<div dir="ltr">This is my fifth year participating in this March Madness group. Each year, my students become more invested in the outcome!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 12:18 PM Renee Brown via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is great and I love that we can promote the books our students are familiar with.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I highly recommend we follow the March Book Madness site provided by <a href="https://marchbookmadness.weebly.com/" target="_blank">https://marchbookmadness.weebly.com/</a>. They offer picture books, Middle Grades novels, and YA novels. I love the format. It's easy to use. I can show the students the map of participants and we can even zoom in to see ourselves. Best of all, it introduces 16 new books to my students in every bracket. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><span style="color:rgb(63,63,63);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px">Tony Keefer (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKeefer" style="color:rgb(79,79,78);font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.09375em;font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px" target="_blank">@tonykeefer</a><span style="color:rgb(63,63,63);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px">) and Scott Jones (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/escott818" style="color:rgb(79,79,78);font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.09375em;font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px" target="_blank">@escott818</a><span style="color:rgb(63,63,63);font-family:"Open Sans";font-size:16px">) are teachers in Central Ohio. In 2015, we decided to take our classroom versions of March Book Madness to the rest of the world. Now students, classrooms and libraries from as close as down the hall to as far away as Kuala Lumpur participate in March Book Madness. Check out the "Participants" link above.</span></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span class="gmail_default"></span>Thanks for reading!<div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><b>Renee Brown</b><br>District Librarian<br><i>Computer Teacher<br></i><i>AHGS Learn and Serve Team Coordinator<br></i>Arthur CUSD #305<br>217-578-2229<br><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1YymztlwOy39OoEHdAm-vYucD4VhC-2UE&revid=0B94sp1gagGacTDVlWmR6VmtMSWs1RlF2RDJUVWlWdzk1ekxnPQ" width="95" height="96"><br></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><img src="http://2017.code4lib.org/assets/img/sponsors/iSchoolwordmark_Imark.png" alt="See the source image" width="200" height="41"> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Class of 2011</b> </div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b> </b></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:15px;line-height:23px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1yS19zaLfC5VsCXe_kKXb2gw_Kk0NuFFO&revid=0B94sp1gagGaca21oMXZEVmtSMFczNjF3WE54TUNOaWVIa1NRPQ" width="200" height="70"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 7:28 AM Kim Jones via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good Morning,<div><br></div><div>I have created this for our school. Since it was a lot of work I decided to share it with you so that many have the option of benefitting from it. Please feel free to adapt it to your school and audience. I hope it brings joy to your school.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Information for classroom teachers:</b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRIz9KCXZb-ch4Z4iMd3ZpUsMlr8A9x7Cah94-5jyXI/copy" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRIz9KCXZb-ch4Z4iMd3ZpUsMlr8A9x7Cah94-5jyXI/copy</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Slide with brackets:</b></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BXb1Zgkq5ln3XzwUVEo1sJnA7NTc6Bo6FtnFhDtZNxs/copy" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BXb1Zgkq5ln3XzwUVEo1sJnA7NTc6Bo6FtnFhDtZNxs/copy</a><b><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Laughter is the best medicine,</div><div>Kim</div><div><b><br clear="all"></b><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
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<div style="font-style:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Stay safe. Stay strong. S</b></font><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">tay hopeful.</b></div><div style="font-style:normal"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><font face="Kristen ITC" size="2"><b>Kim Jones </b></font></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><font face="Kristen ITC" size="2"><b>Library Para Professional</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><b style="font-family:"Kristen ITC";font-size:small">Channing Elementary #6</b><br></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><b style="font-family:"Kristen ITC";font-size:small">Elgin, IL</b></div>
<div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><font face="Kristen ITC" size="2"><b>Phone 847-888-5185 ext 6759 </b></font></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal"><b style="font-family:"Kristen ITC";font-size:10pt">Currently Reading: </b></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><br><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51C3mcKOokL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="132" height="200"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81mQomrzlOL._AC_UY218_.jpg" alt="Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">Currently Listening to:</div><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41ivK70JvbS.jpg" alt="Enemies and Allies: An Unforgettable Journey inside the Fast-Moving & Immensely Turbulent Modern Middle East by [Joel C. Rosenberg]" width="133" height="200"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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