Today we started looking at non fiction texts. We wrote facts about non fiction texts on the whiteboard.
Here are some of them-
Carmen- You can sometimes get a glossary which is like a mini dictionary.
Angus Mac – A non fiction text is facts.
Grace – There are usually photos or diagrams with the text.
We then looked at the book and read a text about elephants. After that we made question hands. On the question hands we had to write 5 different questions about elephants which could be answered from the text. Once we had done that we wrote the answers on the back.
Here are some of our questions-
What is a female elephant called?
How many kg of food do elephants eat in a day?
What makes African and Asian elephants different?
How big is an African elephant’s ear?
At what age do elephants leave their parents?
Our thoughts on this activity
Matthew – I think it is strange how it is calle non-fiction when it is fact.
Keavie – I enjoyed learning interesting facts about elephants.
Kali – I enjoyed learning that a female elephant is called a cow.
I realy enjoyed making the hands. I accidentally I cut out two.
I really enjoyed learning about non-fiction texts because it is an interesting way of putting facts together.