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VA Reader's Choice 2020-2021
VA Reader's Choice 2020-2021
Primary Category
Primary Category
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
I Need a Hug by Aaron Blabey
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L. B. Deenihan
The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens
What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz
Just Add Glitter by Angela DiTerlizzi
There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Clackety Track: Poems About Trains by Skila Brown
***Students must read or hear 4 (and hopefully more) titles to be eligible to vote in this category.
VA Reader's Choice Contest
VA Reader's Choice Contest
This contest has been going on for decades. The VA State Reading Association, each year, chooses 10 books in four categories: Primary K-2, Elementary 3-5, Middle 6-8, and High School 9-12. These books are chosen by a committee using their agreed-upon criteria. The books are current and often highlight VA authors and other popular titles, many that you have even seen at the book fairs and on other awards lists. In order to be eligible to vote students must read at least four (or more) books in a category--to vote in that category. For example, you must read 4 books in the Middle school category to vote for a Middle school book. You can't read 2 in the elementary and 2 in the middle and still vote. You can vote in as many categories as you read at least 4 books in that category. At Macy I read the Primary category to all students in grades K-3 and we vote in library class sometime in April. The elementary and middle school categories are for students in 3rd-7th to read on their own at least 4 books to be eligible to vote. However, there are usually 2 shorter books in the elementary category that I will read and discuss in Library class. That way students only need to read 2 more on their own to be eligible to vote. I host a 'Voting Party' in the library in April for students in grades 3-7 who are eligible to vote. They must have read and taken an AR test (scored 70% or better) on 4 or more books in a category to be eligible to vote, and thus eligible to attend the party. Students who read 4 (or more) in both the elementary AND middle categories are eligible to vote in both categories and usually receive a small prize from me. I encourage students to read as many books as possible in each category. I purchase multiple copies of each book to give students ample opportunity to be able to read. Along with my copies, the Pearisburg Public Library also carries the books and they appear often in the classroom book orders and teacher's personal classroom libraries.
This contest has been going on for decades. The VA State Reading Association, each year, chooses 10 books in four categories: Primary K-2, Elementary 3-5, Middle 6-8, and High School 9-12. These books are chosen by a committee using their agreed-upon criteria. The books are current and often highlight VA authors and other popular titles, many that you have even seen at the book fairs and on other awards lists. In order to be eligible to vote students must read at least four (or more) books in a category--to vote in that category. For example, you must read 4 books in the Middle school category to vote for a Middle school book. You can't read 2 in the elementary and 2 in the middle and still vote. You can vote in as many categories as you read at least 4 books in that category. At Macy I read the Primary category to all students in grades K-3 and we vote in library class sometime in April. The elementary and middle school categories are for students in 3rd-7th to read on their own at least 4 books to be eligible to vote. However, there are usually 2 shorter books in the elementary category that I will read and discuss in Library class. That way students only need to read 2 more on their own to be eligible to vote. I host a 'Voting Party' in the library in April for students in grades 3-7 who are eligible to vote. They must have read and taken an AR test (scored 70% or better) on 4 or more books in a category to be eligible to vote, and thus eligible to attend the party. Students who read 4 (or more) in both the elementary AND middle categories are eligible to vote in both categories and usually receive a small prize from me. I encourage students to read as many books as possible in each category. I purchase multiple copies of each book to give students ample opportunity to be able to read. Along with my copies, the Pearisburg Public Library also carries the books and they appear often in the classroom book orders and teacher's personal classroom libraries.
*Ask your child if they have read any of these books for this year's contest. Which ones would they be interested in reading?
*Ask your child if they have read any of these books for this year's contest. Which ones would they be interested in reading?
(Next year's titles have already been announced---great summer reading list!!!)
Check out the VA Reader's Choice website for more details:
Check out the VA Reader's Choice website for more details:
PARTICIPATE FROM HOME!!!
PARTICIPATE FROM HOME!!!
GO TO THE TABS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER-CHOOSE VA READERS CHOICE!!
LISTEN TO THE BOOKS AND GET READY TO VOTE!!!
Try to listen to ALL THE BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE PRIMARY CATEGORY AND VOTE ON YOUR FAVORITE!
***I am updating the books often until we get all 10 primary books. Keep checking back!
SEND ME AN E-mail of which books your family likes best and any reveiws you have and I will add them to the page. Your e-mail gives me permission to include your comments on my page---UNLESS you state otherwise.
Tracy Ferguson---tferguson@gilesk12.net
Tracy Ferguson---tferguson@gilesk12.net
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