Elementary School Academic Day (3rd - 5th Grades)

Roster Due: 02/01

General Schedule of the Day:

• Morning Events
  • Math Bowl (3rd - 5th grades - one team per grade level)
  • Written Spelling Bees (3rd - 5th grades - grade-specific bees)
• Noonish - LUNCH
• Afternoon Event
  • Quiz Bowl (3rd - 5th Grade Mixed Teams)

Math Bowl Basic Format (see Rule tab for complete rules): 

• Individual and team event for grades 3-5 consisting of two (2) rounds.
  • Round 1 - Each student will take the same individual quiz. Students will have 30 minutes to complete the quiz. This must be done individually with no communication between students and coaches at all.  
  • Round 2 - The 4-student team will be given 20 problems to solve. They will have 30 minutes in which to solve the quiz. The team may work together or separately to solve the problems, but only one (1) answer sheet per team will be turned in.  
• A school may send four (4) students from each grade (3rd, 4th, & 5th).

Quiz Bowl Basic Format (see Rule tab for compete rules): 

• A team is composed of students from 3rd - 5th grade.
• There will be 12 toss-up questions per round, plus a two-part bonus question for each correctly answered toss-up. 
• Competitions will be set up as round robins unless otherwise stated.
• Each round will generally last 20 minutes.

Spelling Bee Basic Format: 

• Individual event for grades 3rd-5th
• A school may send 2 students for each grade level event
• A written spelling bee for grades 3-5 using grade-appropriate words and the rules listed in the Manual under Spelling Bee. Practice lists will be on the GAPPS website no later than Sept. 1 of the current school year.
  Note: GAPPS will use this list for the first two (2) rounds, then reserves the right to go off-list at the beginning of the third (or subsequent) round.