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DVEF BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
The Deer Valley Education Foundation (DVEF) will sponsor the 2024-25 Battle of the Books for Deer Valley School District students. The reading incentive program is open to students in fifth and sixth grades. Students read books and come together to demonstrate their abilities and test their knowledge of the books they have read. The competitions are a lively academic competition. Battle of the Books improves reading comprehension, builds vocabulary, and teaches teamwork and good sportsmanship.
Fifth and sixth grade students will be teamed in groups of two to three students (with a minimum of 4 teams and a maximum of 20 teams per school) to compete and test their knowledge in three exciting school competitions during the 2024-2025 school year. There will be three rounds held in October 2024, January/February 2025 and March 2025. Each round has 4 books for students to read and teams earn points based on correctly answering questions about each round's books. The top team from each school will compete in a District Battle at the end of March 2025, with the top team representing our District at an inter-district battle in May 2025.
Battle I (October):
*HEALER of the WATER MONSTER, YOUNG
*INVISIBLE, GONZALES
*JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED the KEY,GANTOS
*SADAKO and the THOUSAND PAPER CRANES, COERR
Battle II (January/February):
*THE CITY of EMBER, DUPRAU
*DOLL BONES, BLACK
*JENNIFER MURDLEY’S TOAD, COVILLE
*FRIENDLE, CLEMENTS
Battle III (March)
*CHASING VERMEER, BALLIET
*MANIAC MAGEE, SPINELLI
*MRS. FRISBY and the RATS of NIMH, O’BRIEN
*SARAH PLAIN and TALL, MACLACHLAN
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SPONSORED BY
DEER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Phone: (623) 445-5012 / Fax: (623) 445-5087