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This is really great!! Thank you/

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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
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Email list for the Association of
> Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>> --
>> Margo Newtown
>> Sheridan School
>> Librarian
>> 846-615-6078
>> @SHlightbulblab
>>
>>
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-- 
Margo Newtown
Sheridan School
Librarian
846-615-6078
@SHlightbulblab

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