FOURTH GRADE BOOK REPORT REQUIREMENTS

Mon., Oct. 5, Fiction of choice – Written Report

Tues., November 24, Biography of choice – Dress Up Oral Report

January, We’ll be reading Patty Reed’s Doll together as part of our CA History study.    Students will be working on a number of projects related to that book.  More information to come. 

Tues., Feb., 23, Student-made CA Alphabet Books that they’ll be reading to kindergarten and preschool students.  We’ll be collecting ideas all year, and, again, more information will be coming closer to February.

Mon., March 22, Student choice – Written or Oral Report

The books chosen for the October, November, and March reports must meet the following criteria: 

• They must be at least 100 pages in length.
• They must be books that the child has not read before or have previously had read to them.
• They must be from our school library or pre-approved by me.

There will be NO WRITTEN REPORT FORMS.  Students are to develop their own written report.  They must include the following: 

• Title
• Author
• Introduction of all main characters
• Setting
• Problem
• Solution
• Their personal opinion about the book

Written reports are to be done at home by the child in proper, complete sentences.  Parents may check these reports for spelling and punctuation errors.  The structure, thoughts, and ideas must be the child’s own work.

There will be weekly reminders about up coming book reports in the Weekly Newsletter and lots of reminders in class…so…ALL late, unexcused work will be marked down 10% per day.