[aisle] march book madness

Joni Darby jdarby at oes141.org
Wed Feb 5 09:16:44 CST 2020


I am doing mine just like yours with the top circulated titles and a couple
that are nominated.  I made a bracket as well, but like that you put the
book covers on you bracket.  Which bracket maker did you use?
Joni Darby

Shepherd Middle School
Library Information Specialist
Ottawa Elementary 141
815-434-7925 Ext. 5008



On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:46 PM Amy Phillips via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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