Better Book Reports Curriculum Map

Book reports allow the young reader to share their thoughts about the stories they have heard or have read themselves. As well, students need the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the materials.

Each section begins with a Teacher’s Notes page that will provide suggestions to help you to introduce the sections and to obtain the best results from your students. As children’s literacy skills become more developed, we need to provide meaningful activities that will promote successful and enjoyable reading experiences.

This resource contains six sections: 

1. Vocabulary Development

2. Identifying Important Information

3. Character Analysis

4. Summarizing & Sequencing Events

5. Reasoning & Critical Thinking

6. Creativity & Design

Introduction & Teacher Suggestions Includes:

• Overall Expectations

• Introduction

• Getting Started: organizing materials, using the activities

• Sharing student results

• At A Glance Skill List

• Teacher Assessment Rubric

• Student Self Assessment Rubric

• Teacher – Student Conference Form

• Book Report Activities List

Warm Up Activities

• READO: a bingo style game using terms related to books

• NAME THAT WORD: a recall game using book terms

• WORD SEARCH: a puzzle using all the terms in READO

Book Report Activities

Vocabulary Development Activities
1. Calling All Nouns and Verbs
2. Describing Words
3. Picture of a Word
4. What Do You Mean?
5. My Senses Say ...
6. It’s a Puzzle!
7. Similes 

Identifying Important Information Activities
1. Cover Me
2. The Key to the Story
3. Flying High!
4. A Chapter By Any Other Name
5. Map It Out!
6. Let Me Tell You …
7. It’s All About … 

Character Analysis Activities
1. Dear Diary
2. We’re Not the Same at All
3. In My Character’s Place
4. A Chapter By Any Other Name
5. Character Poem
6. Fantastic Characters
7. Pack Your Bags!

Summarizing & Sequencing Events Activities
1. It’s About Time
2. Now Hear This!
3. Important Events
4. Story Emotions
5. The Main Events
6. Step By Step
7. Pictures Help Tell the Story

Reasoning & Critical Thinking Activities
1. Just Like Me!
2. In My Opinion
3. My Favorite Author
4. I’d Like To Know …
5. And After This …
6. This Could Be a Problem
7. Reading About Sports

Creativity & Design Activities
1. Hang It Up!
2. Let’s Party!
3. This Puzzles Me
4. Hello From Radio Land
5. Super Slogans
6. Stand Up! Stand Up!
7. Roll It Up!

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