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Here
are some of the implementation ideas related to the FRA Children's Book
Award .
Each
year, I make a bulletin board that says, “These Books Have Mrs. Joe’s
Seal Of Approval. “ The Seal is our mascot! Each book has a
die
cut award on it (I use the book jackets from the new FRA books); with a
sticker that has the call letters. Then I read each
book to
my K, 1, and 2 students over the course of the year until
April.
I always try to read a certain book that may coincide with a holiday,
time of year, etc. I use puppets, costumes, props whatever,
to
get the children into the story. I try to follow up with an activity to
go with the book, for instance, when we read, “There’s a Butterfly in
My Stomach” I sent a letter home with the children
telling
the parents we had read this book about idioms and asking them to have
their children tell them about idioms. They had a picture of
a
butterfly to color and wrote a statement that said, “I get butterflies
in my stomach when…………. As a new book is introduced, I hold up the old
books and ask them to think about that story. When it is time
to
vote in April, we have our own little voting booth. I have
each
book lined up with a big manila envelope under it with a picture of the
book on the front. Each child is given a token and they go
into
the booth and drop their token into the envelope of their
choice.
When they exit, they get an I Voted sticker. I have found
that
this makes counting the votes much easier. After the voting
is
over, I put all of the books on the shelves for the children to check
out. I never tell them where to find the book; they just look
at
the bulletin board for the call letters!
Lenita J. Joe, Media Specialist
Sealey Elementary Math and Science Magnet School
Each
year I read aloud the new FRA books to primary students during media time. I read a different book to K, 1,
2 so that I am not reading the same book fifteen
times each week. I find 1-3
small objects that represent each book;
I keep them in my FRA basket. Before I
read a new book, I pull out the
"old objects" and students tell me what book they represent. This keeps
all the titles
fresh in their minds. After I've read a new title, I ask students to suggest suitable objects to represent
it--then I show them what I've
selected and add them to the basket. Many of the books lend
themselves to extension
activities--first graders grew beans for "Thea's Tree" and k students sipped green tea after they shared a class
collage they made in art of
one of the scenes from "Listen to the Wind". I collaborate with art
& music with at least
one of the titles each year. I always choose one book that lends itself
to beginning research for 2nd
grade. Last year, students researched
one of the trees from "The Happiness Tree" and made lovely seed
mosaics. I always highlight vibrant
vocabulary and as the weeks go by, I add
questions to character, setting, theme, or vocabulary cans
from which students pick out
a few questions for each class. Then after hearing all 8 books read
aloud, students vote for their favorite
book. First we play Jeopardy
(based on questions from the cans) and FRA Bingo (the boards are made
from the picture ballot on the FRA
Website). K students vote using the picture ballot.
1st and 2nd graders vote
electronically using a survey on my
school media page.
Rose Kelly, DeSota Trail Elem.
Tallahassee, FL
In my school of about 900
students, I purchase 3 copies of each FRA title. I put a set a in box
and rotate the boxes with a
ballot between the teachers
in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades. I collect the ballots,then submit
the vote from our school prior to the voting
deadline. This allows students
to hear the stories over a shorter period, to help them make a better
selection of which book they think is
best. Also, it introduces teachers
to new titles.
Roberta Mann, retired, Tallahassee,
FL
If
you have an implementation idea that you would like to share, please submit
it to cba@flreads.org.
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