Math Quiz Game Show

This afternoon was a bit wild and crazy, but it was fun. Shortly after I arrived for my half-day, the kids were on their way to recess and lunch. The teacher was actually still hanging around too because she only needed to be gone for the last hour or so of the day. She explained to me that she was going to stick around until then, but be pulling kids up to the library to read with her, and I would stay in the room and play a math game with the rest of them. Had a chance to visit with her during the lunch time, which was nice - I don't see this teacher as much as some others in the school and it's always good to get to know them - more likely they'll want me back if they know me personally! :)

Anyway, so once the kids got back I read a few chapters of their book (Gregor the Overlander), and then we started the game. It was kind of like Jeopardy in layout - 5 categories to choose from, 4 point values each, the teams chose the category and point value they wanted and I read the question. That team then got a minute or so to answer, if they got it right they got the points, but if they got it wrong, the next team got a chance to answer. We played this for about an hour. During that time, one kid's dad brought in cupcakes for the kid's birthday. So after we finished the game we passed out cupcakes, and since by this point they were totally hyper and loud and difficult to corral, we got their stuff together and went out to recess for the last bit of the day until the bell rang.

It was a loud day, a rowdy day, but it was Friday and I was having fun being a game show host and I didn't care so much! :)

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