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Dodecahedron Book Report

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2nd - 5th
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My students loved this activity! It kept them engaged and they were excited to see the finished product!
My students thought the structure was easy to follow and enjoyed doing this as a final project for the book we read.

Description

This dodecahedron book report gives your students an engaging and hands-on way to share what they've learned from their reading. You will get 19 pages of templates and instructions to help guide your students through the book report process. These book reports work great for project-based learning (PBL).

This book report also helps students practice higher-level thinking skills as they dive into their text to complete each part of their dodecahedron.

Skills Covered in the Book Report:

  • author spotlight
  • summarizing
  • character traits and development
  • setting
  • connections
  • scenes
  • words and phrases
  • author's purpose
  • message, moral, or theme

Why do a dodecahedron book report? Doesn't it take more time?

Yes! But it's time spent diving into a text and really solidifying their understanding. It also is fun and engaging, which will be very motivating to students. It can also be used with ANY fiction book, so your students will be able to choose the book they use to create their dodecahedron.

Are these book reports differentiated?

Yes! They are automatically differentiated because they can be used with any book. Students on any reading level can complete each piece of the dodecahedron independently. You can also put students in pairs if needed.

How do I use this book report?

  1. Have students pick a fiction book they want to read.
  2. After reading the book, have them complete each piece of the dodecahedron.
  3. Staple/glue/tape each piece together.
  4. Have students present on their dodecahedrons.
  5. Use thread to hang them from a bulletin board or the ceiling for an awesome display.

When can students work on them:

✍ literacy centers

✍ small groups

✍ whole-class activities

✍ independent practice

✍ early finishers

✍ homework

✍ during read aloud

You can use these organizers with:

✍chapter books

✍ picture books

✍ fiction books

✍ poems

✍ plays or dramas

✍ short stories

✍ reader's theater

Print-and-Go Materials

All Create-abilities resources are designed with ease of use in mind. Don’t have a color printer? No problem. Pages that do not render well in black-and-white have black-and-white copies included. Be classroom-ready with a quick print.

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Total Pages
19 +cover and credits
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

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