Book Reports: Reading Templates and Projects, Grading Rubrics, and Free Examples
If your students are bored with traditional worksheet responses, try using these unique and engaging book reports and project ideas.
Ten Great Creative Book Report Ideas
There are many, many great ways for students to respond to literature. Students especially enjoy creative book reports. These will work for almost any book and are especially good when students are reading independent book selections. A quick web search will reveal that there are many ideas out there for creative book reports, but they are not all good ideas. Here are, in my opinion,
21 Creative and FUN Ideas for Book Reports! - Blessed Beyond A Doubt
One of my fondest memories as a child was creating book reports and sharing my favorite books […]
Public Speaking Activities | Scholastic
Common Core-ready lesson plans to develop public speaking skills from Instructor Magazine.
How to Make Valentine’s Day Suitcase Mailbox Craft Idea for Kids - Kids Crafts & Activities
Today we will show you how to make a cool Valentine's day Mailbox Suitcase to hold your classmate's Valentines Day Cards. There is a slot to place your friend's cards...and when you want to retrieve your cards, all you have to do is unbutton the suitcase straps and get them out. You can then use this suitcase as a treasure chest or storage container.
When I Grow Up I Want to Be...
Today’s post is written by Bren, a contributor to PreKinders. What do you want to be when you grow up? Such a fun question to explore with preschoolers! Throughout the year we learn about different
Concept Mapping to Write a Literature Review
This article will explain how to use concept mapping to write a in-depth, thought-provoking literature review or essay.
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Teaching My Friends!
This is part two of a two post series. You can catch Part 1: Purging & Restocking Your Classroom Library by clicking HERE. Sorry for the delay on this post. I have been trying to do a Periscope tour of my library, which I wanted to embed in this post. It hasn't quite worked out, so I'm just (finally!) going ahead. Welcome to part two of our classroom library redo! Now that we have our libraries purged of MUSTIES and have new(ish?) books ready to add, it's time to look at how your…
Show and Tell Ideas for the Entire Year {EDITABLE}!
This Show & Tell packet gives teachers a whole years worth of ideas for each month (September-August). It also includes: 1. Tips for a successful show and tell experience2. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Reminder"3. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Mystery Bag"4. Mystery Clues student printable 5. R...
Show ‘n tell – day 1
Today is day #1 for show 'n tell tips. Show 'n tell can be organized different ways. Many people mistakenly think it is for kindergarten or first grade students. You couldn't be more wrong! Show 'n
Show and Tell Ideas for the Entire Year {EDITABLE}!
This Show & Tell packet gives teachers a whole years worth of ideas for each month (September-August). It also includes: 1. Tips for a successful show and tell experience2. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Reminder"3. Parent letter- "Show and Tell Mystery Bag"4. Mystery Clues student printable 5. R...
Starting Show and Tell In Your Classroom!
Fern Smith's Tips for starting show and tell in your classroom!
Butterfly Book Report Projects: templates, worksheets, rubric, and banner
This uniquely shaped butterfly book report project contains assembling directions, first draft worksheets, final draft templates, grading rubric, and a matching bulletin board banner.