Battle of Books Team formation

[Mary Ellen Tremblay <mtremblay@psgsd.k12.ak.us>]

ALL LM_NET members:

This is my first year as librarian, and my first experience with Battle
of Books. We are a very small school of 299 kids, and compete only
within our school, as we are the only town on a remote, Alaskan island.
Last year the librarian had the students form their own teams. I have
heard of others schools where a committee of teachers and librarians
form the teams, based on books read, strengths of readers, etc.  Last
year we had some problems with kids being upset about not getting on the
"in" team, and some said there were rather unbalanced "ace" teams versus
teams with weaker readers.  I would like to hear advice from others
about how they go about forming the teams for the battles.  What are the
pros and cons of allowing students to pick their buddies?  Of a
committee forming teams?  What works best for you?  Thank You!
Mary Ellen Tremblay, teacher-librarian
Stedman Elementary
Petersburg, Alaska
mtremblay@psgsd.k12.ak.us

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