This week we had our final votes for our Mock Caldecott and Mock Pura Belpré. It was fantastic to have so many excellent books in common with each other and to discuss the merits of the illustrations - and the writing in the case of the Pura Belpré.
I wrote a post that gives all of the details at our school blog. You may find that here. If you want to skip reading one more post, you may at least see our results.
I wish you a wonderful week filled with celebrations.
I love that each group got to choose their own winners & honors. It's so valuable to take the students through this process of evaluation. I know they'll apply it to future reading on their own. It is exciting to think about Monday, isn't it? Guess I'd better find Mango, Abuela And me! Thanks, Crystal!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see My Pen win an honor here. I think my students will love this book more as they get older. It is pretty amazing. I had a few students really respond to it. Looks like our students share Bear/Sandwich love!
ReplyDeleteI love reading about all of these celebrations! I really need to do something with this next year! Hope you picked some winners!!! :)
ReplyDeleteCrystal, it is great to see that The Pen is one of the 5th grade favs-mine too. This project must have been inspiring to students-just think that they acted like literary critics.
ReplyDeleteSo fun to hear about your Mock awards and see your winners. And now I really must request, Finding Winnie. Here's to some of your winners showing up on Monday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun contest! I enjoyed seeing your winners and honor book choices. I bet your students had a blast!
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