Weekly Updates

Wednesday, October 22nd 

Congratulations Connor and Bela on finishing all 10 books! 🎉 

The battlers made a lot of great progress over the break!  Please encourage students to keep up the good work and read, read, read.  

Thank you to all the students (and parents!) writing questions!  Keep those rolling in!  The first practice sets have been constructed and the kids are excited when they hear their questions in the practice.  ☺️  A few of the books have been completed by coaches.  If you log into the question bank and see a tab turned red, that means we have plenty of questions for that book.  If that is the ONLY book a student has, please write your ten questions on that book, as you will earn a ticket for every 10 questions.  If you have an option to write questions for a book whose tab is not red, please write questions for that book instead.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Have a great rest of the week!

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Below is a list of items students need to check off the list this week prior to practice:

• Read, read, read

• Complete the weekly check in form (either Monday or Tuesday)

• Write 10 questions (links to the question bank are found here)

Wednesday, October 8th 

The students racked up a ton of tickets this week reading and writing questions!  Great job!  I did see quite a few questions coming through late (after midnight).  Please know that Battle of the Books should not be keeping our friends up, as we know how important rest is.  Students can enter questions at anytime throughout the week, so no rush to get everything done Tuesday night.  

We finished our scavenger hunt activity this week!  Students are now experts on navigating to our website, finding the resources there; such as pronunciation guides, question banks, etc., and should be all set to accomplish their tasks each week.  If your battler is still confused about locating their resources, please reach out.  We are happy to walk them through the steps before or after practice.

Fall Break is upon us!  Our 3rd/4th grade friends are reading machines and we even had our first 10 book finisher this week!  🎉Congratulations Elia! 🎉 New this year is a High-Five line for everyone who finishes all the reading!  This gives us an opportunity to celebrate the hard work of these students.  I'm excited to see who is next!💗

Our 5th/6th grade team is working hard to knock out some books over Fall Break!  Be sure to bring a book or two along wherever you go.

Questions will start "disappearing" from the question banks.  Don't panic!  We are starting to compile our practice sets and the questions students work so hard writing each week are used to create these sets.  So keep your ears open, your question might be the next one asked!!  Note:  All tickets will be distributed prior to the questions being moved over.  

For our next practice on Wednesday, October 22nd, we will hopefully start our questions sets for both teams!  See everyone after Fall Break.   Have fun!  🍁

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Below is a list of items students need to check off the list this week prior to practice:

• Read, read, read

• Complete the weekly check in form (either Monday or Tuesday)

• Write 10 questions (links to the question bank are found here)

Wednesday, October 1st 

What a great group of kids!  Everyone is engaged and very excited to be at BOTB VERY early in the morning!  We are loving the enthusiasm from the group.  ❤️

Today we passed out our first set of tickets (below is a list of ways students earn tickets and prizes each week), played a fun game highlighting the importance of communication and information delivery, and received ice cream coupons for anyone who has finished their first book!  Next week we will knock out the scavenger hunt and hopefully get into some question writing (although this group is doing an AMAZING job writing questions already!  Keep up the good work!)

Tickets earned:

• For every (10) ten questions written in their team question bank

• For every book read (up to 10 ten tickets - one for each book)

• For every practice set completed (score does not matter) - these will be released later in the season

Prizes earned:

• Completing the check in form each week

• Cleaning up our practice space

Below is a list of items students need to check off the list this week prior to practice:

• Fill out the contract with the student and parent(s)/guardian(s) (Contract)

• Read, read, read

• Complete the weekly check in form (either Monday or Tuesday)

• Write 10 questions (links to the question bank are found here)

See everyone next Wednesday in the Heritage Library @ 7:30 a.m. 

Wednesday, September 24th 

What a great first practice!  We got to know each other a bit and delve into what Battle of the Books is.  Next week, we will finish our getting to know each other activities and complete our BOTB Scavenger Hunt!  Below is a list of items students need to check off the list this week prior to practice:

• Fill out the contract with the student and parent(s)/guardian(s) (Contract)

• Read, read, read

• Complete the weekly check in form (either Monday or Tuesday)

• Write 10 questions (links to the question bank are found here)

See everyone next Wednesday in the Heritage Library @ 7:30 a.m. 

Wednesday, September 17th 

• Parent information meeting - Wednesday, September 17th @ 5:30 p.m. in the Heritage Library

• Practice begins Wednesday, September 24th @ 7:30 a.m. in the Heritage Library

All students must be signed up and have a completed contract prior to attending practice.  

• Sign up form  

• Contract

Battle of the Books is back!  Check out the lists and start reading now!