ZION LIBRARY 2007-2008:
New! Accelerated Reader QuizList Interactive Search Tool Please click on the link that follows in order to search the list of Accelerated Reader Quizzes that Zion Lutheran School has purchased. The search tool enables you to search by key words, title or author. You can also find a brief description of the story. Try it out online, at any computer! New! Accelerated Reader QuizList Search Tool

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS:
During the 2006-2007 school year, some of our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders read 24 books in order to participate in the "Battle of the Books" on March 28th, 2007. Similar to a spelling bee, the students who participated met at St. John's Lutheran School in Orange for the final "battle." We competed against 3 other schools by answering questions about the books. It was a lot of fun! They even wore new "Battle of the Books" t-shirts that were designed for the event. One of our teams, the "Book Beagles" even made it to the second round of questioning and came very close to going into the final round.

We are very proud of the efforts of all of the students who participated. We are also very proud of their conduct at the event. The librarian from St. John's complimented our students on their behavior and sportsmanship. Way to go!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 2007-2008:
We are very excited to have 19 students reading our new list of books for the competition that will take place on April 1, 2008 at St. John's Lutheran School in Orange. We have a new list of 24 books. The students and the coaches are enjoying the titles. The new "Battle of the Books" for 2007-2008 are as follows;

Historical Fiction:

• "Watson's Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
• "Long Way From Chicago" by Richard Peck
• "Rodzina" by Karen Cushman
• "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Realistic Fiction:

• "Each Little Bird That Sings" by Deborah Wiles
• "Surviving the Applewhites" by Stephanie Tolan
• "Landry News" by Andrew Clements
• "Becoming Naomi Leon" by Pam Munoz Ryan
• "Honus and Me" by Dan Gutman
• "Summer of Riley" by Eve Bunting
• "Trouble With Tuck" by Theodore Taylor

Classic:

• "Twenty-One Balloons" by William Pene du Bois
• "Indian in the Cupboard" by Lynne Reid Banks
• "Whittington" by Alan Armstrong

Fantasy/Sci Fi:

• "Power of Un" by Nancy Etchemendy
• "Green Thumb" by Rob Thomas
• "Prince of the Pond" by Donna Jo Napoli
• "Z is for Zachariah" by Robert O'Brian

Adventure/Mystery:

• "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
• "Wreckers" by Iain Lawrence
• "Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty Birney
• "Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
• "Dead Letter" by Betsy Byars

Non-Fiction:

• "Who Was William Shakespeare?" by Celeste Davidson Mannis

We also want to thank John Petsch for making our new bookcase for our "Battle of the Books" section of the library. The bookcase was made to match our other library furniture. The material for the bookcase was purchased with funds from our Scholastic Book Fair "07.

We are very proud of our wonderful library that is located in the center of our elementary school. All students, from grades K-8, are scheduled to use the library. They can check out books, check out Accelerated Reader books, read magazines, listen to a story tape, read the latest newspaper articles, and do research using our Encyclopedias and other resources.

At the beginning of 2003-2004 we were given a donation by the PTSL that came in handy to help us redecorate the library. We purchased baskets for our paperbacks, bean bag chairs, and colorful wire baskets to help us organize our Accelerated Reader books and the paperbacks on our book shelves. Thank you PTSL!

We were also given a donation by the PTSL to purchase several bookcases for our library. We recently put the bookcases into place. They are a wonderful addition. Our Accelerated Reader section of the library was growing and we needed more space for books.

Also, after the 2004 Fall Fundraiser we were given a generous gift from PTSL that enabled us to purchase 300 more Accelerated Reader book tests. The tests were loaded onto all the classroom computers so the students can take their tests after they read their Accelerated Reader books. Thank you again, PTSL.

Click on the link below to begin the Hangman Game:

Halloween Hangman Game

Click on the link below to begin the Halloween Crossword Puzzle:

Halloween Crossword Puzzle

The following games are lots of Halloween fun! Try them out by playing the game with a friend in the classroom.

Halloween Memory Puzzle

Halloween Mahjong Border Game

Halloween Sliderpuzzle

Halloween Sokoban