March Madness Book Tournament

Our 2021 March Madness Book Tournament is complete.  We started with the Sweet 16 and voted down to the Elite 8, then final four, and the championship round. Students followed the voting on the giant bracket in the hallway. It has been so fun to hear students talk passionately about their favorite books.

The second and third grade students participated to decide the 2021 book of the year. The teachers all read two books each day.  Then, the students voted.  Teachers added votes to a spread sheet and when all the participating classes had read and voted we were able to change the bracket.  Click on this link: 2021 March Book Madness List.  The link will take you to a document of all the tournament books in their Sweet 16 match ups.  There is also a brief description on each book.  You can check out the voting as well.

Ask your child about their favorites in the tournament.  We have been posting about our favorites to SeeSaw and practicing opinion writing.  Some of the books are funny and others are moving.  The students seem to be loving the true stories the most.  

In the final, we had The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak and Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson.  Here are two videos if you would like to hear the books at home. While our class voted for Emmanuel's Dream, the majority vote went to The Book With No Pictures.  It was a great tournament this year!