General Tips For March Book Madness
1) Know that MBM is for fun. There is no ‘wrong’ way to join this event. MBM is about reading books, talking about books and trying to decide how one great book can possibly be better than another great book.
2) When the voting rounds start on you can:
Note: Voting for each round will be in one week cycles. Each cycle will start on a Wednesday and end on a Tuesday. This way if you have a spring break during March Book Madness you don’t have to miss a week of voting.
3)Don’t worry about having your students read every single book in the bracket. Remember that one of the best things about March Book Madness is the idea your students may be inspired to read new books. One way to help your students choose between books that are unfamiliar is to read excerpts from book reviews or do a book talk before the vote (you could do this or your students could do this).
4) You may want to create a version of our bracket to hang in your classroom or hallway to “advertise” March Book Madness. Many teachers who have done book brackets in the past have projected an image of a bracket on a piece of large paper and traced over the lines to get the form.
5) If you think you shouldn’t participate in this version of March Book Madness because you want your own version, you can still have fun with us by tweeting out pics, and winners of your own brackets using the hashtag #2018MBM.
6) Try connecting with other classrooms during this event. Tweet other classrooms about #2020MBM.
7) You could invite your students blog about the books they feel should win. If you do this, look for posts on the blog page of this site about the different rounds. Your students could link their own posts to these posts to get a wider audience for their work.
8) Remember, March Book Madness is to spread the love of books and reading. Please don't spoil the fun by having your students do things that will diminish the love of books and reading.
2) When the voting rounds start on you can:
- Fill it out as a teacher for your students.
- Have some sort of class vote.
- If you have access to computers, have your students fill out the forms individually.
- Share the link with your students, so they can fill it out at home.
Note: Voting for each round will be in one week cycles. Each cycle will start on a Wednesday and end on a Tuesday. This way if you have a spring break during March Book Madness you don’t have to miss a week of voting.
3)Don’t worry about having your students read every single book in the bracket. Remember that one of the best things about March Book Madness is the idea your students may be inspired to read new books. One way to help your students choose between books that are unfamiliar is to read excerpts from book reviews or do a book talk before the vote (you could do this or your students could do this).
4) You may want to create a version of our bracket to hang in your classroom or hallway to “advertise” March Book Madness. Many teachers who have done book brackets in the past have projected an image of a bracket on a piece of large paper and traced over the lines to get the form.
5) If you think you shouldn’t participate in this version of March Book Madness because you want your own version, you can still have fun with us by tweeting out pics, and winners of your own brackets using the hashtag #2018MBM.
6) Try connecting with other classrooms during this event. Tweet other classrooms about #2020MBM.
7) You could invite your students blog about the books they feel should win. If you do this, look for posts on the blog page of this site about the different rounds. Your students could link their own posts to these posts to get a wider audience for their work.
8) Remember, March Book Madness is to spread the love of books and reading. Please don't spoil the fun by having your students do things that will diminish the love of books and reading.
