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    3. What is Reading Olympics? A celebration of reading A unique opportunity for students that love to read and discuss literature Montgomery County Intermediate Unit Overview Video http://movie.mciu.org/readingoly/overview.html

    4. Value of Reading Olympics Promotes reading Provides students with the opportunity to celebrate their love of literature Develops self-esteem and leadership skills in participants Promotes the importance of peer collaboration and teamwork Provides all types of students with the opportunity to be a “winner”

    5. Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties rotate the responsibility of creating the book lists and the questions for the competition. Three Divisions: Elementary (grades 5-6) Middle (grades 7-8) Secondary (grades 9-12) The book lists repeat every 5 years Minor changes are made to the book lists to reflect student interest and book availability Trappe Book Center in Trappe, PA offers a 35% discount on all Reading Olympics titles. How is DelCo ivolved?

    6. School Responsibilities Promote Reading Olympics Organize and manage teams 8-15 students per team Language Arts class After-school club Complete in conjunction with school reading requirements (i.e. 100 Book Challenge) Establish meeting schedule Purchase Reading Olympics books if they aren’t already available at the school

    7. Two coaches per team Monitor student reading progress Coach 1: accompany team during competition Coach 2: serve as a score keeper or moderator during competition Organize transportation to competition Establish team uniform Encourage parents to attend event School Responsibilities (cont’d)

    8. Student Participant Responsibilities Commit to team meeting schedule Read approximately 5 books during the school year (based on team of 10 students) Reading levels of books for elementary competition vary from 4.5 to 7.0 Maintain brief journal of books Discuss books and journal entries with teammates

    9. Description of the Competition Held in late spring at one of the County’s large high schools in the evening Students participate in three rounds Student rotate classrooms to compete with different teams Awards ceremony in auditorium All students are awarded a ribbon Different color ribbons are awarded based on total points earned

    10. Sample Reading Olympics Question SAMPLE QUESTION CARD Full Title: Dealing with Dragons Author: Patricia Wrede Level: Middle/Jr. Question: In the book Dealing with Dragons, how do Cimorene and Alianora make the wizards vanish? Answer: They throw soapy water on them.

    11. Organization of the Competition Competition is organized by volunteers from the participating schools and the Intermediate Unit Volunteers are needed to: Organize team check-in Serve as moderators and scorekeepers Maintain scoreboard Troubleshoot during competition Organize awards ceremony

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