Voting Results

Voting for the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award is now completed at Lakeview. I will send the results listed here to the state committee to be tabulated. In a few weeks we should know the official 2011 winner.
17 - 11 Birthdays -- LOCAL 1st RUNNER-UP
6 - The Alchemyst
3 - All Shook Up
3 - The Boy Who Dared
0 - Chains
3 - Diamond Willow
4 - Fablehaven
10 - Found -- LOCAL 2nd RUNNER-UP
0 - A Friendship for Today
5 - The Great Wide Sea
44 - The Hunger Games -- LOCAL WINNER
6 - The Mailbox
8 - Notes from the Midnight Driver
2 - Savvy
4 - Scarlett
4 - Scat
7 - Schooled
1 - Trouble
3 - Waiting for Normal
3 - Yellow Star

Two additional questions were voted online by the 6th graders. Those results are:
Which form of audio book do you prefer? Total votes = 72
3 - Cassettes
15 - CDs
54 - Playaways
Should the IMC purchase eBooks? Total votes = 76
49 - Yes
27 - No
Thank you to everyone who voted. The IMC appreciates your help in making decisions for the future.

2011 Caudill Voting

Voting for the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award begins next Tuesday and continues throughout the week. 6th graders will be voting online through the IMC automation system as we have done the past few years. 6th grade students will vote during their LA classes since they have been reading the Caudill nominees since November for book reports. 7th and 8th grade students who have read or listened to at least 3 of the nominated books will be eligible to vote as well. They will need to contact a librarian for a ballot.
From a librarian's point of view, I'm glad I am not eligible to vote. (The award is selected only by students in grades 4-8.) I found all 20 nominees to be excellent reading. I would have a very hard time choosing just one book to vote for. If you have not seen the nominee list, here is the link. The list of nominees for 2012 is also available at this website, as well as past winners and nominees.

A Good Week

The week has gone smoothly. Since the computers were occupied with class projects most of the week, Mrs. Wilson and I were able to spend some time working on new books. The workshop, "What's New in Young Adult Literature.," that I attended was excellent. In addition to gathering a great number of book ideas to purchase for the IMC, I picked up some wonderful book project ideas which I am sharing with the Language Arts teachers. So far they have been very enthusiastic about the projects.
Next week looks to be a similar week with computer use by Spanish and some Health classes. Maybe Mrs. Wilson and I can get more new books ready for checkout.
Coming in two weeks -- Voting for the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award. Voting will be done online through the IMC automation system as we have done the past few years. 6th grade students will vote during their LA classes since they have been reading the Caudill nominees since November. 7th and 8th grade students who have read or listened to at least 3 of the nominated books will be eligible to vote as well.

Snow Days

The snow days this week have left teachers scrambling to rethink and reschedule their lesson plans. Next Monday and Tuesday 6th grade social studies will finish working on their class newspaper based on Roman history that was scheduled for this week. 6th & 8th grade science will use the IMC computers next week also.
I will be attending a workshop on Monday entitled "What's New in Young Adult Literature." I am looking forward to coming back week with lots of great ideas for new books for Lakeview.