Grand Canyon Reader Awards



Prepared by the Grand Canyon Reader Award Committee.Shirley Berow and Kerrlita Westrick Co-chairsPam Gavina- chair, Picture Book CommitteeTanya Molina- chair, Non-fiction Book CommitteeKathy Husser- chair, Intermediate Book CommitteeMarney Welmers- chair, Tween Book CommitteeJean Kilker- chair, Teen Book CommitteeJune, 2013Purpose of the Grand Canyon Reader AwardThe purpose of these awards is to stimulate the interest of young readers in outstanding literature written primarily for them. An additional aim of the award is to encourage cooperation among administrators, library media specialists, and teachers in broadening the reading programs at all levels. Since 1977, these awards have had a place among the national children's literature awards.EligibilityTo be eligible for nomination, a book must:Be a title most often read or requested by children.Have a strong appeal for the age group for which the nomination is made.Have been published in English within the previous five years and still in printLesson Ideas PictureBoot & Shoe by Marla Frazee (2012)Websites:Authors Website Dill’s Read These Books and Use Them Cazuela That The Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha Vamos (2011)Websites:Discussion Questions Ideas from the author and publisher for Arroz con Leche Trailer website Match Game Dog, Country Frog by Mo WIllems (2010)Websites:RIF Guide for Parents and Families Extension Activities for Educators ideas for the classroom Carolina’s Children’s Book Award (see page 18) Children Philosophy to Kids Discussion Questions Library Association Discussion Packet Trailer Video Carrots! By Aaron Reynolds (2012)Websites:Washington Children’s Choice Award (see page 8) Ideas from Polka Dot Kinders website with video of rabbit characters of carrot characters of Scenes in book Sweet discussion questions ideas well, read well ideas Red activities Day Dirk Yeller Came To Town by Mary Casanova (2011)Websites:Literacy Packet from Teachers-pay-teachers ($3.99) website website Martin Award ideas Reading Association ideas Me Reader Award Ideas (this pdf takes a long time to load) ideas:? Write a Reader's Theater Skit.? Act out "itchin for somethin', jumping jelly beans", etc.I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (2011)Websites:Lesson ideas from the publisher. kit from publisher on books Lesson ideas, including video review with teaching invitation Trailer (Vimeo) Trailer (YouTube) Readers’ Choice Extension Activities (see page 13-16) ideas Red Activities Ideas:Pair up with books on hats--Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris, A Three Hat Day by Laura Geringer, The Magic Hat by Mem Fox or Jennie's Hat by Ezra Jack Keats.Other Questions:? What if one of the other animals had the hat?? What would the bear do?? Write a Reader's Theater Script and act out the story.Neville by Norton Juster (2011)Websites:Video from publisher from Kansas Bill Martin Award Ideas:Other ideas:? Write a Reader's Theater script.? Use with the following titles, How to be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them by Laurene Brown (non-fiction), Feelings by Aliki, The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister and Jessica by Kevin ??? Henkes.? Questions:? Have you ever moved and been the new kid?? How did you make friends? How do you help new kids at school?? (create a chart with answers)One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo (2012)Websites:Activity Packet from publisher guide from author’s Theater from author Red links and ideas Caravan paper bag penguin Drawing activity to go with book theme lesson ideas Other Ideas:Other ideas:? Pull out your favorite penguin picture books and have a penguin themed storytime.? Shirley's favorites:? Tacky The Penguin, Lost and Found and Turtle's Penguin Day.? Questions to ask:? What animal would you like to have as a friend?? Write about bringing your animal home,?What would it eat?? Where would it sleep? Bring in photographs of and facts about real Magellanic penguins.? Good online resources include websites for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Penguin Project and the Aquarium of the Pacific.? This book will be funnier to kids who have some knowledge of Frederick Magellan and Captain Cook, so this could be a fun snappy wrap-up to a unit about explorers.? Other pictures about exploring include The Adventures of Polo, the non-fiction So You Want to be an Explorer? and the imaginative Crazy Hair.? You can also pair with any non-fiction books about penguins.Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills (2012)Website:Questions for book Guide from publisher Red Ideas activities from Pinterest starters ideas:Have class "sniff" up new words.? Create a word tree.Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw (2011)Websites:Activity packet from author for kitty litter cake from author with author of author reading story Plan from Wild Geese Guides lesson plans from Peach’s Pick with CCSS Award ideas Red Activities Mentor Texts’s Reading Celebration, with links to sites on animal adoption, poetry/haiku and cat crafts. Rock Independent School District ideas and activities Ideas:Write a haiku about your pet.Non-FictionHanging Off Jefferson’s Nose: Growing up on Mount Rushmore by Tina Nichols Coury (2012)Websites:Curriculum Guide from the author American Experience on Lincoln Borglum Rushmore National Memorial photos of Mount Rushmore from the National Park Service video about the book Park Info on Lincoln Borglum Trailer on the construction of Mount Rushmore ideas:If you were making a monument, whose four faces would you put on the monument and why? I Feel Better With a Frog In My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia (2010)Websites:Authors website Museum, exploring history through cures Trailer Ideas:Research the history of Native American Indian cures.? Interview your grandparent or an older neighbor or relative and see what strange cures they suggest for the different ailments in the book.? Then, write your own book of historical cures.? Make a list of what today's cures are for the diseases in the book.?Jean Laffite: The Pirate Who Saved America by Susan Goldman Rubin (2012)Websites:Jean Laffite National Park and Preserve: The Pirate of the Gulf (primary source book you can read online. and discussion guide Ideas:Make a KWL chart about pirates.? Study the vocabulary in the book.? Pair with other books (fiction and non-fiction) about pirates.? Do a compare and contrast chart on what was good and bad about Jean Laffite.Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time by Steve Jenkins (2011)Websites:The Classroom Blog teaching invitations Trailer by author ideas from The Six Traits Gurus Guide from RIF Activiites from RIF website of time through the ages Ideas:Before reading Just A Second, make some predictions with your students, like how many breaths do you think an adult takes in one hour? (900!) After reading the book and checking your predictions, make and test some new predictions about time.? How many jumping jacks can you do in one minute? How long will it take you to flap your arms 50 times like a hummingbird?? Can you sit perfectly still and quiet for a full minute?? You can compare students' results on charts or a graph.? You can even make a pictograph of your classroom results, and let students make cool representations for themselves with cut-paper art.? It may take a bit longer than "just a second", but it will be time well spent.? (from Kristen Remenar blog).Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, an Actual-Sized Encyclopedia published by Seven Footer Kids (2009)Websites:Zoo Lesson plan Guide from Teachers-pay-teacher ($5.00) Trailer Activities activities from Pinterest to make Life Size zoo animals Ideas:Use with Actual Size by Steve Jenkins.Me-Jane by Patrick McDonnell (2011)Websites:Lesson Plan from The Classroom Bookshelf sheets from the author Questions summary and video Goodall Institute Red Activities units and other biographies about Jane Goodall organizer for summarizing a biography (there are a ton of biography graphic organizers online, this is just one). ideas:There are many videos on YouTube about Jane Goodall that can also be tied to a lesson.Tie to any other non-fiction book about Jane Goodall.Nic Bishop Snakes by Nic Bishop (2012)Websites:Authors website Lesson Plan on snakes and turtles book graphic organizers ideas:In the classroom:? Fourth-grade students working in pairs can read an assigned section of the book and then write questions for each of the "Question-Answer Relationships" categories, created by Taffy Raphael: "Right There"? questions (answers can be found in one place in the text); "Think and Search" questions (answers are formed by gathering information from multiple places in the text); "Author and You" questions (answers are formed when the students relate the information in the text to their own knowledge and experience): and "On Your Own" questions (answers rely on students' experiences rather than on the text).? Students then exchange questions with another group, read the designated section of the book, answer the questions, and decide if the questions were categorized correctly.? Common Core Connection RI.4.1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. (from Booklist online)Peter Kent’s City Across Time by Peter Kent (2010)Websites:The Castle Library literature activities for bunkers from the former USSR Changes over time activity ideas:Other ideas:? Pick a time period and imagine and research items that could be buried.? What would be buried in your backyard?? Find primary source photos of digs.A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston (2012)Websites:Rock Lesson Plans from Discovery Education Plans from the Geological Society website Monday fun ideas and Minerals lesson plan ideas:Other ideas:? Look at real rocks and discuss how they are "lively" and why.? In art class create paints made from mon Core Connection (from Classroom Connections website)RI.1.7.?Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.In the Classroom:?Discuss with students the purpose of informational text and then make an anchor chart listing the facts that students learned about rocks from A Rock Is Lively. Then reread the book and see what more they can add to the chart.Where Else in the Wild?: More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed- and Revealed: Ear-Tickling Poems by David M. Schwartz (2009)Websites:Discussion Questions and activities Pop Jr. camouflage information in Plain Site lesson ideas Plan for the book Net Links lesson plan Works Deceptive Coloration TV Animal Camouflage pictures Stuff Works: How Animal Camouflage works ideas:Other ideas:? Create a research project about camouflaged animals.? Pick one animal and draw it in a picture.Promotional IdeasGENERAL PROMOTIONAL IDEASBook displaysDisplay cover of book jacketsUse attached template for GCRA spine labels (See form; can change year)Bulletin board displaysReaders’ Wall – laminate book covers from each book, placing covers on a large empty wall in the library or a wall just outside the library, and create lists under each cover for students who have read the books to sign – students might like to compare the books they have read, and it could be a quick reference for teachersCampaign ad – student created to persuade others to read book/vote for itCommercials – students write commercials on nominated booksUse a created continuous slide show (Power Point or Admodo) of nominated books using book covers and a brief one line summaryLibrarian, teacher or student booktalks (Nancy Keene Booktalks); teacher could also use this booktalk as a book report for a gradeStudent book reviews – oral or on websites; students could also write a brief review of a book in any of the categories (hand-written or word document) and illustrate the page which would then be put in a loose-leaf notebook for other students to checkVoter registration card; Grand Canyon Reader Award Passport that could be stamped for every title read (see form)Book reports – have classroom teachers use one or more of the nominated titles for book reportsBrochure – students create a brochure on one of the nominated titles (tri-fold with information on student, cover page, information and picture of the book, information and picture of the author/illustrator, list of other books written by author)Students create an illustrated page of a nominated book they read, describing the book and telling why they thought others would like to read the book; pages are placed in notebook so other students can check what their peers recommendWebquestsCrossword puzzles, word searchesTake a blank map of Arizona and divide it into 10 sections and students can color in a section when they have read a book (see form)Continuous slide show on a computer in the library of all the nominated titlesCurriculum guides (Linda’s Links to Literature)Encourage classroom teachers to use books in the classroom – literature circles, trade bookSee GCRA internet site for attached activitiesJigsaw puzzles – copy cover of book, glue on poster board, laminate, and cut it up as puzzlePartner with the public libraries in the area to publicize the titles and encourage them to purchase additional copies of the bookEncourage book fairs to carry the nominated titles for student purchaseAfter the student votes for his/her favorite book, student writes a letter to the author/illustrator explaining why he/she voted for the book, hoping that author/illustrator winsTake a group grade level photo of all the voters; enlarge the picture to poster size and they could be displayed in the libraryIf students read the designated number of books in one or more categories by a given date, they come to the library for a treat, bringing in their completed passport (see Voting Passport below). The treat could be a Jolly Rancher, a small candy bar, or your choice.Place ballot boxes around the school; one in the library, rooms used for reading, cafeteria, language arts classesOnline voting – go to Passport – each student who wants to vote would receive a GCRA Passport (see form). Designate one or more days to vote. Students who have read or listened to the correct number of books in one or more category would bring in their passport which shows the date read (or finished) and initialed by a teacher or parent.Thank you note to students who voteAnnounce winning titles via school broadcastThose students who voted would get a button (see form). After winners are announced, those students who received a button could come to an after-school celebration party with pizza or ice cream sundaes.Create a nomination or suggestion box for possible selections for the following year (create a form or use form)Funding IdeasAsk PTSO for funds to purchase at least one copy of each title in each category you want to promoteIf your school is Title 1, work with Title 1 teacher for funding to purchase booksAsk parents and PTSO for assistance in purchasing items to be used as prizes and rewardsIf you or your PTSO has a book fair, check with the provider to make sure the nominated titles are available for student purchase and for the library to purchase with any profitsCreate a “wish list” for parent or student donationsWrite grants, for example the Westside Reading Council has a small grant that could be used to purchase the books. Lowe’s Toolbox for Education. Fargo set up a request for books here. ................
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