A Wild Wildcard

Today, nine teams composed of 40 students competed for the final slot in Wednesday's Battle of the Books Championship. This is the largest round we have ever had. It was very exciting (as all rounds have been!) It came down to a sudden death playoff, and the fifth grade team of Sammy, Quinn, Miyu, and Henry prevailed. Congratulations.
The big game is on Wednesday at 8:10 in the library.

Wildcard winners

Training

How do you train for Battle of the Books?

Toler and Anuva took a few minutes to review all the books they have read this year. They are ready to represent their class at next week's tournament.

Sixth Grade readers showcase

Thursday was the final day of grade-level play in this year's BOTB tournament. It was an terrific morning, as all three teams competed at the highest level, showcasing their knowledge of the 25 MCBA books. Congratulations to the winning team - Alina, Anuva, Mariam, and Toler!
The runners up join the other grade level teams in the Wildcard round on Monday. Keep reading!

Grade Six  Champs

Second Place

Runner up

10 Points to.....

Mrs. Mullen's class! Courtesy of Charlotte, who knew that both The Screaming Staircase and The Blackthorn Key took place in London.  Congratulations!

Fifth grade has their day

This morning five teams of fifth grade readers descended on the library for their Battle of the Books.
In the end, Team 5 - Campbell, Elena, and Luka rose victorious. Congratulations! They move on to next week's school championship. The remaining teams have one more shot in next week's Wildcard round.

Grade Five Champions

Second Place



Runner ups

                                     

Fourth Grade Shines

The fourth grade Battle of the Books tournament took place this morning in the library. What excitement! It was a very close game and came down to a final death playoff between teams 1 and 2.
Team 1 prevailed to take the crown. Congratulations to Charlie, Charlotte, Justice, John and Kale! They move on to the school championship next week.
The remaining teams have a second chance and will compete for the wildcard slot next Monday.
Each student read a minimum o five MCBA books to qualify for the competition.

Congratulations to all of our readers!

Champions!

Second place

Runner-up

Runner-up

Let the Book Battles Begin!

This week begins our Battle of the Books Tournament. This year we have 13 teams signed up and 52 students participating. It promises to be a great tourney, with some very competitive brackets. And don't discount the teacher team! They are very strong this year, led by 25-reader Ms. Gearhart.

Battle of the Books Tournament

Schedule

2018

In the Clagett McLennan Library

Fourth Grade Championship

2/20 --10:00

Teams 1-4

Fifth Grade Championship

2/21--10:00

Teams 5-9

Sixth Grade Championship

2/22--8:10

Teams 10-12

Wildcard Playoff

2/26 --10:00-10:30

All non-winning teams

School Championship

2/28--  8:10

Grade 4 champion  vs.

Grade 5 champion  vs.

Grade 6 champion  vs.

Wildcard  vs.

Teachers

The final trivia question

This will be the last trivia question for this year's MCBA season. As a special incentive, the winning entry will win 10 points for their class! Please submit your entry no later than Friday at 3:30. Good luck! Keep reading!

Click this link to view this week's question

Trivia 2/12

I hope you are busy reading your last few books in preparation for our end of the month activities.
Battle of the Books competition starts next week. Voting for our favorite book will take place on February 26 and Stories in Action takes place on February 28th. You have to have read five books in order to be part of the fun! We end the Winter term with an all-school "Spring into Reading" celebration on March 2nd. Wow!

Here is the link to this week's trivia question. Good luck!

The winner this week was Charlie. Congratulations!

The Truth of Me

Sophie, Abbi and Maddy have worked diligently over the past month to re-create a scene from The Truth of Me. They used the iPad, green screen, and iMovie to create their video short. Enjoy!

Trivia heading down the stretch

We have moved into the final month of this year's MCBA program. Time flies when you have so many great books to read! Be sure to finish five by 2/21 to receive an invitation to Stories in Action and to be eligible to vote.

Here is this week's trivia question

Christina had the correct answer---Tokyo, Japan. Congratulations! 

Go Pats!