Create a poster
Make a PowerPoint presentation
Design a model
Make a shoebox diorama
Use a 3-panel display board
Make a timeline
Create a board game incorporating key elements.
Write a poem
Write and perform a skit
Make a TV or radio commercial
Make a collage
Make a mobile
Create a test about the topic
Make a word search
Make a crossword puzzle
Write a report
Create a flow chart or diagram
Write an interview of a relevant person
Create questions and an answer key
Write journal/diary entries
Write a postcard or letter exchange
Create a scrapbook
Create a photo album
Make an instructional video
Give a presentation
Create an interactive notebook
Create a set of task cards
Make a pamphlet or brochure
Write a newspaper article
Perform a puppet show
Hold a debate
Hold a mock court case
Create an episode of a reality show
Create a game show
Have a panel discussion of “experts”
Compose a rap or other song
Use a Venn diagram to compare two aspects of the topic
Design a comic strip about the topic
Create a children’s story about the topic
Create a map
Write a fable or myth about the topic
Create a help wanted add and a letter/resume to answer it
Write a text message dialogue relevant to the topic
Write a series of tweets relevant to the topic
Create a Facebook wall relative to the topic
Create a Pinterest board relative to the topic
Start a blog
Decorate a box and fill with relevant objects
Create a foldable
Create a flip book
Create a Cootie Catcher
Create a cereal based on the topic (cover a cereal box)
Assemble a time capsule
Create several bookmarks about different aspects of the topic
Write a recipe relevant to the topic (good for showing causes of an event)
Do a newscast
Write an acrostic poem
Create an Internet scavenger hunt
Write an advice column with several problems related to the topic
Create flash cards or trivia cards
Create a cheer relevant to the topic
Make a short documentary film
Create a museum exhibit
Create a top 10 list relevant to the topic
Create a video game
Make a “Choose Your Own Adventure”
Create a mini book with one fact/idea per page
Create a glossary of relevant terms
Make a paper chain with a different fact for each link
Make a flower with a different fact for each petal
Write a handbook or instruction book
Create a newsletter
You can get 15 of these ideas with student instruction sheets and grading rubrics with Ready-to-Use Creative Book Reports.
This is a great list to honor different learning styles! I recently blogged about how we used a jeopardy game to enhance learning the school code of conduct, and I'm always a fan of making class books to reinforce concepts!
I'll be trying more of these – thanks, Rachel!
Susanna
Whimsy Workshop Teaching
Cool list guys! Really intrigued…cant wait to try some of them out…
I already have the slogan for the cereal brand. It’s about The great fire of London btw.
The slogan is “This will burn your mouth like it burned down 1300 homes”
Wonderful ideas here! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Brilliant list! Wow! To answer your question; #8 yes #9 yes #24 – do that video one lot. LOVE these and will try many more. Feeling inspired 🙂
btw on #33? Well.. actually.. I created and produced an SBTV show called "Enlightenment Stew". 3 minute hodge podge of monologues every week full of humor/wisdom. Put my students on it a lot. We had a blast and report back was "We learn to much!"
This list is really cool.
Love this list! I find it's best to give kids 3-5 choices. Otherwise they get overwhelmed! This list is great because it will help me change it up so the choices I offer aren't always the same ones.
Funny…don't see take a state test…take a quarterly benchmark…take a unit pre/post test…sure wish we had time for these!
Love this list! Thanks! I do assign a lot of these types of assignments already, but do find myself resorting to tests sometimes (although I like to use different, more "FUN" or in depth versions of tests) simply because our assessment policies indicate that we ought to only assess work that is done in class, i.e. that we can observe being completed so that we can assess the process & have conversations about the learning as well as to assess the final product. I have trouble, even when I tell students that work has to be done in class, and have routines to remind them to leave work in an assigned location each period, ensuring that no one takes it home. Then accusations about fairness begin. I'd love any suggestions! I teach middle school.
Tammy @ Teaching FSL
I used the wanted poster idea. My grade 2/3 students created wanted posters for 3-D shapes. They were able to use the attributes of the shapes to describe the wanted shape and had to find an example of that shape to add an image for the poster. We used it for an artwork piece by ripping the edges and staining them with tea to look old. Great media literacy(posters) activity as well as math. The whole school got involved when we posted them around the school. We had students dropping by the room all day long to show us the shapes they had captured for us. My students even made these students bringing us shapes count the vertices and faces to prove that they had captured the right shape. It really engaged everyone. I look forward to using some of your other great ideas.
I love this!! I’m a pre-service teacher in 1st grade and may actually use this tomorrow in class! The art idea is very fun and I think this a great way to make math engaging.
I’m excited to try this wanted poster idea!
List is very useful.
So helpful! Many thanks!
I love this. I used many of them when I was in school and teaching. They are all very helpful.
thanks for the info.
Thank you for compiling such a thorough, and thoroughly useful, list.
Thank you
It is awesome and very creative
Cool list. I’ll try these out.
Wow! I really love this list! I’m a teacher in an elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico and my students absolutely love these ideas. They enjoy writing fun little acrostic poems and what not and constantly say “Mrs Garcia, can we please do more!” It’s so great watching their eyes fill with understanding when they do these little tasks! My personal favourite is making a reality TV show. It really makes me laugh when I see a bunch of 9-year-olds acting in such a funny way! It really expresses their knowledge in a fun way that keeps them interested and keeps me happy! Thanks so much for this list.
María Garcia
Great list–I would never have thought of some of these!
Very nice Ideas regarding classroom projects. I think such projects if applied in classroom will make a big difference in teaching and learning.
This is a great list
AMAZING!!
I like them all but I don’t have any supplies 😂