Update on March Madness

It's time to share more about our March Madness.  Last week we voted on ten books.  This past week we read ten more.  Read on to find out who won!

First up we had two non-fiction books written by the same author:  Steve Jenkins.  Steve Jenkins writes such engaging and easy to understand non-fiction books.  What Do You Do with a Tail Like This went up against Biggest, Strongest, Fastest.  I have to say I was a little surprised at the winner as the students were so excited about the first book.  However, it's a worthy winner:

Ask your child what he or she learned from Steve Jenkins.

Next up was our favorite characters category.  We read Clifford's First School Day by Norman Bridwell and David Goes to School by David Shannon. Although I know students enjoyed both books, it was no surprise which book won:

Ask your child to tell you about what type of a character David is.  Did you know that the character of David was inspired by David Shannon's own writing from kindergarten?  What future published authors might we have in this class?

For our fairy tale part of the bracket, we read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.  I thought this might go into overtime, the voting was so close! Look which book came out on top:

Ask your child if he believes the wolf's side of the story or not, and why!

Back in the fiction category, we read Bedhead by Margie Palatini and Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus. The majority of the class voted for:

Ask your child which one he or she voted for and why he or she picked it.  What was his or her favorite part?

We had time for another fairy tale.  This time we took on the traditional tale of Cinderella.  We read CinderEdna by Ellen Jackson and Bigfoot Cinderrrrella by Tony Johnson.  This was another vote that came right down to the wire.  This one came out on top:

Ask your child what connections he or she can make between Bigfoot Cinderrrella and the traditional tale of Cinderella.

Wow!  Was this one of our favorite things about kindergarten!  We'll have to see how these five books stack up against the previous five winners.  Stay tuned!