• Battle of the Books
     
    Information from the county regarding Battle of the Books can be found here. https://www.pcsb.org/Page/1523
     

    The Adventures of Invisible Boy by Doogie Horner

    Always, Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak

    The Amazon by Roland Smith

    Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed by Jose Pablo Iriarte

    Clementine Fox and the Great Island Adventure by Leigh Luna

    Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko

    The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat

    Lightningborn by Julie Kagawa

    The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

    The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

    Peril at Price Manor by Laura Parnum

    Trex by Christyne Morrell

    The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown

     
    The following is information regarding our Battle of the Books program.
    Battle of the Books is for students in grades 3-5. The list of books comes in part from the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award titles. The books change every year and Pinellas County Schools does not always use the full list. This year we will use 13 of the 15.
     
    Students are expected to read and take quizzes on a minimum of 8 of the 13 chosen books in order to take the qualifying test. The quizzes will be located in Canvas. Students will gain access to the Battle Canvas page after returning their Battle Agreement to Mrs. Kasprzyk.
     
    Students will need to know titles and authors of the books as well as content questions from the books. Taking the qualifying test does not guarantee making a team however. Those who score well enough will be placed on teams to compete in our school Battle of the Books competition. The winning team at the school level will go on to compete at the Regional Competition.
     
    All students have access to a class set of the Battle of the Books in their classrooms purchased with funds from our Book Fairs. They also have access to the ebooks in Sora. Sora can be found in the student's Clever accounts.
     
    If you have any questions or need information please reach out to Mrs. Kasprzyk.

    Timeline-Dates subject to change, changes will be communicated to students and families.
     
    September-Battle of the Books Kickoffs
    November-Canvas accessible to students
    November-March-Battle Club (minimum of 4 books completed with quizzes taken, dates will be announced)
    January 23rd- Battle Agreements are due to Mrs. Kasprzyk by this date
    TBA-Qualifying Test
    TBA-School Battle
    Regionals April: TBA
     

    The Battle of the Books is a great opportunity for students to build and stretch their reading muscles!
    *Students must have turned in their Battle Agreement form and have read and passed 8 Canvas Quizzes on the Battle titles.