The Rooster Games are fast approaching, and people up and down state are wondering how to prepare their students for the day. There's not much to it.
For the 7 or so years that we at Jamestown have played the Rooster Games, we've just asked folks to wear a shirt in their team color and bring a snack and something to drink (a juice box packet or water) for that wonderful time when everything is done and you are socializing and eating and feeling good! If you forgot what color team you are on, click on the rooster photograph for the team list. Some snacking materials will be provided thanks to the Jamestown PTO and the Jamestown Education Fund.
If you can't find or borrow a purple shirt, for example, past practice has been to tape a piece of paper onto the students shirts - both front and back - declaring that the shirt is purple! Solid color is preferable - if there are words/images on it, no problem. Some students have gone so far as to spray their hair their team color! Yes, it's OK to do that. It is a sport, after all.
Just to let you know how the day will go: Moses Brown students get on the bus at 8:30 to go to Lawn Avenue school. The students will finally get to meet their other teammates!! Then a parent chaperone from Jamestown will lead the teams around to the various activities they need to complete. The rounds include: matching the author to title, first lines of the book to the proper book, a poster round where they draw a subtle poster expressing understanding of the book. A title scramble. They will find twenty objects on a table that they need to match to the correct book. Then we break for lunch.
Then comes the PowerPoint round, where the teams are asked both multiple choice and fill in questions regarding the books.The chaperones will be tallying and scoring while the awards will be presented: a certificate of merit for reading ten or more books and a trophy for those who read all twenty. The three top scoring teams will be announced, and photo ops ensue, and then just hanging out with new friends, maybe running around our playground, weather permitting. Then at 12:45 the Moses Brown students will board the bus back to campus..
On behalf of our students and myself, I would like to thank Moses Brown for playing with us us.
Lunch for all 115 involved and some of the snacks provided, is being paid for by the amazing generosity of Jamestown Education Fund. Thank you for always being first and foremost a supporter of educational opportunities for our students; and helping us reach some of our S.I.T. committee goals in providing outreach and collaboration outside our fair city. It is no exaggeration to say that without you, this day could never happen.
The trophies were paid for by the Jamestown P.T.O. Thank you for letting us reward good readers.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us via email or click on the "Comments" button. Private messages can be sent via email. The Jamestown librarian is casey.lisa@jamestownschools.org. The Moses Brown librarian is lgladding@mosesbrown.org.
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