I am teaming up with The Reading Crew again to bring you some fun wintery mentor text lessons!
Start the lesson by reading the book, Recess at 20 Below.
Tell students that when we read a book with pictures or photographs, especially a nonfiction book, it’s important to also “read” the images. They help us learn more about the subject and can sometimes even tell information not given in the words.
Discuss how the photographs show what the text is saying. “Reading” the photos will give more information and provide a visual for the words. Especially review the photographs with which students do not have prior knowledge, and those that are not described in the text of the book, like when the students are walking to school and it is still dark out.
Complete this free activity together. Review the four facts by going to those pages and re-reading the text and looking at the photographs.
You can find more ideas and activities for Recess at 20 Below, along with nine other mentor texts perfect for Earth Science lessons integrated with reading and writing, in the Nonfiction Better Than Basal for Grades 1-2: Earth Science unit.
You can visit more blogs for some wintery mentor text lessons at the links at the bottom of this post.
Check out the other great lessons from The Reading Crew below!
