<div dir="ltr">I have a school-wide battle using only the 20 Caudills, grades 6-8.<div><br></div><div>Team of 4 or less must read all 20 books as team to qualify. I have a google form they complete after reading each book. They also must attend 2-3 lunch battle meetings, where I check in with their team progress.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams who qualify vote for their top 5 favorite Caudills. I take the students top 5 and my top 5 and then use those 10 for the actual battle.</div><div><br></div><div>We have 3 grade level battles, a school champion battle, and a Champion vs Teachers battle on battle day, along with a pizza party midday for lunch.</div><div><br></div><div>It's crazy good fun!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:26 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dist 126 has had our own battle for 10+ years. The winning team from each elementary school (3) battle at the public library. <div><br></div><div>We use a mix of titles from the official list along with Bluestem and Caudill. </div><div>We write some of our own questions and use some of their questions.</div><div><br></div><div>We have 'recycled' some titles after years have passed.....</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 7:32 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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