NCCBA 2012

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Every year I read the NCCBA Picture Book nominees (or most of them) with my students. I am trying to build in some information and activities with them. The books chosen this year really group together well! I am doing I Didn't Do It and City Dog, Country Frog together and talking about both dogs and frogs. The kids have never-ending stories about dogs! I showed this short little song to introduce the topic. Then we talked about poetry with I Didn't Do It and how some poems don't have to rhyme, but how they are different from a regular story. City Dog Country Frog is a book that I used this activity for to talk about how different frogs make different sounds (they play a croaking game in the book.) This is a fun site also as it is a frog random picture generator. If there is time, we also talk about how frogs grow from a tadpole and watch this clip of the life cycle. 



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In the next class, we will read Spoon, Willow, Sylvie, and Shark Vs Train. The first three are all about being yourself. Shark Vs. Train just needed to go somewhere so I thought it could still sort of fit that theme! For Willow, I am going to show students some different famous works of art. For Sylvie, we will discover Why Flamingos Are Pink on Wonderopolis. For Spoon, we will look at photos of different kinds of silverware and talk about the uses. (Ex. plastic, fancy, wooden, etc.) For Shark Vs. Train, Wonderopolis is again a source to find out How Many Sharks Are in the Ocean.



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For the last session, we will read farm based books including Mr. Duck Means Business, What the Ladybug Heard, and Interrupting Chicken. The National Geographic Creature Feature on ladybugs and this video on baby ducks learning to swim will complement these books. We also get to VOTE! I love to see what the kids liked the most and they almost always surprise me with what they choose. So, stay tuned to see who wins this year! (It won't be announced until toward the end of the year.)

Which of these is your favorite book? I am torn between Sylvie and Shark Vs Train myself.       

NCCBA 2011

It is that time again! Time for the students to read and vote on the NCCBA nominees. NCCBA stands for North Carolina Children's Book Award and is decided entirely based on student votes! Most of the K-2 students will read the picture book nominees and vote with Mrs. DuBois, while 3-6 students can check out and read the junior book nominees and send their votes to Mrs. DuBois. They must read at least 5 nominees to vote. The votes will be sent on to the state and added to other NC student votes to tally up the winners! Winners will be announced toward the end of the school year. All votes are due to Mrs. DuBois by March 15th so they can be counted and sent in to the state on time. To see the list of nominees, stop by the media center to see the poster or check the link below. Good Reading!
http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/bookhive/nccba/

2010 NCCBA State Winners Announced

The votes are in for the state and the winner of the 2010 North Carolina Children's Book Award Picture Book with 26,940 of the 136,895 votes is:

And the winner of the 2010 North Carolina Children's Book Award for Jnuinor Books with 2,820 of the 16,312 votes is:

Thanks for voting!

North Carolina Children's Book Award Votes from CCES

The votes are counted from our students here at CCES! They have been submitted to the state and I will let you know when we know the final winner from the state. The top vote earner here at CCES was Two Bobbies which received 75 votes out of the total 197 picture book votes. The winner from CCES for junior books was The Willoughbys. All votes for all titles were submitted and will be counted in the final totals. Stay tuned to hear the final winner for the 2010 North Carolina Children's Book Award!

North Carolina Children's Book Award

The North Carolina Children's Book Award (NCCBA) is awarded annually to the book that receives the most votes from elementary school children across North Carolina from the list of nominations. There is an award for the favorite picture book and the favorite junior book. To see previous winners and current nominees, visit http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/books/category.asp?category=nccba or see the NCCBA link on the Caleb's Creek media center website.

Caleb's Creek K-2 students are reading the picture book nominees in the media center with Mrs. DuBois and voting for their favorites.

3-6 students may read the junior book nominees on their own and vote for their favorite as long as they have read at least 5 nominees. Just let Mrs. DuBois know if which books you read and which you would like to vote for!

All votes will be submitted to the state in mid-March and the winner will be announced near the end of the school year.