PJ & Madness!

I'm pretty sure my kiddos have jumped off the deep end! Last week, I "conveniently" missed Valentine's Day to be at a global education conference hosted by TGC (Teachers for Global Classrooms). I must say I'm happy to have missed the sugar highs & lows of 130 sixth graders!
A lot of the craziness comes from the beginning of our PJ unit (Percy Jackson). My team has developed a huge interdisciplinary unit centered around the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Our kids love it and so do we!
Last week, we started studying ancient Greece in my class. So far we've discussed geography and reviewed the major gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. In writing class, students wrote acrostic poems about an assigned god or goddess. Here's a sneak peek:

While I was out, we started our door decorating contest. Each teacher is assigned to be a Greek god or goddess. Students are to decorate the door with symbols. I'm Athena, goddess of wisdom. Our door won 2nd place! I guess my kids can do things without me! A few other doors are pictured as well (Poseidon won 1st place).

Soon we'll be gearing up for our song parody contest. Last year, my class won with Athena Rocks (Party Rock Anthem)! Cannot wait! :)