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Ann Nelson sent me the following and it sounds like a great idea, so I'll
pass it along.
>My office partner passed your message on to me. Thanks for the ideas.
>Pass this one along, if you think it's worth it. I travel to 4
>buildings, so I cannot do an extensive unit, as I see a class only 2
>times a month. However, this is the activity we are using these 2 >weeks:
We introduced the idea of going to the Marshall (Michigan) District Library
to "Vote for Your Favorite Book." There was even a voting booth, which
really intrigued the kids.
I dressed as "Mrs. Frizzle" and rode a Marshall School Bus to the District
Library, and was videotaped getting off the bus and leading a tour of the
places kids would find of interest/use in the Marshall District Library.
The kids loved it, repeatedly saying, "That's YOU!" (Of course it was! It
amused me to see how much they like that simple idea.)
For the next lesson, I had bunting with stars and flags in the middle of a
circle with stuffed characters of Max and the Wild Things and Sylvester to
indicate characters from both a Newbery and Caldecott, with sticker
replicas of both medals scattered on the floor.
We had a ring of books around this spaced so children could sit behind the
book. They walked in with some reflective music playing. I found the
Mozart Effect, Vol. 2, "Relax, daydream & draw" Children's Group, 1997, to
be a wonderful background for thoughtful evaluation of about 7 books in a
20 min. period. I had a small bell that I rang and we picked up a book,
carefully looked at the illustrations, and put it down with the bell and
moved to the right. The kids loved the "game" and the visual treasure as
we all carefully held a book open in front of us and then looked around the
circle truly gave a sense that these books had been "voted" / selected as
the best books "ever made/published."
I also used this lesson as a intro./reminder to carefully turning pages
from the outside edges so the middles don't tear and taking care of these
beautiful, wonderful books so babies don't draw in them and snow doesn't
make the pages buckle, etc.
I was impressed by how seriously they could discuss the book they liked the
best and use words to describe the color, lines, or technique, depending on
their age. We made sure we didn't just say it was a "good" book.
Ann Nelson, Marshall Public Schools, Marshall, MI.
Molly Clark
Library Media Specialist, serving grades 3-5
Elm St. Elementary (K-5)
Phoenix, NY
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