The Illinois K3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club

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The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club

• Pam Olivito
• District 86, East Peoria IL
• olivitop_at_epd86.org

Collaboratory Project Symposium
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May
4, 2007
07/12/99
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Northwestern University
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Project Goals/Objectives

• Students use Surveys, The Cybrary, The Internet
  Book Club and The Nexus Community
  
• Students read or hear a variety of outstanding
  childrens literature
  
• Students critically consider the components of a
  good book
  
• Students share their thoughts and insights
  through words and pictures
  
• K-3 students enjoy and debate the virtues of a
  variety of childrens literature

07/12/99
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Northwestern University
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Collaboratory Resources

• Survey Studio
• Favorite Kinds of Books beginning of project
• How did you vote? - end of project
• Compare and contrast
• Cybrary
• Web sites about ISLMAs Monarch Award,
• Monarch books, authors and illustrators
• Internet Book Club
• Share thoughts and opinions about the 20 Monarch
  Book Award nominees
  
• Nexus Community
• Picture my vote! - Upload Paint pictures of
  Monarch book students voted for
  

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ISLMAs K-3 Monarch Award

• Sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media
  Association
  
• Yearly event since 2003
• Must register to participate and vote through
  ISLMA
  
• Books are voted for by students, not adults
• Must have 12 of 20 titles available
• Children must have read or heard 5 titles
• Why the monarch?
• to symbolize the growth,
• change and freedom that
• becoming a reader brings.

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This
Years
Books!
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Survey StudioCompare and Contrast

• Favorite Kinds of Books
• BOYS Sports, Animals and Funny Books
• GIRLS Animals, Fairytales, and Funny Books
• ALL STUDENTS Animals, Sports, Funny Books,
  Fairytales

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Survey StudioCompare and Contrast

• How did you vote?
• BOYS Superdog Aint Gonna Paint No More
• GIRLS Aint Gonna Paint No More Falling for
  Rapunzel
  
• ALL STUDENTS Aint Gonna Paint No More,
  Superdog Falling for Rapunzel

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Book Club What did students say?

• If he came to my house id get tricked!
• It made me laught so hard!
• i liked this book because Tricky Fox cept singing
  that song.
  
• This is a good book becouse it tells you to
  follow youer drims.
  

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Book Club What did students say?

• What I like about SuperDog is he believes in
  himself.
  
• Mybest part is when he was working out he had a
  hard time.
  
• I like Superdog because it was funny ,it had
  acshin,and it was osum.
  
• I like this book because it teaches 2nd graders
  that teachers relly don't want your teeth.
  

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What else did students say?

• I liked it because Dex saved Cleevis. I really
  liked the page where he was flexing his muscles.
  
  
• I lilked this book because I loke dogs and my dog
  died.
  
• It was funny that he wanted to paint his whole
  body except his behind.
  
• This book is good because his Mom says "What".
• I liked it when he didn't listen. (to his mom)
• I did not like this book because he got the whole
  house dirty.
  
• I liked this book because it said "ain't" and had
  dogs in it.
  
• It is a rilley good book cheek this book out
  today.

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Nexus CommunityWhat did students draw?
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What else did students draw?
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and what else?
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Students Created PowerPoint Presentations
and graphed how their school voted using Graph
Club.
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Impact on Students and Staff

• Our students
• began to think more
• critically about what makes
• a good book.
• were proud to have their
• opinions posted and shared
• with others.
• enjoyed viewing and discussing what others
  posted.
  
• Our staff
• came to better understand the benefits of
  collaboration.
  
• came to believe young students can collaborate
  successfully with others.

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Thank You, District 86 Team!

• While I wrote and managed this project, our
  computer lab aides were on the front line with
  our K-3rd graders.

K-2 Buildings (above) Jackie, Deanna and Debbie
3-5 Buildings (left) Heather, Deni and Dave
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A Final Thank You

• Lori Abrahams Rebecca Caudill Book Club was the
  inspiration for this project!

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The Illinois K-3 Monarch Award Internet Book Club

• Pam Olivito
• District 86, East Peoria IL
• olivitop_at_epd86.org

Collaboratory Project Symposium
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May
4, 2007
07/12/99
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Northwestern University