Reading Olympics
Reading Olympics is open to all fourth and fifth grade students who wish to participate. Students choose books from a book list developed by the Chester County Intermediate Unit. There are 45 books on the list. In April or May each year, there is a Reading Olympics Competition which is held in the evening. Students will be chosen to compete based upon the number of books read and their knowledge of the books.
After reading a book, students are asked to write three questions, and their answers, on notecards to help us to prepare for the competition. In addition, the students should take a quiz on Book Adventure (see the links below) and print out the results OR write a summary of the book to hand in. If the students are writing about the books in their reading response journals for class, that will suffice also.
Book Adventure Website - New users will have to register, so I've sent you to the registration page. Remember to check with your parents first.
Reading Olympics 2008 Elementary Booklist
|
TITLE |
AUTHOR NAME |
| Andy and Tamika | Adler, David |
| Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Manes, Stephen |
| Borrowers | Norton, Mary |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Paterson, Katherine |
| Castle in the Attic | Winthrop, Elizabeth |
| Cricket in Times Square | Selden, George |
| Danny the Champion of the World | Dahl, Roald |
| Everest: Book Two, The Climb | Korman, Gordon |
| From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Konigsburg, E.L. |
| George Washington’s Socks | Woodruff, Elvira |
| Good Night, Maman | Mazer, Norma Fox |
| Great Brain | Fitzgerald, John D. |
| Hatchet | Paulsen, Gary |
| Ida B.:..and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) | Hannigan, Katherine |
| Jake Drake, Bully Buster | Clements, Andrew |
| James and the Giant Peach | Dahl, Roald |
| John Henry | Lester, Julius |
| Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | Lewis, C.S. |
| Love From Your Friend, Hannah | Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw |
| Love That Dog | Creech, Sharon |
| Moon Runner | Marsden, Carolyn |
| Mouse Called Wolf, A | King-Smith, Dick |
| Night I Flunked my Field Trip | Winkler, Henry |
| Night of the Twisters | Ruckman, Ivy |
| No More Dead Dogs | Korman, Gordon |
| Operation: Dump the Chump | Park, Barbara |
| Peter and the Starcatchers | Barry, Dave |
| Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe | Greene, Bette |
| Poppy | AVI |
| Reptile Room, The | Snicket, Lemony |
| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Coerr, Eleanor |
| Secret School, The | AVI |
| Secret Soldier, The: The Story of Deborah Sampson | McGovern, Ann |
| Shakespeare’s Secret | Broach, Elise |
| Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays | Kehret, Peg |
| Shiloh | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| Shoeless Joe & Me: a Baseball Card Adventure | Gutman, Dan |
| Stuart Little | White, E.B. |
| Superfudge | Blume, Judy |
| Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story | Hahn, Mary Downing |
| Tuck Everlasting | Babbitt,Natalie |
| Whipping Boy | Fleischman, Sid |
| Whittington | Armstrong, Alan |
| Wrinkle in Time | L’Engle, Madeleine |
| You Wouldn’t Want to Explore with Sir Francis Drake: A Pirate You’d Rather Not Know | Stewart, David |
