Reading project ideas

Matchbook chapter summaries super simple and fun project that you can have your students complete during your next novel study.

Book reports don't need to be painfully boring. In fact, they can be a ton of fun! Here are 10 creative book report ideas to use in your classroom.

No more boring book reports! Check out 26+ FUN, creative and unique book report ideas and free printable projects too!

1 2 3 Come Do Some More "Oh, the Places You'll Go..." Suess Activities With Me! Last week I posted a super-fun “Oh the Places I'll Go” flip-the-flap, writing prompt HAT craftivity. While I was working on that packet, I also designed a craft featuring "...

Last spring, I implemented passion projects for the first time as a culminating project for independent reading. Here's how I did it.

This idea falls under the category of fun to make as much as fun to use. Try creating a bag of Doritos out of paper and cut up triangles to make the Doritos. Then use them for a matching game, coun…

The days of dioramas and book reports may be long gone. (Is it wrong that I’m a little sad about that?) Yet the expectation that students read and express their understanding of what they’ve read remains as strong as ever. So what’s a teacher to do? More specifically, what’s a creative teacher to do, when she doesn’t want to rely on worksheets? Get creative, of course! I’ve compiled 9 Fun Book Projects for you. They’re quick and easy to prepare, and best of all, they’re engaging – for both…

I've written before about how "close reading," presented as a "NEW and IMPROVED" way to teach reading sorta rubs me the wrong way. Like most buzz words and theories in education, I get annoyed when

Crafters' Inspiration: Fuel Your Creativity with These Projects

Makes these super easy reading pointers for your classroom or turn it into a fun hands-on activity for your kids to use while reading.