Throughout the year, are you able to read the picture book nominees to your students?
Do you book talk the other nominees?
Do you have students vote for their favorites? If so, how do you handle that?
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Beehive Book Awards
Throughout the year, are you able to read the picture book nominees to your students?
Do you book talk the other nominees?
Do you have students vote for their favorites? If so, how do you handle that?
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I post the YA fiction books on my web page. I haven't done anything worthy to note about displaying or advertising them in the library. I used to make a huge deal in the elementary library - not so much in high school. Perhaps I should change my ways.
ReplyDeleteI have a Beehive shelf for the current nominees, and I booktalk them throughout the year. I usually like the books they nominate. I also have collected votes. Sometimes I'll read one to a younger class and then have each student vote. I also put out ballots near the display (though I haven't yet this year) and teach the students how to fill one out if they want to vote. I have also used the clau.org website in lessons as a way to teach technology skills and other core curricular objectives, as well as help kids become familiar with the Beehive books.
ReplyDeleteI'm a dud in this area. I get the books but don't advertise them in any way to kids. :(
ReplyDeleteI create a display of the books with a ballot box by the circulation desk so as soon as they come back they are accessible to be checked out again. For 3rd through 6th, I stagger presentations in the fall so each grade is a different week and students are not all trying to check them out at the same time. I use book trailers, if I can find them, to introduce them along with a handout so the students can label each book's genre or dewey area and take notes on the ones they want to read. For Kinder through 2nd grade, I read several books aloud and have the students raise their hands to vote when we finish. In April, I count the ballots that have been submitted throughout the year and, of course, post the winners after they are announced. This year's books seemed to appeal more to the students than some previous years so there has been a lot more interest this year.
ReplyDeleteI am doing much the same as Phyllis! Many thanks to her smartboard file she created! I am reading aloud the picture books to the younger grades, and showing off the book trailers to the older grades. Many of the books have already been read -so we are discussing them too. I have a display, a ballot box, and students put their votes into a hanging beehive. I am going to do a drawing for prizes and am trying to arrange a party for those students who voted for the winning books. The students were pretty excited to find out that the books are chosen by students -not grown ups. The students are almost panicked to vote, I have to keep reminding them -we have a full month!!!
DeleteWe have a section of the library called Bee A Reader -- Beehive Books. We identify the books with a label for that year and display them on the counter. I use to read all the picture books to the 1st - 3rd grade and do a thumbs up or down vote. I have made powerpoint presentations and photostories of the fiction books in years past for the 4-6 grade. This year I have just book talked them with the 6th grade as time has permitted. I don't take an official vote to submit to CLAU. But I appreciate the committee's time and effort to find such great books to recommend to my students.
ReplyDeleteThis fall, I was fortunate enough to have a volunteer who is a member of CLAU and we created a display of this year's nominees and read alikes. Through reshelving, the titles have been scattered about. Thanks for inspiring me to re-create it and put out the ballots!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the ideas posted! I appreciate everyone's creativity--it is a big help.
ReplyDeleteI like to share the books with the students. I have read some of them to the students in the past, and love to do that when I have time. I definitly do book talks about the winners and the nominees. I would like to do more.
ReplyDeleteI have a place for the beehive books right by the front doors. I also have a picture of all the book covers posted right above where the books are suppose to be- they are almost always checked out so kids are able identify what books they are hoping to check out next. After a student has read a beehive book they come and chat with me about it and then they get a sticker to put on a poster. At the end of the year if students read 20 books they get to come to a party and if they read all 30 books they get to invite a friend to come to the party with them.
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