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Welcome to Battle of the Books!

West Yadkin Elementary invites rising 4th - 6th grade students to embark on a reading adventure.

The Battle of the Books is a reading focused quiz competition. Team members read, read and re-read! The list for the 2018-2019 year is filled with exciting stories for boys and girls. Grab a book and dive in!

What is Battle of the Books?

Elementary Battle of the Books is a program that challenges students to read a selection of novels and compete as a team in answering various questions. The purpose of Elementary Battle of the books is to motivate students to read, monitor their own comprehension, and become active participants in book discussions. Battle of the Books encourages students to read quality literature on a variety of topics and themes, The books are written at different levels that will both challenge and entertain student. Through Elementary Battle of the Books, we strive to promote a love for literature and the important character education goals of teamwork, respect, and good sportsmanship.

Guidelines

Students who are interested in joining must have permission from parents/guardians and a recommendation of a teacher. Students must also meet the guidelines listed below:

o Read 5 EBOB books from your grade level (and pass AR quizzes) by November 16th.

	4th graders
1	How To Steal A Dog	4
2	The Fourteenth Goldfish	4.1
3	Rain Reign	4.3
4	Ruby Holler	4.3
5	Ban This Book	4.5
	5th Graders
1	At the Bottom of the World	4.7
2	Runaway Twin	4.7
3	A Snicker Of Magic	4.7
4	A Wrinkle In Time	4.7
5	Stella By Starlight	4.8
	6th Graders
1	The Old Willis Place	4.8	YA
2	Save Me A Seat	4.8
3	Found	5
4	Becoming Naomi Leon	5.2
5	Blood on the River	5.3

The West Yadkin Elementary Battle of the Books county competition will be held in March at Starmount Middle School. We invite parents to attend and show their support.

o Memorize book titles and authors by

December 14.

o You will be cut in January if the above

guidelines are not met.

o Read the rest of the EBOB books by March.

o Re-read grade level books by March.

o Have a good attitude, excellent behavior, consider teammates’ suggestions, and follow directions.

*Team members are expected to meet personal and classroom reading goals in order to continue with the EBOB team.

We can only take 12 students to competition so students should try their hardest to meet the guidelines. Students who read the most books and demonstrate knowledge of the books will compete at the district level. Only 6 team members will play in each competition round. Team members who have leading scores on the most books read and the most questions answered correctly will play more frequently in competition rounds.

Elementary Battle of the Books Homepage

North Carolina School Library Media Association

Elementary Battle of the Books

2018-2019

Title	Author
*At the Bottom of the World	Bill Nye & Gregory Mone
Ban This Book	Alan Gratz
Becoming Naomi Leόn	Pam Muñoz Ryan
Blood on the River	Elisa Carbone
**Found	Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Fourteenth Goldfish	Jennifer L. Holm
How to Steal a Dog	Barbara O'Connor
The Old Willis Place	Mary Downing Hahn
Rain Reign	Ann M. Martin
Ruby Holler	Sharon Creech
Runaway Twin	Peg Kehret
Save Me a Seat	Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan
A Snicker of Magic	Natalie Lloyd
Stella by Starlight	Sharon M. Draper
A Wrinkle in Time	Madeleine L’Engle