Re: [LM_NET] Newbery and Upper Elementary

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

I did a Newberry focus for 4-6 last year, AND boy was I dissappointed!!  I started 
out looking over the list of Award and Honor books to begin book talks for my 
lessons.  Wow, most of the books would never interest the 4-5 and only a few top 
notch readers in 5-6.  I moved to the Newberry award winning authors instead.  
   
  It was a life-saver for my lesson ideas.  You know how they introduce actors as 
"Academy award-winner actor ________", well I created a lesson about Newberry based 
on the authors isntead of the books.  Then, I picked the authors who have written 
things that the students in my school would like.
   
  This year I stayed with the award-winning idea and I created lessons about the 
awards focusing on award-winning authors.  It has been much more successful for me.
   
  Authors:
   
  Russell Freedman
  Kate DiCamillo
  Patricia Reilly Giff
  Avi
  Linda Sue Park
  Polly Horvath
  Richard Peck
  Joan Bauer
  Sharon Creech
  Louis Sachar
  Karen Hesse
  Jerry Spinelli, etc.
   
  Students love many of these authors other works, and then warm up to the award 
winning books.  They feel important reading "award-winning" authors.

Kelly Kelsoe <Kelly.Kelsoe@LCSK12.ORG> wrote:
  I am doing a Newbery Program with my 3rd-5th graders.
I am an elementary librarian in a K-12 school setting.
I was wondering if you all knew of which Newbery books would be
appropriate to have/add to my elementary collection and which ones
should remain in our secondary/hs collection only.

THANKS

Kelly Kelsoe
Elementary Library Media Specialist
Clements High School
Athens, AL 35611
Phone:(256) 729-6564 Ext. 329
Fax:(256) 729-1029
kelly.kelsoe@lcsk12.org
www.clementshigh.org/library

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        Lisa Hunt
  School Library Media Specialist
  National Board Certified Teacher
  Moore, OK





                
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