Battle of the Books Coming Soon!

     Attention to our 4th and 5th grade teachers! Battle of the Books meetings will be here before you know it, beginning in December! The BOB coaches are Mrs. Wilson, Ms. Judy Jones, and Ms. Melzer.  Here is the list for the Winter/Spring 2011 BOB:

Click on the book titles to view the official websites and see more specific book information!
• Whales on Stilts   -  M.T. Anderson
• The Magic Half  -  Annie Barrows
• The Middle of Somewhere  -  J.B. Cheaney
• Ruby Holler  -  Sharon Creech
• Mr. Chickee's Funny Money  -  Christopher Paul Curtis
• Gollywhopper Games  - Jody Feldman 
• The Homework Machine  -  Dan Gutman
• Blown Away  -  Joan Hiatt Harlow
• The Ghost's Grave  -  Pet Kehret  
• Savvy  -  Ingrid Law  
• The Year of the Dog  -  Grace Lin
• The Willoughbys  -  Lois Lowry
• Punished!  -  David Lubar
• Tadpole  -  Ruth White
• George Washington's Socks  -  Elvira Woodruff

      One of the many wonderful things we do at MW is hold an annual sleepover in the school media center. Our requirements to participate in the sleepover is that a student needs to receive at least a 70% score on at least five of the fifteen books by our closing date. When it comes to the final team selection, there will be six students selected to be the top MW book experts. We alternate the fifth and sixth students to take turns answering questions up on stage at our competition at the Williamsburg Regional Library. There will be more details in upcoming letters to students and media center class time with Mrs. Wilson after the book fair. In the meantime, you can check the Williamsburg Regional Library website for more general information. :)