Grades 3 - 6
October 4th - May 12th
What is Battle of the Books?
Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program that we offered at SPC for grades 3-6.
It is a competition that promotes literature among elementary age students and enhances reading comprehension skills. The purpose is to encourage students to read good books and have fun while reading them.
How does a student participate in Battle of the Books?
A student participates by reading from a book list provided (see links below). 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.
How does Battle of the Books work?
* Students form teams of 3 to 4 students.
* Each team should register with Mrs. Rice, giving her the name of each team member along with a group name.
* Mrs. Rice 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 correctlyearns 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 (3-6) will participate in the Archdiocesan Battle of the Books Competition.
