Happy March! Everyone’s making their March Madness brackets, why not channel some of that excitement towards music history and appreciation? I got this idea from my amazing former co-worker a few years ago who made a book bracket for the media center. I think the big winner then was a Minecraft book or maybe it […]
Happy March! Everyone’s making their March Madness brackets, why not channel some of that excitement towards music history and appreciation? I got this idea from my amazing former co-worker a few years ago who made a book bracket for the media center. I think the big winner then was a Minecraft book or maybe it […]
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A library media center should be a place full of energy and excitement. It should offer a large amount of current and relevant resources, expert guidance, and a welcoming and comfortable environment.
Book Madness: Details for Setup and Implementation - Book tournament to coincide with the March college basketball tournament
My boys are huge basketball fans. They can't wait to fill out the basketball bracket for March Madness. March is also Reading Month. To combine some of their favorite things, I created a March Madness Book Bracket for them. I gathered 32 of our favorite books and paired them up in a bracket. Each night, we will read two of the books paired against each other. This bracket will give us two books to read each night for the entire month of March. The bracket could be used for any level of books: children's, preteen, young adult, etc. I am going to make one for my high school classroom as well and have my students fill out the bracket. If you would like a copy of this blank bracket, comment below and I will email the template. High School Short Story Bracket: http://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2014/03/march-madness-short-story-bracket.html High School Poetry Bracket: http://workingmomwonders.blogspot.com/2014/03/march-madness-poetry-bracket.html
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Book Madness: Details for Setup and Implementation - Book tournament to coincide with the March college basketball tournament
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Hello, friends! It's Christmas break for me and I'm taking a few minutes to plan ahead for the new year! Last year our first graders hosted a Tournament of Books and it was a huge success so we're getting ready to host one again this year! The first thing I did was put up this huge bracket in the main hallway of our school. It generated a ton of buzz around the school, especially before we shared any details about what we were actually planning! The Brown Bag Teacher has bracket printables free on Teachers Pay Teachers. They are perfect for getting your bracket ready. To build the bracket, I started from the middle and worked out on each side, using black duct tape for the lines. It wasn't a quick project, but it turned out perfectly! Once all the kiddos were making guesses about my giant hallways display, we collected nominations. Each first grader nominated a favorite book, which gave us about 70 nominees. It was surprisingly easily to narrow them down to 16 choices for our bracket since we had lots and lots of the same choices, plus a few that were easy to toss (a few guided reading titles made it into the mix haha). Once we filled in our top 16 books, the students filled out their own brackets. I printed blank brackets from Print Your Own Brackets and wrote in our selections. Then, we carefully went through the choices and the students filled in a winner for each match up. This also helped them to understand how the bracket itself worked and promoted lots of debate about their favorites! Now that we had our top 16 choices, everyone needed to make sure they read the books! We read many of the nominees aloud to our classes, but we also used QR codes with iPads in our listening centers to make the books accessable to all our students. Then, each week, we conducted a vote. We created a Google Form with the choices and then posted a QR code that linked to the form. Students used iPads to scan the QR code then enter their choices. It was quick for them to complete and easy for us since we didn't need to prepare or count 70 paper ballots each week! Even though only our first graders were voting, the whole school was eager to see who the winner would be and looked forward to seeing the winners each week! Our tournament came down to a Crayon vs Crayon final! The Day the Crayons Came Back was the winner, "because it has glow in the dark!" and two of my kiddos actually managed perfect brackets! This year we're planning further ahead, so the whole school is getting involved! Have you ever hosted a Tournament of Books? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
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Social media, now in the center of our lives, has become like a kind of parallel universe. We share every moment of ourselves, from the food we eat, to the shopping we do, from the serum given by the doctor to the procedures we make. It is not known how long this madness lasts, but what it is transforming our lives at the moment is not very innocent. In particular, it seriously affects our relationships and even leads to new crises. Social media jealousy comes first. Social media exprets share their opinions on the subject.
Well friends, I have never been so excited for a sporting event. In fact, this past weekend, I had to employ every bit of knowledge I have about the NCAA tournament (i.e. please read that as very …
This is a collection of fun ideas for middle school library orientation. It includes video clips, an elementary vs middle school presentation, and more!
Welcome to my TPT store! I hope you enjoy this freebie, my first TPT creation! One problem that a media specialist must deal with is students who do not return their library books. What do they do while the other students are checking out books? This sign can be placed on a bucket with extra books. Students can get a book out of this bucket to look at while other students are checking out books. Before they return to class, they return the book back to the bucket. Problem solved! **Background clipart created by Krista Wallden. View her TPT store here!! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden
Well friends, I have never been so excited for a sporting event. In fact, this past weekend, I had to employ every bit of knowledge I have about the NCAA tournament (i.e. please read that as very …
This is a collection of fun ideas for middle school library orientation. It includes video clips, an elementary vs middle school presentation, and more!
Quick notes. Easy to do. Low toner requirement. Kids love them! If a picture is worth a thousand words, then clip art is worth (at least) a hundred words! So... I added clip art to the usual notes home about "this and that" in hopes that my message would be received and the families would be reminded in an efficient way. The 10 notes included in this pack are all “Tomorrow is…” and include: ~ Board Game Day ~ Crazy Sock Day ~ Hat Day ~ Class T-Shirt Day ~ Bring Lunch Money ~ Media Center – Bring your library book ~ Pajama Day ~ Stuffed Animal Day ~ Electronic Hour ~ Picture Day
To get in on the March Madness fun, be sure to check out Tournament of Books! Your students will love it, and so will you!
I’ve teamed up with 4 other School Librarians to give you some shopping tips for using the Teachers Pay Teachers website to your advantage! Many of us have tight budgets in our school libraries, so it’s important to save money whenever we can! Take a look at these tips for using TpT… It’s a Blog Hop! You can start at the top and hop on
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It’s only a *few* weeks late (ha!), but I wanted to share with you the results of our March Madness – Tournament of Books. If you missed the initial installment of our event, you can ch…
Book Madness: Details for Setup and Implementation - Book tournament to coincide with the March college basketball tournament
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Some days as a librarian can be very difficult, as you can probably relate. You may be overwhelmed with back-to-school setup, end-of-year inventory, or any of the other multitude of extra activities you have to take care of. Librarians get called out to man stations during field days, supervise large groups during testing, and
Here you will find links to freebies from me that I have posted on this blog. Click on the picture or the link below to access them. Many of the freebies are Google Docs, but you don't need to request that I "Share" the document with you in order to download a Google Doc from me. All you have to do is click on the download button at the top of the screen and save the file. The download button is circled in the picture below. Hope you enjoy! 2023-224 Scope and Sequence 2022-2023 Scope and Sequence 2021-2022 Scope and Sequence 2020-2021 Scope and Sequence 2019-2020 Scope and Sequence 2018-2019 Scope and Sequence Policies and Procedures Handbook Adopt a Book sign Alphabet Labels Autobiography/Biography bookmarks Blank Book Care Bookmarks Book Fair Banner Book Swap Packet CAFE Headings with a Rock Star Theme CAFE Headings in Purple Christmas Signs for Your Library Little Red Sleigh StoryWalk Companion Pack Due Date Posters HP Reveal How To Guide Inventory Freebie Jan and Stan Berenstain Author Poster Tedd Arnold Author Poster Patrick Carman Author Poster Anna Dewdney Author Poster Dan Gutman Author Poster Jennifer Holm Author Poster Lois Lowry Author Poster Inspirational Signs Lost Book and Damaged Book Reminder Letters Meeting AR Goals PowerPoint *AR and Accelerated Reader are registered trademarks of Renaissance Learning, Inc. Meeting AR Goals Bookmarks *AR and Accelerated Reader are registered trademarks of Renaissance Learning, Inc. READO Board Student Reading Contract for AR Reading Pledge Super Reader Signs Thanksgiving Writing Paper Turkey Trot- Letter Writing Practice Valentine's Day Signs Prize Buggy Packet Reading Goal Chart Freebie Rock Star Bulletin Board signs Search and Hold Slips Winter Signs Women's History Month Display Signs Inspirational Signs/Posters Check out more freebies on my other freebie pages!
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Well friends, I have never been so excited for a sporting event. In fact, this past weekend, I had to employ every bit of knowledge I have about the NCAA tournament (i.e. please read that as very little knowledge). 😉 Our newest book display is up and I’m SO excited to share it with you. Even...
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Check out these brackets! Basketball not your thing? How about these brackets from On Our Minds @ Scholastic? Take a look at some of the pairings and stop by the library to fill out your own brackets. Completed brackets will be posted around the library so you can see how others would carry this through to just one winner.
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