'Spud'tacular Sportsmanship in Elwood

Students in Liz Held and Beth Noon’s third-grade classes at James H. Boyd Intermediate School in the Elwood Union Free School District used their math and science skills to compete in the fifth annual Potato Olympics.

Prior to the opening ceremonies of the Potato Olympics, third-graders studied the Olympic games in their classrooms. Students decorated a potato and created a name and history for their Potato Olympian.

On the day of the big event, students rotated to eight different stations with their multitalented potato athletes. While working cooperatively with teammates, students used various math and science skills to complete each Olympic event. While recording the statistics of their Olympian, students coached their athletes in games including the potato luge, potato bowling, potato curling, potato weigh-in and potato taste test. During the closing ceremonies, students and Potato Olympians received medals.

“The Potato Olympics is a cumulative event that ties in all the things we have been learning including measurement, area, weighing, predicting and estimating,” said Held. “The students really enjoyed learning about the Olympics and had a great time.”

Photo courtesy of the Elwood UFSD. Potato Olympics: Third-grade students from James H. Boyd Elementary School worked cooperatively in teams to compete in the Potato Olympics

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