SHOJ - English Language Arts

Dear Parents, Battle of the Books is a reading competition program, which has been used in schools for more than one hundred years. The sole purpose of Battle of the Books is to support students in their love and discovery for reading by introducing them to quality literature, to offer books that build upon historical values and the dignity of life, and to develop friendships between students based upon socialization competition, and mutual respect! If you have a student who doesn’t like to read, this just might be the motivational tool they need! The book selections in the past have been inspirational, heartwarming, funny, magical, thrilling and thought provoking just to say the least! There are books for the reluctant reader and for the reader who needs a challenge! Battle of the Books will take place outside of the classroom setting during the 3rd and 4th quarters of this school year. The book selection/competition will be broken into two grade levels: 4th gr ade through 6th grade ...

Reminder: Battle of the Books deadline to sign up is tomorrow. Please send in your form to Mrs. Meidinger, Miss Hart, or Miss Moffitt.

This year, middle schoolers at Sacred Heart have a new opportunity to compete in Battle of the Books! See below: 4th through 8th grade are invited to participate in Battle of the Books, which is a program that some of you may already know about. Battle of the Books is a friendly competition between students. Students will be in teams where they will divide up a list of books and read those books over the next few months. The team will have a parent volunteer who will meet with them to help make sure the students are staying up on their reading and making note of the important parts of their books. Then in May, we will have the teams come together to battle between each other over questions from each book. This is a fun way to encourage reading and to add a little friendly competition into the mix. Students will have until the 27th to register their team. There are 2 levels of book lists, 4-6  grade and 6-8 grade. There are a few requirements as this is open to multi-grades. ...