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Interested in signing up for virtual author visits?
Students and staff are welcome to register to attend the Fall into OBOB Author Series hosted by Roundabout Books in Bend, Oregon.
*Please note the dates and OBOB grade levels of the following events. Each virtual event is scheduled to start at 6:00pm PST:
9/20/22--Measuring Up with Lily LaMotte (grades 3-5) LINK to YouTube Recording
10/4/22--Taylor Before and After with Jennie Englund (grades 6-8) LINK to YouTube recording
10/13/22--While I Was Away with Waka T. Brown (grades 6-8) LINK to YouTube recording
10/20/22--The Trouble with Weasels with Rob Harrell (grades 3-5) LINK to YouTube recording
10/27/22--Letters from Cuba with Ruth Behar (grades 3-5) LINK to YouTube recording
11/10/22--The Barren Grounds with David A. Robertson (grades 6-8) LINK to YouTube recording
Student Attitude and Behavior Contract (from OBOB)
We recognize that healthy competitive experiences require support and input from parents as well as cooperation by student participants. This contract sets the expectation of good sportsmanship for participants—specifically OBOB team members and parents.
Parents and student OBOB participants agree to abide by the rules guiding the conduct of battles, modeling the principles of good sportsmanship for each other and all others in attendance.
Parents agree to give encouragement and support to their children regardless of the degree of success.
Student OBOB participants agree to encourage one another regardless of success, skill, or playing time in battles.
Parents agree to stress the importance of respectful behavior toward coaches and battle officials through conversation with their children and by setting a positive example.
Parents and student OBOB participants agree to accept decisions of battle officials respectfully and contribute positively to team success.
Parents and student OBOB participants agree to serve as role models and support all teams participating.
Battle Procedures (from OBOB)
Be familiar with the rules and regulations provided in the handbook (the 2021 handbook is linked here).
Before the first round of pool play read the volunteer/good sportsmanship statement.
Politely request cell phones be turned off.
Remove the questions for the battle from the envelope.
Ask the Timekeeper to do the coin toss.
While the coin toss is occurring, state aloud that you will be shuffling the questions and numbering the front of each of the cards 1 through 8. Note that there is usually one or two extra questions in each packet. These additional questions are available in case the Moderator inadvertently makes a mistake concerning a question.
The team winning the coin toss may choose whether they wish to answer even or odd questions.
Remind the audience and teams that they are to be silent spectators. The Moderator may, at any time remove a participant.
The Moderator will ask the question to one team and all members are muted. Everyone is in one Zoom room.
Team A will be asked to unmute and have 20 seconds to discuss their answer. The spokesperson must respond within 20 seconds and will be given a 5 second warning. Team B will be muted during Team A's talk time and vice versa.
If Team A answers correctly, they receive 5 points (or partial points if a two part question.)
If Team A can not answer correctly or fully, the Moderator will give the correct answer. There are no steals this year.
After this question, Team B gets the next question.
Protocol for Challenges (from OBOB)
After the battle, the Moderator will ask both team spokespersons if they want to challenge a question. A team may only challenge a question that they were asked. Each team may only offer one challenge per battle.
The Moderator will determine if the points will change the outcome of the battle.
If it will change the outcome, the Moderator will deliver two copies of the books needed: one book to the spokesperson and one book to a team member chosen by the team.
The challenging team will have 24 hours to find and mark the page numbers (with a post-it note) where the answer can be found in the book they named.
The Moderator will contact the team.
The Moderator determines whether the challenge is successful or not. An answer may be considered correct only by way of evidence. If the Moderator accepts the challenge as successful, and the other conditions for gaining a score were fulfilled, the points shall be awarded and the scores amended.
The Moderator’s decision is ALWAYS FINAL and there is NO further discussion
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