Page 17 - Spring 2018 Elementary Guidebook

Book Fair Preview
Give your teachers and volunteers a sneak peek of the Book Fair.
Benef its
• 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 volunteers familiarize themselves with the Fair and their roles
GREAT Ideas
• Use the Fair Planner in the Toolkit to coordinate
event details and keep you on task.
• Plan your Preview during a time that is suitable for most or all faculty members.
• Don’t forget the principal and other staff members!
• Advertise the Preview with items found in your Planning Kit: Book Fair Preview Poster, Preview Invitation/Shelf-Talker, and more.*
• Hang the Book Fair Preview poster in the faculty lounge.
• Ask Junior Crew members to deliver invites to teachers.
• Encourage 100 percent teacher participation in the Classroom Wish List. See page 16 for details.
• Feed them and they will come!
• Offer door or raffle prizes to teachers, paid for with
Scholastic DollarsTM.
• Play podcasts during the Preview: scholastic.com/
bookfairs/podcasts.
• Distribute or read aloud book hooks and booktalks using the preview packs and scripts found in the Chairperson’s Toolkit. Toolkit keyword: BOOKTALK
Back: Shelf-Talker
p Doggy bag invite. Leave goody bags with Book Fair Preview invitations for teachers in the faculty lounge. Toolkit keyword: PAW INVITE
Front: Preview Invite
*Materials vary for Preschool, Tabletop, and “Buy One, Get One Free” Book Fairs.
p App for that. Encourage teachers to down- load the Book Fairs app to create a wish list. It’s useful beyond the Book Fair, too! (See the insert in this Ideas Guidebook.)
p Five-PAW rating. Ask teachers to place Five- PAW Rating shelf-talkers under books they highly recommend for students. Toolkit keyword: FIVE PAW
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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