Battle of the Books 2017-18 List is Available!

Summer is definitely the time to relax and unwind. One of the biggest perks of summer is the extra leisure time to read. Why not use this opportunity to get a head start on next year's Battle of the Books list?

The official state list has been published. Check-out these great titles from your public library or from our Overdrive collection:

1. Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
2. Boys Who Challenged Hitler, The by Phillip Hoose
3. Drowned City by Don Brown
4. Freak the Mighty by W.R. Philbrick
5. Hidden Oracle, The by Rick Riordan (GA Middle Nom)
6. House of the Scorpion, The by Nancy Farmer (Newbery Honor)
7. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
8. Long Way from Chicago, A  by Richard Peck (Newbery Honor)
9. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
10. Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson
11. Mysterious Benedict Society, The by Trenton Lee Stewart
12. Night Gardener, The by Jonathan Auxier (GA Middle Nom)
13. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (Newbery Honor)
14. One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi
15. Peak by Roland Smith
16. Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (Newbery Honor)
17. Savvy by Ingrid Law (Newbery Honor)
18. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M.  Draper
19. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (Newbery Honor)

20. Year in the Life of a Complete and Total Genius, A by Stacey Matson

In addition, watch this Animoto video to preview each title.



Please visit the Battle of the Books page off of the DPMS LMC website to learn more.

Happy reading!

Get ready for Battle of the Books 2017!

Summer is the perfect time to begin preparing for next year's Battle of the Books competition! The official list has been published, and there are some exciting titles just waiting to be read. Here are the books that have been selected for the 2016-17 school year by the Wisconsin Media and Technology Association:

1. Alabama Moon by Watt Key
2. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3. Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio (GA Intermediate)
4. Booked by Kwame Alexander (GA Middle/Junior High)
5. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader’s Edition) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
6. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
7. Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Newbery Honor)
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
9. Heat by Mike Lupica
10. House Arrest by K. A. Holt (GA Middle/Junior High)
11. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
12. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
13. A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
14. Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
15. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse ( Newbery)
16. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (Newbery Honor)
17. The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
18. Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana (GA Middle/Junior High)
19. Untwine by Edwidge Danticat (GA Middle/Junior High)
20. The War That Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Newbery Honor)

Most of the titles can also be checked out electronically through Overdrive. A collection of available BOB titles has been added to the bottom of the Overdrive homepage.

Get a jump start on the competition this summer and read, read, read!

The Battle results are in!

This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find the official results from WEMTA's Battle of the Books competition waiting for me in my inbox. DPMS was lucky to send an amazing team to compete at the state level, and knowing how hard this team worked, I knew that they were fierce competitors. 

Overall our team of 8th graders tied for 13th place out of 147 competing schools! Great job representing DPMS and dedicating the time and effort into reading each book, memorizing the spellings of all titles and authors, and practicing relentlessly the weeks prior to the competition. You made us proud!

A Battle Victor at Last!

DPMS students have been reading like crazy and studying hard since this fall to prepare for our school and state Battle of the Books competition. This Wednesday a winning team was finally declared, and we now know who will move on to the state competition.

To prepare for our competition, teams were required to read all 20 books from this year's required reading list. They also had to study the correct spellings of all titles and authors. During our friendly online competition, students were given 20 questions about the books, and they had to correctly identify and spell both the title and author for each. Ten points were awarded for each correct title, and five points were given for the correct author. This online competition provided a nice simulation for the team who will be moving to the state Battle of the Books competition.

It was exciting and energizing to watch our teams in action. As I wandered about the library, students were heavily engaged in the process with lots of enthusiastic debates and conversations occurring as they attempted to answer each question. These students were taking this very seriously, with the end results proving that each team was determined to move on to the next level of this competition. I was so proud of each of their efforts and their commitment to taking on this extra academic challenge on top of all of their other responsibilities.

Which team came out on top? It came down to one answer. While I feel that they are all winners, here is how our nine teams ranked:

1st place: Peyton, Mallory, Violet, and Hannah

2nd place: Samantha, Olivia, Kate, and Kendra

3rd place: Mya, Naihua, Izzy, and Sami

4th place: Taylor, Anna, Shayla, and Megan

5th place: Matthew, Henry, Ryan, and Andrew

6th place: Alina, Rachel, Josie, and Jolie

7th place: Sylvia, Ashna, Alexis, and Leisl

8th place: Bryce, Nick, and Tag

9th place: Hailey, Ava, and Lauren

The state Battle of the Books competition, sponsored by the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association, will take place at DPMS on Tuesday, February 23. Good luck to the team representing DPMS!

                

               
                
                

Let the Battle begin!

Attention DPMS students: prepare to battle...with books.  We are currently taking sign-ups for this year's state Battle of the Books competition sponsored by the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association.  All participating students will form a team of two to four students and read all 20 books on this year's list before our February competition.  All teams will meet in February to compete in our DPMS school battle. The winning school team will move on to represent DPMS in the state Battle of the Books competition.  Here is this year's reading list:

1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (King award)
2. Crash by Jerry Spinelli
3. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (GA nomination & Newbery)
4. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
5. Esperanza Rising by Pam M. Ryan
6. Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (GA nomination)
7. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm (GA nomination)
8. The Giver by Lois Lowry
9. Holes by Louis Sachar
10. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
11. Maze Runner by James Dashner
12. Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, Book 1) by Jenny Nimmo
13. Paper Boy by Vince Vawter
14. Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
15. Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
16. Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (GA nomination)
17. They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney
18. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
19. Ungifted by Gordon Korman (GA nomination)
20. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman

All of the listed books are on reserve in the DPMS library for all participating students. Several titles are also available through Overdrive and Follett Shelf.

What are you waiting for? Sign-up for the Battle of the Books in the library today and get ready to read, read, read!

Battle of the Books 2015

Last week, four very smart 5th graders represented our school in WEMTA's statewide Battle of the Books competition.  NLMSIS's team competed against many other teams from across the state in a friendly online competition that asked various questions about 20 required books.  Our school's team read hungrily over parts of the fall and winter to learn as much as they could about each of the books listed before the big competition day.  Congratulations to our school's representatives and to all of the students who participated in the program this year.  They are already looking forward to next year!

Jump Start your Battle of the Books Reading

The official 2014-15 Battle of the Books list has been published.  Battle of the Books is a statewide reading competition sponsored by WEMTA.  Students form teams of 2-4 students and read all of the books on the list.  In February, teams compete in the statewide competition where they will answer questions about the books.  Get a jump start on this competition by beginning to read this summer.  Below are the lists for both the elementary division and the middle division.  The elementary division is open to all students in grade 5.  Happy summer reading!

Elementary Division List

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming

Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce

The Dark by Lemony Snicket

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Killer Species: Out for Blood by Michael P. Spradlin

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Loser by Jerry Spinelli

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

The Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived series #9) by Lauren Tarshis

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by James Dean

Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

That Is Not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

 Middle Division List

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Doll Bones by Holly Black

The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen

Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen

Jinx by Sage Blackwood

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

March. Book One by John Lewis

Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan

The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman

One for the Murphys by Linda Mullaly Hunt

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein

Serafina’s Promise by Anne Burg

Truce by Jim Murphy

Tunnels by Roderick Gordon

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

 

Battle of the Books

Congratulations to the two teams that represented our school at yesterday's Battle of the Books state competition. Each team had to answer questions based on a list of 20 books that they read throughout the year. Battle of the Books is sponsored by WEMTA- the Wisconsin Educational Media Technology Association.

Representing NLMSIS in the middle school division were Jordan, Kaitlyn, Taylor, and Roxanne.

Representing the NLMSIS in the elementary school division were Ben, Ryan, and Shane.

The winning school will be announced next week. Best of luck to these students, and congratulations on an excellent Battle season.

Let the Battle Begin!

NLMSIS get ready to battle...about books, that is!  All students are invited to participate in the state Battle of the Books competition, organized by the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association.  Students participating in the battle are required to form a team of 2-4 students, and then as a team read all of the books from one of the lists below.  Fifth and sixth graders may choose to join either the elementary division or the middle division.  From now until February, the team's job is to read, read, read!  Then, in February all teams will meet to compete in a school-wide battle.  The winning team from each division will represent our school at the state competition. 

If you are interested in learning more about Battle of the Books, plan on attending an introductory meeting in the library on Monday, November 4 during Bulldog Time.  See Mrs. Young in the library with any questions.

Here are the lists for each division:

Elementary Division

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived series #7) by Lauren Tarshis

Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen

Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini / Sid Fleischman

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien

No Talking by Andrew Clements

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Stick Dog by Tom Watson

This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Middle Division

The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis - I Survived Series #7 (GA Int)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

Dark Life by Kat Falls

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Deep Zone by Tim Green (GA MS)

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Ice Story: Shackleton’s Lost Expedition by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Ida B--: And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan

Legend by Marie Lu (GA MS)

Middle School: Get Me Out of Here by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (GA MS)

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (GA Int)

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Smile by Raina Telgemeier (GA Int)

Stick Dog by Tom Watson (GA Int)

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz