Battle update

So we have been battling for two weeks here on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.  And can I just say how very impresseed I have been with the battles!  Most of the kids took this so seriously (I even have a team that is reading books that didn't get read between battles so they can advance!).  The hardest part of this has been scheduling the battles.  I want to keep the enthusiasm rolling so I want to get the battles done in as short amount of time as possible.  So I am trying to run all 13 battles before Easter with minimal classroom disruption. 

Most of the battles have been really close (like within one or two points) though there were two blowouts...oops!  The questions seem to be pretty good (some are tough though) and now we're headed into easier questions.  The only other problem I have is students remembering to show up when they battle.  Because I have a time crunch there are a couple of times I thought I was just going to have to tell a team they forfitted because they weren't in the library on time.  Along with the scheduling issues is where to battle.  I really wanted to do it in the auditorium so advisory classes could come and watch.  But it's being used for music concerts and district music festival this week.  So we've held the battles in the library, which means only one or two classes can watch (often my class because they need some supervision). 

But with those minor snaffu's I am THRILLED with how it's going and even more important: the kids are having a blast!  This really has been amazing and I am SO glad that I took this project upon myself--I only hope it is this great next year.

PS I know I promised a review of The Forrest of Hands and Feet and at this point, I may just do a joint review along with the second book in the series.  I am currently reading Guys Read: Funny Business and it has been a nice change of pace.  I have a giant stack of books at home to be read but that is going to have to wait until our house becomes healthy and happy again!