Today I hold the first meeting for the 2013-14 Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB).
I have visited all the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes and made the presentation. Today, at 2:15, I will see who is ready to take up the challenge. Last year my team came 2nd at the state finals. Three of those four readers are still at my school. One moved away. I am assuming they will stay together, but I’m not 100% certain of that. What is most exciting to me is seeing the 3rd graders. They are so keen to participate and I love their enthusiasm. I know that there is a group of 4th graders eager to beat last year’s winning team, too.
Today’s meeting is mostly a reiteration of the things I told them when I visited their classes. I will do book talks for kids who are hearing this for the first times, but I know a lot of last year’s kids spent the summer reading the stack of OBOB books, just like I did.
There are a few repeats from a couple of years ago and some new ones as well. Here is the complete list:
Grades 3-5 Division
Abraham Lincoln by Mary Pope Osborne, 2011
Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, 1999
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, 2008
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, 1983
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff, 2008
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins, 2003
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai, 2011
Into the Firestorm by Deborah Hopkinson, 2006
Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi, 2012
Marty McGuire by Kate Messner, 2011
Pie by Sarah Weeks, 2011
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, 2004
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff, 2011
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan, 2011
Who was Neil Armstrong? by Roberta Edwards, 2008
Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt, 2011
You can get more information about OBOB at http://oboblsta.pbworks.com/w/page/5653620/FrontPage
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