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Reading Olympics 2009-2010

     Again this year, Springfield Township Middle School will participate in the Montgomery County Reading Olympics. Middle School students will compete against students from other schools on their knowledge of the Reading Olympics’ books.We encourage all students to prepare for the Reading Olympics by reading the books from the following grade level lists.


   
 Reading Olympics teams will be organized in December. In order to be part of a team, a student must read at least five books from one of the following lists by the our December meeting and a total of ten books from the list by February 25th. For each book read, a student is expected to complete a book form and return it to the Library.  Students should select books to read from the Reading Olympics cart in the Library; they will find books forms to complete in a tray on top of the Library reference shelf.


     The goal of the Reading Olympics is to encourage children to read and also to give students the opportunity to compete on a team in an academic activity.  We invite all students to prepare for the Reading Olympics by reading the books on the appropriate Reading Olympics grade level list.  Happy Reading!

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Grades Five/Six
Grades Six/Seven

Book Lists

Grades Five/Six

   

Author

Title

Alphin, Elaine

Ghost Cadet

Avi

Ragweed

Barber, Tiki

Kickoff!

Bowen, Fred

Winners Take All

Buck, Pearl

Big Wave

Christopher, Matt

Soccer Halfback

Clements, Andrew

The Report Card

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl

Cooper, Susan

The Boggart

Coville, Bruce

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

Creech, Sharon

Bloomability

Curtis, Christopher Paul

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Cushman, Karen

Catherine Called Birdy

DiCamillo, Kate

Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup,
and a Spool of Thread

DiTerlizzi, Tony

The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 2)

English, Karen

Francie

Fenner, Carol

Yolonda's Genius

George, Jean

There's an Owl in the Shower

Gilson, Jamie

Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub

Greer, Gary

This Island Isn't Big Enough for the Four of Us

Gutman, Dan

The Edison Mystery: Qwerty Stevens, Back in Time

Hahn, Mary Downing

Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story

Hesse, Karen

The Music of Dolphins

Holt, Kimberly Willis

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Ibbotson, Eva

The Secret of Platform 13

Jonnell, Lynne

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Juster, Norton

The Phantom Tollbooth

Konigsburg, E.L.

The View from Saturday

Lasky, Kathryn

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker

Levine, Ellen

Henry's Freedom Box

Marden, Carolyn

The Gold-Threaded Dress

McSwigan, Marie

Snow Treasure

Patterson, Katherine

Lyddie

Riordan, Rick

The Lightning Thief

Robinson, Barbara

The Best School Year Ever

Rodda, Emily

Rowan of Rin

Ryan, Pam Munoz

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

Scieszka, John

2095:  The Time Warp Trio

Smith, Robert Kimmel

The War with Grandpa

Spinelli, Jerry

Eggs

Spinelli, Jerry

Maniac Magee

Taylor, Mildred

Song of the Trees

Whelan, Gloria

Once on This Island

Winkler, Henry

I Got a "D" in Salami

Woodruff, Elvira

Magnificent Mummy Maker

Grades Six/Seven

Author

Title

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Fever 1793

Barrett, Tracy

The 100 year-old Secret

Berry, James

Ajeemah and his Son

Bunting, Eve

Spying on Miss Muller

Byars, Betsy

Cracker Jackson

Card, Orson Scott

Ender's Shadow

Carey, Janet Leet

Dragon's Keep

Colfer, Eoin

The Supernaturalist

Collins, Suzanne

Gregor the Overlander

Cooney, Caroline

Burning Up

Deaver, Julie

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Draper, Sharon M.

Double Dutch

Flanagan, John

The Ruins of Gorlan

Fleischman, John

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science

Fleischman, Paul

Dateline: Troy

Fleischman, Sid

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini

Fox, Paula

Monkey Island

Frank, Anne

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Gregory, Kristiana

Cleopatra VII:  Daughter of the Nile

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Among the Hidden

Hahn, Mary Downing

December Stillness

Hesse, Karen

Phoenix Rising

Hinton, S.E.

The Outsiders

Hobbs, Will

Leaving Protection

Horowitz, Anthony

Eagle Strike

Konigsburg, E.L.

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

Korman, Gordon

Schooled

Lipsyte, Robert

The Contender

Mikaelsen, Ben

Countdown

Naylor, Phyllis

Alice in Rapture, Sort Of

Nimmo, Jenny

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Nixon, Joan Lowery

The Stalker

O'Dell, Scott

Black Star, Bright Dawn

Paterson, Katherine

Jip, his Story

Peck, Robert

Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories

Pierce, Tamora

Wolf Speaker

Rinaldi, Ann

Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons

Ritter, John H.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Roy, Jennifer

Yellow Star

Sceiszka, Jon

Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories…

Sonnenblick, Jordan

Notes From a Midnight Driver

Taylor, Theodore

The Cay

Tolan, Stephanie S.

Surviving the Applewhites

Weeks, Sarah

So B. It

Woodson, Jacqueline

Locomotion

 

More Details About Reading Olympics!

When will Reading Olympics teams meet?  

In October, all Middle School students will be invited to come to an after-school meeting to find out more about the Reading Olympics. Students who are interested in participating in Reading Olympics should attend this meeting.

In January, February, and March, we will have two after-school meetings/month so that the teams can organize, plan, and practice for the Reading Olympics. It is important that participants attend all meetings.

In early April, we will have one final after-school meeting before the Reading Olympics competition. Then, on the evening of the Reading Olympics, students will stay after school for dinner before we go to the competition.

On each meeting day, students will be dismissed at 3:55 in order to be able to ride the 4:00 bus home. Car riders need to be picked up at 3:55.

What is my Reading Olympics' Reading Level?

Fifth grade students compete in the Elementary Level of the Reading Olympics. Sixth grade students may choose to compete in either the Elementary or Middle Level of the competition. Seventh grade students compete in the Reading Olympics' Middle Level.

How many students are on a team?

Each team has 8-12 students. There can be two alternates on the team, but a maximum of 12 students are permitted to compete at one time.

When and where will the Reading Olympics be held this year?

This information is not yet available. When it becomes available, it will be posted in this space.
 

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