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Newbery and Caldecott Club

The Newbery Club is for 5th grade students and is meant to encourage a love of classic literature. Students must read 10 Newbery Award books, take an SRC test, as well as complete a creative project about the book. Once they have read one book and completed a project, their picture is placed on the Newbery board. If, by the end of the year, the student has read and completed 10 Newbery Projects their name is placed on the Newbery Plaque in the media center and they are invited to a 'fancy' luncheon in the media center. This year, students have the option of checking out our new Newbery Playaways (mp3 players)--they can now listen and read along to these great pieces of literature!

The Caldecott Club is for 3rd grade students. Students must read 15 Caldecott Award books, take an SRC test, as well as complete a creative project with the book. Once they have read one book and completed a project, their picture is placed on the Caldecott board. If, by the end of the year, the student has read and completed 15 projects, their name is placed on the Caldecott Plaque in the media center and they are invited to a 'fancy' luncheon in the media center.

Newbery and Caldecott Award Lists

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SRC

Scholastic Reading Counts, or SRC, Centennial's computerized Reading Incentive program is a year-long reading program. Students who participate and reach their goal will be invited to an ice-cream party at the end of the school year.

View SRC reading lists

Green Dot Books (Reading Level 1.0-2.5)

Orange Dot Books (Reading Level 2.6-4.4)

Pink Dot Books (Reading Level 4.5-12)

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Second Annual Centennial Poetry Idol

Begins in Spring 2009 after the CRCT!

What: A poetry slam is an event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience.

More information to follow in Spring 2009.

Students must:

• select poems that lend themselves to being performed OR write their own poetry that lends itself to being performed.
• plan performances that follow rules (see below)
• practice their performances

 

Poetry Slam Rules:

• Students may perform poetry written by well-known poets, or they can perform poems they have written themselves. Ideally, the poems will be memorized .
• Student performances are limited to 2 minutes in length.
• Students may use props and/or costumes during their performance.

Judging:

• Judges (the classroom audience—students & teacher) vote for the poet they would like to see more work from.
• Choose as a class 2 poets to represent your group.
• During the school-wide ‘slam’, each class will submit a score for each contestant. Give a score from 1 to 6 (1 being least favorite, 6 being most favorite) based on presentation style, creativity, and emotion. The poets with the most points for each grade level become the CAA Poetry Idols.
• Remember: The points are not the point; the point is poetry. ~National Poetry Slam Motto

 

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