Rooster Games 2014!

Last Wednesday was the 6th Annual Ashaway School Rooster Games!  All of the students who read at least five of the books on the list of nominees for the Rhode Island Children's Book Award were invited to participate.  The seven teams (each a mix of boys and girls from both fourth grade classrooms) competed in a variety of games that were based on books from the list.

This year the students surprised me by arriving for the games wearing fabulous rooster hats that they had secretly made in class.  Aren't they terrific??

It was a really fun morning, and it couldn't have happened without the support of our fourth grade teachers, our parent volunteers, and our Ashaway School P.T.O.  My sincerest thanks go out to them all!

These students earned "Champion Reader" medals for reading every RICBA book I bought from the list!

Team Light Blue earns a point during the Multiple Choice Round

Working together to identify the title of a book during the Illustration Round

A student matches the title of a book to its opening sentence during the First Lines Round

Team Red acts out a scene from a book during the Creativity Round

This year we had a tie for first place...a four-way tie!  Teams White, Light Blue, Green and Yellow were the winners of this year's Rooster Games.  But, of course, all of the students who participated had a fun morning and got to enjoy a pizza party at the end of the day.  I'd call that a "win-win"!  :)

Yum!  Thanks, P.T.O.!

These Kids Had "No Time for TV"!

No Time for TV Week ended on Sunday, May 25th.  All last week students brought back their papers to show how many points they earned by exercising their minds and bodies, and there were a LOT of them!  This year, I saw a 33% increase in participation over last year's number!!  WOW!  In addition, over 50% of the students who participated in the program didn't have any screen time for the entire 7 days!  (By comparison, last year that number was about 25%.)  I'll be handing out the prizes for earning at least 100 points this week, and today I got to announce the winners of the $10 gift certificates for Scholastic Books.

This year's lucky winners have some shopping to do!

While the deadline has passed for being included in the drawing, I will continue to accept participation forms from those who earned at least 100 points.  These students will be allowed to select something special from the library "prize basket" next week!

Thanks all to all the families who participated and supported their children during the week!  I am also grateful for the sponsorship of our wonderful Ashaway School PTO, who provides the funds for the gift certificates and other prizes!