Mrs. Velázquez will be starting a new with the 4th and 5th grader during the 2011-12 school year...Battle of the Books. Here's what she says about it:
Battle of the Books.....
is a voluntary reading incentive program for students. A battle is a game, like the College Bowl, in which student teams earn points by answering questions on the reading list. Classroom teams compete at the end of each trimester and get to keep the Battle of the Books Trophy in their classroom for the following trimester.
What fourth grade teachers are saying about it:
This is a great way to try out different genres and leveled books. Students do not have to participate in Battle of the Books, but we will be reading several of the books, from the reading list, for homework and students will be creating end of the book projects (like diaramas) to demonstrate what they read.
First Trimester Book List
*Midnight-The New Prophecy Warriors Series, by Erin Hunter
*Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
*11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
*Revolutionary War on Wednesday, by Mary Pope Osborne
*Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
*Beastologist, by R.L. LaFevers
*The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
*Our Strange New Land-Elizabeth's Diary, by Patricia Hermes
*Riding Freedon, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
*Benjamin Franklin, by David Adler
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