Nonfiction Detectives

We began our genre study into nonfiction after the holidays and students are noticing many new features they haven't been introduced to throughout the year.  During our inquiry study surrounding the features, we began creating a chart of what they discovered in their books.  They shared their features on the ELMO and tried to figure out what the feature was "doing" and if they didn't know the name of the feature, I supplied it for them and it was written on the chart.  This week we will take another look to see if we can find some features we didn't find last week.  After our chart is full, we'll do a closer look and see how many of the features each buddy group can find in several books.  Be looking for more updates soon!