Stay tuned! RLC 2023-24 is about to begin!

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Community Level Challenge April 26th, 2022

On Tuesday, April 26^th, the Wise Owls represented Smiling Creek in the Community Level Challenge, via Zoom, from the Learning Commons. They competed against the winning teams from nine other elementary schools in our zone. While the Wise Owls represented Smiling Creek at a very high level. Well done! Big congratulations to the Wise Owls and all members of the Reading Link Challenge club this year for your efforts in reading and studying the books this year! Hope to see you out next year.

School Level Challenge March 2nd, 2022

The School Level Reading Link Challenge took place on March 2nd in the Learning Commons with the Coquitlam Public Library staff attending virtually via Zoom. Four teams were competing in the challenge:

Koolaid and the Fri The Wise Owls

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The Majestic Zebras PADEM

Each team had their own device, linked up to the public librarians via a Google sheet to submit their answers. It was a strong competition, with all of the teams performing very well!

Congratulations to The Wise Owls, who will move on to the Community Level Reading Link Challenge competition on Tuesday, April 26th at 1:15pm. Good luck!

Reading Link Challenge 2022 is up and running!

Reading Link Challenge is a province-wide program for students in grades 4 and 5 that promotes the "sport of reading." The program is run as a series of quiz/trivia challenges with winning teams advancing to higher levels of competition. Participating children learn about teamwork and how to read for retention.

In teams of five or six, children read and become familiar with a set of six selected books. At the first challenge level, teams within a school compete with each other answering questions about characters, plots and settings. The winning team at each school then goes on to the next challenge level at the local public library where the competition is repeated with a different set of questions. After this point, regional library systems may have an additional challenge level for winning teams from the different communities they serve. In the Lower Mainland, there is a Grand Challenge, where winning teams from different library systems come together for a competition at an event with a public audience.

Web site link so far: http://www.readinglinkchallenge.ca/index.html

Timeline, so far, with more details to come:

November: Announcement of the titles and distribution of the books to the schools
January: Check with schools to set dates for School Challenges
February - March: School Challenges
March: Library Challenges
March - May: Regional and Grand Challenges

30 spaces have been secured for this year's competition! There are still a few spaces left, so see Mrs. Bischoff if you are interested.

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Community Level Challenge April 21st, 2021

The Community Level Reading Link Challenge took place via Zoom on April 21st. The Reading Cougars competed against the winning teams from nine other elementary schools in our zone, live from the Learning Commons. Mr. Chris Miller, competition organizing librarian from the Coquitlam Public Library, had this feedback to offer the team:

"Without exception, I thought the teams represented their schools with distinction throughout the competition. They were well-behaved and respectful towards each other as well as our staff, which we really appreciated. I know that the Community Challenge quiz was more difficult than the one at the School Challenge level. At the quiz yesterday, many of the teams earned scores that placed them close to each other. Three happened to tie for second place – and move on to the tiebreak – but most of the other teams weren’t far behind."

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Congratulations Reading Cougars! Thank you for all of your efforts in reading and studying the books this year!

School Level Challenge March 5th, 2021

The School Level Reading Link Challenge took place on March 5th in the Learning Commons with the Coquitlam Public Library staff attending virtually via Zoom. Four teams were competing in the challenge:

The Artic Wolves The Booksters

The Reading Cougars The Reading Jedi

Each team had their own device, linked up to the public librarians via a Google sheet to submit their answers. It was a strong competition, with all of the teams performing very well!

Congratulations to The Reading Cougars, who will move on to the Community Level Reading Link Challenge competition on Wednesday, April 21st at 1:30pm.

Reading Link Challenge 2021 is a go!

In teams of six, children read and become familiar with a set of six selected books. At the first challenge level, teams within a school compete with each other answering questions about characters, plots and settings. The winning team at each school then goes on to the next challenge level at the local public library where the competition is repeated with a different set of questions. After this point, regional library systems may have an additional challenge level for winning teams from the different communities they serve. In the Lower Mainland, there is a Grand Challenge, where winning teams from different library systems come together for a competition at an event with a public audience.

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Web site link so far: http://www.readinglinkchallenge.ca/index.html

18 spaces have been secured for this year's competition!

Book Choices announced! This year's books are:

The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson (virtual author visit February 17th)
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