Reading Bowl

About Reading Bowl

The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (“HRRB”) is a unique reading competition offered to 4th and 5th graders at Brandon. The “bowl” is a competition between schools and uses questions from the Georgia Book Award nominees in a quiz bowl-like format.

About the Team

• Team of 10 students
• Tryouts take place over the course of many weeks
• ‘Top 10’ Selected Team Readers Based on the Following Criteria:
  • Reading as many of the books on the HRRB list
  • Receive and read ‘assigned’ books (2)
    • Turn in 10 Questions per book!
  • AR Quiz scores
  • Attendance at the pre-selection meetings
  • Questions answered about books
  • Competitiveness

Teacher Advisors: Mrs. Lander, Ms. Richards, Mrs. Davis, and Ms. Brown

To learn more, visit Mrs. Lander’s smore flyer here.