[aisle] march book madness

[Mariela Siegert]

I use the top 16 most checked out books from the 2020 Caudill list.

I love it and all kids are allowed to vote even if they have not read the
book.






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*Mariela Siegert*
School Librarian, Westfield Middle School

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On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:47 PM Breanna Gober via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I participate with this site:
>
> http://marchbookmadness.weebly.com/
>
> From there, you can pick your grade level. This year's theme is "Brave and
> Bold." You can put your school on the map and add your votes each week. I
> put my own bracket up in my windows and update every week. I have already
> requested multiple copies of each book through interlibrary loan and have
> them up during the month of February so everyone who wants to read one is
> able to before the voting starts. I also have brackets that
> students complete like the regular March Madness brackets, and I keep track
> of their points every week. For the top 3 student brackets, I buy each of
> them a book of their choice. The students all love it!
>
> Breezy Gober
>
> Mascoutah High School
> Library Media Specialist
> Volleyball Coach
>
> 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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