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  Dr. Kara Stern, Smore Resident Educator

  A veteran educator, I've gone from teacher, to principal, to Ph.D., to ED @ www.mathforamerica.org, to head of school, and now Resident Educator at Smore. I geek out on pedagogy and my Libby app :)

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Dr. Kara Stern, Smore Resident Educator

I’ve always been a big reader, but wow, the feeling of dread that used to creep into my soul whenever I was assigned a book report... For some reason, nothing felt more tedious.

But one awesome thing about being an educator is banishing the kinds of activities that were mind-numbing to you as a youngster. Hence, the book report template! This template demonstrates how technology and creative pedagogy can come together in a way that makes learning inspiring.

The focus of this book report template is The Watsons Go to Birmingham, but it really serves as a placeholder for showing you how to use the newsletter platform for a book review or author study. Each segment of the newsletter covers a different crucial aspect of assessing reading comprehension (plot, setting, characters, conflict, etc), but also taps into other ways of knowing and representing information. At the end, you’ll find two resources filled with great ideas for creative book-reporting.

Happy teaching!

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