Battle of the Books is an optional book club experience for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders and requires a yearlong commitment. Participants develop goal setting and time management skills while celebrating a love of reading, engaging in conversations about books, and having lots of fun
Battle of the Books meetings will take place in person in the Learning Commons from
7:15-7:40am once per month.
Where do I get the books?
Our Learning Commons has plenty of print copies, some are available online as MackinVia e-books, and you may also borrow them from the public library.
You may borrow one BoB book at a time.
Should I read them all as quickly as I can?
No! You won’t remember the details next semester if you read them all very quickly. Space them out and read other books as well!
Where do I submit my two questions about each book I read?
The form is linked to your BoB Team as a QAE tab!
Students who do not read at least one book prior to each meeting, post their questions, answers, and evidence by 8:00pm the evening prior to our meeting/deadline, and attend the scheduled second semester meetings will NOT be permitted to continue as participants in Battle of the Books since this club requires active, consistent participation. It is the student's responsibility to notify Mrs. Dickinson via Teams ahead of time if they will need to miss a meeting due to illness, etc.
Read each of these 6 books (in any order):
Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathan Etra
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen McKenna
Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Gutman
Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne
The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathan Etra
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
Good Grief Third Grade by Colleen McKenna
Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Gutman
Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne
The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Read each of these 6 books (in any order):
Akiko on the Planet Smoo by Mark Crilley
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
Read all of the 8 books on this list
By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
By The Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
