Dec 16 2007
Global Reading Challenge
Global Reading Challenge is a battle of the books event for 4th and 5th grade students in Seattle Public Schools. These students participant in a team event that celebrates the “sport of reading”. Bryant has 6 teams this year. Each team will read 10 books and then compete in an in-school challenge bowl. The winning team, will compete against other Seattle Schools at the downtown library. The winning Seattle team The winning Seattle team takes home the Global Reading Challenge traveling trophy and goes on to a videoconference challenge between Seattle, Kalamazoo, Michigan and Fraser Valley and Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.
Objectives of the Global Reading Challenge:
- To promote the love of reading (and have fun)
- To introduce children to a wide variety of literature and multicultural reading materials (and have fun)
- To encourage children to participate in a group activity (and have fun)
- To build confidence and integrity in young readers (and have fun)
Not on a team, but want to help?
Ten books are selected each year by Seattle and Kalamazoo children’s librarians, especially suited to the reading interests of their young readers. A wide range of reading levels is represented by selected books so all students can participate in the Challenge. Questions are based on specific factual and content information found within the 10 selected books.
Read any of the 10 books and think up your own questions to share with the teams. Write up the questions and provide them to Mrs. Finnegan. She will use them when the Global Reading Challenge teams meet.
Check out the books on the Seattle Public Library web site:
2008 Global Reading Challenge Titles
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