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Free, printable book report templates for students in 2nd through the 8th grade. Click here to check out our reading and writing resources!
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- Practice Doing One Biography Together. For our practice lesson, I read a book aloud on George Washington, and had them "take notes" by stopping every little bit as I was reading and giving them time to draw pictures of the facts that they were learning in the story on their white boards.
- Have Kids Read Their Own Biography Books. Next, I passed out the biographies that I had collected for them to read. Luckily, I had just enough for my ten second graders.
- Search for and Write the Facts on Sticky Notes. This day's work is the most crucial, and the most taxing on the students. You need to give them a list of the facts you want them to find in the books, such as where the person lived, when he was born or died, or what he was most known for.
- Transfer the Sticky Note Facts to the Graphic Organizer Lapbook Pieces. From here on out, it started to get easier, because the hardest work was done!
- Do A Cereal Box Book Report.
- Assemble A Story Board.
- Create A Story Cube.
- Make A Top 10 Facts Sheet.
- Complete A 3-D Graphic Organizer.
- Design A Character Puppet.
- Retell The Story.
- Link A Story Chain.
For this second-grade book report idea, students will use a cereal box to create a 3-D book report. Each face of the cereal box will present certain information about the book. As an example… 1. Front of the Box = title of the book along with author’s name plus a picture that represents the main idea of the story. 1. Right Side of the Box= story el...
Students will create a storyboard using a tri-fold project board. The board will be accompanied by a written project along with various images and written information that tells the main ideas of the story. See Dinosaurs Before Dark (Mary Pope Osborne) Board storyboard example.
Another creative book report idea for second graders is to have them use a tissue box or some other type of rectangular/square prism to create a story cube. Similar to the cereal box project idea, each face of the story cube will show certain information from the story such as facts/opinions, characters, problem, solution, connections, predictions,...
This book project idea works especially well for nonfiction books. After reading a book, students will brainstorm the Top 10 facts presented in their books. These facts should ideally be information that is not as well-known. To take things to another level, you could have students draft a series of Top 10 facts: facts about each subject or idea pr...
Turn a plain graphic organizer into a 3-D experience using Foldables. First, choose a literacy objective that you would like to target such as the main idea, sequencing, or character traits, and then assign a Foldables activity that will address that particular skill. Students will then create and complete a Foldable project based on their specific...
If you seek fun book report ideas for second graders, this one will serve you well. Give to students a small brown paper bag, and guide them in making a character puppet based on a favorite character from their respective book. They will write a short script to accompany their puppets. The script should be based on a scene from the book and/or some...
If you seek easy, yet powerful, book report ideas for second graders, this project is a good fit. Using the 5Ws + H (who, what, when, where, why, how), or SWBST(Somebody Wanted But So Then), students will retell the book in their own words. They may record their information in a reader’s notebook, or you may provide them with a template. Additional...
This is a fun and creative idea that helps students to understand the sequence of events. It consists of two parts: creating the actual chain and then presenting it to the class. To get started, provide students with an 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of white paper that is divided into 10 strips. Grab a sentence strips sequencing template here. Before cutting...
Download a free Second Grade Book Report Template in PDF or Word format. Fill it out online and save as a PDF or print it out for easy book reporting.
Find the perfect book report template printable for your kinder, first, and second grade class. Often, when we think of writing book reports, we think of older students. However, young children can also learn valuable elements of a book.