Uniquely shaped book report projects that
will engage your students in responding to literature.
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Book Report Templates and Projects
Create a Learning Environment
That is Engaging, Fun, and Challenging
With These Unique Teaching Resources!
Unique Teaching Resources is the place for teachers to find engaging lesson plans and fun projects for their students.
Are you asking yourself:
"What makes this teaching
website unique?"
"What makes this teaching
website unique?"
On this website you will find creative teaching ideas and fun lesson plan activities that will create a spark of interest, creativity, and enthusiasm in your students.
The slide show below contains pictures
and examples of some of the fun student projects and
activities that you will find on Unique Teaching Resources.
Unique Teaching Resources is a website that:
has been built for teachers... by a fellow teacher.
has been built for teachers... by a fellow teacher.
It is not a large educational company, instead it is
the creation and work of one teacher... Heidi McDonald.
the creation and work of one teacher... Heidi McDonald.
"What makes this teaching website unique?"
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
Creative Writing Templates
Writing templates in unique shapes that will guide your students
through all of the steps of the writing process.
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Creative Writing Templates
Poetry Templates
Poetry templates in a variety of different shapes that will
help make writing poems a fun creative writing activity.
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Poetry Lesson Plans
Incentive Sticker Charts
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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Incentive and Sticker Charts
Bulletin Board Displays
Colorful bulletin board displays to help you brighten up your
classroom and highlight your students' work.
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Bulletin Board Displays
Student Awards and Certificates
A variety of awards and certificates that you can use to
reward your students for their progress and success.
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Student Awards and Certificates
Fun Powerpoint Presentations
Engaging powerpoint lesson plans that will involve your students in the
lesson activity and capture their attention.
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Powerpoint Lesson Plans
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
~William Butler Yeats
~William Butler Yeats
From A to Z, on Unique Teaching Resources,
you will find educational resources that:
you will find educational resources that:
- save you time
- brighten up your classroom environment
- enrich your curriculum
- engage your students in learning
- make learning fun and challenging for your unique students
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
~William Arthur Ward
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
~William Arthur Ward
I believe that every child is unique,
and as teachers it is our job to educate each
of our students to reach his or her full potential.
and as teachers it is our job to educate each
of our students to reach his or her full potential.
In order to capture the attention of elementary school students and keep
them engaged in learning, teachers' lesson activities must be both fun and challenging.
I hope that the teaching resources that you find on my website engage your students in learning and help you to create a stimulating learning environment for your unique students.
The lesson plans, activities, and student projects that are found on this website are the result of my twenty two years of teaching elementary school students around the world. I began my teaching career when I was twenty one years old and I have taught in Guam, Florida, Virginia, Hawaii, China, Indonesia, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
All of the resources that you will find on this website were created by me, for my students. The materials and student projects found on my website have been tried, tested, and refined over the years as I have used them year after year with my own students.
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you,
who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau,
sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth."
~Dan Rather
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
~Tom Brokaw
Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.
~Anatole France
~Anatole France
Remember to bookmark and return to Unique Teaching Resources often,
as I am continuously adding new teaching resources to my website.
as I am continuously adding new teaching resources to my website.
Please be sure to check out the other pages on Unique
Teaching Resources for a large variety of fun lesson plan activities
that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.
Creator and Site Manager
Unique Teaching Resources
In the picture below, I am dressed as Willy Wonka
for our Roald Dahl Day celebration. My students
are dressed as an Oompa-Loompa and Mike Teevee
from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
for our Roald Dahl Day celebration. My students
are dressed as an Oompa-Loompa and Mike Teevee
from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove,
what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...
but the world may be a better place because
I made a difference in the life of a child."
~Forest Witcraft
what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...
but the world may be a better place because
I made a difference in the life of a child."
~Forest Witcraft
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- Unique and Fun Creative Writing Projects
- Make Poetry Fun
- Printable Worksheets For Creative Writing
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Teacher Testimonials
Thank you for all that you do! You are helping all of us to become better educators!
Name: Teresa (Grade 3)
From: New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date: January 2012
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
(Head Start Program)
From: Ohio, U.S.A.
Date: December 2011
(Head Start Program)
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
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
From: Oregon, U.S.A.
Date: November 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
From: Victoria, Australia
Date: January 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
From: New York, U.S.A.
Date: February 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
From: Maine, U.S.A.
Date: May 2010
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
From: Mexico
Date: March 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
From: Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date: March 2011
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
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
From: Georgia, U.S.A.
Date: April 2010
Simply stated, I LOVE YOUR BOOK REPORT SETS!!!!!!! I'm interested in purchasing them ALL!!!! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. My students are so excited about reading this year, and it is all because of your fun projects!
Name: Temesa
(Gifted and Talented K-5)
From: Texas, U.S.A.
Date: November 2009
(Gifted and Talented K-5)
From: Texas, U.S.A.
Date: November 2009
I am in awe of what you have accomplished and created for those of us teaching in the public sector. Good for you for taking time off and self publishing. Your enthusiasm is contagious and your generosity is amazing. I recently provided a reading in-service for the K-5 staff at my school. I listed your website as a "must" to visit.
Thanks you for your expertise, creativity, and heartfelt enthusiasm. You are an inspiration to new and veteran teachers and a model for those of us who have not had the guts to go out on our own. You did it!!! I suggest that you go on the speaking circuit and share your knowledge and creativity at the International Reading Association Meetings and the State Reading Associations.
Name: Marcy
(Reading Specialist K-12)
From: California, U.S.A.
Date: January 2011
(Reading Specialist K-12)
From: California, U.S.A.
Date: January 2011
