It’s March Madness in Suzanne Parker’s second grade class at PAK! But it has nothing to do with college basketball. Ms. Parker, her co-teacher Lisa Donohue, teaching assistant Jodi Martin and the students have been reading Caldecott Medal winning books during the month of March (and into April). Caldecott Medals are awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
The class created a March Madness bracket of 16 books to read and vote on. A little social studies was mixed in since they’re learning about elections now. They learned you can’t have a tie so there has been a revote for one of the competitions. The book with the most votes advances in the bracket to the next round.
The students voted Friday, April 5, on the final four books. They’ve narrowed the field down to Beekle and Flotsam for the finals. The champion will be determined this week, right alongside with the men and women’s college basketball champions!
