Thank you so much to all of the folks who responded to my book voting
question! I am constantly amazed and impressed by this groups knowledge
and willingness to share!
We have the list for next year before the end of the school year so I am
sure to order them and have them ready to go at the beginning of the
school year. I then schedule a time with the teachers (in Texas 3-6th
grades
participate) of those grades during their reading time. I do a book talk
(20-30 min.) of the whole list. Then, I display them in a separate area
of the library and try to remind them to keep reading from those as they
come into the library. If they have read 5 or more by January (when we
vote this year), they get to vote. I make up a bookmark with a list of
all the books that year, laminate them and give them out. We also have a
log the teachers can use to keep track of what each student has read.
When it's time to vote, I just turn my bookmark into a voting ballot and
send them to the teachers. It's up to them to make sure only children
who have read at least five vote. Just this year, schools can vote only
on-line and voting ended last week. In March, they'll announce the
winner at our library conference.
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I am doing the same project in PA with my fourth graders. I have been
reading a book from the list almost every week they visit the library
for
their book selection class. Once I realized I won't have enough time to
read all of the books, I sent about 5 of them to their classrooms and
asked their teachers to pass them around and read them during their own
read aloud time. They were more than willing since they are always
looking for things to read. I also found that even though it is a group
of books recommended for k-2 or 3, the 4th graders have loved it! We
should be able to finish up by the end of Feb. and get our votes in by
the beginning of March.
The week before "voting day" I will have all the books nominated on
display (not available for check out) and encourage the kids to visit
the
library on their library passes to see if there are any books they might
have missed due to absense etc. On voting day I'll plan a longer class
(we also have flexible schedule in addition to a fixed schedule for book
selection) and I'll have all the books out on display and do a quick
booktalk to refresh their memory. Hopefully both of these ideas will
spark their memory!
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just finished sharing all the primary VYRs with K - 2 students at my
school and they voted last week. This is my first year as a media
specialist and our school is being renovated, so there is no library for
students to visit. I visited classrooms and shared a book each week. I
started in October and finished reading the last book in January. Each
week, I always brought the books I had already read and after sharing
the new book, we would have a pretend vote (thumbs up if they liked).
As students voted, they went back to their desks. On voting day, I took
about 1 minute to review each book. I also made a "Voting Booth" out of
an old two-shelved computer table by putting bulletin board paper around
the back and sides and I put a sign on the back "Vote here for your
favorite Virginia Young Reader book" rolled it into each classroom. I
made a voting "box" for each book and attached a picture of the book
cover. Then I gave each student a voting "bead" (colored marble) and
they went behind the "booth" and put their bead in the box with their
favorite book on it. I tallied up the votes after each visit. I plan
on doing it the same way next year - only in the library.
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In CA we have 5 picture books nominated for the California Young Reader
Medal. I read one book a week and choose the shortest book for the last
week. On that day I have a voting booth - a puppet theater borrowed form
a first grade teacher. There are 5 cans with a picture of one book on
each can. There's a slit in the lid. Each student gets a strip of paper
with his/her room number on it. Every student casts a "secret" ballot.
At the end of each day I record the votes and when all classes have
voted I put up a big chart showing how many votes each book got by
class, grade level, and then total. The kids look forward to this every
year.
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We use the selections as read alouds in the months preceding the vote.
Right before voting we just do a quick discussion and picture walk
through the books, then I put each book at a "voting station" on our
tables. Students sit at the table with the book they vote for and we
tally the vote. they usually remember the cover immediately. So far
they have loved all of them this year. I wasn't expecting such a
positive response to Mapping Penny's World. They surprised me! I try
to have an extending activity for each book. I would love to have
someone to share activities with if you are interested. I had a bear
paper puppet with Bear Snores On, a life cycle activity with Waiting for
Wings, we drew library maps with Mapping Penny's World. We will have a
writing/drawing activity with The Sick Day. Haven't otten any farther
than that!
For grades 3-5 I do a simple ballot. I read aloud their picture
books, booktalk the rest of the selections and post a rating sheet for
them to rate the books they read between 1-5. Any who has read at least
4 gets a ballot to vote for the favorite.
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Patricia Hamilton
Ritchie Elementary
New Baltimore, VA
phamilton@fcps1.org
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