Autobiographies for kids
5th grade autobiography example...
When students are looking for a new book to read, I go to the shelves and hand pick a stack of books for them to peruse.
5th grade autobiography projectI’ll start the process by asking them what they’ve read lately and what they liked about those books. This strategy works because it is built on choice and trust. I’m enthusiastic about books and I never force a book on a kid. They get to choose what to read.
It’s also a solid strategy because it gets my students reading the “right” book faster.
Full disclosure, I first learned it from the The Book Whisperer and then made it my own with some tweaking.
3rd grade autobiography examples
Donalyn Miller has some great strategies to get kids reading. You can check her out here.Having explained that part of my strategy, you’ll understand how easy it is to slip a really great biography, autobiography or memoir into that stack of books.
It is exciting to me when I see a kid venture out of their “preferred” genre and introduce them to the often mind blowing experience of reading the true stori