*Originally posted November 18, 2014* Last year for November Reading Month we had a Soda Bottle Book Character Contest. I was so impressed with my students' and their families' creativity! As I started planning for November Reading Month this year I searched for a project that would achieve the same results as the soda bottles....kids working together and talking about books with their families. I came across the idea for book character pumpkins. I wasn't sure how much participation to expect. I was blown away....again! I received 86 pumpkins!! And they are some of the cutest, most creative pumpkins I've ever seen! I may be just a little bit biased! : ) I sent a letter home to the parents and introduced the project during library class time. I went over the rules with the students and showed them examples of some I had found on Pinterest and Google images. I attached a form to the parent letter that was to be returned with the pumpkin. When it came time to judge I knew there was absolutely know way I could choose a winner. I gathered a committee that had a mixture of people from our school and from outside of the school. I created a rubric to assist in the judging this year. It took A LOT longer to judge and calculate the scores, but I felt like it made the contest a lot more fair. Storybook Pumpkin Judging Rubric Here are just a FEW of the fabulous pumpkins... And the winners are... Kindergarten and 1st Grade 2nd and 3rd Grade There was a tie... 4th and 5th Grade Honorable Mentions: Update: You may want to make the time between the pumpkins due date and the announcement of winners as short as possible. We had about a week in between and Sponge Bob didn't make it through the weekend. We had a little moment of silence for Sponge Bob and then I made a mental note for next year...don't leave pumpkins in the library for longer than a week! :)
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AuthorI am an elementary educator in Birmingham, AL. I have previously taught preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. I now have the BEST job as an elementary school librarian or "The Library Lady" as I'm called by the kindergartners! Archives
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