Cereal Box Book Reports

I’ve always been a little on the fence about reading logs and book reports. When I was a child, I LOVED to read. I could zoom through a couple of books a day, and when my mom said my sister and I couldn’t go to the library, we’d cry!

However, when teachers would assign reading logs and book reports, it pained me. I always did the reports of course, but they seemed to take the fun out of reading for me. Now, I was a kid who loved to read. Can you imagine being the student that doesn’t see the joy in reading, and you are required to submit weekly reading logs and monthly book reports?! *Shudder.*

I started the year off with a weekly reading log, then I changed to a trimester reading log, and then over a month ago I started using Bookopolis (my students seem to really enjoy this; I’ll blog about this later). Using Bookopolis seemed to rejuvenate students’ interest in reading, and it took the hassle out of reading logs.

I plan to use Bookopolis’s book report feature for the month of May, but for April I had one of my classes complete a cereal box book report. Students were required to come up with a name for their cereal and it had to relate to their book, they had to include ingredients (summary, setting, characters) on the sides of the box, a rating (on the lid), a prize, and a game on the back of the box. The same information I’ve required in a regular book report were requirements for the cereal box, but guess what? Nearly every person turned their boxes in on time, and I got excellent feedback from students! My other classes continue to ask, “Mrs. Leo, when can we make our cereal boxes?” I’ve also seen a few students ask other students about their books and add the books to their reading list. Here are a few boxes:

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