Book report bulletin board

If John Green had been around when I was a teenager I would have been obsessed. Oh wait, he's around now... and I'm 27... and obsessed. So I read all of his books this summer (well, more like, sobbed my way through The Fault in Our Stars) and after each one I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach. I can't describe it, but this picture can: I think fellow avid book readers can completely relate. Anyway, the main reason why I connect with John Green is because most of his books not only…

Whether you're working on an author study or just want kids to reflect on books, these student book recommendations sheets do the trick!

One of the things we try to do at our school is to make our reading visible. From my own display of books I have read outside of our classroom, to the rotating book displays in our classroom and sc…

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When I became a MS, I decided I was going to do whatever I could to get students excited about reading and to read different types of materials so that they can become well-rounded. So in keeping with that goal, I started the Genre of the Month program where I teach a different genre of literature in the Media Center in the hopes of getting students excited about reading. The GOTM is highlighted on a special bulletin board, and I do a lesson once a month to make sure the students understand…

These tab books are a super engaging way to make nonfiction book report writing meaningful and fun! Skills covered include main idea and supporting details, nonfiction text strucuture, nonfiction text features, author's point of view, summarizing, and more. A low prep, printable activity that is great for independent or group work with students in grades 3, 4, 5 or 6. Use for any informational text or nonfiction reading passage.

Every year the lower school classrooms decorate their doors for Book Character Day. On this day we dress up like our favorite book character from any book. This year we decorated our door like "Read Box". Instead of renting movies, you can watch book reviews. We used the app called Educreations and recorded our voices giving a summary of any chapter book we read. We also included who we think would like to read this book. We took our digital reports and turned them into QR codes. You can…

I'm here to share a quick and easy-to-create bulletin board idea for teachers out there trying to spark some student interest in Reading, ...

ideas bulletin board. Good idea for our lobby. You can post pics of teachers and staff.

Getting students to read for reading workshop or even for independent reading can be quite a challenge. Sometimes, we need to add-in novelty to our lessons in order to engage reluctant readers or struggling readers. Here are four ways to get your students hooked on reading and get them involved wi