BATTLE OF THE BOOKS AND GLOBAL READING CHALLENGE

The Global Reading Challenge is for 4th and 5th graders and is sponsored by the King County Library System. Each of our 3 teams was made up of 7 students who read 10 books. The Reading Leopards consisted of Eli S., Kaiti B., Abril B., Anastasia E., Annie C., Jonathan L., and Preston S. The Racing Readers members were Matthew H., Briana M., Max I., Maegan G., Kyle K., Trina D., and McKenzie S. The Reading Rockets members are Charisse O., Clare K., Nathan H., Sofia A., Ariana G., Daniel D., and Brandon H. The Reading Rockets won our school challenge and will go on to the District challenge in March. For rules and a booklist, follow the hyperlink here.

The Battle of the Books is for 6th graders and is organized by the teacher librarians in the LWSD. Its purpose is to promote the reading of quality literature. Eight students signed up to participate making two teams. Team A members were Taylor H., Elean H., Cori M., and Hailey P. Team B will represent our school in the District battles. The members of this team are Nate A., Gabe G., Holt M. and Emily C. They did a wonderful job making it to the semi-finals where they lost to Thoreau Elementary. The District battle was won by Franklin Elementary.

See the list of books and rules below for additional information.

Book List for 2007-08

Title	Author	Call Number
A Dog's Life	Ann Martin	F MAR
Chicken Boy	Frances Dowell	F DOW
Double Identity	Margaret Haddix	F HAD
Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan	F RIC
Listening for Lions	Gloria Whelan	F WHE
Princess Academy	Shannon Hale	F HAL
Shakespeare's Secret	Elise Broach	F BRO
Stumptown Kid	Carol Gorman	F GOR
The Ghosts Grave	Peg Kehret	F KEH
The Giant Rat of Sumatra	Franklin Dixon	F DIX
The Legend of Spud Murphy	Eoin Colfer	F COL
The Misadventures of Maude Marche	Audrey Couloumbis	F COU

Rules for Battle of the Books:

Teams shall consist of no more than four members, grades 4 – 6.
Students may be from different classes as long as they have a common recess.
One team member shall be designated as the “Spokesperson” who will be responsible for putting forth the team’s answer. The team may talk amongst themselves to come up with an answer.
Each team will be given 30 seconds to give the title of the book. The timing starts as soon as the question is asked once. The team may ask to have the question repeated, but the clock will be running. After 30 seconds the scorekeeper will shout “Time.” If the Spokesperson is giving an answer when “Time” is heard, she/he may finish the answer.
New questions will alternately be given to each team regardless of which team gave the last correct answer. In other words, if team A is given a new question, team B will be given the next new question, even if team B just correctly answered a question that team A had just missed.
The title must be exact. The moderator’s decision will be final in the case of any team answer, which may be questionable.

Scoring:

2 points for a correct answer to a new question
1 point for a correct answer to a missed question.
Teams may not have a list of the books at their table during the competition.

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Rules for Battle of the Books:

Teams shall consist of no more than four members, grades 4 – 6.

Students may be from different classes as long as they have a common recess.

One team member shall be designated as the “Spokesperson” who will be responsible for putting forth the team’s answer. The team may talk amongst themselves to come up with an answer.

New questions will alternately be given to each team regardless of which team gave the last correct answer. In other words, if team A is given a new question, team B will be given the next new question, even if team B just correctly answered a question that team A had just missed.

The title must be exact. The moderator’s decision will be final in the case of any team answer, which may be questionable.

Scoring:

Teams may not have a list of the books at their table during the competition.