Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program in which teams of students read books, write questions, and later answer questions about the books they have read. The program is designed to encourage recreational reading, goal setting, and the satisfaction derived from practicing and working together. Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (DRA 60). They will later compete as teams, first in their classroom and. Work cooperatively with their teammates. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all. Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. Responsibilities: Teachers.
5th Grade Battle of the Books Titles - 2022-2023. Front Desk by Kelly Yang (DRA 40). The teams will earn points during the battle by responding to a question with a short answer, title of the book and the author. After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui Sutherland (DRA 60). Students in grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8 read specific titles and answer questions about the books.
Assign students to 4 multi-ability teams per classroom. Battle of the Books Basics. The Field Champion Team will represent Field School at the Crosstown Battle of the Books. Teams participate at the school level, and the Frontier Charter winners will be able to compete at the ASD Tournament(s). Why have Battle of the Books? Remind students regularly of their responsibilities. The Battle of the Books program has a long history dating back to a radio program sponsored by the Chicago Public Library in the early 1940's. Pax by Sara Pennypacker (DRA 40-50). Wild Robot by Peter Brown (DRA 40). Supervise school team at district competition. Questions always begin with the words "in which book... " and the answer is a title/author from the list. Organize and schedule the tournaments. Make sure students turn in their questions as they finish reading a book.
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty. Enjoy the books they read. Read at least two of the books for their grade level. Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants. Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (DRA 34). But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. Then among other teams from their grade level, to see who can recall the most about the books they read. In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. Organize and order materials.
Conduct tournaments. Fifth-grader Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp where he and his terrifying troop mates have just started forging a friendship when they learn a Category 5 hurricane is headed their way. Make sure each student reads at least two books. Lions & Liars by Kate Beasley (DRA 40). The various battles will be based on the books in the 2020 Caudill Young Readers Program. Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason. A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is. The 2020 Battle will be based on selected titles from the 2020 Caudill List. A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate. Provide books to the teachers. A clever cat's heroism helps two twelve-year-old boys become friends after their families, one of which is in a witness protection program, move to neighboring houses in Hilltop, Washington. Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth-grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner. Choose a team spokesperson/captain. Meet with teachers and students to answer questions. Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (DRA 60). Learn the Title and Author (first name and last name) of each book. Wish by Barbara O'Connor (DRA 40).
Share books with students (you may want to keep track of who has what book using the forms provided). Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead (DRA 40). The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is to free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry. Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford (DRA 40). Stranger Next Door by Peg Kehret (DRA 50). Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling (DRA 30). Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. Write 5 questions after reading each book (form provided) that take the following format "In which book….. ". Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Elanor Coerr (DRA 40). In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
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