Super Literacy Quiz Bowl Returns for 2024-25 School Year
Building upon last year's inaugural event, the opportunity is open to 3rd and 4th graders.
SLQB is an optional activity generously supported by the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation.

​General information flyer 

 3rd grade reading list 
3rd grade registration form (front) | Print-sign-return back page by March 17, 2025 
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​ 4th grade reading list 
4th grade registration form (front) | Print-sign-return back page by May 19, 2025

WHAT IS SUPER LITERACY QUIZ BOWL?
  • SLQB is a fast-paced trivia game based on books from the SLQB reading list 
  • Students in the same grade level compete as teams
  • Students will be placed randomly into teams within their class at the event
  • Third grade will play in the PAC on March 26, 2025 from 9:00-10:25 | Signed registration form due March 17, 2025
  • Fourth grade will play in the PAC on May 29, 2025 from 8:25-10:25 (new date/time) | Signed registration form due May 19, 2025
  • Registration forms (required to participate at the event) will be available in the library and the Gator Gazette after winter break
WHAT DO STUDENTS GET FOR PLAYING?
  • All competitors receive a beanie with an exclusive SLQB patch
  • Members of the winning teams earn a beanie of a different color
  • Members of the winning teams earn an ice cream party for their entire classroom
HELPFUL HINTS
  • Start reading! All titles are available at the Grand View library. Picture books and nonfiction titles stay in the library to be read there. Novels will be circulated in a timely manner so everyone gets a chance to read them.
  • You may check out books from the public library; or consider purchasing them to keep.
  • Take notes. Dedicate a notebook for all your SLQB books. It will be really helpful for review prior to the competition. Notes, however, will not be allowed during the competition.
  • Keep track of straightforward information such as the name of the author or illustrator. List character names for each book. Jot down sequence and timeline of events. These are the kinds of details that will help you during the game.
  • Read everything in the book. This means the supplementary pages, such as the forward and the afterword, that are often included in nonfiction books. The "extra stuff" makes for great SLQB questions!
  • Have fun!
​Thank you to former Pennekamp Library Resource Specialist Barbara Siegemund-Broka and to Pennekamp/Mira Costa parent Jiyeon Im
for bringing this popular Pennekamp event to all the MBUSD elementary schools, thanks to a grant from MBEF.
Ms. Barbara will introduce the event to our 3rd and 4th graders during their library class visit the week of November 4, 2024.
​A practice game for 3rd graders will take place in the library during the class visit the week of January 27, 2025.
Questions? Email Mrs. Snively at [email protected]

Enrich Your Quiz Bowl Experience with Extras Provided by the SLQB Organizers

EXTRAS FOR 3RD GRAE BOOKS
Enrichment for Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
As always, be advised that YouTube sidebars, comments, and advertisements are not always child-appropriate.
EXTRAS FOR 3RD GRADE BOOKS
Enrichment for Nothing: John Cage and 4'33'
As always, be advised that YouTube sidebars, comments, and advertisements are not always child-appropriate.
EXTRAS FOR 3RD GRADE BOOKS
Enrichment for Moth: An Evolution Story
As always, be advised that YouTube sidebars, comments, and advertisements are not always child-appropriate.
EXTRAS FOR 4TH GRADE BOOKS
Enrichment for Otis and Will Discover the Deep
As always, be advised that YouTube sidebars, comments, and advertisements are not always child-appropriate.
EXTRAS FOR 4TH GRADE BOOKS
Enrichments for Tokyo Digs a Garden
​As always, be advised that YouTube sidebars, comments, and advertisements are not always child-appropriate.
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​New for Third Graders!
​Super Literacy Quiz Bowl 2023-24

Will YOU be a Quiz Bowler?
Grand View's thrilling
​Super Literacy Quiz Bowl game
will be held in February 2024, but you can start reading now!

​Book copies are available in the Grand View library.
This activity is optional. Student participation is not required.

 * * * PRINT the  introduction | PRINT the reading list and helpful hints * * *
Super Literacy Quiz Bowl is a fast-paced trivia game for 3rd graders based on all of the books from the reading list. Students in the same grade level compete as teams; students will be placed randomly into teams within their class at the event. The event will be held in the PAC on February 12, 2024 from 11:00-noon. A signed registration form is required to participate; forms will be sent home the week of December 10, 2023 and are due to Mrs. Snively by January 26, 2023. Extra forms are available in the library or may be printed HERE.
HELPFUL HINTS
  • Start reading! All titles are available at the Grand View library. Picture books stay in the library to be read there. Chapter books will be circulated in a timely manner so everyone gets a chance to read them.
  • You may check out books from the public library; or consider purchasing them to keep.
  • Take notes. Dedicate a notebook for all your SLQB books. It will be really helpful for review in February. Notes, however, will not be allowed during the competition.
  • Keep track of straightforward information such as the name of the author or illustrator. List character names for each book. Jot down sequence and timeline of events. These are the kinds of details that will help you during the game.
  • Read everything in the book. This means the supplementary pages, such as the forward and the afterword, that are often included in nonfiction books. The "extra stuff" makes for great SLQB questions!
  • January 8, 2024 students practice using online quiz tool during library class visit
  • January 26, 2024 sign-up sheets due to Mrs. Snively 
  • Have fun!
3rd Grade Super Literacy Quiz Bowl 2024 Reading List
Every participating student is asked to read at least 9 books from the list below
PICURE BOOKS
The Babe & I, by David A. Adler
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, by Laurie Ann Thompson
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera, by Candace Fleming
I Dare! I Can! I Will!: The Day the Icelandic Women Walked Out and Inspired the World, by Linda Olafsdottir
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear
My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led and Unlikely Team to Victory, by Julie Abery
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Two Bad Ants, by Chris Van Allsburg
We are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom

CHAPTER BOOKS
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom, by Matthew Swanson
Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech
Ways to Make Sunshine, by Renee Watson
The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown
​Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate
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Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im
​Thank you to former Pennekamp Library Resource Specialist Barbara Siegemund-Broka and to Pennekamp/Mira Costa parent Jiyeon Im
for bringing this popular Pennekamp event to all the MBUSD elementary schools.
Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im introduced the event to our 3rd graders during their library class visit the week of October 30.
​Thank you to Stephanie Stewart for helping with this event at Grand View.
Questions? Email Mrs. Snively at [email protected]
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Grand View’s first Literacy Bowl 2/12/24

Super Literacy Quiz Bowl is supported this year by a grant from MBEF
at all of the elementary schools