South+Carolina+Children's+Book+Award

=South Carolina Children's Book Award= The South Carolina Children's Book Award is sponsored by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians, and each year a list of twenty books is selected by a committee of librarians, teachers and students in South Carolina. This list is published and advertised so that students can read the books and vote for their favorite book on the list each February. The winner, solely selected by the students of South Carolina, is announced in March each year. There are four book award categories: Picture Book (K-3), Children's Book (3-6), Junior Book (6-8), and Young Adult (9-12). Read **two** books from the list of South Carolina Children's Book Nominees for 2014-2015. You can find the list at http://www.scasl.net/children-s-book-award.
 * Reading Assignment**

=Goodreads= To participate you will need to create an account on Goodreads, join the [|ASD1 Teacher Readers group], and post a short introduction. Goodreads has an app if you are interested in using the site on a mobile device. There are many uses for this site in the classroom and even with our students. Read this post that describes some of the ways you can use Goodreads.
 * October assignment:** After reading a book from the South Carolina Children's Book Nominees for 2014-2015, you will submit a post on Goodreads stating the book you read, your opinion of the book and how you could possibly use this book with your students. Please submit separate posts for each book you read. Please do not discuss both books you read in one post. The facilitators will be looking for 3 posts each month. One for each book you read and then one for the technology assignment.

=Technology Assignment= The technology assignment for October is for you to find a book trailer for one of the books you choose to read. You will then create a QR code that will lead to the book trailer. You will include this QR code in your technology assignment post on Goodreads.

**Resources:**
Access book trailers for many of the titles here: [|http://www.youtube.com]