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Battle of the Books

2012 - 2013

Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program for students in grades 3 through 6. It is designed to encourage students to read good books and to have fun while competing with peers. This year, we will have two programs. Our “Battle of the Books” for grades 3 - 6, and our Jr. Program for students in grades 2 and under called “Battle of the Books Jr.”

Battle of the Books

Students in grades 3 - 6 will be given a list of books that they must read starting as soon as they sign up and must be completed by April 26^th. Students will read the books, discuss them, develop five questions about the books and compete in teams to answer questions based on those books in a “quiz show” format of Jeopardy.

Requirements to participate

· To enter students will need to organize a team of two to five students from their grade. (A or B)

· Each team will determine who will be responsible in reading which books. They will determine their strategy on how to read the assigned books. In the past some teams have read all books while other teams spilt the books up. Students must come up with a “team name.”

· After teams read each book, they will formulate five questions that might be used in battles against other teams from their grade. All questions must begin with, “In which book…,” so that the answer will always be the title of the book. Students must fill out a specific question form they can get in the library or download on the library’s page called “Battle of the Books”. (A copy is also attached to this letter).

· Battles will begin in May in library class.

· Applications must be filled out by a parent or guardian and returned to me no later than September 28. 2012. (form attached at end of this letter)

Teams from each grade will battle in front of other grades (Kindergarten, first and second grade) in their library classes. At the conclusion of the Battles, awards and certificates will be given out in June followed by a party for all participants of the Battle of the Boo

· Books.

· Students must understand this is a serious commitment and no team will be allowed to battle unless they have a team of at least two and no more than five. Once you join you must stick it out. No quitting as it is not fair to other members in your team.

· The library will have several copies of each book available for check out. These books are also available at our local public libraries. Books can also be ordered and reserved by BCCLS. See me for details.

Battle of the Books Jr.

Battle of the Books Jr. is back again for students in grades 2 and under that are reading on their own. These students will be given a name of an author or genre each month. They may select a book written by that author or genre. Most of these books will be either picture books, or easy readers. After they read the book they will fill out a worksheet where I will ask the questions to them such as the title of the book, the name of the main character or maybe I might ask the student to become an illustrator and draw a picture of a particular scene in a story. Each month it will be different. I will keep track of the books they read and a chart has been set up in the library in which students may watch their progress. At the end of school we will have a ceremony in the library and celebrate everyone’s accomplishments. Students will receive certificates of achievement. This is a very informal program to generate excitement about reading and to prepare them for Battle of Books they may join in third grade.

Please print out and complete the application below. If you have further questions, please contact me at 664-6364 or email (best) dfagnan@sja-hillsdale.org .

Thank you and good luck to all of you in the Battle of the Books!

Mrs. Fagnan

School Library Media Specialist

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3rd Grade Battle Books