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Book Fair Preview
Give your teachers and volunteers a sneak peek of the Book Fair.
Bene ts
• Allows time for teachers to make Classroom Wish List selections • Gives staff and volunteers the inside scoop on book titles to share
with students
• Helps staff and volunteers familiarize themselves with the Fair
GREAT Ideas
• Use the Fair Planner to coordinate event details and keep you
on task: scholastic.com/cptoolkit
• Plan your Preview during a time that is suitable for most or all
faculty members.
• Don’t forget the principal and assistant principals.
• Advertise the Preview with items found in your Planning Kit: Book Fair Preview Poster, Preview Invitation/Shelf-Talker, Author Video, and more.*
• Hang the Book Fair Preview poster in the faculty lounge.
• Ask Student Crew members to deliver invites to teachers.
• Encourage 100 percent participation by teachers in the Classroom Wish List. See page 16 for details.
p Book it. Distribute or read aloud book hooks and booktalks using the preview packs and scripts found in the Chairperson’s Toolkit. Toolkit keyword: BOOKTALK
t Teachers WANTED. Invite teachers with a themed invitation. Toolkit keyword: WANTED INVITE
t App for that. Encourage teachers to download the Book Fairs app. It’s useful beyond the Book Fair, too! (See the insert in the front of this Ideas Guidebook.)
• Feed them and they will come! Keep snacks simple.
• Offer door or raffle prizes to teachers, paid for with Scholastic
DollarsTM.
• Play podcasts during the Preview: scholastic.com/bookfairs/
books/podcasts.
*Materials vary for Tabletop and “Buy One, Get One Free” Book Fairs.
Scar Island
by Dan Gemeinhart
Booktalk!
Jonathan committed a terrible crime and he’s sentenced to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys as punishment. A
cold, dark prison in the middle of the sea, Slabhenge’s cruel warden promises to reform the worst offenders, especially a criminal like Jonathan. When a freak accident leaves the boys of Slabhenge unsupervised, Jonathan and the other inmates must ght the island and
their own worst instincts to survive. Why was Jonathan sent to Slabhenge? Will the boys make it off the island alive?
This title may not be available at all Fairs. © 2017 Scholastic Inc. 13685 S17 • 190241 Permission to reproduce this item is granted by Scholastic Book Fairs®.
Best for grades 6-8
Fair Planner shows you how to prepare for a Book Fair Preview while the calendar alerts you to send invitations.
Book Fair Preview Get Everyone Excited
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