Creepy Crawly Book Reports

Creepy Crawly Book Reports lesson plan

Who’s reading what? Be a book worm and find out. Creep your way into fascinating fiction (or nonfiction) with this giant caterpillar.

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    Ready to tell your classmates about a great book you read? Your 3-D book report is about to become part of a creepy, crawly caterpillar!

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    <STRONG>Sculpt a scene</STRONG>. What was the most fascinating character, place, or event in the book? Around a clean recycled plastic container, shape the scene with Crayola Model Magic®. For unique colors, knead color from a Crayola Washable Gel Marker into white Model Magic or mix modeling compound colors with white. Use Crayola School Glue to hold it on the cups. Air-dry your sculpture.

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    <STRONG>Label your sculpture</STRONG>. Draw a small flag on construction paper with Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils. Write the title and author of the book, plus your name, on the flag. Cut out the flag with Crayola Scissors. Glue it to your sculpture.

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    <STRONG>Write your wiggly worm report</STRONG>. On construction paper, draw a large wiggly worm and cut it out. Write your book report on the worm. Include your name, title, author, and comments to entice your friends to read the book.

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    <STRONG>Build a creepy caterpillar</STRONG>. With your classmates, create a caterpillar with your decorated recycled plastic containers. Attach Velcro® dots about 4 inches (5 cm) apart in a meandering line on a hard, flat surface. Stick a Velcro dot on th

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    <STRONG>Pick a book to read</STRONG>. Which books look interesting? As you read new books, decorate more cups and add them to your growing, creepy, crawly caterpillar.

Benefits

  • Children read a book and identify a key character or scene to portray in a unique book report format.
  • Students sculpt a character or scene from the book around an armature and label it.
  • Children write a report and commentary about their book to share with classmates and inspire further reading.

Adaptations

  • Invite your families to a Creepy, Crawly evening. Present your books and explain the scene you portrayed. Grownups could sculpt their own book report cups and share them with each other!
  • Would your school librarian be interested in letting students design a whole-school caterpillar in the media center? Imagine how long it would be by the end of the school year!
  • Use several snack cups to portray scenes from historical events you’re learning about in social studies. Or show the stages of discoveries in science.