Book Hunt

This literacy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, describe and group a selection of non-fiction information books that match a range of different classroom topics.
The class can suggest and list the matching topics that they can read about in different non-fiction books that have been borrowed from the school library.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and group a selection of non-fiction information books that match a range of different classroom topics
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe topics to match different non-fiction book titles, a template to select and record a topic to match a non-fiction book borrowed from the school library and a worksheet to record topics to match what can be read about in different non-fiction books.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to group a selection of information books that match different classroom topics.
This lesson is part of a literacy scheme of work to get the children to identify and model how to use different reading skills to access information on a range of topics that feature in non-fiction information books. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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