2012-2013 Battle Of the Books

 

 Many of you are familiar with Battle of the Books from experiencing it for the

first time this year.  It was so much fun that we are doing it again this next school year.   Included is a list of the books.  They are grouped by grade.  

A recap on what Battle of the Books is:  students will get into teams and read the books on their grade level list.  They will have from now until March to read.  Then in March we will hold "battles" where teams compete against each other in a game style fashion and are asked questions about the books.  Points are given for correct title and correct author.  (Author's last name is acceptable.)

I won't have copies available until the new school year.  However, reading in the summer counts towards next school year's Battle of the Books.  So let's get started!!  Remember that you can read a book, have someone read it to you, listen to it on CD or Tape.  It doesn't matter where you get the book from - a library, a neighbor, a store, just get a hold of it and read.  Please do not use YouTube as a source.  Some of the reading on YouTube is not complete and you will miss part of the book.  

Don't worry about not being on a team yet and what books to read.  Just read whatever you like and when you get on a team you will have an advantage - there will be more than one person on that team who has read the book.  Please call or email me if you have any questions. Thanks!  Mrs. Allen

3rd - 4th grade list:

N     Reaching for the Moon - by Aldrin

N     The Enormous Egg - by Butterworth

N     Henry Huggins - by Cleary

N     Benjamin Franklin - by D-Aulaire

N     The House of Sixty Fathers - Dejong

N     America's Paul Revere - Forbes

N     Rabbit Hill - Lawson

N     Strawberry Girl - Lenski

N     The Borrowers - Norton

N     Stuart Little - White

N     Superfudge - Blume

N     The Sword in the Tree - Bulla

N     Ramona the Pest - Cleary

N     Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure - by Gutman

N     Bunnicula - by Howe

N     Paul Bunyan - by Kellogg

N     Dinosaurs Before Dark - byOsborne

N     Cricket in Times Square - by Selden

N     Christopher Mouse:  the Tale of a Small Traveler – by Wise

N     Farmer Boy -by Wilder

5th-6th grade list:

N     The Indian in the Cupboard - by Banks

N     The Secret Garden - by Burnett

N     The Incredible Journey - by Burnford

N     No Talking - by Clements

N     Boy of the Painted Cave - Denzel

N     The Tale of Despereaux - by DiCamillo

N     The Black Stallion - by Farley

N     The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - by Goble

N     Running out of Time - by Haddix

N     Phantom Tollbooth - by Juster

N     The Great Turkey Walk - by Karr

N     The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - by Lewis

N     Shiloh - by Naylor

N     The Kite Fighters - by Park

N     From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - by Konigsburg

N     Soup - by Peck

N     Sideways Stories from Wayside School - by Sachar

N     Frozen Stiff - by Shanan

N     The Trouble with Tuck - by Taylor

N     Crooked Kind of Perfect - by Urban

Battle of the Books Volunteers Week Two

From Mrs Allen:

Week One has been going Great! Thank You to those that have volunteered!  We need more help next week for the Battles to see who will be in the Assembly on the 19th!

I am in need of volunteers - anyone interested and willing to help is invited - come be judges for the battles.  It is simple . . . you will either read a set questions or keep time & score. 

Days and times needing volunteers:

12 volunteers - Monday, March 12th at 9:30 - 11:30

1 Lisa Taylor

2 Mindy Greene

3 Hollie Stevens

4 Shelly Poduska

5 Julie Odom

6 Kris Anderson

7 Kirsten Strack

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12 volunteers - Tuesday, March 13th at 9:30 - 11:00

1 Lisa Taylor

2 Karyn Patterson

3 Mindy Greene

4 Shiree Dome

5 Sherilyn Reed

6 Ashley Love

7 Kris Anderson

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8 volunteers - Wednesday, March 14th at 9:30 - 11:00

1 Amanda Rand

2 Shelly Poduska

3 Kris Anderson

4 Kirsten Strack

4 volunteers - Thursday, March 15th at 9:30 - 11:00

1 Amy Monson

2 Shelly Poduska

3 Kris Anderson

4 Mindy Greene

e-mail sagehillspta @ gmail.com (with no spaces) the shift you would like to do or reply to this post, please include an e-mail or a textable number for a reminder. thanks!

Battle of the Books Volunteer Instructions

Volunteer:  Can be One person or a Team of 2 (One READS questions & One keeps TIME/SCORE)

Make sure no students have any papers, notes, books, etc.  Teams should all be empty-handed. 

Have them sit with their teams. 

Team listed FIRST on score sheet, is to be on your LEFT.  Team on LEFT = TEAM 1; 

Team on RIGHT = TEAM 2;

Always say the team # before giving the question:           TEAM 1 - Question#1.  (then read the question)

Time begans AFTER question is read.  30 seconds or 10 seconds.

Track points for each question on colored sheet given.

*Time person will announce “5 seconds” – when 5 seconds is left – then “TIME” – loud enough for everyone to hear.  Then the person asking the question will then say “Team #__ do you have an answer for me?”  They must answer immediately.  Do not prod them or wait for them.  Then say – “Team #__, In What Book . . . (and re-read question to them) – you have ten seconds.” 

(Say this all outloud to teams:)

Team on LEFT = ODD questions    Team on RIGHT = EVEN questions

Who is TEAM CAPTAIN?  Answers will only be given by captain.

Each team will get 30 seconds to answer – captain may give an answer BEFORE time is up – if you know both Title/Author – they may be given together. 

Correct TITLE = 5 points/AUTHOR=2 points

If a TEAM cannot give correct answer, then the other TEAM is read the question again and given 10 seconds to give correct answer. 

When no correct answer is given, no points are given – we will move on to the next question.

If a TEAM can only give correct TITLE, then the other TEAM is asked if they know the author of (TITLE) and is given 10 seconds to give correct AUTHOR.    If they CAN’T – then no one gets points for the Author.  Move on.

There are 10 questions.              GOOD LUCK!                                                                        (TO BEGIN:  Make sure TIME/SCORE person is ready . . . )

When BATTLE is over – give final score/have teams shake hands.

Please tell the team to go back to class, unless they are battling again or are battling during their class library time.

Battle of the Books Volunteers Week One

From Mrs Allen:

I am in need of volunteers - anyone interested and willing to help is invited - come be judges for the battles.  It is simple . . . you will either read a set questions or keep time & score.  

Days and times needing volunteers:

6 volunteers - Monday, March 5th at 10:30-11:30

1 Lisa Taylor

2 Susan Meier

3 Laurie Hamblin

4 Mindy Greene

5 Genevieve Simpson

6 Shiree Dome

2 volunteers - Tuesday, March 6th at 10:30-11:00

1 Jenny Phillips

2 Lisa Taylor
3 Karyn Patterson

2 volunteers - Thursday, March 8th at 1:45 - 2:15 

1 Kirsten Strack

2 Isaac Strack

e-mail sagehillspta @ gmail.com (with no spaces) the shift you would like to do or reply to this post, please include an e-mail or a textable number for a reminder. thanks!