Valentine's Day Box: Book Reports!

Hi, friends!  Please excuse my absence.   As luck would have it, my computer crashed last Friday, and I had to replace my hard drive.  Then I had to add all of my software, fonts, and files again.  Luckily, I was able to save everything to an external hard drive at the very last minute.  My computer wouldn't restart or function.  I kept getting two different spinning wheels of death any time I tried to do anything!  Crazy Town, people!  My computer was acting like a complete whack-a-doodle!  Of course it happened during benchmark week, so I've managed to fill my extra time with lots of grading.  Gotta love the end of the nine-weeks, right?  :)  I have done NOTHING but grade papers for what feels like an eternity, but really it was only a week.  Non-stop.  Every night.  For hours.  (I know you feel me! Ha!)  I'm hoping to wrap up my report cards and comments by tomorrow so that I can take a deep breath and catch up on a few other projects and the big product swap over the weekend.  :)  I'm a little late to the party on that one... the product swap.  My computer crashed before I was able to schedule a post.  Goodness gracious!  I was lucky enough to pair up with my sweet friend, Rebecca from Darlin' in First though, and I owe her a write up on one of her fabulous products!  Oh, and I need to relax too! That's the plan anyway!

Of course, before I go to work, I want to share a quick idea with you!  In the event that you're looking for ways to enhance your Valentine's Day party this year, I want to introduce you to my Valentine's Box Book Reports.  :)  Essentially, you send a letter home to the parents about the project on the same day that you send the book report packet home with the kiddos!   Each child should choose a book to read and write a book report about.  Then, they should complete the packet and decorate their Valentine's Day box to represent that book in some way, shape, or form.

Friends, I am SO excited about this!  I am always looking for ways to do cute projects in third grade, but in order to justify cutesy, I have to know that it has a learning link.  I have to be able to justify it.  So, I am really excited that this project will help me review story elements with my kiddos by merging a project with a common V-day tradition.   They already decorate Valentine's Day boxes, so why not give it an educational twist?!  So stinkin' excited!!! I cannot wait to share all of their projects with all of you!  In the meantime, here's a little peek at the packet.  If you're interested, you can check it out HERE!  Happy Thursday!

P.S.  I would LOVE to hear what you think!  ;)  The first two comments get this for F-R-E-E!  Just leave your email so I know where to send it out to!  Just one way of saying THANKS for following!