1. REading Madness Brenda Love Sonora Elementary blove@sdale.org http://sonora.sdale.org/

2. 3 Categories Chapter Books (4th and 5th Grade) Intermediate Chapter Books (2nd and 3rd Grade) Picture Books (Kindergarten and 1st Grade) All divisions begin with 32 books Follows the format of typical bracket (32, 16, 8, etc) Physical display and digital display (Website) Students vote weekly on website All books are part of the school collection Mix of classic titles, new books, popular checkouts Teacher requests/suggestions for titles considered if fit other rules

3. Goals Increase student discussion about the books Incourage students to read a wide variety of books in the library Provide opportunity to reinforce lessons on fiction, nonfiction, and nonfiction text features. **I did contact Follett and get permission to use the images of the book covers. I included this disclaimer on all hall displays and websites… All book cover images are used with permission from Follett Publishers.

4. 2015 Display

5. New this Year Chapter books have genre label on the hallway display Picture books have nonfiction books as part of the 32 books and are labeled on the hall display and the digital display Picture books voted a zone at a time, but the older students combined the zones to speed things along

6. 2016 Display

7. 5th graders voting

8. 1st graders voting

9. Website Design I use Google Sites to create my website. This works well with the Google tools to track the vote. The digital brackets are created in Google Draw and the questions in Google Forms. **Google Draw allows me to update the brackets and then the website changes. Reading Madness 2016

10. Reading Madness

11. Chapter Book Bracket

12. Step by Step- Zone 1- Picture Books

13. Sweet 16

14. Elite 8

15. Final 4

16. Championship

17. Final Hall Displays

18. And the winners are... Each year the winners will be displayed in a large picture frame.

19. Templates Template Zone 1 & 2 Template Zone 3 & 4 Template Championship Slide If the sharing settings are set correctly, you can view the templates and then make a copy for yourself. If not, just send me an email. blove@sdale.org