We have wrapped up our Mock Caldecott unit for 2016! To begin the unit, second and third graders took a quick look at twenty books and voted on which ones they wanted to read together as a group. Eventually we narrowed it down to four:
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After hearing each story, students discussed and rated each book based on the following criteria, which are adapted from the official Caldecott criteria:
Illustrator’s artistic skill
Appropriate art style for the story
Pictures help tell the story
Kids like it.
Kids discussed these things with a partner and as a whole group. After hearing all the stories, students voted for the book they thought should win the Caldecott Medal. They picked a book and explained why they thought it should win.
Illustrator’s artistic skill
Appropriate art style for the story
Pictures help tell the story
Kids like it.
Kids discussed these things with a partner and as a whole group. After hearing all the stories, students voted for the book they thought should win the Caldecott Medal. They picked a book and explained why they thought it should win.
We held an award ceremony to announce the winners. Students read descriptions of the books and then the winners were announced.
The envelope, please!
Third place was Waiting
Second place was Shark Detective
First place was Finding Winnie.
The following week, we watched a video of the ALA Youth Media Awards (Caldecott is announced around 55 minutes), and the kids were very excited to recognize some of the winners.
Here’s what the kids had to say about Mock Caldecott:
The envelope, please!
Third place was Waiting
Second place was Shark Detective
First place was Finding Winnie.
The following week, we watched a video of the ALA Youth Media Awards (Caldecott is announced around 55 minutes), and the kids were very excited to recognize some of the winners.
Here’s what the kids had to say about Mock Caldecott:
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