Nonfiction Monday: Cybils Edition
Last week was early release for conferences. I decided to have students partner read some of the the nonfiction picture book nominees that I had in my possession. There are 61 nominated titles. I can pretty much figure our which ones have kid appeal but it is fun to have students peruse and review. Students were very engaged in the process and I may do it with additional classes with other books.
Reading some of the nonfiction picture book nominees for the CYBILS. Students were to rate the book on kid appeal and whether they would checkout the book more than one time.
The library vibrated with conversation about the books. Look at these overheard comments:
“pictures matched the words”
“…has big describing words”
“it showed how woman could be strong”
“the hidden words”
“good word choice and long sentences”
I feel compelled to not target any specific title on the nomination list, however, I am very happy with the ones I have viewed thus far. I am looking forward to some spirited conversations with my team in the near future.
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Happy Reading.
MsMac
November 4th, 2008 at 9:53 am
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November 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Joan, that is great the way you get your kids involved in the Cybils! Wonderful idea.
November 11th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I knew I misspelled your name when I visited before. Many apologies for that, Jone. Online I have a tendency to spell words wrong ALL THE TIME in comments. Maybe there’s an Internet therapist I can talk about this with…