Boise Eliot Humboldt 3rd Grade Room 100: OBOB

UPDATE February 19th, 2015

The students did a fantastic job at our school wide battle one of our teams made it to the final battle and ended up only loosing by 5 points.

OBOB has released a partial list of books and the kids are ready to get started for next year!

Happy Reading and we wish tons of luck to the 5th grade team attending regionals!

http://bit.ly/oboblist2016

We are excited to have two OBOB teams this year in 3rd grade. Below you will find some information about how OBOB is run in our classroom.

We have two teams of four with one alternate on each team. The children will each be assigned 4 books to become experts on between now and January. In January we will start have mock battles in the classroom as well as with other OBOB school participants.
One team from Boise-Eliot/Humboldt will attend the regional OBOB competition in the spring.

I will continue to update the blog with information about book assignments as well as dates and important announcements around OBOB.

Please let me know if you have questions.

GO ROOM 100 READERS

LIST OF BOOKS FOR 2014-2015

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor

Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes

Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Sasquatch by Roland Smith

Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin

Swindle by Gordon Korman

Tales from the Odyssey, Part One by Mary Pope Osborne

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng

OBOB Helpful Links

Oregon Battle of the Books Official Home Page http://oboblsta.pbworks.com/w/page/5653620/FrontPage
Tip: While answering questions, kids need to be able to correctly pronounce the author's first and last name. Here is a website where you can listen to the author pronouncing their own name. http://www.teachingbooks.net
Tip: Battles have very specific formats. Make sure your team is aware of the format, and practices following it. The entire format is detailed in the OBOB handbook .
Click here to see a reading distribution diagram devised by the Winterhaven School Librarian.
You can download the official score sheet here. (You'll see why you need to study the handbook for the scoring rules!)