Last week, I decided to try my hand at introducing book battles to my students. The approach I went for was fairy tale style battles. That way my students would be familiar with the stories, but be able to apply that knowledge to a new format. The grades I tried it with, really got into it!
I introduced this idea to 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade by displaying a tournament bracket รก la March Madness with the title "Battle of the Books." The rules were that each team table was choosing a selection of like fairy tale books and they would browse/read through them to choose the one they thought was the best. They would present as a group their book to the class and explain why they thought everyone should vote for their title. The book was entered on a bracket to compete with another title.
The fairy tale stories pulled from the shelves were the original and the fractured versions of:
I introduced this idea to 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade by displaying a tournament bracket รก la March Madness with the title "Battle of the Books." The rules were that each team table was choosing a selection of like fairy tale books and they would browse/read through them to choose the one they thought was the best. They would present as a group their book to the class and explain why they thought everyone should vote for their title. The book was entered on a bracket to compete with another title.
The fairy tale stories pulled from the shelves were the original and the fractured versions of:
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- The Little Red Hen
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Cinderella
- The Three Little Pigs
- The Princess and the Pea
- Little Red Riding Hood
If you would like a list of the titles my students read, just comment on this post and I would be happy to provide you with the list!
Let me tell you... My students were workin' it! And this is only the beginning.
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