KIN Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 How do you teach book reporting?? I think my oldest could be doing something along these lines, but he would need very specific instructions. Any advice would be great. The only writing he does so far is WWE and narrations for history (which are only 3-4 sentences long). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 How do you teach book reporting?? I think my oldest could be doing something along these lines, but he would need very specific instructions. Any advice would be great. The only writing he does so far is WWE and narrations for history (which are only 3-4 sentences long). Here is a fun gentle way to start. Book Report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I confess that my children have never done a formal book report. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't see a purpose in most book reports, but there are some *wonderful* book report forms on the Love to Learn Place. They start at the kindergarten level and go up to 5th or 6th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I asked my son, who is 8, to do several book reports at the beginning of our school year. He disliked it thoroughly and began dreading to read! I want him to love reading as much as I do, so I dropped the book reports. Now, we discuss the chapters he reads, or occasionally, I have him so a special project on a book. Our discussions are far more worthwhile and enjoyable than the book reports were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I ask my ds to do one or two every few months. It isn't very formal. We use a fill in the blank form. I can't remember where I found it, but somewhere online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't see a purpose in most book reports, but there are some *wonderful* book report forms on the Love to Learn Place. They start at the kindergarten level and go up to 5th or 6th. :iagree: I use these these every once in a while for my dd7 in 2nd grade. I think she has done 3 or so since we started in September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inashoe Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Do it orally. Being able to discuss a book is a fantastic skill, develops conversational skills, it will show you if he understands what he read, and you will be able to delve more deeply than if he had to write anything down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 We use Abeka for Language Arts. If I remember correctly, they assigned a book report first in 4th grade. So ds would've done it then. He's also done an encyclopedia report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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