One thing I could not stand was the prep work. Of course I love to make all my products easy to use and very minimal prep... because I make these packets for my classroom and me--first! Time is precious. Interactive notebooks are quite the buzz words right now, so I thought I would combine the 2, and came up with a new, easier way to run these groups!
I present to you: Circle Up! Primary Literature Circles---Interactive Notebook Style!
Prep work--each student will need a spiral notebook. You will need a folder or a way to store worksheets for students to grab. I prefer the folder option. These will be stored in a magazine organizer/box thing. On the front will be a laminated example of what their page will look like when they complete it in their notebooks. If you want students to wear name tags of their jobs, I have that covered too! This is a pic of my other packet's job names:
This is an updated version for these! {Sorry-tilt head sideways.... I couldn't get this to stay correct...}
That's it! No creating packets for each book and group, and figuring out how many jobs everyone will have....
You will prepare by having groups made and select books. But, you can change jobs as you want-and all the students will do is go to their folder and get the paper (or papers) they would need to complete their job! ALL of the book groups they complete will be done in the SAME notebook! What you decide to do with the books that are done are up to you. I prefer to keep them all in there, so that at the end of the year, they will have a great keepsake of their READING.
Check out my packet in my Teachers Pay Teachers store now! This will definitely be a pack that my second graders will EAT up! CLICK HERE to see it!
Here are some pics of the inside pages:
**I will be completing a nonfiction companion pack as well as creating this for upper elementary, with more "mature" job role names---in the near future! Keep an eye out! Follow me on TPT to get notified (or I will also post on Facebook!).
