We started our Tournament by creating "Rose Petal Bread" in our Kingdoms.  By painting flowery designs on our bread like those during the Middle Ages, we got in the spirit of the day.  

Next we introduced the three competing kingdoms.  Here are the competitors:

Great flags, mottos, and mascots from all!

We proceeded outside for the morning's individual challenges.  Each knight received stars on their "scroll" to show which challenges they passed.  When time was called, the scrolls were collected and the Kingdom with the highest average of stars was in the lead. (5A)  Challenges were numerous and included the following:

We enjoyed our rose petal bread and our lunchtime feast (meal) and following read-aloud commenced the tournament action with the group portion of the tourney.  Three full-kingdom challenges took place:

Points were tallied and winners proclaimed! Congratulations to the KNIGHTS OF KNOWLEDGE:  2005 Medieval Tournament Champions.  Congratulations to all other hard-working and good sportsmanship-showing knights as well.  The day was a huge success.  Before retiring to our homelands for the evening, we shared some of our Ballad and musical creations in finest "American Idol" style.  We'll all be dreaming of jousts and juggling for some time, but will never forget the real lessons learned and friendships made this past week- our first week of fifth grade!