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Title: Rebecca Caudill Internet Book Club Sherrie Sekyra and Lori Abrahams Frederick School, Grayslake, Ill


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Rebecca Caudill Internet Book ClubSherrie Sekyra
and Lori AbrahamsFrederick School, Grayslake,
Illinois
  • Students used the Internet Book Club to review
    and discuss the Rebecca Caudill Nominees
  • Students were to read and understand literature
    representative of various societies, eras and
    ideas and produce well-written reviews.
  • Students were engaged in the reading and
    discussion of the various books.

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Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
  • Annual award given to the author of the book
    voted most outstanding by students in grades 4 -
    8 in Illinois
  • Award named in honor of Rebecca Caudill, a
    childrens book author from Urbana, Illinois
  • Students must read a minimum of 3 of the
    nominated books to vote

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The Rebecca Caudill Internet Book Club Project
was initially developed by Lori Abrahams. The
Collaboratory included it with its Sponsored
Projects.
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Official Registration
Participating teachers must send in the
registration form to the Rebecca Caudill Young
Readers Book Award Program.
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Activities
  • Take What is Illinois Reading Survey
  • Choose a Book to Read from Cybrary
  • Submit a Rebecca Caudill Book Review in the
    Internet Book Club (IBC)
  • Discuss the Nominated Books in the IBC and Forum
  • Vote for your Favorite Book in the Survey Studio

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Learning Standards
  • NETS
  • ILS
  • 1. Read with understanding and fluency
  • 2. Read and understand literature representative
    of various societies, eras and ideas.
  • 3. Write to communicate for a variety of
    purposes.
  • 5. Use the language arts to acquire, assess and
    communicate information.

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Activity What Is Illinois Reading?
Students take a survey on what books they read
and why they pick them.
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Activity What Is Illinois Reading?
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Activity Choose a Book to Read
  • Students submit links about the books and
    authors to the Cybrary.
  • Students use the Cybrary to learn more about
    Rebecca Caudill and the Award Program.
  • Students use the Cybrary to decide which of the
    nominated books to read.

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Activity Submit a Book Review
Students share reviews of the nominated books
they read in the Internet Book Club. Guildelines
and expectations for how to write a quality
review were given to students.
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Activity Submit a Book Review
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Activity Discuss the Nominated Books
Forum
Internet Book Club
Students use discussions to talk about the
characters and settings in their favorite books.
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Conference Center
Students also use the conference center to
discuss the books in real time.
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Activity Vote for Your Favorite Book
Students use the survey studio to find out what
books they read and which book was their
favorite. Teachers must send their class tally
to the RCYRBA program.
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Activity Vote for Your Favorite Book
Question What 3 or more books did you
read? Most students read City of Ember
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Activity Vote for Your Favorite Book
Collaboratory students selected the same book
that won the 2006 award Eragon by Christopher
Paolini
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Questions?
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Rebecca Caudill Internet Book ClubSherrie Sekyra
and Lori AbrahamsFrederick School, Grayslake,
Illinois
  • Students used the Internet Book Club to review
    and discuss the Rebecca Caudill Nominees
  • Students were to read and understand literature
    representative of various societies, eras and
    ideas and produce well-written reviews.
  • Students were engaged in the reading and
    discussion of the various books.
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