Maybe it’s just me, but I DON’T enjoy reading and grading
25+ one page long book reports. Not only
are they tedious for me, but I’m not sure how much my students actually liked
them either… that’s when I had the
bright idea that I needed to make a change!
First I did some research and found this awesome Scholastic
book that made book reports more fun!
This is what I found:
The book report format that instantly became my favorite was
turning your book into a board game. The kids LOVED it and instantly book
report day became one of their favorite times of the month.
My strategy was to have students turn them in on a Monday or
Tuesday, grade them, and by Friday let students spend part of their afternoon
discussing the books they read and playing the student created board games!
Here are some examples of my students awesome work:
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