LINK TO 3rd-5th OBOB SCHEDULE & VOLUNTEER SIGN UP!
Our 3rd - 7th graders have been working hard reading excellent books and preparing for their battles!
Lunchtime practice battles for 3rd-5th graders will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays (and one Friday) Jan. 13th until February Break. These are informal practice battles, which do not count towards any final score and are just designed to give our students the structure and feel of a battle so that they can gain confidence. Each team will battle each other in these practice battles
-POOL PLAY BATTLES for this division will happen after school on Tuesday February 24th. Each team will compete in 4 battles. The top four highest scoring teams will move on to the final four bracket.
-FINAL 4 BRACKET COMPETITION will take place after school on Wednesday February 25th (around 3:30). The top 4 highest scoring teams from the Pool Play battles will battle, then the winners of those two battles will compete at 4pm in the championship; ALL ARE WELCOME TO WATCH. The championship battle will immediately be followed by the trophy ceremony. The winning team will go on to represent Cedarwood at the OBOB regional competition in early March!
We need parent volunteers to help run all these battles! Don’t worry, it’s fun! HERE is the full schedule and volunteer sign up.
The 6th - 8th grade teams are also hard at work reading and practicing for battles - stay tuned for more information on their battle schedule!
OREGON BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (OBOB)
The Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) is a statewide, voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program supported and organized by Cedarwood parent volunteers. Students in 3rd to 8th grade, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints. The mission is to encourage and recognize students who enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading comprehension, promote academic excellence and encourage cooperative learning and teamwork among students. There is no cost for students to participate.
Students are organized into two divisions - 3rd-5th grade and 6th-8th grade, with each division assigned its own set of books. Students form teams of 4-5 players with students from their own division. Among them, they will read 16 assigned books. In quiz show-style battles, teams go head-to-head answering trivia questions about the books. Battles will be held among Cedarwood teams until only one 3rd-5th grade team and one 6th-8th grade team remains. From there, our Cedarwood champions continue to compete at the regional and maybe state level! Cedarwood battles will begin in January but reading and practicing start now!
Details:
Students may form their own teams or OBOB organizers/teachers place students together looking for a team. Any team with less than 5 students may get additional team members assigned to them. This ensures every student who wants to participate will have an opportunity.
OBOB depends 100% on parent volunteers! Each team requires at least one parent coach, and all battles require parent volunteers to run them. All to say - if your child is interested in joining OBOB, please consider volunteering with the program in some way!
Battles will begin in January and continue through early March.
All teams will battle at least four times. A battle generally lasts around 20-25 minutes.
The team is responsible for knowing details about all 16 books. Team members are encouraged to read as many books as possible so there is a lot of overlapping knowledge. It’s helpful if at least two team members are assigned to every book.
Encourage your child and their team to start meeting and reading the books right away! The public libraries have copies of each book to check out or listen to (yes, listening to audiobooks counts too!)
Powell’s Books has designated OBOB displays at each of its stores and is currently offering 20% off all OBOB titles.
Questions about OBOB at Cedarwood? Contact your OBOB facilitators:
Caroline Onzik (Grades 3-5) conzik@cedarwoodschool.org
Catherine Olson (Grades 6-8) catherinegolson@gmail.com
General questions about OBOB? Visit www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org