Friday, October 17, 2008

Academic Field Day

Academic Field Day turned out to be much like a gigantic Finally it's Friday series of activities. The biggest differences being that it wasn't just made up of small groups of students in Room 503, but mixed age groups from the whole school, and: there were doughnuts.

Because I was running a particular group (Improv: Telegraph Murder), I only had the chance to work with about six of the Sixth Grade students. I did hear from most of the other students that they had a really fun day, and I heard from several of the other teachers that the Sixth Graders did a great job in their groups - keeping up with the older students and able to answer a lot of questions!

Other activities besides Improv included in Academic Field Day were Science Pictionary, Perilous Polygot (Languages), Math Crypto and Quiz Bowl (History and Literature).

It was a high-energy day and by 2:30, everyone looked like they were ready to call it quits. Hopefully, the students of Room 503 will find some time for a bit of R & R this weekend, in between homework and whatever other plans are in the works for you and yours.

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman