2013-2014 Mock Caldecott Awards*I first must thank Colby Sharp and John Schu for this idea.
*I saw on Twitter they were doing a unit together called the "Mock Caldecott" awards. Check their blogs for further information.
*After reading about their unit to celebrate "Picture Book" month, I knew I wanted to do something with my class.
*Not having enough time to prepare an in-depth and complete unit on the Caldecott Award, I decided to do my own version with my students.
*We begin our morning meeting with a picture book. So far we have read 42 picture books.
*After every 40 books, we will do a "vote" of our favorite picture book from that group of 40.
*Today, each student received a ballot with the first 40 books we have shared.
*Each student voted for their top ten picture books. These votes were tallied to come up with a list of ten picture books for the class to continue to vote on.
*Tomorrow the students will get another voting sheet with a list of the top ten picture books.
*We will keep narrowing the list until we get our first winner of our very own Caldecott Award.
*Here is the first list of 40 picture books my fourth graders voted on...
1.
First Day Jitters
2.
The Story of Fish & Snail
3.
Chrysanthemum
4. Bully
5.
The Recess Queen
6.
School Picture Day
7.
Book Fair Day
8.
Teacher Appreciation Day
9.
Pajama Day
10.
The Dot
11.
Ish
12.
I’m Here
13.
The
North Star
14.
The Dot
15.
Little
Pea
16.
Little
Oink
17.
Little
Hoot
18.
This
Plus That
19.
Chopsticks
20.
Spoon
21.
Exclamation Mark
22.
It’s Not
Fair
23.
Duck,
Rabbit
24.
YES Day
25.
The O.K.
Book
26.
Science
Fair Day
27.
Field
Trip Day
28.
Interrupting Chicken
29.
The Day
the Crayons Quit
30.
The
Flying Books of Morris Lessmore
31.
Ms.
Smith’s Incredible Story Book
32.
Miss
Smith Reads Again
33.
Miss
Smith Under the Ocean
34.
Miss
Smith’s Haunted House
35.
The
Perfect Square
36.
The
Library Dragon
37.
The Dark
38.
Creepy
Carrots
39.
The
Perfect Pumpkin Pie
40.
Halloween
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