Hello, A few years ago I went to a conference for motivating students to read, and someone there passed around a lapbook/shutterbook and I have always wanted to have my students make one while reading novels. It is a folder, made into a book, where vocab, drawings, discussion questions (endless possiblilities) are kept and organized. Does anyone know how to make these or have an example to share? Thanks in advance!
I use these all the time in the content areas and LOVE them. There is no right or wrong way to do them. They are huge on the homeschool scene. I thought I had blogged about them with pictures, but I guess not because I couldn't find the pictures to share. This is from my teacher store, but there are thumbnails of a project we did to give you an idea You can see them a little bigger here.
I use them, too, and usually find what I need on homeschooling blogs. For example: Little House in the Big Woods.
I've done these a few times before. They're great in science. I usually have the students use a large piece of construction paper folded in half, and then smaller pieces are folded and attached to the inside. Sometimes the shapes of the smaller pieces correlate to the subject. For example, when we are studying the water cycle, we use blue water drop pieces of paper to compare and contrast salt water and fresh water.
What a great idea! Does anyone in 8th grade use this? I think it might appeal to the majority esp. if we only do it once. Do the students keep the "books" with them or are they collected at the end of class every day. I could see doing bellwork assignments - it would make them go back and review what was read the day before.
