And the winner is...

 In a tie for third place: Sprinkles and Secrets and Flying the Dragon

 In second place: Edison's Gold

And the Bement MCBA winner for 2015....The Lions of Little Rock!

It wasn't even close---it was a landslide! We loved this book!

Our results have been forwarded to Salem State University who will tally the state winner to be announced in April. Stay tuned!

MCBA bookclub

The 4th and 5th grade MCBA Book Club met throughout January and February each Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-4:30 with Mrs. Mullens and Ms. Bernard. Students enjoyed tasty snacks while reading and discussing Kristin Levine's The Lions of Little Rock. There was much to discuss in the book, as students wrestled with the topic of racial segregation and learned about the Little Rock Nine.  It was so much fun to be surrounded by such a group of enthusiastic readers!

On February 24th students had the opportunity to Skype with the author, Kristen Levine. They crafted very thoughtful questions and enjoyed learning more about her writing process and how the story came to be. It was a special afternoon as the readers connected with the author!

Battle of the Books

This year we had eight teams compete in the Battle of the Books as part of the MCBA action. Students formed teams, read like crazy, and wrote questions for the competition. Two teams sported 25 readers, making the competition fierce. These readers knew their stuff!

As part of our our Dr. Seuss Reading Celebration, the all-school tournament was held.
Honorable mention went to the 5th grade champions- Erin, Allie, Gabe and Lindsay
Third place to the 6th grade team: Drew, Claresse and Isabelle
Second place went to the Teacher team: Ms. Lent and Ms. Ames
and this year's Champions...the 4th grade team- "Team Red": Will, May, Aaron and Ryan!
Congratulations to all our participants!

Congratulations to Erin!

Erin finished The Son of Neptune just in time to join the 25 Club for 2015! Congratulation on this huge accomplishment!

Erin and her Battle of the Books Team are ready for competition

First 25 Reader of 2015!

Congratulations to Will who has achieved the lofty goal of reading ALL 25 MCBA nominees this year! The great, the pretty good , and the ugly---he read them all!
He is a passionate reader and loves to talk books, so he is a great resource if you aren't sure what to read next.
Congratulations Will!

Book Club

All 4th and 5th grade readers are invited to join Mrs. Mullens and me on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 for MCBA Book Club. Our first selection is the gripping historical fiction novel, The Lions of Little Rock. Registration is required,so if you are interested see us to sign up.

And we're off!

This morning the 4th, 5th and 6th grade readers at Bement packed the Grace Bement Reading Room to officially kick off this year's MCBA program.
Our goal is to beat last year's total number of books read (361) and to increase participation to 90%. I know we can do it!