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I was impressed with how engaged the students were with the program. They checked the bracket each week when they came to the Resource Center and there was some hardcore lobbying going on for favorites each week. We used Google Forms to expedite the entire process. QR Codes enabled students to quickly and easily access the forms. There was a little voter fraud by some of the older students who realized that they could submit multiple responses, but overall the students were honest and policed one another. Were I to do this tournament again, I would want to find a way to have students interact with the books more intimately prior to the beginning of the tournament. I could envision having students 'present' each book to the whole group via Flipgrid or another tool where they could highlight the book. Another approach might be to have a few of the books at several tables and have the students rotate through the stations taking turns reading through the books and making notes. Overall, the experience was beneficial and an awful lot of fun! I look forward to learning about how others are using these books to inspire interest and a love for reading in their libraries!
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Happy April!
As you may know, April is National Poetry Month. Students will be exploring, writing and reading a wide variety of poetry in the Resource Center. Thursday, April 18th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. I will put a class set of poems in your mailbox on the 17th and you can help, by encouraging your students to share their poems with one another and their buddies throughout the day. If you are interested in bringing poetry into your classroom this month, there are a ton of great ideas over at the poets.org website. There you can find poems to read everyday of the month, lesson plans and much more. We have a very healthy poetry collection in our library for you to explore as well. I’m attaching a copy of one of my favorite ‘poems,’ the lyrics to Stephen Sondheim’s “Children Will Listen.” On the heels of our staff meeting yesterday, it reminded me of just how much influence we have on our students. Happy Poetry Month! Children Will Listen Careful the things you say, Children will listen. Careful the things you do, Children will see. And learn. Children may not obey, But children will listen. Children will look to you For which way to turn, To learn what to be. Careful before you say, “Listen to me.” Children will listen. Careful the wish you make, Wishes are children. Careful the path they take- Wishes come true, Not free. Careful the spell you cast, Not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you… Careful the tale you tell, That is the spell. Children will listen. -Stephen Sondheim Even though the calendar says April, we still have some March Madness going on in the HWRC. Our March BOOK Madness tournament has heated up to the final four. This week we'll be voting to see which two books make it to the championship.
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