I'm really lucky to have such wonderful parent volunteers to help out all day/every day. Today I had 6 volunteers to help with running the registers and assisting students with picking out books. The school's PTA gives every student $5.00 to buy a book so we are VERY busy. How cool is that?!
I'm excited to give out well-deserved book fair bucks to students that have been submitting answers to the Question of the Week center since October. I bought the Question of the Week center from Mrs. Lodge and have adapted it to use in the SES library. I set it up with "Spike" our school mascot. He's "looking" for answers to questions and the students in grades 3rd-5th have the opportunity to help Spike by finding the answers to his questions. Students must use library references sources or non-fiction books to find the answers. Students are not allowed to search the internet for answers since I know they are already proficient at using internet search engines. I've found that having students use World Book online or other subscription databases is valuable in teaching students how to keyword search. Many students are in the practice of typing the complete question into an internet search engine and as we know, this is not how encyclopedias or other reference sources work. The question of the week changes each week and I have added increasingly challenging questions throughout the school year. I supplement Mrs. Lodge's questions with some seasonal and school specific topics. Each week, I display the last week's answer with a list of 3 students in 3rd-5th grades that found the correct answer. I usually have more than 3 correct answers in each grade level, so I have to put all of the correct answers "into a hat" and pick 3. Chosen students earn 1 "book fair buck" for every correct answer. I love this center and so do my students. Thank you Mrs. Lodge! Mrs. Lodge's TPT Store
Here's a picture of my version of the Question of the Week Center.
Have a great week!
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