[aisle] march book madness

[Amy Phillips]

I do mine as a popularity contest, to just get my students interested in
reading and promote the books we have in the library. The past 2 years,
I've taken the top 16 circulating books and put them in a bracket. If a
book has been in the tournament before, I skip it. This year I randomized
how the books are matched up (I used an online bracket-maker... just
searched Google for one), and I like how it turned out. I have the kids
vote on each match using a Google Form, and I don't require the kids to
have read the books or anything, which has helped me bump up the number of
students who participate in my program (granted I'm working with high
schoolers).

Attached is a copy of my bracket for this year. Good luck and have fun with
it! 😊
Amy Phillips
Riverside Brookfield High School
Library Media Specialist
aebromberg at gmail.com
phillipsa at rbhs208.net
847-722-6169


On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:37 PM Deborah Handler via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I really want to do this and although I am ready to get started, I am
> feeling stuck. Does anyone have ways of sharing what you have done in the
> past? Also, how do you pick the books you use? I am thinking of doing for
> K-2 with picture books for my first time as I am in a k-8 building....
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Debbie Handler
> River Trail Librarian
>
>
> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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