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October 04, 2007
PHS PARTICIPATES !
For the first time ever, Presidio Hill School will be participting in the California Young Reader Medal program, along with K-12 students from all over the state! Students who choose to participate will read (or listen to) three books that were selected by California students last year as their favorites, and then vote for the "big winner" for 2008. The voting will take place at school and will be very official and done up right, with a voting booth, "I Voted!" stickers, and maybe even a treat or two.
Students who wish to participate will need to make a commitment to read or listen to each of the 3 books in their age category. That's it, then vote for their personal favorite. There are no book reports to write or questions to answer. Of course, we may get into a little campaigning and poster-making to promote our favorites, who knows?
As I finish up the details of this posting, several students are already heading into their third book!
The titles are as follows:
For K-2 (and I will be reading these aloud in our library times):The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning, Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi, I Wanna Iguana by Kren Kaufman Orloff, Dex: The Heart of a Hero by Carolyn Buehner, and Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey.
For grades 3-5: Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles, The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty Birney, and Worth by Alexandra Lafaye
For middle school: Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark, Day of Tears by Julius Lester, and The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Picture Books for Older Readers: I will likely read these aloud to some of the classes, and then they can vote for their favorites: Basho and the River Stones by Tim Myers, Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg, and Mr. Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch.
*Fifth graders will have the option of participating in the middle school category, either in addition to or instead of the 3-5 category, as long as they are willing to read all three books in any category in which they wish to vote.
*Eighth graders (and maybe younger students) will also have the option of participating in the Young Adult category, with the following titles: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Private Peaceful by Michael Morpugo, and Vampire High by Douglas Rees.
Posted by Lisa J