AND THE WINNERS ARE......

The final round of the Battle of the Books was held on June 3, 2010. And, the winners were ,The Reading Knockouts. Congratulations to Ileri, Idongesit, Davo, Tahrieq, and Rayshawn. I am so proud of all of the teams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to send a special thanks to Miss Davis, Mr. Delgado and Mrs. Vallone for their particiaption. I really enjoyed conducting this year long event with so many of you and am looking forward to next year's competition.

CALLING ALL BABYMOUSE FANS!!!!!!!

Since there are so many lovers of Babymouse, I thought I would put up a separate section for you to discuss why you like it so much. Describe what the books are about. Maybe, you could get others interested by sharing some of your favorite parts.

WELCOME SCARY BOOK FANS

I am so glad that so many of you are chatting back and forth with each other about books. I noticed that many of you are interested in scary books. Have any of you checked out the American Chillers series? Also, this year I bought a few books by Mary Downing Hahn. She is a ghost story writer. Let us all know if you have read any of these.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS!!!

The first rounds of the Battle of the Books were held on May 11th and May 12th. Eighteen 4th grade teams and twelve 5th grade teams competed to see who knew the most about the 25 books they have been reading since November. The totals have been calculated and the winning teams are: The Awesome Readers, The Reading Knockouts, The Golden Girls, The Reading Warriors, The Book Dreamers, Girl Survivors and The Apple Blossoms. These teams will now move on to the final round, which will be held the first week in June. Good luck to all of the teams!!! I am so proud of all of the players for their hard work over the past five months. Please post your comments about the competition!!! I would love to read how you think it went. I was so happy to see so many children excited about reading. Watching you work together in your teams was wonderful. I know many of you are disappointed that you are not moving on to the final round. You should be glad that you got to read some really good books and experienced being part of a competition.

The Battle of the Books is in full swing. By now, you and your team members should have read at least 15 of the books in order to be ready to compete. Don't worry if you haven't though, there is still time to catch up over the vacation. The first round is set for the middle of May. If your teammates split the remaining books between the six of you, one of you should know the answers to all of the 25 questions.

I'd love to hear what you think about the books you have read so far. If you would like to share your comments, click on comment below and fill out the required information. No posts will be accepted if your name and class are not listed. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

KEEP ON READING!!!!!!!

WELCOME TO ALL OF THE NEW BLOGGERS

Welcome back to our Media Center 87 Blog. I am excited about sharing this blog with you and hope that there are many more bloggers this spring and summer than last year. Feel free to make comments about the books you are reading or share your thoughts about what someone else has blogged.

Hello Everyone! Hope you all are enjoying your summer. We have just one month left of vacation. Are you all reading something good? I would love to hear from you. Tell me what you are reading and who you would recommend the book to. Have you been going to the Edenwald Library? I've been going to my local library. I have a lot of great ideas for our Reading Gala in September. Don't miss out on the celebration. Keep on reading and fill out your logs! See you soon.