Week of 11-11 to 11-15

This week we focused on historical fiction and how we can utilize it in the classroom. I have always been a fan of history and historical fiction, so I feel like this could be a strong suit for me as far as getting kids involved and excited about it in the classroom. The only problem I can see with historical fiction is if the information they present is not completely accurate. I feel like most historical fiction books are accurate with their settings and dates and such, but for the sake of writing sometimes they can alter and leave out things that make the information not entirely correct, therefore confusing a child when they got to learn about the real event later on. I did really like the thing we did last week and earlier this week with the post-it notes with time periods on it and having to remember all of the information that we were taught in middle and high school. It was a great way to make connections to literature that way, especially with being able to think of different books and series off of the top of my head from that time period. I feel like that could be a great tool for kids because they're actually putting the "boring information that they find pointless" to use and connecting it to something most people enjoy, which is literature. I'm excited to see what we do with the more current historical fiction books and I am really enjoying this "unit."