Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Classroom Management | History | Language Arts | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Materials Needed: Post-it® Notes Cubes, pencil and any reading material
Materials Needed:
- Post-it® Notes Cubes
- pencil and any reading material
Description:
The springboard for this idea came from the OASIS program. This strategy could be used with fiction or non-fiction books. With younger students, I use a picture book without words and have the students write “their story” to go with the each page. Then we read our stories aloud. With older students, they rewrite words or parts of the story to make the characters say or do something outsidee of the story line to develop a new twist in the plot or an alternate ending. They could use their own personal experiences within the story or just create something new. Of course, since we can’t actually write in books, we use Post-its! It is fun to see them “re-write history” when using non-fiction texts.
Instructions:
Step 1: Find a good book you'd like to read; it could be fiction or non-fiction. This idea works GREAT with picture books that have no words.
Step 2: Grab some Post-its and write words that add to the pictures or that change the events in some way. (Watch kids "re-write history" when using a non-fiction text! Watch their sense of humor and creative thinking really come alive!)
Step 3: Stick them on the pages of the book and share your "new" story with a friend.
