Advanced Reading Challenge Information Students are encouraged to

Advanced Reading Challenge Information • • Students are encouraged to participate in the Imagine Schools Advanced Reading Challenge Students who complete 25 books from the ARC list will receive the grand prize of a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card and a certificate of achievement Prizes will be awarded along the way as students complete books on the list. (prize list included) Projects are due for each book read. – – – • • All portfolios are due by May 1. Students can read up to three books that are not on the ARC list. – – • • Teacher can take picture of the project or send student to Barbara Brunner to have a picture taken of the project. Students will use the pictures to create a portfolio to showcase their projects and the books they have read. Projects options are included in the ARC packet. These books must be approved by the teacher or ARC chair. Books chosen should be of the same caliber as those on the ARC list. The ARC Packet includes a signature page which must be signed by the student and the parent. Students must be participating in the ARC in order to participate in the Book Competition. .

Advanced Reading Challenge Read ARC books to earn prizes. 1 Book –Membership Card 5 Books – Book charm, ARC Challenge Spirit Shirt 10 Books – Book charm, Personal Pan Pizza Certificate, 15 Thuderbucks 15 Books – Book Charm, Drawing for a prize pass, 20 Thunderbucks 20 Books – Book Charm, $5 book from Scholastic, 30 Thunderbucks 25 Books – Book charm, $50 Gift Card for Barnes & Nobles Surprise extras will happen throughout the challenge when you are least expecting them.

Advanced Reading Challenge Book Competition Information • Books for the ARC Book Competition will be taken from the ARC reading lists and books read in the classroom. • Competitions will be held in May. • There will be three rounds of competition. • Classroom round – which will determine the four person team and one alternate that will move on to round two • Grade level round – teams from each classroom will compete with each other to determine the team to represent the grade level in the final round. • Ultimate round – One team per grade will compete against other teams from other grades. For grades 5 th and up are included • Third//fourth grade list will be available soon • Possible questions for the competition will be provided two weeks prior to the competition.

Advanced Reading Challenge Book Competition Fifth/Sixth Grade List 1. Bud Not Buddy 2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis 3. Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson 4. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg – Rodman Philbrick 5. The Giver – Lois Lowry 6. Stuart Little – EB White 7. Old Yeller – Fred Gipson 8. The Lost Years of Merlin – T. A. Barron

Advanced Reading Challenge Book Competition Seventh/Eighth Grade List 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Call of the Wild – Jack Landon The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane City of Ember – Jeanne Du. Prau The Adventures of Robin Hood – Roger Lancelyn Green Through the Looking Glass – Carroll Lewis Cyrano De Bergerac – Edmond, Rostand