2020 Battle of the Books is under way. We have two divisions this year. Grades 4-6 and grades 6-8. Sixth graders must select to be part of either the Sasquatch Award Book Battle or the Evergreen Teen Book Award Battle.
Congratulations to our 5th grade Champions.
Nathan, Edie, Desmond, and Gia were awarded first place at the 2020 online regional finals. This was the second year for the Battle of the Books program and although a few teams had to drop out due to COVID-19 remote learning conflicts, and each round of the competition was held remotely using video conferencing software, we still had a wonderful turnout. In total 218 students participated in this years Sasquatch Battle of the Books program.
Battle of the Books Champions for 2020
Congratulations to our Middle School Evergreen Teen Challenge team!
This was the first year of the Evergreen middle school division of the Battle of the Books challenge. We had ten schools sign up, some schools were not able to continue through the COVID closures. Which means our numbers were lower than expected but we still had 56 active participants in May. Way to stay strong! The team from Our Lady of Guadalupe took 2nd place at the district finals.
Due to the school closures, the competition is moving online!
Please read the following information about what to expect from our online Battle of the Books competition and important dates for those participating.
Practice Round – Tuesday May 5th @ 12:30pm for Grades 4 and 6
Thursday May 7th @12:30pm for Grade 5
- To prepare for using the Zoom platform with our Battle of the Books we will do a practice round May 5th at 12:30. Please watch the following book, Diffendoofer Day, on YouTube to prepare.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzsdQaB34bU
- Questions will be read twice aloud and then displayed in the chat column during breakout rooms.
- Each team will be sent to a breakout room and have 1 minute to discuss the answer and submit their answer.
- By the end of the 1 minute the team captain will type in the response in the chat box to Mrs. Sommerville. Once all answers are in, the answer will be read aloud. Mrs. Sommerville will keep the official score.
- At the end of the round Mrs. Sommerville will announce the winner. No scores will be announced in order to maintain a friendly and fun competition.
- Join Zoom Meeting: you will receive a link to the meeting in your Google Classroom 4th grade or email 5th-8th grade.
Sasquatch Battle of the Book Competition Rounds
- Competitions/rounds will be facilitated using Zoom.
- Each round will have 24 questions – 2 questions per book. (If there is a tie there will be tiebreaker questions ready.)
- Questions will be read twice aloud and then displayed in the chat column during breakout rooms.
- Each team will be sent to a breakout room and have 1 minute to discuss the answer.
- By the end of the 1 minute the team captain will type in their response in the chat box to host. Once all answers are in, the answer will be read aloud. Mrs. Sommerville will keep the official score.
- At the end of the round Mrs. Sommerville will announce the winner. No scores will be announced in order to maintain a friendly and fun competition.
- Winning teams will advance to the next round.
Distribution of prizes will be coordinated by Mrs. Sommerville
Sasquatch Grade Level Rounds
- 4th Grade Teams Compete Tuesday, May 12th @ 12:30pm
- 5th Grade Teams Compete Thursday, May 14th @ 12:30pm
- 6th Grade Team Competes Tuesday, May 12th @ 12:30pm (with 4th grade)
School Round Tuesday, May 19th@ 12:30pm a Zoom invite will be sent out after grade level rounds are complete.
Final District Competition Thursday, May 28th @ 3:30
9 Schools across the Archdiocese will have their top team compete.
Zoom invite will be sent out after school round level is complete
2020 Sasquatch Book List Grade 4-6
Evergreen Battle of the Book Rounds
- May 5th – @ 2pm
- May 12th- @ 2pm
- May 27th – @ 3:30pm (tentative)
MIDDLE SCHOOL EVERGREEN BOOK LIST 2019-20
- Between Two Skies by Joanne O’Sullivan
- Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wold
- Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
- Exo by Fonda Lee
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
- The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Slider by Pete Hautman
- Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz by Michael Bornstein
- Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen
