School Library System - WSWHE BOCES: BOTB Resources

JUNE

• Booklists available

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

• Student Enrollment - registrations (locally see your librarian)
• Begin reading!!
• Bookmarks with book lists for each grade will be sent out.
• Librarians can form teams.
• Meeting with Coaches to go over rules and answer any questions.

NOVEMBER

• Continue reading!!
• Lunchtime and after-school discussions recommended.
• See your school policies for getting approval for Team transportation and participation in the March Battle.

JANUARY

• Teams are encouraged to practice with self-created questions.
• Continue reading required books!!
• Meeting with Readers and Coaches to go over rules and explain how the day will be run.

FEBRUARY

• Complete reading of booklists!!
• In-school battles held to determine team members.
• Team captains chosen (only the captains can speak for the team in the competition). Choose alternate captain and team member(s).
• Names will be collected (via Google form).  Link will be sent to all coaches and Librarians.
• Schedule for Battles will be completed and sent to all coaches and librarians.
• Letters to school administrators will go out from WSWHE SLS.

MARCH

• District permission slips should sent home for signature.
• March - Let the games begin!

APRIL/MAY

• Committee will meet to review competition and make suggestions for following year

Schedule for the 2019 competition.

Schedule for SUNY Adirondack will be posted soon.  We are in four buildings.  We will post the grade levels, competition rounds, and break rooms.  The actual competition schedules for which schools are playing against each other are not available until the day of the competition.

List of Districts, Buildings, Grades and Coaches.

Battle of the Books Winners - 2018

3^rd Grade

1^st Place – St. Mary's/St. Alphonsus

2^nd Place – Johnsburg

3^rd Place – Schuylerville

4^th Place – Queensbury Elementary 

4^th Grade

1^st Place – Lake George

2^nd Place – Schuylerville

3^rd Place – Queensbury – W. H. Barton Intermediate

4^th Place – St. Mary's/St. Alphonsus

5^th Grade

1^st Place – St. Mary’s/St. Alphonsus

2^nd Place – Hudson Falls

3^rd Place (3-way Tie)  – Hartford Central, South Glens Falls - Ballard, Warrensburg

6^th Grade

1^st Place – Johnsburg

2^nd Place – Warrensburg

3^rd Place – Lake George

4^th Place – Hartford

Grade 3

Information & Lesson Plans on Books and Authors

Grade 4

Information & Lesson Plans on Books and Authors

Grade 5

Information & Lesson Plans on Books and Authors

Grade 6

Information & Lesson Plans on Books and Authors