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Reading Olympics 2008-2009

     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 January. In order to be part of a team, a student must read at least five books from one of the following lists by the end of December and a total of ten books from the list by March. For each book read, a student is expected to complete a book form and return it to the library.  Students should look for the Reading Olympics book cart in the library; there they can find books from the list as  well as book forms to complete.


     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

Alexander, Lloyd

Book of Three

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Fight for Life (Wild at Heart #1)

Avi

Poppy and Rye

Babbitt, Natalie

Jack Plank Tells Tales

Blume, Judy

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Bridges, Ruby

Through My Eyes

Bunting, Eve

Blackwater

Christopher, Matt

Snowboard Showdown

Cleary, Beverly

Ramona's World

Clements, Andrew

The Landry News

Creech, Sharon

Walk Two Moons

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Bud, Not Buddy

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Elijah of Buxton

Eager, Edward

Half Magic

Eckert, Alan

Incident at Hawk's Hill

Gardiner, John Reynolds

Stone Fox

Giff, Patricia Reilly

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Gross, Virginia

The Day It Rained Forever

Gutman, Dan

The Homework Machine

Gutman, Dan

Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

Hale, Bruce

Chameleon Wore Chartreuse

Hunter, Erin

Into the Wild (Warriors #1)

Lewis, C.S.

Prince Caspian

Maclachlan, Patricia

Arthur for the Very First Time

Maestro, Betsy

The Story of the Statue of Liberty

Mazer, Anne

Too Close for Comfort (Amazing Days…#11)

McArthur, Nancy

The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

McKissack, Patricia

A Friendship for Today

Miller, William

Richard Wright and the Library Card

Myers, Laurie

Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale

Namioka, Lensey

Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear

Nimmo, Jenny

Snow Spider

Nixon, Joan Lowery

In the Face of Danger

Paterson, Katherine

Flip-Flop Girl

Roberts, Willo Davis

Baby-sitting Is a Dangerous Job

Scieszka, Jon

Viking It and Liking It

Selznick, Brian

Invention of Hugo Cabret

Snicket, Lemony

Miserable Mill (Unfortunate Events #4)

Speare, Elizabeth George

Sign of the Beaver

Taylor, Mildred

Gold Cadillac

Taylor, Theodore

Trouble with Tuck

Van Draanen, Wendelin

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Walker, Sally

Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H.L. Hunley

Winkler, Henry

The Day of the Iguana (Hank Zipzer #3)

Winthrop, Elizabeth

Battle for the Castle

Grades Six/Seven

Author

Title

Abrahams, Peter

Down the Rabbit Hole

Avi

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Barron, T.A.

The Lost Years of Merlin

Bell, Hilan

Shield of Stars

Bloor, Edward

Tangerine

Carbone, Elisa

Blood on the River: James Town 1607

Card, Orson Scott

Ender's Game

Cheng, Terrence

Deep in the Mountains: An Encounter with Zhu Qizhan

Clements, Andrew

Things Not Seen

Fleischman, Paul

Whirligig

Freedman, Russell

Kids at Work

Funke, Cornelia

Inkheart

Funke, Cornelia

Thief Lord

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Because of Anya

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Running Out of Time

Hahn, Mary Downing

Stepping on the Cracks

Hentoff, Nat

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book

Hiaasen, Carl

Hoot

Hickam, Homer

Rocket Boys (October Sky)

Hobbs, Will

The Big Wander

Horowitz, Anthony

Point Blank: An Alex Rider Adventure

Kadohata, Cynthia

Cracker, The Best Dog in Vietnam

Konigsburg, E.L.

Silent to the Bone

Lawrence, Iain

The Wreckers

Lupica, Mike

Heat

Mass, Wendy

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

McKinty, Adrian

The Lighthouse Land

Nix, Garth

Mister Monday

Nixon, Joan Lowery

A Deadly Game of Magic

Park, Barbara

Mick Harte Was Here

Parks, Rosa

Rosa Parks:  My Story

Paulsen, Gary

Guts

Perkins, Lynne Rae

All Alone in the Universe

Philbrick, W. Rodman

Freak the Mighty

Reeder, Carolyn

Shades of Gray

Rinaldi, Ann

Numbering All the Bones

Salisbury, Graham

House of the Red Fish

Shahan, Sherry

Death Mountain

Siebold, Jan

Doing Time Online

Sleator, William

Singularity

Sonnenblick, Jordan

Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

Spinelli, Jerry

Stargirl

Stahler, David

Truesight

Stewart, Trenton Lee

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Wolff, Virginia

Bat 6

 

More Details About Reading Olympics!

When will Reading Olympics teams meet?  

In October and November, 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 will need to attend at least one of these meetings.

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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