io Rancho
Elementary School
4601 Pepe Ortiz
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
505-892-0220
Fax: 505-892-5724

 
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Enter the Battle of the Books

Battle of the books is a reading competition for 4th and 5th graders. A minimum of 10 of the 20 titles must be read to try out for our school's Battle of the Books Team. Seven students will be chosen, to represent our school at the state competition. Students will be chosen based on their knowledge of the books they have read. This year, the competition is at Rio Rancho Mid High. Students accumulate points for their school's team during the competition rounds. The winning shcools receive certificates and ribbons.

Read to ride

more information below
 
Elementary Battle of the Books Booklist 2006
  

Kids! don't forget that you check availability from your classroom!

Ask your teacher for help!

 Andrews-Goebel, Nancy Pot that Juan Built
Balliet, Blue Chasing Vermeer
Clements, Andrew Week in the Woods
Creech, Sharon Ruby Holler
Cushman, Karen Rodzina
Cummings, Priscilla Saving Grace
Dowell, Frances O’ Roark Where I’d Like To Be
Freedman, Russell The Voice That Challenged A Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Griffen, Peni R. Ghost Sitter
Kerley, Barbara Walt Whitman: Words for America
King-Smith, Dick Lady Lollipop
Krull, Kathleen Harvesting Hope: The Story of Caesar Chavez
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah Plain and Tall
McKay, Hilary Saffy’s Angel
Martin, Ann The Doll People
Ryan, Pam Muñoz Becoming Naomi Leon
Spinelli, Jerry Loser
Stanley, Diane Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
Winkler, Henry Niagara Falls or Does It?
Wise, William Christopher Mouse: A Tale of a Small Tracker		  

 

 

Read to Ride

The Sandoval Masonic Lodge has donated 2 bikes to each of the Rio Rancho Public School libraries to encourage reading during the months of February and March. Students fill out a reading slip with their name, the title of the book and a sentence or two about the book - what they liked about the book, and to whom they would recommend the book. Kindergarteners through second graders read picture books. Third graders through fifth graders read chapter books of 100 pages or more.

The week before spring break, a drawing will be held with two students names being drawn, one for K-2nd and one for 3rd - 5th. The winners will get to take their bikes home for Spring Break!