KRIS BAUGHMANKC3 CHAIR

LACIE GRIFFINKC3 PAST-CHAIR

RAYTOWN C-2 SCHOOLS

KC 3 Book Award

Purpose of the KC3 Program

To promote reading by providing a list of quality books for 3rd graders (and SPED students) at this reading level.

The list that represents both EVERYBODY and CHAPTER BOOKS.

Participation

Students who have read, or have had read to them, at least four (4) titles from the master list will vote for his/her favorite.  Ballots will be prepared for school librarians to distribute and collect from participating classrooms in March.  The author of the winning title will receive special recognition.

Last year, 51 schools participated for a total of 2,316 voters.

This year, 47 schools participated for a total of 1,891 voters.

Committee

School librarians from Kansas City area serve 3-year terms. 

One representative from Kansas City Public Library Standing member

One representative from Mid-Continent Public Library Standing member

The members read large numbers of books searching for those that meet the criteria for the KC3 Award; they attend several meetings to create a Reading List of 30 books which is narrowed down to 10. 

Committee Members

Kris Baughman, Chair   RaytownSandi Cole, Vice Chair   LibertySusie Ference, Treasurer   RaytownCorliss Moore, Secretary   Park HillAnitra Steele   Mid-Continent Public LibraryHelma Hawkins   Kansas City Public Library Vicki Hansen   Park Hill Renee Joy   Blue Springs Linda Lepper   Center Jane Pettman   KCMO Lacie Griffin, Past Chair   Raytown

Timeline

2011-12 Suggestions via GKC website/email by

August 20th 1st meeting: Top 30 selection August 21st Reading: August 21st -November 28th

2nd meeting: Top 10 selection November 29th

Online voting for 2010-11 KC3 winner February 1st-March 10th

Banquet: Beginning of May

Selection

Books shall be of copyright date two years prior to the date of acquisition by librarians.

Books must have been written by United States authors who are living at the time of the final selection by the committee.

Books should be evaluated according to reading/interest levels, potential popularity with the intended students, and literary quality.

New adaptations of old classics or folk tales shall not be eligible for consideration except for American folklore.

Selection

KC3 Reader Selectors can be any librarian (public or school) or teacher (public or private) that works with 3rd grade students.

We need as many readers as possible to attain a list that meets a diverse student population.

All input is reviewed and accepted.

List of 30

2010-2011 Top 30 Reading List

Each title is read and rated by committee members and volunteer readers.

KC 3 Nominees for 2010-2011

2010-2011 Top 10 Nominees

Finally, the committee oversees selecting of the top 10 rated books and creates the next

year’s

nominee list.

Website

http://www.gkcasl.org/kc3/default.htm

Voting

Student Ballot: Printable sheet for student voting

Classroom Tally Sheet: Teachers gather total votes before using the online voting link

Online voting for the 2010-2011 NomineesSurvey Monkey collects demographic data from

each school participating and the total number of votes for each title.

Analyzing the data is an easy feature to break down total number of schools participating and votes per book.

Mary Amato’s Thank You to KC3

Drooling and Dangerous The Riot Brothers Return

QUESTIONS?

Activities Kris

Bethany Hamilton Follow Your Dreams BiographiesElements of Non-FictionGathering Information from graphs, charts, maps

Oh Brother! Elements of PoetryCharacterizationNikki Grimes has great resources for

teachers/librarians.Readings by Nikki Grimes

Activities- Lacie Part 1

Mary Amato’s Website: http://www.maryamato.com/

Wonderful teaching ideas and a 3 min video on the writing process

Shout Out to MissouriStinky and Successful: The Riot Brothers Never Stop just won the KC3 Reading Award for 2009-2010 sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Association of School Librarians. Thanks to all you wild and crazy kids and librarians in Kansas City.

Activities- Lacie Part 2

Paper Bag Book Report