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15 Creative Book Report Ideas for Every Grade and Subject

Reading about other people and perspectives helps kids learn beyond their own experiences. Students don’t need to dive deeply into every single book they read, but occasionally showing them how to dive in can help them view reading in different ways. Digging into characters (or settings or themes) from the books they read can really help them learn how to look beyond the prose. Here are 22 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more meaningful: 1. Mint Tin Book Report SOURCE: Teacher Thrive There are so many super creative, open-ended projects you can use mint tins for. 2. Ask your students to create a yearbook based on the characters and setting in the book. 3. SOURCE: Mrs. This project would be perfect for a book tasting in your classroom! 4. Have students locate 3-5 current event articles a character in their book might be interested in. 5. SOURCE: 123Homeschool4Me Yum! 6. Choose 15-20 alphabet books to help give your students examples of how they work around themes. 7. 8.

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