Kids Get the Vote

1. Kids Get the Vote Illinois Children’s Choice Awards Lake Villa District Library Valerie Baartz, Youth Services Librarian

2. Agenda • Introductions • The Rebecca Caudill Award • The Bluestem Award • The Monarch Award • Voting Information

3. The Rebecca Caudill Award Illinois Student Choice Award 4th through 8th graders

4. History • Began in 1988 • In honor of educator and children’s author, Rebecca Caudill • Born in Kentucky, Rebecca Caudill raised her own family and live in Urbana, IL for almost 50 years • Published 18 children’s titles • Her writing has received many honors and awards

5. Why the Caudill? • To encourage children and young adults to read for personal satisfaction. • To develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children and young people and to promote a desire for literacy. • To encourage cooperation among Illinois agencies providing educational and library service to young people. From the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award website: www.rcyrba.org/

6. Current Nominees

7. Contemporary Fiction

8. Historical Fiction

9. Sci-Fi and Fantasy

10. Caudill Resources • 2013 Master List: http://www.rcyrba.org/ • 2013 Resources: http://www.rcyrba.org/2013Resources.htm • Previous Winners: http://www.rcyrba.org/previouswinners.htm

11. A View from a Caudill • Online resources for individual Caudill nominees • Book discussion podcast • The Graveyard Book

12. A View from a Caudill and the Common Core 4th grade • SL.4.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. • SL.4.1c Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. • SL.4.1d Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. • SL.4.2 Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. • SL.4.3 Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

13. A View from a Caudill and the Common Core 5th grade • SL.5.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. • SL.5.1c Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. • SL.5.1d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. • SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. • SL.5.3 Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

14. A View from a Caudill and the Common Core 6th grade • SL.6.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. • SL.6.1c Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. • SL.6.1d Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing. • SL.6.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study. • SL.6.3 Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

15. A View from a Caudill and the Common Core 7th grade • SL.7.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. • SL.7.1c Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed. • SL.7.1d Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views. • SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study. • SL.7.3 Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

16. A View from a Caudill and the Common Core 8th grade • SL.8.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion. • SL.8.1c Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas • SL.8.1d Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented. • SL.8.2 Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation. • SL.8.3 Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

17. Caudill Online Book Club • The Strange Case of Origami Yoda • Blog the Caudill

18. The Bluestem Award Illinois Student Choice Award 3rd – 5th graders

19. History • Newest award – started in 2011 • Named for the Big Bluestem which is Illinois’ state prairie grass • The deep roots are symbolic of the older titles with lasting appeal • The new yearly growth represents the more current titles • The changing colors are a reflection of the variety of literatures • The three seed spikes represent the three grades of students for whom the program is intended: 3rd, 4th, and 5th

20. Why the Bluestem? • Between the Monarch and the Caudill • To promote reading for personal enjoyment • To help children become familiar with authors, and illustrators • To encourage children to read critically • To develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children • To support cooperation among agencies providing educational and library services to children

21. Current Nominees

22. Contemporary Fiction

23. Historical Fiction

24. Fantasy

25. Nonfiction and Poetry

26. Online Resources • 2013 Master List: http://www.islma.org/pdf/2013BluestemAwardMasterList.pdf • 2013 Resources Wiki: http://bluestem-award.wikispaces.com/2013+Resources • Bluestem Website: http://www.islma.org/Bluestem.htm

27. Bluestem Participation and the Common Core 3rd grade • RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events • RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. • RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. • RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. • RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. • SL.3.2Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

28. Bluestem Participation and the Common Core 4th grade • RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions). • RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations. • RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. • SL.4.1c Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others. • SL.4.1d Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. • SL.4.2 Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

29. Bluestem Participation and the Common Core 5th grade • RL.5.3 Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact). • RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. • RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. • RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described. • RI.5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. • SL.5.1d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. • SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

30. The Monarch Award Illinois Student Choice Award Kindergarten – 3rd graders

31. History • Established in 2005 • The name Monarch symbolizes the growth, change and freedom that becoming a reader brings • Monarch, in particular, because of its familiarity to young children

32. Why the Monarch? • To encourage children and adults to read children’s books for personal enjoyment. • To help children become familiar with books, authors, and illustrators. • To encourage children to read critically. • To develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children. • To promote cooperation among agencies providing educational and library services to children.

33. Current Nominees

34. Picture Books

35. Nonfiction

36. Early Readers and Easy Chapter Books

37. Online Resources • 2013 Master List and Resources: http://www.islma.org/pdf/2013MonarchAwardMaster.pdf • Monarch Website: http://www.islma.org/monarch.htm

38. Monarch Participation and the Common Core Kindergarten • RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. • RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. • RL.K.5 Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). • RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. • RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). • SL.K.2 Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

39. Monarch Participation and the Common Core 1st grade • RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. • RL.1.3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. • RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. • RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events. • SL.1.2 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

40. Monarch Participation and the Common Core 2nd grade • RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. • RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. • RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. • RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot • SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

41. Monarch Participation and the Common Core 3rd grade • RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events • RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. • RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. • RI.3.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. • RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. • SL.3.2Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

42. LVDL and the Awards • 10 circulating copies of each nominated title • Classroom Connection bags • Classroom visits and booktalks • Voting and early voting

43. General Voting Information • Caudill: 3 of the 20 nominees • Bluestem: 4 of the 20 nominees • Monarch: 5 of the 20 nominees • We are a voting place for all three awards. • Voting week: February 10 – 17, 2013 • Early Voting • Winners announced in March

44. Wiki for Resources • Illinois Choice Awards wiki: http://illinoischoiceawards.wikispaces.com/home