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Unique Book Report Projects
Fun Cooperative Group Projects
Extra large cooperative group projects based on popular novels that your students have read together in class.
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Teaching Resources for Books
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Writing templates in unique shapes
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all of the steps of the writing process.
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Creative Writing Templates
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Poetry templates in a variety of different shapes that will help make writing poems a fun creative writing activity.
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Animal and holiday sticker charts that will help you to motivate your students to
read books and use their best effort.
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Colorful bulletin board displays to help you brighten up your classroom and highlight your students' work.
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Bulletin Board Displays
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A variety of awards and certificates that you can use to
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Student Awards and Certificates
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Engaging powerpoint lesson plans that will involve your students in the lesson activity and capture their attention.
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Powerpoint Lesson Plans
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I have been buying your unique teaching resources for a few years now, and I just love them! My students are much more engaged in doing book reports as well as other creative writing assignments because of you. Thank you.
Name: Marla (Grade 4)
From: New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date: January, 2013
Hi Heidi. I just want t say that my class is year one in Australia and they just love all of your work. We use your book report projects religiously and it has made my teaching and the students' learning improve by about 100%. The students just love it. Thank you so much for your help.
Name: Catherine (Year 1)
From: Australia.
Date: November, 2012
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Name: Tanyana (Grade 3)
From: New York, U.S.A.
Date: October, 2012
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Name: Adriana (Grade 3)
From: Argentina
Date: October, 2012
Hi there! I just found your website through Pinterest, and I am looking forward to using your book reports that I just bought to help motivate my fifth grade students! Thanks for putting these out there. I'm a relatively new teacher and need all the help I can get!
Name: Noell (Grade 5)
From: Illinois, U.S.A.
Date: September, 2012
I just wanted to update you my purchases. We love them!! We started working on our STAR book reports this week for "Frindle" It is working out great! I think we will do the CHARACTER book report for our social studies book, "The Kid Who Ran For President." I love, love, love your products and they are so organized and easy to create!
Name: Stephanie (Grade 4)
From: New York, U.S.A.
Date: September, 2012
I love your website so much. I am a first year teacher working in an NGO called "Teach For India." I struggled so much teaching reading comprehension to my students this first year. Then, I came across the book "The Enormous Crocodile" and it led me to your website and everything just changed. My students are enjoying their classwork so much. Thank you Heidi, you are an amazing teaching. I love your creativity.
Name: Prathik (Elementary)
From: India
Date: September, 2012
What a delightful and informative site!!! I'm having so much fun browsing and I've been teaching for 32 years!!! You can always teach an old dog new tricks, especially if you're creative and making learning FUN!!! You must be a VERY SPECIAL TEACHER ... how lucky your students and parents are!!!
Name: Kathy (Grade 4/5)
From: Oregon, U.S.A.
Date: August, 2012
I stumbled across your website over the weekend and I'm SO glad I did! Some great ideas and an extra thank you for the UK spellings! I bought the back to school pencils, punctuation puppies, Willy Wonka group project and the characters! I think these are great resources and even though it's the summer holidays, I've been into school to get my display paper up and have put up the title banners - they look brilliant! Thank you!
Name: Jemma (Year 4)
From: UK
Date: July, 2012
I just discovered your website and I love it!! I bought a couple of downloads to go with beginning of the year read-alouds. I also signed up for your newsletter. Thank you for making such great materials!!
Name: Patty (Grade 2)
From: California, U.S.A.
Date: July, 2012
I am overwhelmed by your website and the energy you have to do all the pretty and useful resources on your site. I am inspired by you! Thanks for sharing!
Name: Sim (Special Ed.)
From: Singapore
Date: July, 2012
My students are working on their Charlie and Chocolate Factory projects that I bought on your website. One of my students said how nice the other character wheels were and he said, "Besides this is just fun!" Not bad for a third grade boy!!
Name: Rebecca (Grade 3)
From: Maine, U.S.A.
Date: May 2010
Just wanted to say thank you so much for your wonderful site and the excellent resources that you provide at such reasonable prices. I purchased and used your lesson plans for the The Giving Tree with my students, and it was a blast. Thanks again!
Name: Summer (Grade 5)
From: Georgia, U.S.A.
Date: April 2010
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From: Texas, U.S.A.
Date: November 2009
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I love all your powerpoints. I used the Halloween one for my observation/evaluation this year and have never received better scores. All of the students were participating and loved having their names in the sentences. Your powerpoints made me look great in front of my principal. She is now sharing your website with other teachers on our staff. I would love it if you would keep adding to your website. I have purchased 3/4 of it (I only discovered you last October of You Tube) and I am always looking for more ideas. Keep up the great work.
Name: Carole (Grade 3)
From: Utah, U.S.A.
Date: June, 2012
Heidi, I just had to write and let you know that your website has helped me create the most awesome author study of Roald Dahl's books. My students loved completing the big animal shaped projects you designed for The Enormous Crocodile, Esio Trot, and The Giraffe, and the Pelly and Me. For the final project, they had so much fun writing and drawing about the characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory using your Willy Wonka Factory project. Thanks for sharing your scrumdiddlyumptious ideas !
Name: Jennifer (Grade 4)
From: California, U.S.A.
Date: March, 2012
I can honestly say that I have never had such great results from children with a book report as I did using this wanted poster book report activity. I was blown away and the parents who have seen the finished projects were amazed too. Thank you! I will definitely log on again to see your other products and your after sales service is awesome, thanks again. Very much appreciated.
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From: New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date: January 2012
I just wanted to take a minute to say THANK YOU for the free downloads that are included in your newsletter Teachers Have Class each month, I look forward to receiving every single issue. I absolutely love your products and what you do. I am so excited to use your resources through my teaching journey. Keep up the awesome work. Happy Holidays!
Name: Amanda
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From: Ohio, U.S.A.
Date: December 2011
Your lesson plans for Stellaluna, Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas have saved me so much planning time this year. My Gr. 3 students really enjoyed completing the projects that you designed for each of these books. I was able to create great Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas displays in my classroom this year with their projects. Thanks for sharing your ideas and for saving me time.
Name: Tina (Grade 3)
From: Alabama, U.S.A.
Date: December 2011
My students loved your seasonal powerpoint games for Halloween and Thanksgiving. They thought they were playing a game instead of reviewing grammar ;-) I've already purchased all of your other holiday powerpoint lesson plans. Keep making more of these great activities, more POWER to you Heidi!
Name: Stephanie (Grade 4)
From: Oregon, U.S.A.
Date: November 2011
Thank you so much for letting me know about the new book report templates. I have been anxiously watching for the house book report project to be posted on your site, so I was excited to be able to purchase it today. It is absolutely adorable. I must tell you that I have received so many compliments from other teachers this year about my students' book reports that I have displayed in our school halls. Thank you again for all of your wonderful ideas....you make my life so much easier as a teacher!
Name: Robin (Grade 4)
From: Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date: March 2011
I want to write and tell you that I love the resources that you make and share with us, they have truly been helpful to me and my students. I have been teaching grammar rules in a more exciting way, and I owe it all to you. Your grammar powerpoint lessons have been such a blessing! Thank you very much!
Name: Lili (Grade 4)
From: Mexico
Date: March 2011
I feel so fortunate to have found your website and I have referred several of my co-workers to your website. Just for the month of January, there were three teachers displaying your book reports. I had the trophy reports, my neighbor to the left had the computer reports, and my neighbor to the right had the birthday cake reports. Thank you so very much for all of your work!
Name: Mary (Grade 4)
From: New York, U.S.A.
Date: February 2011
I just wanted to say thank you for the most amazing teaching resources that I have ever come across in my thirty years of teaching. I have used many of your book report sets this year and my students absolutely loved them. What was particularly pleasing was seeing some of my reluctant readers (especially the boys) really wanting to read books and complete the activities. Keep up the great work!
Name: Margaret (Grade 5)
From: Victoria, Australia
Date: January 2011
I'm writing to tell you that my students just finished the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory group projects. They worked so hard, and the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory projects turned out great! We had them to show for student led conferences. The parents were very impressed, and so were many of the other teachers and my principal. They all commented on my students' work and your creative templates. My students had so much fun doing these projects. I also used the multiplication pizza sticker charts. My students loved those as well!! Thank you so much for all of your amazing products.
Name: Linda (Grade 3)
From: Maine, U.S.A.
Date: May 2010
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