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All fifth grade students from Fishkill Plains are invited to participate in the 2013 Fishkill Plains - Battle of the Books event! So if you're a fifth grade kid at Fishkill Plains, what are you waiting for?

Check out these directions:
 * 1) Choose your book. Look on the side bar of this website for the list of books. Follow the links for those books to resources that will help you choose the best book for you. Please see your teacher if you need help choosing a book.
 * 2) Read your book. Use the skills you've learned in school to take notes on the genre, theme, characters, setting, and plot of your book. Use post-its throughout your book whenever you have questions about the text, you've made a connection to the book, or you find some new vocabulary words that you need to define.
 * 3) We, your teachers and parents, want to know what book you chose and what you thought about it. Sharing information about the genre, theme, characters, setting, and plot of your book is a good place to start. Don't forget to share your opinion of the book too! Take this information and turn it into a script. With parent permission and assistance, create a VoiceThread account and record your script in the VoiceThread below.
 * 4) The VoiceThread has pages for each of the "Fishkill Plains - Battle of the Books" book choices. Make sure to leave your comment on the correct page for your book.
 * 5) You might start by saying, "Hi! My name is Sally from Mrs. Smith's class. I chose to read the book Secret Identity by Wenedlin Van Draanen." Then record the rest of your script. Only share your first name, NEVER share your last name. It is okay to share your teacher's name.
 * 6) Each comment will be moderated before it is available for everyone to view.
 * 7) The quality responses on each VoiceThread book page will be tallied. The book with the most votes will win the 2013 Battle of the Books!

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