On Monday, all of the Labyrinth (grades 3-5) mathematicians gathered in the Downing for a morning of math. Students and teachers alike were engaged in a variety of math games. Students in each grade were responsible for a different game and taking on a leadership role, teaching the game, and guiding their peers.
Over the summer, students in grades three through five completed summer work in three subjects: reading, writing, and math. For their math summer work, students opted to complete different challenges on a challenge board, like “practice math facts for five days in a row.” When we returned to school, students completed a survey to share which challenges they took on. We shared the data for the Labyrinth in aggregate at the math camping event to learn more about ourselves as mathematicians.
After that, we moved on to the math games. At this part of the event, students rotated from station to station, campfire to campfire (no actual fire was used in the Downing!) with support from faculty throughout the school. A hundred people solving math challenges in one room was an opportunity to see all of the BDS values on display. This series of Labyrinth community-building academic events was the product of a Lenesa Leana grant. We can’t wait for next September’s Labyrinth writing event!
– The Labyrinth Summer Work Team (Vaniecia Skinner, Amy Sprung, and Leigh Twarog)
