Do you enjoy reading? Do you like answering trivia questions? If you answered “yes” to both of these questions, then you’d love being a part of Battle of the Books here at Immaculate Heart of Mary School.

What is Battle of the Books?
Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program. It is a competition that promotes literature among elementary age students and enhances reading comprehension skills. The purpose is simply to encourage students to read good books and have fun while reading the books.

How does a student participate in Battle of the Books?
A student participates by reading from a book list provided. Students may count books they have read before. However, they cannot count books that they have only seen on a video or a movie. They must read the book or listen to it on tape. It is recommended that they keep a summary so that they can review this information before their competition. Summary logs will be provided to the students.

How does Battle of the Books work?

• Students form teams of 3 to 4 students.
• Each team should register with Mrs. Wilson, giving her the name of each team member along with a group name.
• Mrs. Wilson will monitor each group’s progress over the next few months.
• Questions are in a “Jeopardy style” format so the answers will have to be given in the form of a question. There are several rounds in which questions will be asked to each team in turn. Team members must confer with each other before answering.
• Students designate a captain to speak for the group who answers for the team once they have conferred. We must emphasize that only the captain can speak for the group and only after conferring with team members. Students are given 30 seconds to answer a question. Answering the title correctly earns the group 2 points. One additional point can be earned by correctly naming the author of the book.  If the group does not know the title of the book, the next group has 5 seconds to answer the question for the same amount of points. If the second group does not know the answer, the next group starts with a fresh question.
• A local school competition will take place in the library in April.
• The winning teams from each grade level (3-5) will participate in the Archdiocesan Battle of the Books to be held at Christ the King School on Thursday April 30th, 2009.

Battle of the Books Form

Battle of the Books 3rd Grade List

Battle of the Books 4th Grade List

Battle of the Books 5th Grade List

Battle of the Books 6th Grade List