Welcome to OBOB at Glencoe!
Resources
Here are links to practice questions and other resources. If you know of any that are not on this list, please let us know! We want all teams to have the same practice resources. We will use the below resources to pull from for our recess practices.
OBOB Book Assignments Template - a template your team can use. Click File Download or File Make a Copy to save to your computer.
Author Pronunciation Guide - Author Name Pronunciation Guide
Recess and Mock Battle questions - practice and mock battle questions used in our weekly recess practices.
Question Bank Questions - Questions by book.
Cedar Mill Library Practice Questions - Scroll to bottom of page, they add sets periodically. These are by set with questions from all books.
Beaverton Library OBOB - Links to practice questions for all books by book.
Lake Oswego OBOB - Links to practice questions for all books by book.
Online question from Findley Elementary in Beaverton - these are fun, you can mix them up or do them by book.
Newberg Library Battle Sets - three battle sets from Newberg Libary.
Timeline
Registration - 10/25-11/06
Teams form - 10/25 - 12/4
Initial OBOB meeting for students Tuesday 12/5 at lunch recess. Go over teams, reading assignments, overview of program. Kids continue or start reading the books.
Recess 2x weekly Tuesday and Wednesday lunch recess practices start December 6th. Kids have winter break to finish reading.
Lunch recess practices continue in January and 'pool play' battles start.
Sunday, February 25th at noon - Final Schoolwide Elimination Battle! Spectators Welcome!
OBOB is open to all 3rd / 4th / 5th grade students. Participating students get into teams of 4 (ideal) or 5 (okay), split up the 16 book reading list, and prepare to battle. The battles, which will take place in late January and early February, consist of two teams competing against each other, answering questions about the books. Prior to the battles there will be twice weekly practice sessions at recess in December and early January.
All sign ups this year will be done via the above Google Form. A form needs to be completed for each OBOBer.
What is OBOB?
From the OBOB website: Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is a statewide voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act grant. Students in 3rd-12th grade, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints.
OBOB’s mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, to broaden reading interests, to increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence, and to promote cooperative learning and teamwork among students.
Questions? Contact Us:
Glencoe Elementary OBOB Parent Volunteer Coordinator: Isabel Johnson, johnson.isabel@gmail.com