The way they do it here is one school hosts the competition. This time, three other schools from the district came and they randomly put the kids into teams of three by grade. There is always a good mix of Indian, Asian, and Caucasian kids.
The kids are given a word or story problem and a time limit (1-3 minutes). When the moderator says, "time", each team has to hold their paper up whether they're finished or not. The papers are gathered and while they're being graded, the kids start another problem. At the end, the scores are tallied and the top 3 teams from each grade are awarded ribbons.
It was fun to be there and see them work through the problems. I love opportunities like this for kids to get together for wholesome fun as well as learning.
It's a great opportunity for them to work under a pressure situation with people they don't know and figure out how to be successful.
Sawyer's team had the added bonus of coming in first place. Way to go Sawyer- keep calculating!
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