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With THANKS TO ALL WHO responded. No one requested a hit, but...
Some of the ideas I got re: my target post requesting student-made bookmarks
(the kind for BOOKS, not cyberspace) are just to good to keep to myself.
I'm sorry I deleted some before I thought of posting a hit.
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ONE deleted IDEA came from a person handy with a needle who has a stash of
fabric scraps. Students cut and paste the scraps to make quilted-type
bookmarks. I tried the idea with one class of fourth graders today and it
went pretty well, despite the fact that student scissors are not suited well
for cutting fabric. It wasn't even as messy as I anticipated. AND THE BEST
PART WAS hearing a few students get really excited about the fabric "Look at
the detail on this one!" :) I liked telling them about one scrap that
was from a skirt I used to wear. Mr. Dressel thought it was ugly... Several
male students found the fabric "very cool." They have better taste. I
digress.
OTHER BOOKMARK IDEAS:
2...This is how we do bookmarks for the sixth graders as a special activity
during School Library Media Month:Each student gets two book mark sized
pieces of white copy paper and one
slightly larger bookmark sized piece of colored construction paper.
(actually, they pick it after they have completed the white sheets so that
they can match the color)
They are asked to think either of a library slogan or a favorite book.
If they choose a book, they need to include a title, author and a
sentence or two about the book, as well as an illustration. If they
choose a slogan, they need to illustrate it, either with pictures or
abstract designs (the design option is for the kids who say "I CAN'T
DRAW!")
They then draw on one side of each white slip. After we check the
spelling and suitability of the text and drawings, we glue one white paper
to each side of the colored construction paper and collect the bookmarks
for laminating. If you like, you can punch a hole in the top and let
students knot in yarn for a tassle.
Most of the students are quite happy with the results. Susan
3....I do a school-wide bookmark design contest every once in a while,
usually to tie in
with Children's Book Week in the fall or National Library Week in the
spring. This
year I got started REALLY late, and we just finished! I made a half-sheet
form that
had a pre-drawn outline of the bookmark on half and the instructions and
place for
name and teacher on the other half. The bookmark is sized so that I can cut out
four of them, paste them up on one 8 1/2 x 11 sheet and run copies.
Students are
given about a week to design and turn in, with explicit instructions that
only black
and white designs will be accepted. Then I let my student volunteers
"pre-judge"
and select some of their favorites, and last I ask someone in an art field (art
teacher, college art students, etc.) to do the final judging. In the past I
have
only chosen 4 to make one master. This year there were so many good ones I
chose 12
to make 3 masters. Next year I plan to choose at least one per grade level.
Winners receive a fancy pencil and pencil topper of their choice. I then
send the
masters over to the workroom and have lots of copies made on just regular paper.
The workroom aide even cuts them out for me. The bookmarks are then placed
in the
library, and every student coming through for the next several weeks may
choose one
bookmark to keep.Most of the students love these student-designed bookmarks.
Often they will color them and keep them all year. And it's cheaper than
trying to buy the fancy cardboard ones all year long!
4.....Second grade students have made collage bookmarks. I collect catalogs
(Oriental Trading is the most popular) that I receive at home and school
and make a 4" wide bookmark. The students use glue sticks. They really
enjoy making these bookmarks.
-Kurt
5......Do you have access to some felt and wiggly eyes? Here are two
ideas using those items:
1) Make some manilla tag patterns of a book worm's curved shape. Kids
trace it on various colors of felt and add a pair of little wiggly eyes at
one end. They can add a mouth under the eyes using a little piece of red
felt or a red permanent marker.
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2) Make a pattern of the bottom of a prize ribbon like that given for
prizes at a fair from one color felt. Then, make a star pattern to use at
the top of the ribbon with white glue. I did this with our school colors of
blue and gold(yellow). The ribbon was blue and the star yellow. Make a face
in the middle of the star by gluing on two little wiggly eyes and a mouth
underneath. With a permanent Sharpie medium or fine point marker write BE A
READING STAR or I'M A READING STAR! or I'M A _school name_READING STAR!
along the length of the ribbon part.
Sandy P. in Philly
6....I don't know whether this will work for you, but I had a
bookmark-designing contest for my 4th, 5th, and 6th graders last month. I
gave everyone who wanted to enter a blank that was exactly 1/4 of an 8
1/2x11 inch sheet of paper. I told them that there would be one winner for
each class and that the only requirement was that the bookmark should
celebrate reading in some way. I had some wonderful entries--so many that
I chose one grand prize plus two winners from 4th and two winners from
6th. The winners had their bookmarks reproduced on colored card stock
(make four at a time and cut apart with paper cutter) to be distributed
whenever a child wants a bookmark. Everyone else had a copy of her or his
bookmark reproduced on card stock for him/herself. Everyone was excited
about the bookmarks and I plan to do this every year. Charlotte
7.....A very easy bookmark is this. Use colored, about 2"X8" (try out some sizes
you like) strips of sturdy tagboard or something similar, fold them in half
from top to bottom. Decorate the outsides of the bookmark. To the insides
of the bookmark, affix small pieces of stick-on magenetic strips (comes in
a roll). Make sure you turn them so the polarized ends "grab" each other,
not repel! Voila! A magnet bookmark that really holds its place in a book.
Kids really like them! Meg
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Marcia Dressel, Library Media Specialist
dressel@oz.osceola.k12.wi.us
Osceola Elementary School OR Osceola Intermediate School
250 Tenth Avenue, PO Box 128 550 Chieftain Street, PO Box 128
Osceola WI USA 54020-0128 Osceola WI USA 54020-0128
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