Engage Students with Informational Texts
Student work with informational text doesn’t have to be rote or boring! Use these creative ideas to inspire activities in your classroom that engage students deeply with the informational text content they are reading.
Wixie is the perfect digital canvas for students to use to share their ideas about the information they are reading. Students can use Wixie to create engaging and valuable products that show what they think about information through a combination of text, images, and voice narration.
Interview with an Animal
Students interview animals to demonstrate knowledge of animal characteristics, diet, and more.
Lesson Plan: Animal Interview
5 Senses Poem
Have your primary learners respond to informational texts that are read to them through the creation of a 5 senses poem.
Biographical Timelines
Students conduct research about an important woman in history (or science, math, medicine, politics...) and share information about their life in a timeline.
Infographics
Students create an infographic to share knowledge and data about an issue or topic they are reading about.
Cycle Comics
Students can choose a scientific cycle such as pollination and illustrate it to build and demonstrate their understanding.
Trading Cards
Students research a person from history, or a character in a book they are reading, and summarize their findings in the form of a trading card.
Give students choice
Use this choice board to put students in charge of how they will demonstrate comprehension of an informational text.
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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Research Organizers
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Animal Books
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Informational Books
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Timelines
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Diagrams
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Trading Cards
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Infographics
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Posters
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Organizing Research
