Connecting the Buckeye Book Award
Winners with Academic Content
Standards
Buckeye Book Awards 2013
Nominated titles
Just Confirmed!!
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Introduction
• The focus of this conference session is:
• An introduction to 2013 BCTBA nominated
children and teen books
• Connecting these books to the Common Core
and Academic Content Standards
• Promoting connections with BCTBA
nominated titles and literacy skills
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What are the Buckeye Book Awards?
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New updated website
http://www.bcbookaward.info/
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Nominations
for the
grades K – 2
category!
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This Is Not My Hat
Summary: When a tiny fish
shoots into view wearing a round blue
topper (which happens to fit him
perfectly), trouble could be following
close behind.
2013 Caldecott winner
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?
aid=12867
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/artist/j
on_klassen
http://conservativeteachersofamerica.c
om/tag/jon-klassen/
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Creepy Carrots!
Summary: Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—
especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats
them on the way to school. He eats them going
to Little League. He eats them walking home.
Until the day the carrots start following him...or
are they?
Caldecott Honor Book 2013
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=
31958
http://www.aaron-reynolds.com/all-aboutaaron.html
http://yaloveblog.com/2013/02/14/booktrailer-thursday-98-picture-books/
(Terrific book trailer!!)
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Mitchell’s License
Summary: Hop in for a hilarious,
heartwarming ride with four-year-old
Mitchell, a kid with a need for speed, a lead
foot, and a very special license to drive.
https://www.facebook.com/HallieDurand
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/HallieDurand/46783748
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Friends: True stories of extraordinary
animal friendships
Summary:
What makes a camel
friends with a Vietnamese pig? Or a wild
polar bear pals with a sled dog? In this
young preschool nonfiction book, Catherine
Thimmesh makes us wonder at the truth
and mystery of unlikely animal friendships.
http://www.amazon.com/CatherineThimmesh/e/B001ILMEM2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_
lnk_1?qid=1363657423&sr=1-1
http://catherinethimmesh.com/ (this is a
TERRIFIC author page!!)
http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/
aifolder/aipages/ai_t/thimmesh.html
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Robot Zombie Frankenstein!
Summary: Squares, rectangles, ovals,
triangles, and other colorful shapes are
sorted and arranged into — two robots! But
why stop there? A great cumulative tale.
•http://annettesimon.net/ (Great Author
webpage)
• http://annettesimon.net/more-robotzombie-frankenstein/
(This has FUN book trailer, activity kit and
more!!)
• http://www.facebook.com/public/AnnetteSimon
• http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1
2654902-robot-zombie-frankenstein
• http://www.candlewick.com/bookxtras.asp
?isbn=0763651249&view=xtras
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Standards Connections: First Grade example
English Language Arts Curriculum Model
Grade1
Strand: Reading: Literature Topic: Key Ideas and Details
The focus of the Key Ideas and Details topic is using textual evidence to support
understanding, making inferences, determining theme and main ideas, and
identifying literary elements. Interactive read alouds in which children ask and
answer text-based questions result in vocabulary gains and an increased
understanding of story schema and concept development. They provide the
foundation for story retelling, which requires the reader or listener to integrate and
reconstruct the story. Additionally, when readers understand the elements of plot
(characters, setting and events) they have a better grasp of story structure.
AASL Standards
4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with own, self, the world, and
previous reading.
4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and
genres.
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Nominations
for the
grades 3 - 5
category!
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Wonder
Summary: August Pullman
was born with a facial deformity
that, up until now, has
prevented him from going to a
mainstream school. Starting 5th
grade at Beecher Prep, he wants
nothing more than to be treated
as an ordinary kid—but his new
classmates can’t get past
Auggie’s extraordinary face.
Author’s website: http://rjpalacio.com/
•Author Interview:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorintervi
ews/9086974/Interview-with-RJ-Palacio-author-ofWonder.html
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/22/149082674/wonderwhat-its-like-to-have-kids-stare-at-you and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-isH97sjl0 and
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/wondrous-life/56756
•Book Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgB7_KpBDss
•Teaching Resources:
http://rjpalacio.com/forteachers.htmlhttp://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=2
9378&a=1
http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/blog/wonder-rjpalaciohttp://www.helpreaderslovereading.com/2012/03
/wonder-by-r-j-palacio.html
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Chomp
Summary:
Summary: Wahoo Cray lives in a
zoo. His father is an animal
wrangler, so he's grown up with all
manner of gators, snakes, parrots,
rats, monkeys, and snappers in his
backyard. The critters, he can
handle. His father is the
unpredictable one. It's anyone's
guess who will actually survive
Expedition Survival. . . .
•Author’s website:
http://www.carlhiaasen.com/index.shtml
Author Interview:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/books/review/
carl-hiaasen-by-the-book.html and
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/
newsletterbucketcurriculumconnections/893734442/ccmarch2012_interview.html.csp
•Book Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA12cS0Us_4
•Teaching
Resources:http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/
chomp-0
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=29096&s=n
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Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not
Break if You Want to Survive the
School Bus
Summary:
Author’s website:
http://www.johngrandits.com/ and
http://test.austinillustration.com/
Author Interview:
http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/3
06516.html
Book Trailer: None
Teaching Resources:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.
cgi?tid=25938&s=n
http://www.scholastic.com/teache
rs/book/ten-rules-you-absolutelymust-not-break-if-you-wantsurvive-school-bus
Kyle is dreading his first trip aboard the
school bus Big brother James gives Kyle ten
rules for riding the bus successfully. Hmmm,
after that day, Kyle may even have a thing or
two to teach his brother.
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Big Nate Goes for Broke
Summary: Mighty Jefferson
Middle School always wins.
Then Nate decides it's time to
go from zeroes to heroes! Will
Nate crack under the pressure
of the "Ultimate Snowdown"?
Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest
victory ever?
Author’s website: http://www.bignatebooks.com/
•Author Interview:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkoryu_lincolnpeirce-big-nate-interview-with-dougmiles_fun#.UUiBLhyoM9o and
http://info.sadlier.com/VocabularyBlog/bid/68180/Author-Interview-Lincoln-Peirce and
•Book Trailer:
http://animoto.com/play/0dpuyXLcadBSjSEatF5J5g
•Teaching Resources:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=13830
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/big-nate-goesbroke
http://bignate.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Nate_Goes_For_Broke
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2012/04/big-nateseries-by-lincoln-peirce.html
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Lulu Walks the Dogs
Summary: The stubbornly hilarious Lulu has decided it’s
time to buckle down and earn some cash. How else can
she save up enough money to buy the very special thing
that she is ALWAYS and FOREVER going to want? With
three wild dogs at the other end, Lulu’s patience is
severely tested. Will she ever make a friend—or the
money she needs?
• Judith Viorst Official Publisher Page:
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Judith-Viorst/707395
•Lane Smith Website:
http://www.lanesmithbooks.com/LaneSmithBooks/Lane_Smith
_Books.html
•Julie Danielson of Kirkus Reviews interview with Judith Viorst:
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/judith-viorst-nothaving-terrible-horrible-no-good/
•Julie Danielson of “Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast”
features Lane Smith’s art and sketches for Lulu Walks the Dogs:
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2433
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Standards Connections: Fourth Grade example
Grade 4 ODE Curriculum Model
Strand: Reading: Literature
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
The focus of Key Ideas and Details is providing textual evidence and making
inferences, identifying theme and literary elements, and summarizing text. Texts
become personally relevant and useful when readers use texts to make meaning
explicitly and inferentially. Making inferences during reading helps readers fill in
information the author has left unsaid. Comprehension of the author’s ideas
involves making connections, comparisons and inferences between texts and the
larger world. Making meaning and determining theme gives readers a more
complete picture of the text and enables them to summarize and/or describe
textual elements.
AASL Standards
4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with own, self, the world, and
previous reading.
4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats
and genres.
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Nominations
for the
grades 6 – 8
category!
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Liar & Spy
Summary: A story about games and friendship.
Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn
apartment building and meets Safer, a twelve-year-old
self-appointed spy. Georges becomes Safer's first spy
recruit. His assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X,
who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer
becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder:
How far is too far to go for your only friend?
Rebecca Stead Website:
http://www.rebeccasteadbooks.com/
Debra Lau Whelan of School Library Journal interview
with Rebecca Stead:
http://www.slj.com/2012/10/books-media/authorinterview/interview-rebecca-stead-on-liar-spy/
Teacher’s Resource Kit by Text Publishing:
http://textpublishing.com.au/static/files/assets/71c213
34/LiarandSpy_TeachersResource.pdf
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Okay For Now
Summary:
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a
new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother,
Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins
a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and
tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt.
Gary D. Schmidt Website:
http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Educator’s Guide:
http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/OkayForNoweducatorsguide.pdf
Gary Schmidt reads from Okay for Now (2011 National Book
Award Finalists):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99w1MTAiCY
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s video interview with Gary
Schmidt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtv3UOi9HNg
NPR’s All Things Considered Backseat Book Club choice of
Okay for Now:
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/28/172877128/with-audubonshelp-beat-up-kid-is-okay-for-now
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Beauty and the Beast: the only one
who didn’t run away (Twice Upon a Time)
Summary: When you're stuck with the name
Beauty, people expect a lot from you - like
beauty and grace and courage and a sense of
style. But what if you have none of these things?
What if all you like to do is read books and
search for odd objects that other people drop?
Oh, and you have a perfect older sister who
really should have had your name instead of
you.
•Wendy Mass Website: http://wendymass.com/
•Wendy Mass Blog:
http://wendymass.com/blog/
•Kim Thacker of “Bookshop Talk” interview with
Wendy Mass:
http://www.bookshoptalk.com/2011/09/intervi
ew-with-author-wendy-mass.html
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Dork diaries: Tales from a not-sotalented pop star
Summary:
Nikki Maxwell has been doing
everything she can to keep everyone at school from
learning the truth--that she's there on scholarship in
exchange for her Dad working as the school's
exterminator. The last thing Nikki needs is having her
friends and--worst case scenario--her crush,
Brandon, associating her with the humongous roach
on top of her Dad's van!
Rachel Renee Russell Website:
http://www.dorkdiaries.com/home/
Simon Schuster Videos video interview with Rachel
Renee Russell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr6zrb9fXPI
John Hogan of “Graphic Novel Reporter” interview
with Rachel Renee Russell:
http://graphicnovelreporter.com/content/dorks-anddiaries-rachel-renee-russell-interview
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The Death Cure
Summary: As the third Trial draws to a close, Thomas
and some of his cohorts manage to escape from
WICKED, their memories having been restored, only to
face new dangers as WICKED claims to be trying to
protect the human race from the deadly FLARE virus.
•James Dashner Website:
http://www.jamesdashner.com/
•Resources from Teaching Books:
http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=27754
•Book Trailer by Random Books:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbb3zZoTSHY
•Kate Pavao of Publishers Weekly interview with James
Dashner: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/bytopic/authors/interviews/article/53380-q-a-withjames-dashner.html
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Standards Connections: Seventh Grade example
Grade 7 ODE Curriculum Model
Strand: Reading: Literature
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
Content Elaborations: The focus of this topic, KEY Ideas and Details, is the
understanding that readers use tools to analyze literary text and strengthen their
comprehension and critical thinking skills. Readers should be able to cite several
pieces of textual evidence in order to analyze text. When analyzing text or
separating text into parts for individual study, readers should look at different
literary elements individually and identify their relationship to each other. How
the elements work together (e.g., how setting influences plot) and how characters
respond to these elements is information that readers should know and monitor
through their close reading of the text. Readers analyze how the elements of plot
and settings affect characters and how characters struggle with and resolve
conflicts through the plot. This analysis enables the reader to infer (draw a general
conclusion from information that is given) the overall theme of the plot.
AASL Standards
4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with own, self, the world, and
previous reading.
4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and
genres.
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Nominations
for the
TEEN
category!
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Insurgent (Book 2, Divergent series)
Summary: As war surges in the dystopian
society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent
Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she
loves--and herself--while grappling with
haunting questions of grief and forgiveness,
identity and loyalty, politics and love.
Veronica Roth's author website:
http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/
HarperTeen site has Veronica Roth biography,
and links to book trailer and video interviews
with author about Insurgent:
http://harperteen.com/authors/37588/Veronic
a_Roth/index.aspx
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Beautiful Chaos (Book 3 of Beautiful
Creatures series)
Summary: Swarms of locusts, record-breaking
heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan
and Lena struggle to understand and control the
impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her
family members' abilities to dangerously misfire.
Websites:
http://beautifulcreaturesauthors.com/
http://beautifulcreaturesnovels.com/
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Mark of Athena
Summary: Narrated by four different
demigods, The Mark of Athena is an
unforgettable journey across land
and sea to Rome, where important
discoveries, surprising sacrifices, and
unspeakable horrors await. Climb
aboard the Argo II, if you dare. . . .
Author webpage:
http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm4Jl0WvWj
U&safe=active
Great trailer on YouTube.
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Goliath (Leviathan #3)
Summary: Fans of Leviathan and Behemoth will
be very satisfied with this final installment, which
seems to be the end for Alek and Deryn. This is a
great example of the Steampunk genre.
http://scottwesterfeld.com/books/leviathan/
Author website.
http://leviathanscottwesterfeld.wikia.com/wiki/Le
viathan_Wiki
A detailed, involved Wiki for those students who
can’t get enough of the series.
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The Fault in Our Stars
Summary: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical
miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has
never been anything but terminal, her final chapter
inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot
twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at
Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to
be completely rewritten.
http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/
Author website. Great place to draw in those
interested students. Ways to interact here.
http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/15-youngadult-fiction/8711-fault-in-our-starsgreen?showall=1
Some nice discussion questions here.
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Standards Connections: Seventh Grade example
Grades 11-12 ODE Curriculum Model
Topic: Key Ideas and Details
Strand: Reading: Literature
When analyzing Key Ideas and Details, critical reading is the central focus. Full
comprehension of a text requires the ability to understand and analyze explicit and
inferential ideas. Critical reading includes understanding the ways authors influence
readers with what the text states explicitly and implicitly. Effective authors use evidence
and details purposely chosen to impart meaning. Literary analysis enables the reader to
examine the way authors carefully position details which support the theme or main
idea. They use the interactions, thoughts and feelings of characters to explore ideas and
themes. Readers should further examine the purpose of the author’s piece and
question the motivations as well as the motivations of the characters, which also shape
the plot and, ultimately, the theme.
AASL Standards
4.1.2 Read widely and fluently to make connections with own, self, the world. And
previous reading.
4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and
genres.
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How do I nominate a book?
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Questions, Answers, Suggestions?
• Ideas for a successful nominating and voting?
• Ways you have used BCTBA with students or
teachers?
• All time favorite BCTBA winners?
Thank you for joining us.
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