[AISLE-Share] Book Challenges for Elementary

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I am now in the third year of doing a March Madness type program for
3rd-5th. I call it the Bowser Challenge. It has 16 books that I have
matched up for voting in brackets similar to the basketball brackets. They
vote for four weeks in February and March, finishing just before spring
break. I got the idea from the Nerdy Book Club, but they don't announce the
list until just before voting starts. Instead I distribute the list before
summer and suggest students can do it for summer reading.

Here is a link to this year's link and directions.
<https://sites.google.com/a/d181.org/elmmrc/bowser-challenge-2017> If you
scroll down, you will see the voting results for 2018.

Students who have read both books in a match up can vote for their
favorite. Students vote on iPads using Google Forms. Word to the wise:
restrict students to one vote each. They have to be logged in to Google to
vote.

If they read all 16 books and bring in a paper initialed by a parent, they
come to a party and are the first to learn the winning book. They return to
their homeroom and announce the winner to their classmates. They also get a
READ poster (8 1/2 x 11")  of themselves with their favorite book, and a
certificate.

Last spring I had students suggest books for the 2019 list. It has grown in
popularity. There is some overlap with Bluestem and our district Battle of
the Books. I make sure most of the books are accessible by 3rd graders, but
I tell them they can listen to the book as a read aloud or audiobook.
Movies don't count.

This year I paired books by genre. Let me know if you have any questions.

Jill Berry
jberry at d181.org
Elm School
Burr Ridge

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> Does anyone have some simple yet effective, fun book challenges for kids?
> I try not to do anything that promotes too much competition in their
> already very competitive world.  I also am trying to find something that
> actually encourages them to read the book and not just participate for
> participation sake and not actually read.  So much of their day is spent
> reading, analyzing, discussing...I want them to just read for pleasure and
> not associate the library or book challenges with having to do work to show
> they read.
>
> Any thoughts?
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> Sheridan School
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