[aisle] Battle of the Books Question

[Betsy Yager]

We do our own version of the Battle as well. I do it all during library
class.   I am in a 4th and 5th grade building.  The teachers put the
students in groups of 5-6 students.  During library over 3 weeks I do
battles and the winners then compete at a grade level battle.  I do not use
Bluestem books. I have 20 books and introduce them before spring break -
the battles begin in May.  I have an assortment of levels, topics, lengths
and a few nonfiction ones.
To keep the momentum going, I encourage teachers to read at least 1 out
loud and I do a bingo type hunt where the students have to find things like
a book with a boy main character, a book with captions, a book that takes
place at a school etc.  I also ask students at the beginning of each
library class to give a short book talk if they have finished a book.  I
offer lunch meetings with cookies (that always works) to chat about 2 or 3
of the books.  They can only come if they have read the specific books I
have chosen to discuss.
A huge part is the selling of it - if you are excited, the kids will be.
Teacher buy in also helps.  The winning team gets their names engraved on a
plaque that hangs in the library. We have been doing that since 1992.
Hope that helps.


On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:52 PM Coffman, Tricia via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We do our own version of the Battle. We are doing it with 5th and 6th
> grades this year. The teachers make one book an assignment and then they
> can read the rest on their own after that. But we only give 6-7 weeks to
> read the books. I can message you with details if you want.
>
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> I have been asked to offer suggestions on how to "revitalize" a Battle of
> the Books program in our 4th-5th grade building. For those who organize
> Battle programs in your schools, how do you maintain momentum and keep
> students motivated to read the books throughout the year? How do you form
> teams? What books do you use for the battle titles? Do any of you use the
> Bluestem list?
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>
> Thanks so much for any suggestions. I have a meeting with a principal this
> week about this topic.
>
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> Sheri Schubbe
> Library Media Specialist
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Betsy Yager
Library Media Specialist
Anne Sullivan School
Prospect Heights Dist. 23
(847) 870-5591

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