Gentlemommy Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 So I listened to a lecture about getting kids to read and comprehend, ect. And she (she was a teacher in a classical model school) talked about the different projects their classes did surrounding books. So for one they painted a mural, for another they made story boards, or a diorama, costumes, ect. I think my dd would love to do more projects like that for our read aloud books. Her mother however, is NOT creative. Lol. So I need a website/book that has a bunch of (literacy?) ideas. Does this make any sense? I don't know what to call what I am looking for...something in lieu of a book report, something fun, to incoorperate what we've been reading about. But I don't want to limit it to specific books, because we have a big home library, so I'd like to use what we already have. Lap books are ok, but we will be making the SOTW one, so I'd prefer something other than lap books. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchyGirl Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Another "not creative" mama here. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 There is a whole line of these Differentiating Instruction books full of general ideas for projects. Also, look at Better Than Book Reports and the 3-D Graphic Organizers book (you can see it when you scroll down the page). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=literacy+center+ideas&oq=literacy+&aq=2&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3.2.0l4.0.0.2.15.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.1RzQPRIb5YQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=9a00c64e73563088&biw=1400&bih=885 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 How old is your daughter, and do you read the same books that she does? If so, I just want to encourage you to come up with ideas yourself, even if you think you are not creative. I am the least creative person I know, but out of desperation, I started making up projects for my 8 yo to accompany his reading this year. He has acted out scenes with stuffed animals (this is almost always a possibility); built a snowshoe out of Legos; built a dozen other contraptions out of Legos; marked relevant places on a wall map; researched (and will construct) catapults (for Redwall); and written short paragraphs along the lines of, "If you were Character X and were writing home to Y, what would you say?" None of these projects has taken very long, but they give him something to do other than read the selection/narrate it/answer comprehension questions (which, in my experience, do not actually do anything to increase comprehension). Coming up with the activities has actually been easy; keeping up with his reading is the hard part! For next year, I hope to plan some multi-chapter projects to which he can add every couple of days. Perhaps if you posted a sample reading list, some of the ladies here could give you some ideas for the kinds of activities you are looking for. For what it is worth, the Lego and stuffed animal-type projects are one of my son's favorite parts of school. He asks for them, and I feel bad that I didn't do a better job on them this year. That is one of my summer projects, though--to get ahead of him on reading and map out fun projects in advance. Anyway, I guess the point of all of that if I can come up with ideas, anyone can. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 There are lots of unit studies to be found for individual books. You might want to look for those. Or you could try the FIAR or BYFIAR, depending on the age of your child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 After reading the OP, I thought of FIAR right away. We are using FIAR and loving it. The guide is full of ideas for every book, plus if you go on the FIAR website/forum, they have archived posts for every volume with great ideas. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Along the FIAR lines, don't forget to check out homeschoolshare.com! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Thanks for all of the ideas!!! I did find something, I'll share it in case anyone else is looking. http://omsd.omsd.k12.ca.us/Teacher/bettyca/Shared%20Documents/Book%20Project%20Ideas.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Thanks for all of the ideas!!! I did find something, I'll share it in case anyone else is looking. http://omsd.omsd.k12.ca.us/Teacher/bettyca/Shared%20Documents/Book%20Project%20Ideas.doc I am guessing this is from a safe site......but did want to warn others that this link downloads the document once you click on it!!!!:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Oh dear, sorry! I didn't even realized it downloaded right away!!! I just went to it from a google search...:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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