[ISLMA-Share] Tracking Who's Read Bluestem

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We do Accelerator Reader and I can check that way. They have to read and
take the AR quiz. We did not have very good participation this year either.
Denise

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I don’t make them do any work at all!  I feel like participating in the
> reader’s choice awards should not entail any extra in school or homework,
> besides the reading.  When it is time to vote, I have them fill out a
> Google form, which includes one question about why the book was their
> favorite.  Teachers read the books as read alouds, and I read the shorter
> ones in library.  We talk at the beginning of the year and at voting time
> about character counts, and how we should be telling the truth about if we
> read the books.  Many students participate, and I see them gleefully
> checking out the books.  If one or two cheaters slip through, I am willing
> to take the risk to encourage more participation.
>
> On Feb 26, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> I print off questions for the books. I keep them in a three-ring binder at
> my circulation desk. When kids come in for Library class or if they have
> spare time they come in and quiz over book. If they can answer three
> comprehension questions I figure they read the book. I'm a pretty small
> school so this works for me. Probably wouldn't work for larger populations.
>
> Connie Workman, Librarian
> VIT CUSD 2
> Table Grove, IL
> cworkman at vit2.org
>
> On Feb 26, 2018 11:49 AM, "Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association" <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> We use the program ReadnQuiz and the students take quizzes on the books,
>> but I have the same problem with follow through.  I read the students 3 of
>> the books and many teachers read the longer ones out loud and they STILL
>> haven't taken the quizzes to show that they read the book.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have an awesome way for keeping track of which students have
>>> read which Bluestem books? I tried having students answer "What is the book
>>> about" and "What was your favorite part", but I'm disappointed about how
>>> few students read 5 or more books.
>>> I think my problem is not that they didn't read the books, but that they
>>> didn't take the initiative to fill out the slip (even though it seemed like
>>> I reminded them to fill out a slip every single week). How do you do it?
>>> --
>>> Emily Adams
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> South Side Elementary School
>>> Champaign Early Childhood Center
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>>
>>
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>> Anne Sullivan School
>> Prospect Heights Dist. 23
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*Denise Walden*
* Library Paraprofessional*
*AR Coordinator*
*Unity East Elementary*
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