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What is OBOB?
What is OBOB?
- Oregon Battle of the Books, or OBOB for short, is a really fun and challenging program for students who love to read, love to explore new and interesting books/genres, and enjoy answering questions (trivia) in fast paced competitions (battles).
- Teams are led by Team Coaches (parent volunteers) and will have weekly meetings either in-person or virtually. Additionally, we will have four (4) whole program in-person meetings during lunch/recess blocks beginning in October.
- Our school tournament will be held during lunches throughout February 2025.
- The official Regional OBOB Tournament will be in mid-March 2025. The State OBOB Tournament will be in April 2025 at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, OR.
- For more information about the OBOB program, visit the Official OBOB Website or email Mrs. Roberts at hroberts@ttsd.k12.or.us.
If you'd like to know more about each OBOB title, check out this Slide Show!
If you'd like to know more about each OBOB title, check out this Slide Show!
COMING SOON!!
COMING SOON!!
2024-2025 OBOB Titles
2024-2025 OBOB Titles
3rd - 5th Grade Division
3rd - 5th Grade Division
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney
Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak
Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
How do I Sign Up for OBOB?
How do I Sign Up for OBOB?
Fill out the Google Form below to sign up to participate in OBOB. This form is also the Permission Slip that your Grown-up needs to approve. So make sure you ask them for permission before you fill it out. Also, please remember that once you have been assigned an OBOB team, you must participate the entire time! Otherwise, it's not fair to your teammates.
24-25 OBOB Registration Form - English - Registration Open Until 10/3 at 11:59 p.m.
24-25 OBOB Registration Form - Spanish - Registration Open Until 10/3 at 11:59 p.m.
Once you submit a Registration form, Mrs. Roberts will form teams, assign books, and send out a meeting schedule. If you have questions please email Mrs. Roberts at hroberts@ttsd.k12.or.us.
OBOB Meeting Information
OBOB Meeting Information
We will now meet together during grade level recess/lunch blocks once a month from October to January. We will meet to discuss the OBOB books, do activities, play Kahoots, and have practice battles. I will send a reminder email to your student Gmail accounts, your grown up's email, and your homeroom teacher, the day before our meetings.
Meeting Dates and Books Covered:
October TBD: Introduction & Rules, Author & Title Flashcards, Books: Before the Ever After, J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, Sam Makes a Splash, Thirst
November TBD: Author & Title Kahoot. Books: Circus Mirandus, Frizzy, Leonard (My Life as a Cat), A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity
December TBD: Books: Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers, The Name of This Book is Secret, Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, Twins
January TBD: Books: Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs, The Mystwick School of Musicraft, Marshmallow & Jordan, The Wild Robot
February 1, 2025 - All Books Read
2024-2025 Durham OBOB Tournament - February 2025
Regional OBOB Tournament: March 1 - 22, 2025
OBOB State Tournament: April 12, 2025 - Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
2024-2025 OBOB Team Member Reading Lists
2024-2025 OBOB Team Member Reading Lists
To sign up for a reading list:
Read the Durham OBOB Information and Book List Sheet with your Grown Ups.
Have a team meeting to discuss with your teammates who will read which list. Make sure that all four lists have a reading expert assigned.
Team Coaches will fill out the Durham OBOB Team Name and Book List Sign Up Form by Oct. 13, 2024.
Booklist A (1005 pages):
Booklist A (1005 pages):
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A Time Traveler’s Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine
**Then read Booklist B’s Books
Booklist B (960 pages):
Booklist B (960 pages):
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard
The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
**Then read Booklist A’s Books
Booklist C (990 pages):
Booklist C (990 pages):
Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby
Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright
**Then read Booklist D’s Books
Booklist D (982 pages):
Booklist D (982 pages):
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney
Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
**Then read Booklist C’s Books
Where Can I Find OBOB Books?
Where Can I Find OBOB Books?
Titles can be found as ebooks/audiobooks on Sora.
All titles are available through the Tigard Public Library or the Tualatin Public Library (Washington County Libraries - WCCLS). If you don't have a Public Library Card yet, you can find out how to get an e-access care here.
Books can be checked out from the OBOB display in our Durham Elementary Library (1 book may be checked out at a time).
OBOB Activities
OBOB Activities
24-25 OBOB Author_Title Flashcards.pdfTitle/Author Flashcards
Title/Author Flashcards
Sets of Title/Author flashcards will be delivered to students in their homerooms by in October. But, you can also download the PDF and print it out to make Title/Author Flashcards to practice for battles.
If you have cardstock (heavier paper) it would work best to print these on cardstock before cutting them out. Or, you can print them out and glue them onto cardstock and then cut them out.
You can also make your own flashcards at home out of construction paper or index cards.
Reading Log Forms
Reading Log Forms
Taking notes while you read about important characters, places (settings), main ideas (themes), and important events (plot and action), will help you be able to remember more details for OBOB Battles.
This is not a required activity - these are just to help you, if you want to use them. If you complete these and show them to Mrs. Roberts by March 3rd , you will earn a prize!
Packets will be delivered to your homeroom in October. Or, to use these pages at home, you can:
1) Download the PDF and print out just the pages of the books from your Reading List and take notes.
2) Download the PDF and print out all of the pages to create a reading log to take notes about all of the OBOB books.
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