In first grade we've been learning all about nonfiction text features and how they can help us while reading a nonfiction text. We have taken a close look at nonfiction text features as a class and in our own books, so it was time to start comparing and contrasting the different features we see in our texts. We decided to use a double bubble to show the similarities and differences in the features we saw in our texts.
The double bubble thinking map allows students to record the similarities and differences between the text features of two different texts. First, students each completed a nonfiction text feature scavenger hunt on their nonfiction library book. Then, partners got together to share what they found. Not only did students need to share the features they found, but they needed to show where in their text that they saw the feature. If both students could prove that their books had a table contents, for example, they would record it in one of the middle bubbles and move to the next feature. Pairs went through all of the features in their hunt, recording whether both, one, or neither of their books had the feature. Once complete, students had a clear picture of the similarities and differences between their two texts in their double bubble!
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