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Bluebonnet Plant “Food” Ideas
Bluebonnet Breakfast Club:
Students are invited to the library before
school for breakfast (muffins & juice)
periodically during the year where they hear
a special person read a Bluebonnet Book.
Such notables might be the superintendent,
public librarian, chief of police, mayor, or
legislator.
Bluebonnet Lunch Bunch:
From October to January, I host regularly
scheduled Bluebonnet lunchtime meetings.
Any student who has read that week’s book
is invited to bring his or her lunch and
participate in the Bluebonnet discussion. In
October I post a schedule with the dates,
times, and the book title that will be
discussed.
Bluebonnet Tea:
Invite the teachers to a tea in the library to
introduce the new list in the spring when the
books are received.
After school,
refreshments are always welcome along
with the book display and information about
the new titles.
Bluebonnet Unveiling:
When the TBA winner is announced, make
it a very special occasion. Have cookies
and punch, decorate the table with silk
bluebonnets, and don’t let the kids know the
winner. At an appropriate moment, unveil
the winner.
Bluebonnet Cookie Decorating:
A baker, using a carrot cookie cutter made
cookies for each student who qualified to
vote. Then, the kids iced the cookies with
blue and white icing to make them look like
bluebonnets.
Wanda Nall, Hereford, TX
Bluebonnet Bash:
Promote the program by reading a few of
the books to get the students excited about
the program. Students who go beyond the
five books and read ten or more of the
books get to come to the Bluebonnet Bash
at the end of the year. We have pizza,
soda, ice cream, music and lots of fun. The
students enjoy the program greatly.
Robin Anderson, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Ice Cream Banquet:
In March, after the Bluebonnet winner has
been announced, have an Ice Cream
Banquet for each student who qualified to
vote. Let the kids create their own ice
cream sundae. Write a letter to your local
grocery store explaining the program. For
help explaining TBA, go to the TBA web site
at www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html. Ask
them to donate the ice cream, toppings, and
cookies, and you will have a great party. At
the banquet, you could announce the TBA
winner.
Bluebonnet Breakfast:
We have a Bluebonnet Breakfast for all 3rd
and 4th grade students who have qualified
as a Bluebonnet Reader. It is held after the
winner is announced. We have toast and
bluebonnet jelly made in Fredricksburg.
The students love the blue color and like to
guess what really makes the jelly. Tables
are, of course, all in Bluebonnet color. We
have a great time talking about our favorite
Bluebonnet books as well as the winner.
Susan Flippin, Hillcrest Elementary,
Plainview
Bluebonnet Tea for Students:
Students are invited to a “Bluebonnet Tea”
where each shared his/her favorite book in
the form of a booktalk.
Refreshments
include cookies in the shape of Texas,
Bluebell Ice Cream with blue sprinkles and
blue punch.
The centerpieces contain
Bluebonnet
Books,
cookie
letters,
bluebonnet jelly and bluebonnets. This is
lots of fun for children and adults.
Terri Orn, Drane Intermediate, Corsicana
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Bluebonnet Lunch Bunch:
I've opened the library for Bluebonnet lunch
bunch. The kids come down, sit in groups,
and read while "dinning". You can almost
hear a pin drop above the sounds of
reading. Now I can't get them to leave!!!!
Barbara Jinkins, Katy ISD
Bethany Bluebonnet Book Club:
We are a group of ten moms with children at
the same elementary school. We gather
once a month to discuss titles on the Texas
Bluebonnet list. We read 2-4 books a
month and meet to discuss themes, writing
styles, grade level appropriateness and,
naturally, our personal opinions! We've
been having a lot of fun and cannot wait
until our meeting in February when we will
celebrate "Esperanza Rising" with our own
Mexican food party.
I offered this club as a way for parents to
know about the books their children are
either required (some classes are required
to read some or all the Bluebonnet titles) or
recommended by our teachers. In addition,
I wanted a forum for parents to talk about
these titles and come up with a list of
questions to ask their children about these
books and be more familiar with classroom
activities.
But I have a confession to make. I have
a hidden agenda for this club. This agenda
goes much
deeper
than
classroom
assignments and reading comprehension.
My true motivation for starting this club
was to encourage parents to read aloud to
their children regardless of age. As you are
well aware, reading aloud improves parent
and child bonding, vocabulary building and
comprehension, imagination and along
other benefits, would you believe, math
skills--it has something to do with the
cadence of the words and rhyming. The
problem seems to be once a child learns to
read independently many parents stop
reading aloud because they feel they are
stunning the child's reading development.
Reading aloud at every age is key and it is
my thought that by reading these books for
the club, parents would discover great
titles to share with their children, and they
might begin a great habit of evening
storytime. Next year, in addition to the
parent group, I would like to get a group of
students together to form a student
Bluebonnet Book Club.
Lynda Morley and Martha Chalhoub,
Parents, Plano ISD
Bluebonnet Blue Hair?:
My school has 100% of our students
qualified to vote. Our principal is so excited
that he is dying his hair BLUE for voting day
since we reached our goal of 100%.
(Perhaps a blue wig would be an acceptable
substitution!)
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Think Blue:
We have a "Think Blue " Party. Last year
my wonderful community liaison built a
voting booth for us by using a refrigerator
box
and
covering
it
with
blue
paper to decorated it. We put a desk inside
and
had
the
kids
take
their
ballots in and vote. Afterwards they had
blue
refreshments:
blue
cookies,
blueberry muffins and blue punch. We also
had blue goody bags with candy, pencil's,
bookmarks and that sort of thing.
Ann Strautman, Woodlawn Elementary,
San Antonio ISD
Lasso a Texas Bluebonnet:
Teri Gilley, Paradise ISD, introduced her
campus to the nominees with a fall
presentation of the TBA video. At that
viewing, she told her students if they
qualified to vote they would be invited to a
chuck wagon breakfast in the spring.
Mrs. Gilley is throwing a big loop this spring
to celebrate the Bluebonnet winner. She
plans to serve breakfast from a chuck
wagon to the students who qualified for
Bluebonnet voting. Other plans include
inviting local cowboys to come share their
roping skills with the students. The students
will be participating in three events that
carry out the campus theme for the year
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“Lasso a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee”.
Roping a steer will consist of a steer head
on a bale of hay, throwing horseshoes and
stick horse races. Students will be invited to
dress western for the festivities.
Terri Gilley, Paradise ISD
Bluebonnet Brunch:
All third grade students who read at least
five Bluebonnet Books are invited to a
Bluebonnet Brunch.
Donna Coleman, Northwest ISD
Bluebonnet Donations:
Use the information found on the TBA web
site to create a letter asking retail stores to
join you in encouraging students to read.
Ask them to donate movie passes, mall gift
certificates, video rentals, etc. Explain that
you will use these for kids who reach a
certain level in your Bluebonnet program.
When the business responds, make sure
that you send them a “thank you” letter
explaining how their donations were used.
You might even want to invite some of them
to a Bluebonnet celebrations at your school.
Bluebonnet Contest for Students:
For every five books a student reads, his or
her name is entered into a drawing. On a
regular basis, we draw a name and present
a prize to the winning student.
The
information required on the entry form is:
Student’s Name
Homeroom Teacher
List the 5 Bluebonnet Books you read
Date
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Dinner Certificates;
Ask a local restaurant to donated a $25.00
gift certificate to your library. Each time a
teacher reads a Bluebonnet book to his/her
class, the teacher’s name is entered into a
drawing to win the gift certificate. Make a
point that the more books they read, the
better the chance is to win. At the January
or February faculty meeting, hold the
drawing and award the gift certificate.
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Free or Inexpensive “Seeds” to Cultivate your Bluebonnet Program
Bluebonnet Booklet Activities:
Cut out the suggested activities and related
websites found in the Activities Booklet.
Laminate them, and place them in a
Bluebonnet box to help students select
extenders or project ideas.
Bluebonnet Battle of the Books:
1) Throughout the year, as students read
the Bluebonnet Books, they are
encouraged to make up questions about
the story. They place these in a box
located in the library. In January, each
class has one or more teams that
compete in the Battle of the Bluebonnet
Books using the questions submitted.
2) In the spring, we borrow as many copies
of the Bluebonnet Books from other
campuses as possible. Students read
and study the books for a few weeks.
We then hold a Battle of the Books with
questions developed by teachers. Kids
work in teams to answer the questions,
and the last team standing is the winner.
Bluebonnet Gardening:
3rd graders at Paradise Elementary were
able to help beautify their school while
getting motivated to read Texas Bluebonnet
books for 2002-2003. A local feed store
donated the seeds. Teachers and staff of
the school supplied rakes to loosen the soil.
Each student was given a snack size baggy
of seeds. A sticker was attached that
proclaimed
"Reading
blooms
with
Bluebonnets". The seeds were planted on
October 4th. We gathered the 3rd graders
together to watch the video prior to the time
we spent planting. We have had some rain
and are hopeful that we will have
bluebonnets appearing on campus around
the time we hear of our statewide winner.
Dixie Holland, Paradise ISD
Bluebonnet Buttons:
Just before voting time, have kids design
button covers for their favorite book and,
using a button machine, create the buttons.
The kids may campaign for that book which
will encourage some quality discussion.
Bluebonnet Checks:
Create a blank check for students to fill out
with the amount they believe the book is
worth. They may send the author a million
bucks for a favorite book or five cents for
one they didn’t like. On the back of the
check, have students justify the amount of
the check.
Bluebonnet Door Decor:
Just before voting in January, each class
selects a book from the master list and
decorates the classroom door. Have each
class register in the library for their selected
title so that there are no duplications.
Bluebonnet Drawing:
When a student reads a TBA book, have
him/her fill out a small form and deposit the
slip in a Bluebonnet box decorated in high
Texas style. Have drawings periodically
and award small prizes to kids whose
names have been drawn.
Bluebonnet Parade:
Classrooms select their favorite Bluebonnet
Book and decorate an AV cart to depict
details from the book. Awards are given to
each entry, such as the Superintendent’s
Award, Principal’s Award, Third Grade
Award, and so on. Floats are paraded
around the school cafeteria, and students
emcee the parade by describing the float,
titles and author.
Bluebonnet PR:
In August or September, submit an article to
your local newspaper about each of the 20
books on the master list the Bluebonnet
program in your school. If you try this idea,
you have TLA’s permission to use any of
the information found in the activity booklet.
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Bluebonnet Puzzles:
Make puzzles of favorite Bluebonnet books
by purchasing blank puzzles, coloring with
markers, and coating with a suitable plastic
spray.
Bluebonnet Read-Aloud Reward:
Encourage teachers to read the Bluebonnet
books aloud by entering their names in a
drawing each time they complete a book. A
few suggestions for rewards might be: free
book at book fair; take care of the class
while the teacher goes out for lunch;
freebies picked up at TLA conference; TBA
t-shirt.
Bluebonnet Reading Club:
Create a Bluebonnet Readers’ Club wall by
laminating the book covers from each book,
placing these covers on a large empty wall,
(maybe a hall wall), and create lists under
each for students who have read the books
to sign. Students love to compare the
books they’ve read and teachers have a
quick reference, too.
Bluebonnet Voter Registration Cards:
Create a label (about the size of a address
label) that would say "Texas Bluebonnet
Award Voter Registration" and place it on
students' library cards when they've read
five books and are eligible to vote. To make
it even more special, copy the official TBA
Logo from the TBA web site and paste it
onto the registration label.
Bluebonnet Voter Registrations Cards:
We selected on day in January as our
official election day. The LMC was turned
into a polling place by creating voting
booths out of study carrels. We used
butcher paper, balloons, streamers, stars
and bluebonnets to decorate. All students
who qualified to vote were given “Official
Voter Registration Cards.” Teachers and I
used the experience to discuss and
demonstrate how voter registration and
voting works for political elections. We tried
to make the experience as real-life,
educational, and fun as possible. Students
reported to the LMC during their reading
classes to vote. They had to present their
Voter Registration Card in order to be able
to mark their ballot in one of the voting
booths. We gave away door prizes all day,
and a continuous stream of students came
in to vote.
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Reading Club:
I started an after school Bluebonnet Book
Club. I chose titles that could be read in 1 to
3 one-hour time slots. I sent out one flyer
inviting the students to "come to my
Bluebonnet Reading Club on Mondays" and
listed the dates. I couldn’t believe the
response! It was great. I had 70 to 110
students each time we met. I read 6 to 8
books before the winter break.
Sheila Busby, Carroll ISD
Bluebonnet Map:
Give students a Texas map divided into 20
sections. Each section has a Bluebonnet
Title. Students color in titles as they read
the books.
Sally Rasch, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Voting:
Each student who reads five or more gets to
vote. We have a voting place and make a
production out of it. Then each student who
votes gets a Bluebonnet bookmark. Each
teacher who has 100% of her class read 5
or more receives a free book from our
bookfair.
Sally Rasch, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Offer to Teachers:
If a teacher reads a TBA book to his or her
class, give that teacher an extra 30 minute
break by inviting the class to the library-where you can read ANOTHER book.
Bluebonnet Announcements:
(1) Use the PA system at morning
announcements
to
reveal
which
students have read five TBA books and
qualified to vote. Kids love to hear their
name called.
(2)
Have kids write short reviews to
promote the Bluebonnet books and ask
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them to read the reviews during morning
announcements.
Booklet, and have it available in the library
or to check-out for a classroom.
Bluebonnet Voting:
Make up a "TBA Voter Registration Card"
for any child who qualifies to vote. Have a
special day when the kids come in to vote.
Have election judges, check the voter
registration list, and hand the kid a ballot.
Make is as much like a real election as
possible.
Bluebonnet Commercials:
Just before the Bluebonnet Award vote, my
students make commercials advertising
their favorite book. They make banners,
posters, costumes, etc., and I videotape
them. We play the commercials through our
in-house TV network. Students start asking
about his activity in August. They love it.
Sue Shadow, Sam Houston Elementary,
McAllen
Bluebonnet Book Talks:
When a class comes to the library, book talk
a few of the books--the ones you have on
the shelves. Talk about the program
Bluebonnets and Principals:
Invite your principal to dress as a character
in one of the Bluebonnet titles and read the
book or an excerpt from the chosen book.
Bluebonnet Bookmarks:
Have a contest in your school to make a
Bluebonnet bookmark that you give to each
student when they read the first book.
Bluebonnet Bucks:
The five teachers on each 6th grade team
read at least one book to their classes. This
qualifies the students to vote. Students
were given a paper to write down the
Bluebonnet books they read themselves.
“Bluebonnet Bucks,” used at the book fair,
were given to students who read at least ten
books. At the end of the program I made a
“Bluebonnet Express” cart with blueberry
muffins and coffee and took it to each team
during their planning period. The teachers
really enjoyed it.
Janis Miller Branum, Bear Branch Jr.
High, Magnolia
Bluebonnet Advertisements:
Include descriptions of books, written by
students, in parent newsletters.
Bluebonnet Match Game:
Create a "match game" for upper grades
using titles and annotations from the Activity
Bluebonnet Blowout:
We have a “Bluebonnet Blowout.” We wore
blue on voting day. We finger painted
bluebonnets, ate popcorn, and drank blue
punch while I read The Legend of the
Bluebonnet. This year, the local newspaper
came and put our picture on the front page
of the paper. We displayed the students’
bluebonnets in the library along with other
bluebonnet decorations for our Parent Open
House. It was a great success. My idea for
next year will be to have the 5th grade act
out The Legend of the Bluebonnet for the 4th
grade.
Theresa
Henry,
Little
Cypress
Intermediate, LCMCISD
Bluebonnet Pictures:
I create a special exhibit for the Bluebonnet
Books and use the video as an introduction.
Each week during September and October,
I read to the 3rd grade students for 5 to 10
minutes from a different Bluebonnet Book
as a way to familiarize them with the titles.
Before voting day, the students draw
pictures for their favorites, and the pictures
are displayed in the library. We have an
after school party for all the voters/readers
where we talk about he “best” Bluebonnets
and enjoy root beer floats.
Ann Starr, St. Cyprian’s Episcopal
School, Lufkin
Bluebonnets and Book Fairs:
I created Bluebonnet Bucks that students
received when they read the current year’s
selections. A buck is received for each
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book that is read at home. They don’t get a
buck for a title that is read by the teacher to
an entire group. They must individually
reread it, get their bucks signed by a parent
and write a short paragraph about their
favorite part or character. The library staff
member then stamps the bucks, and the
children save them until the spring book fair
where they can spend their accumulated
bucks for books.
This activity has
generated interest in the Bluebonnet
program, and I am happy to cover the cost
of the chosen books from my book fair
profit.
Karen Wallace, Ben Bowen Elementary,
Huffman
Bluebonnet Desk Recognition:
My third grade teachers cut out a
bluebonnet die cut, put the child's name on
it, and put it on their desk (as a name plate)
when the student has read the five books to
vote. The students REALLY get excited
and this motivates the others. Another idea
would be to use the rubber stamp of the
official Bluebonnet logo and make a
nameplate for the child’s desk.
The
Bluebonnet stamp can be purchased from
the TLA Office.
Barbara Jinkins, Katy ISD
Bluebonnet Thumbprint:
We made an outline of the leaves and stem
of a bluebonnet plant and left the flower
area blank. When students read 5 books
and became eligible to vote, they completed
the bluebonnet by sticking their thumb in a
blue inkpad and using the thumbprint to
make the bluebonnet flower. For all to see,
we displayed the completed bluebonnets on
our “Bluebonnet Wall of Honor.” The
bluebonnets were as individual as the
students, and the kids proudly displayed
their blue thumb as a badge of honor!
Annette Miller, Johnson Elementary
Carroll ISD
Bluebonnet Jeopardy:
I created a “Bluebonnet Jeopardy Game.”
Questions were created for each book and
were based on themes such as main idea,
character development, fact & opinion.
Point values were assigned based on the
difficulty level of each question. Students
selected a question and had to respond in
Jeopardy style.
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Artifact Matching Game:
I used clip are to make transparencies of
several items found in each book. Students
had to identify with book the item was from
and explain the connection.
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Flyers:
To spread the word and pump the students
up for voting, flyers were displayed
throughout the school during January. The
flyers had a count down to voting day, and
said, “Alex can vote! Can YOU?” or
“Jessica has qualified!
Have YOU?”
Students were thrilled when they saw their
name on a flyer, and ones who weren’t
qualified yet were motivated to read five
books.
Bobbi Jo Miller, Aldine ISD
Bluebonnet Teacher “Bribes:”
It’s not all right to bribe kids, but teachers
are fair game!
While at the TLA
Conference, pick up posters, pencils, pens,
highlighters, note cards, bookmarks, cups,
and other freebies that vendors are giving
away. When you get back to your library,
sort these things out into goodie bags that
you give away when a teacher reads a
Bluebonnet book to his/her class or when
the entire class qualifies to vote
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Bluebonnet Ideas Needing a Budget
Bluebonnet Sleepover:
At our annual Bluebonnet Sleepover we
decorate pillowcases with titles on the
current list one side and signatures of
sleepover participants on the other. Kids
love the souvenirs of the evening. This is
also a great art project, as the children are
very creative.
Lex Anne Seifert, Coppell ISD
Bluebonnet Bingo Game:
Create a Bingo game that can be used each
year at a Bluebonnet party. Make a bingo
card with 16 squares, and add as many as 4
free-spaces by using the Bluebonnet logo in
that space. Fill in the other spaces with
generic words that can be found in many of
the books such as:
Girl Main Character
Illustrator
Boy Main Character
Author
Animal Main Character
Setting
Mother
Title
Father
Nonfiction
Grandmother
Folklore
Grandfather
Mystery
Brother
Sports Story
Sister
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Biography
Ghost Story
Poetry
Adventure
Before playing the game, the librarian will
have to make up about three questions for
which the words above are the answer,
such as:
Girl Main Character:
1. In Edwina Victorious, what type of
main character is Edwina?
2. What would you call a girl who plays
the major role in the story of a book?
3. Jenny becomes a pen pal with
Sameera in Dear Whiskers. What
type of main character is Jenny?
Prizes can be books selected from book
fair, Bluebonnet pencils, or items donated
by parents or merchants.
Pat Jefferson, TBAC
Bluebonnet Trophy:
I give the students until one week before my
spring book fair (usually mid to late March)
to read ALL 20 TBA books, asking for their
A/R report so I’ll know they read them.
Their reward is the Lamp of Knowledge
Trophy with their name on it, and they get to
pick from the book fair, a book on the next
year’s TBA list. Their trophy name plate
reads:
1999-2000 Texas Bluebonnet
Books, Student’s Name, Read All 20 Books.
Therisa Massey, Pasadena ISD
Bluebonnet Poster:
I take a group grade-level photo of all the
Bluebonnet voters. I then enlarge their
picture to poster size, and these posters
highlight
their
Bluebonnet
Reading
Reception in March. This gets the students
motivated to see their face in pictures.
Carmen Escamilla, Laredo ISD
Bluebonnets at High School:
I purchase a set of Bluebonnet Books for
my high school library and encourage my
students to read the books to their younger
siblings. Many students are excited to do
this because they remember reading the
Bluebonnet Books when they were in
elementary school.
Susan Meyer, Frisco High School
Bluebonnet Dinner Certificates:
Purchase a $25.00 gift certificate to a local
restaurant. Each time a teacher reads a
Bluebonnet book to the class, the teacher’s
name is entered into a drawing. Make a
point that the more books they read, the
better the chance is to win. At the January
or February faculty meeting, hold the
drawing and award the gift certificate.
Bluebonnet Friendship Bracelet:
I introduce the Bluebonnets to each grade
level at the very beginning of the school
year, explaining that they will be eligible to
vote for one favorite after reading a
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minimum of 5 titles on the list. Then, I show
them how they can earn beads for a
Bluebonnet
Friendship
Bracelet.
After reading (or having heard read) the first
five books, they come to get the starter
bracelet: the leather (about 12-14" long)
and two white beads. When they have read
5 more (10), they bring the bracelet to add 2
light blue beads, after 5 more (15) they earn
the dark blue beads. When they have read
all twenty, they bring in the bracelet to add
the shiny gold bead to complete the
bracelet.
I've done this for at least 10 years. The kids
continue to love it...you would think the
beads were jewels and gold! Over the
years, I've made some hard and fast rules
though.
1. We do not replace lost bracelets. So,
some choose to keep the bracelet in a safe
place while collecting the beads.
2. They MUST have the bracelet with them
to add more beads to their friendship
bracelet.
I rotate three different designs every three
years. This year it is black leather with
iridescent beads. Another year it will be
brown leather with opaque beads. The third
year it is blue leather with clear but colored
beads. Some kids strive to get all three
different bracelets while in elementary
school.
We've had over 50 kids read all 20 titles this
year. When they come to add beads, I
usually ask a couple of questions about one
or two of the books they've read - a little
random spot check to keep everyone
"honest." I've sometimes had to say, "I
think you need to read that one again!" or
"Are you sure you read this book?"
When the have read all 20, they get a
Bluebonnet pencil along with the gold bead.
At our voting party, they also get a copy of a
paperback title from next year's BB list.
We have a Bluebonnet voting party - serve
blue sprite (1-2 drops of blue food color
makes a beautiful blue drink) and Mothers
plain sugar cookies. The kids vote as they
come in the door, we have refreshments
then recognize each level (5, 10, 15, and
20). Volunteers count the votes and we
announce the winner before the kids return
to class. We do one 30-minute party for
each grade so it is fun to compare how they
voted.
Beverly Golden, Huebner Road
Elementary, Northeast ISD, San Antonio
Bluebonnet Voting Stickers:
On regular mailing labels, our PTA printed
the Bluebonnet Logo (found on the TBA
web sit) and the words, “I Voted for the
Texas Bluebonnet Award.” Each child who
voted was given a sticker and proudly wore
it on Bluebonnet voting day.
Jane Claes, Dale B. David Elementary
School, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
Camp Bluebonnet:
A group of teachers from my campus and I
will invite the students who are going into
third-fifth grades this fall to come to the
library one day each week in June. Each
session will last two hours. We will have a
preregistration so that we will know how
many to plan for. Not only will we share
Bluebonnet books with them first, but the
students will then participate in a craft or
activity that relates to the titles as well.
Hopefully, the students will be able to
participate in at least one to two
books/activities per session. The kids will
rotate to the various books/activities. Some
of the activities will include: making quilts for
Project Linus (this is an organization that
gives quilts to kids who are in the hospital or
just need comfort), build and fly kites,
construct
miniature
parachutes
with
chocolate bars attached, learn more about
the Dominican Republic, make s'mores, and
hear speakers discuss firefighting, coin
collecting, and baseball. The supplies will
be furnished by the school, PTA or
contributed by the students. Some students
will want to participate in book discussion
groups while others will perfer to have more
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variety. Activities such as making the quilts
will take more than one week to complete.
Currently, we are planning to have between
75-100 students per session. And, of
course, all students won't be able to attend
each session because of vacations, etc.
Our goal is for each participating student to
be qualified to vote for his/her favorite 2004
Bluebonnet by the end of the summer.
Barbara Jinkins, Katy ISD