[ISLMA-Share] Bluestem Accountability

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I had this exact same problem, so I asked the kids what I should do about
it.  They heartily recommended a short quiz to weed out the non-readers.

So I created a 5 question quiz for each book.  I used Google Forms and all
their scores go directly to a spreadsheet.  They must score a 4 or 5 on the
quiz in order to count that book.  In December and March, I go through the
spreadsheets and begin compiling the list of students who have earned an
invitation to the Bluestem Voting Party.  If kids have 3 or 4 books read, I
let them know that they are close to 5 and if they do a bit more reading,
they'll have an invite, too.

So far, it has worked very well.

Michelle Harris
Heworth CUSD #4
harrism at husd4.org

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good Morning Everyone,
>
>     Would anyone mind sharing with me how they hold their 3rd - 5th grades
> students accountable for the Bluestem nominee books they read.  In the
> past, I have just taken students word for what book they have actually
> read.  However, I suspiciously had quite a few students read a number of
> them the last week or so before the deadline.  I am just curious if anyone
> has a creative way to find out if the students actually read the books they
> claim to.
>
> Thank you in advance for any ideas you share!
>
>
> *Amy Healy*
> Library Information Specialist
>
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Michelle Harris
District Librarian
Heyworth CUSD #4
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