Paws for Books Book Fair

We just completed our spring book fair. Scholastic's spring theme is Paws For Books: Come, Sit, Read a Great Tale! We transformed the outside of the media center into a pet park! I also displayed pictures of our staff members' pets.

The inside of the media center was reminiscent of the inside of a pet shop.

After we set up, I held a teacher preview. I served Beggin' Strips Bacon Dip, Nine Lives Tuna Salad, Kibbles and Bits (pepperoni and cheese cubes, Pupcorn, Pupcakes, and Toilet Water. Teachers browsed the new titles and created their wish lists during the preview.

This fair, my students were most excited about The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt and Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey. Overall, it was a dog-gone good book fair!

Georgia Children's Book Award Voting

My students recently voted for the Georgia Children's Book Award. To invite teachers to participate, I created a Sign Up Genius for teachers to select a voting time. Voting times were every ten minutes on one day.

When students arrived in the media center, I played a slideshow with the book covers to remind students of the books they had read and could vote on. My students enjoyed reminiscing about their favorites during the slideshow.

Then I pulled ten students at a time to vote. Ten voting booths were set up in the media center. Each booth contained a triboard with all of the book covers and a laptop. This year, I created a Microsoft Form with all of the nominees. To vote, students selected their choice from a drop down menu and then clicked submit.

As students finished voting, I gave them an "I voted!" sticker to wear.

Since voting was during Read Across America Week, I set up a Dr. Seuss themed photo booth.  Students joined their classroom teacher at the photo booth after voting. The teachers took pictures and uploaded them to Seesaw to share with parents.

This was such a fun day! I loved listening to my students talk about their favorite books and celebrate reading!