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Were the requirements the same last year?
I also had a big drop in reading participation this year.  I went from
having about 30 kids eligible to vote for Bluestem to 15 and only 1 student
read all the books and gets a pizza lunch.
I do  Battle of the Books in library class, so all students are placed on a
team, but to participate, they must read 3 books and take a ReadnQuiz or
talk to me about the book.  It's up to the teams to make sure all the books
are covered.  I don't check that.
Reading participation has declined across all our schools.


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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Looking for help!
>
> I started a Battle of the Books last year with Caudills for 6th-8th
> graders.  It was awesome!
>
> My only requirement is that your TEAM shows evidence of reading all 20
> books. (This gets them into the battle, a free pizza lunch and spending 1/2
> the day in the library.)
>
> Last year I had 30 teams, this year I have 5.
>
> Am I being too strict?  How do your teams qualify to participate?
> --
> Sincerely,
> Amy Hamernick
> Teacher Librarian
> Century Jr. High
> @AhamernickCJH
> #CenturyWildcats
>
>
> "If we always do what we've always done,
> we will get what we've always got."
> ~Adam Urbanski~
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