Fly Guy Informational Read Aloud
Snakes. You either love them or hate them. Your first or second grade students probably have similar feelings!
As a controversial member of the animal kingdom, these slithery creatures make an excellent topic for learning. Since many kids will already have an emotional connection to snakes it will be an easy topic to get them interested in for learning.
Author Tedd Arnold definitely knew this would be an interesting topic for kids when he wrote Fly Guy Presents: Snakes. Both engaging and informative, this informational text is an excellent book to get students interested in reading nonfiction texts.
Informational Text Examples for Elementary
Fly Guy Presents:Snakes is not the only informational text that Tedd Arnold has written to engage young readers. This is just one of his many wonderful nonfiction books for kids.
Here are some of the other popular nonfiction books by Tedd Arnold:
- Fly Guy Presents: Insects
- Fly Guy Presents: Sharks
- Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs
- Fly Guy Presents: Dogs
- Fly Guy Presents: Weird Animals
Each of these informational texts is excellent for first and second graders. These books get kids interested in nonfiction topics through the lens of a fictional narrator, Fly Guy.
Each of these informational texts is excellent for first and second graders. These books get kids interested in nonfiction topics through the lens of a fictional narrator, Fly Guy.
Fly Guy teaches students about the topic at hand through a fun and interactive way. In addition to important facts that students learn they also get to visually interact with the text through amazing pictures. This series is truly an example of the best types of informational texts for elementary kids.
While the books themselves are excellent resources for students it is important to go beyond just reading the book. Therefore, we have created nonfiction reading activities for several Fly Guy books, including Fly Guy Presents: Snakes.
Join us below as we give you more information on the interactive reading activities we have created to help your students learn all about snakes. In addition, check out the other nonfiction read alouds we have available for Fly Guy Presents: Insects, Fly Guy Presents: Sharks, and Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs.
Nonfiction Reading Activities for Elementary School
When the Common Core began to put a spotlight on nonfiction texts it was a big shift for teachers. While there were definitely initial feelings of frustration as it took away from fun picture books, over the years teachers have come to see that nonfiction is an important part of the classroom.
Moreover, many of us in education have learned that reading nonfiction texts with our kids does not have to be boring. Nonfiction reading activities can be just as fun and entertaining as traditional read aloud activities.
We know this for a fact because we tried it out when we were in the classroom. As former elementary teachers we tried and tested several reading activities over the years.
Using our favorite children’s books as a starting point, we explored several learning activities that are both educational and fun for kids. With this knowledge, we created similar reading activities for nonfiction books. The same tried and true interactive activities that we have provided for you below!
Fun Reading Comprehension Activities
As an elementary school teacher we don’t have to tell you that engagement is key for learning! Therefore, while creating rigorous activities is a focus point, so is creating fun activities.
We have done just that in these fun reading comprehension activities for Fly Guy Presents Snakes. Don’t just take our word for it though, take a look for yourself.
Response to Text Reading Activities
Whole Group Response to Text Activities
Interactive Vocabulary Activities for Fly Guy Presents Snakes
In addition to the comprehension activities shown above, this read aloud includes additional supplemental activities. We have provided you with a quiz as well as a craft.
With so many activities to choose from you will have enough lessons for three, four, or even five days of learning! Moreover, you can choose if you want your students to complete these assignments digitally or as printables. This allows for some flexibility in how you use this resource in your classroom.
Whether you use all of the activities or just the key comprehension ones or use it as a digital or printable resource – you can rest assured that your students will be getting quality reading instruction all week long.
Nonfiction Read Alouds for 1st and 2nd Grade
As we mentioned earlier, snakes are not the only hot nonfiction topic that can be used for read alouds. There are several other fun nonfiction books for elementary students.
In addition to the other Fly Guy texts that we made read alouds for, we also created read alouds for a handful of other nonfiction texts.
Here are a few of our favorites:
Like the Fly Guy series, these books are all written to not only inform but also to entertain students. These read alouds follow a similar format as well, including being available to use digitally or as printables.
Whatever real world topic you choose to explore with your students after snakes, we are excited to support you and your students through our fun and engaging nonfiction read alouds.
