File folder biography report
This file folder activity is the answer!!
This year, I found out that the all of the second graders at my school would need to read a BIOGRAPHY of a famous person and then write a report on it! So I created an Easy Biography Graphic Organizer and Book Report Lapbookfor them! It turned out to be a GREAT way to introduce them to writing a first biography!
So while my first graders were writing their insect reports (see last week's post on that!)I needed to have my second graders working on their biographies.Label your person's full name in large neat lettering and dates of birth and death. This file folder activity is the answer! This file folder activity is the answer! You just need a large piece of construction paper or a file folder to create the base of the lapbook, then students attach template pieces as they learn about. Each student only needs: 1 normal-sized file folder, copies of the packet pages, art supplies, and time to work!
So while my first graders were writing their insect reports (see last week's post on that!)I needed to have my second graders working on their biographies.
Label your person's full name in large neat lettering and dates of birth and death.
So what is a combination class teacher to do? The biography reports were similar in format to the insect lapbook so that I could try to work with both groups at the same time. Luckily, I was able to introduce the concept of the biographies and do a practice one with the second graders alone one day when all of the first graders left on an all day field trip.
Thank goodness!
Basically, I think that the procedure I did actually worked out pretty well, and their r