poem telling the important things about
the books topic. They must use 5 facts found in the book (We'll post ours once
they are complete so check back!)
The format looks something like this...
The important thing about___
is___.
They____
_____are_____
And they_____
But the most important thing about_____is_______
2.
Author Web
"Book Teams" will complete an author web telling things that describe Gail
Gibbons as an author. They will back up their thoughts with facts from their
team book. (These will be shared also!)
3. Book Review
Each student is responsible for writing a book review as a home connection
assignment. They can pick any of her books they wish for their review.
4."How To" Writings
I love this idea that was shared by Sarah on the teachers.net chatboard:
"I used Gail Gibbons as a mentor author for writing How-To books in class. It
was a great way to extend those How-To books that kids write. Instead of the
usual "How To Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.."
Step 1 - put peanut butter on one slice of bread
Step 2 - put jelly on the other slice of bread
Step 3 - put the slices together
Step 4 - eat the sandwich
Gail Gibbons shows many different ways the kids could extend this! Making a
page about "where peanut butter comes from", for example, different flavor of
jelly, different types of peanut butter, using parentheses within the books,
beginning sentences in different ways."
Links
Official Gail Gibbons Website
Schema Study Plan-Gail Gibbons
Check this one out. Very interesting ideas.
Reasons for Seasons
This is a unit plan for using the book by the same title with primary level
students.
Wolves
This is a site with a few activities, vocabulary, reviews and a quiz using the
book Wolves by Gail Gibbons.
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