HCES Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program for students in 3rd-5th grade. Students read books from their respective book lists now through April and come together in teams of 3-4 to demonstrate their abilities, have FUN, and test their knowledge of the books they have read. The BOTB school competitions will occur in early May and the top team in each level will move onto the county competition. Students who join a BOTB team should commit to reading at least ten books from the list. We have SOME of the books in our Media Center, but it will be your responsibility to find these books at school or at your local library. Teams should try to cover all of the books on the list between them. Students can read the books in ANY order.

Teams chart their books, make monthly goals, and practice comprehension questions.

All reading is done at home or during free reading time at school.

All team members are expected to read at least 1/2 of the books on the list (10-12 books each).

BOTB meetings take place in the cafeteria from 7:10 to 7:35.

Students should report to the cafeteria with their teammates on the dates below:

Sept 3rd (students create teams of 2-4 people)

Sept 17th - NEW! Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Your team will get a 10-question quiz about books on your book list.

Extra points if you know the Author's last name!

Answer as many as you can, and I will post the scores for each team.

How many points will your team earn this year?

Oct 8th - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center

October 22nd - Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Nov 5th - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center - BOTB CLUB PICTURE - WEAR YOUR BOTB T-SHIRT!

November 19th- NEW! Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Dec 3rd - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center

December 17th - NEW! Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Jan 7th - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center

January 21st - NEW! Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Feb 4th - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center

February 18th - NEW! Mini-Team Competition - 10 Question Quiz/Author

Mar 4th - Team Check-In & Get Books from Media Center

March 18th - BOTB Celebration

Qualifying BOTB Quiz - April 1st - 7:10 - 7:40 - Determine which teams will compete on April 15th

*Teams must receive 50% or higher on the team quiz to compete in BOTB HCES School Competition*

You will receive an email letting you know if your child did or did not qualify for the school competition. I highly recommend students start/continue memorizing the authors of each book. It can help them gain a point each time they answer a question and might be the edge they need to beat their opponents! 😉 Please see below for information about the competition.

School Competition - April 15th

Time: 3:00 - 4:30ish - Parents Are Welcome to Attend!

Students who will be staying after school will need a transportation change note.
Directions will start promptly at 2:45 in the cafeteria.
Competition will start at 3:00 in the Third Grade Green Hallway

3RD GRADE TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE SCHOOL COMPETITION

ADVENTURE AUTHORS

BOOK WARRIORS

ONCE UPON A TEAM

4th/5th GRADE TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE SCHOOL COMPETITION

BOOK BLOSSOMS

BOOK KNIGHTS

BOOK WORM BUDDIES

ENCHANTED BOOKWORMS

GENRE GODDESSES

HAPPILY EVER AFTER

PLOT TWISTERS

WILD WONDERERS

WORD WIZARDS

HCE Battle of the Books Website

Parents are welcome to attend the competition! You must arrive by 2:45 and will follow your child's team as they compete in different classrooms. Fourth and fifth-grade teams will be upstairs in the Green hallway, and third-grade teams will be in the Silver hallway. You will be able to sit or stand in the back of the room in which they are competing, but obviously, you cannot help your child in any way. Students can stay after school, but must have someone to take them home or go to Husky Hangout at the cost of the parent or guardian. Please make arrangements now, keeping in mind that this event MAY end earlier or later than 4:30. Lastly, I would love to share pictures of this event on social media. Please let me know as soon as possible if your child has a photo restriction.

Only the 1st place teams in Grade 3 and 4th/5th in the BOTB School Competition will advance to the County Competition.

First Place Winning Teams ONLY for 3rd and 4th/5th Grade School Competition

FCS county-level competition will be held on Thursday, May 7th from 4:30-6:30ish

Location: Whitlow Elementary

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