For this informational text, my goal was simple: find a specific topic that was to be the focus and only read pages that had information concerning that focus. This requires some preparations before using the text because you need to look through the book that you are going to read to identify the pages that you want to share. What I did is I selected several text that contained information concerning the forest floor in the rainforest. I wanted specific information concerning the animals that live there and the overall look of the forest floor. I then marked those pages with Post-It notes that way I could find them easily, cutting back on the amount of time wasted. When I conducted this activity with my students, I used too many pages which we learned from my last post was a big no no. So when you try to use focused areas of your informational text, remember less is still best! My overall results for this lesson were not the best, but that was because I saw what their limit was and blew right past it. For those of you trying this method, keep that in mind. Children lose patience just as easily as we do, so keep the information limited to their tolerance level. You'll feel so much better when you do. Let me know how this type of lesson works out for you!
Erin
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