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Battle of the Books Batavia Elementary

PERMISSIONSLIP List of Titles Schools

1. Among the Hidden 2018 by Margaret Peterson Haddix

2. Save Me a Seat by Weeks & Varadarajan

3. Soar by Joan Bauer

4. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program

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Due 5. The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff for students in 4th and 5th

6. Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar grade. Students form their

2/13 own teams of one to four 7. Chomp by Carl Hiaasen members. Students read

specific books and come 8. Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo together to test their

9. Dash by Kirby Larson knowledge of the books

they have read.

April 25, 2018. 25, April 10. How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor

READ! READ! READ!

Schedule Format January 26  Book titles released 12 questions for the preliminary and semi-final battles

Feb 9th  25 questions for the final battle 1. Form teams of Book order due (optional)  25 seconds to answer a question in the semi-final and final battles 1-4 students. Feb 13  Last day to turn in Team Roster The same questions will be given to all 2. Decide as a and permission slips teams. team who will  Earn 4pts for the correct title. Feb 21 read which  Book orders should be delivered Earn 1 bonus point for the author, only if the title was correct. books. Try to

have 2 people All Preliminary Battles* read each title. READ VERY Challenge Procedure CAREFULLY! Take Place During  Only team members can initiate a 3. Read assigned the School Day question challenge. books VERY  Students must ask the LRC for the CAREFULLY. Questions for the official question in writing. This Battle will all follow the same Round 1 starts the process. format. The full title of the book 1st week of April  Team members must submit the title CHECK IN WITH they believe is also correct and a page will be the answer. Round 2 YOUR TEAM number as evidence. This must take REGULARLY! place within 24 hours of the battle. Ex. In which book is there a beige crayon 2nd week of April who is tired of playing second fiddle to  It is not possible to challenge Brown Crayon? questions in the semi-final or final Round 3 (semi-final battle) battle. Answer: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt 3rd week of April

4. Take notes if you want so you can review details of the story before the Final Battle battle. Notes might include setting, the At Batavia Public Library character’s friends, family, favorite 7:00 pm things to do, or main events in the story. Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Notes may not be used during a battle.

*ALL PARTICIPANTS will battle at least two rounds. The final battle will include the highest scoring team from each of the 6 elementary schools.