Five Day
Seating
Challenge
Mrs. Dooms
Language Arts, Math
Seating Challenge
Day One: Birthday Order
 Sit
in birthday order so that the person with the
birthday closest to January 1 sits in seat 1.
 The
year you were born doesn’t matter.
 Don’t
 When
skip seats
everyone is seated, the student in Seat 5 will
raise his or her hand and report that the class is
ready to begin.
Seating Challenge
Day 2: First Name Order
 You
are going to sit in alphabetical order based off
of your first name.
 If
there is a tie for order, use your last name as a tiebreaker. If that still results in a tie, use middle names.
 The
person with the name closest to the beginning
of the alphabet will sit in Seat 1
 The
last student raises his or her hand and reports
that the class is ready.
Seating Challenge
Day 3: Height Order

Complete this challenge in complete silence: Remain
silent for the entire activity. Do not talk or whisper after
you enter the room.

In the room, line up in order by height.

The shortest person will sit in Seat 1.

Do not skip seats.

When the class is seated, the student in Seat 8 raises
his or her hand, and reports that the class is ready.
Seating Challenge
Day 4: Shoes & Hair
 Sort
yourselves into two groups – those wearing
sneakers & those wearing non-sneakers.
 Next,
each group forms two subgroups:

Curly hair and straight hair (wavy hair is classified as
curly)

Sit with your subgroup in order from the person with
the shortest hair to the person with the longest hair.
Seating Challenge
Sort yourselves into two groups, then
form two subgroups curly/wavy and
straight hair
Class
Nonsneakers
Sneakers
Curly/Wavy
Straight
Short to
longest hair
Short to
longest hair
Curly/Wavy
Short to
longest har
Straight
Short to
longest hair
Sit in order from shortest hair to longest hair according to
the diagram
Seating Challenge
Day 5: Shoes & Hair Continued
 Row
A: Sneakers & Curly Hair
 Row
B: Sneakers & Straight Hair
 Row
C: Leftovers
 Row
D: Non-Sneakers & Straight Hair
 Row
E: Non-Sneakers & Curly Hair