Equations Worksheets

Equations worksheets are linked on the right. There is a packet for Elementary players (6th graders) and one for Middle players (7th and 8th grade). We will not be printing out the worksheets, so it is up to each student to print them out on their own. Worksheets are due before Thanksgiving break. For every page completed, students will get one point added to their Friday tournament score, regardless of the number of problems they get correct. The idea is to reward effort. Students are encourage to bring their worksheet packet with them to all practices, as we will often have times when they can work on them with other students.
6th and 7th grade students can get a maximum of 20 points from the worksheets, while 8th grade students can get points for the worksheets that deal with variations that are new this year, specifically worksheets 7N, 7O, 7Q, 9H, 9I, 9J, 10C & 10D.

Friday Results, 10/22

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 62 points, 4.77 average
Giant Midgets - 56 points, 4.00 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 59 points, 3.93 average
No Names - 58 total points, 3.87 average

Overall Standings:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 327 points, 23.59 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 306 points, 19.21 average
No Names - 308 total points, 18.66 average
Giant Midgets - 259 points, 18.13 average

Individual Standings:
Susanne S. 28
Kai I. 26
Livia B-W 26
Conrad P. 25
Yuyi L. 24
Justin S. 24
Victor Z. 24
Matthew S. 23
Jessica Z. 23
Oliver B. 23
Topher W. 23
Luke C. 23

Huron Tournament

Over the weekend we had our second saturday tournament at Huron. 50 students competed for Clague against students from other schools in Ann Arbor, Northville, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Oxford and Jackson.
The team finished first in Top Five (100 out of a possible 100) and first in team average (16.48 per student, 20 is perfect, second place was 14.25).
Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included:
Oliver B
Livia B-W
Luke C
Matt D
Mason D
Miela F
Shalini L
Chun-Lam L
Anly L
Shreya M
Natsume O
Shwetha R
Phillip R
Susanne S.
Justin S
Leo T
Topher W
Ningrui W
Yuqing W
Jessica Z

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament. Our next saturday tournament will be November 20th at Amerman Elementary School in Northville.

Friday Results, 10/15

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Giant Midgets - 67 points, 4.47 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 64 points, 4.27 average
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 53 points, 4.07 average
No Names - 60 total points, 3.75 average

Overall Standings:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 265 points, 18.82 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 247 points, 15.28 average
No Names - 308 total points, 14.79 average
Giant Midgets - 203 points, 14.13 average

Equations Challenge Match

In a challenge match, the students work with their Friday tournament teams for the first half of practice. In second half, all of the students, except the captains, are matched up into games against students from the other teams. The captains are allowed to float around from game to game and help their teammates. At the end of the night, the team with the highest average over all its players wins the match, and every player on that team receives a 6.
Tonight was our Equations Challenge Match.
The averages were as follows:
Pretty Pink Trashcans 4.61
Indestructible Cabbages 4.17
No Names 3.93
Giant Midgets 3.46

So each member of the Pretty Pink Trashcans who was present received a six added to their Friday tournament score. Thje Cabbages all got 4 points, the No Names 3 and the Midgets 2.

Friday Results, 10/8

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 65 points, 4.64 average
No Names - 82 total points, 4.56 average
Giant Midgets - 53 points, 3.79 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 64 points, 3.76 average

Overall Standings:
Pretty Pink Trashcans - 128points, 9.14 average
No Names - 139 total points, 8.36 average
Giant Midgets - 108 points, 8.02 average
Indestructible Cabbages - 131 points, 7.95 average


Equations Challenge Match coming up on Monday

First Friday Tournament

We held our first Friday tournament yesterday and the kids did well. Competition was crisp, the questions asked were on point, and for the most part all of the students seemed comfortable with the procedures of the game of Equations.

The team results of the tournament are as follows:
Pretty Pink Trashcans (Captain Shalini) -- 65 total points, 4.5 average
Giant Midgets (Captains Claire and Shwetha) -- 55 points, 4.23 average
Indestructible Cabbages (Captain Luke) -- 67 points, 4.1875 average
No Names (Captain Topher) -- 57 points, 3.8 average

First Saturday Tournament

Over the weekend we had our first tournament at Clague. 38 students competed for Clague against students from other schools in Ann Arbor, Northville and Jackson. The team finished first in Top Five (97 out of a possible 100) and second in average (14.76 per student, 20 is perfect, first place was 16.43).
Top scorers (18 points or higher) for the team included: JiHo H., Justin S., Leo T., Malay M., Matthew S., Preethi G., Shwetha R., & Susanne S.) Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the tournament.
Our next saturday tournament will be October 16th at Huron High School.
Students need to attend at least three saturday tournaments to be eligible for the State tournament in March.

Academic Games for 2010-11

Welcome Back,

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer vacation. Academic Games begins for all interested students this Friday after school from 3-5 pm. Our practice schedule will remain the same this year as it was last year, Mondays 7-9 pm, and Fridays after school.

Our first Saturday tournament will be a week from Saturday at Clague. A complete schedule is posted to the right, and is included in the Welcome Letter that is also posted on the right.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Eric (ericnelsonag@comcast.net) or Vivek (thanav@umich.edu) We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday

Eric & Vivek

Nationals, Second Day Results for Elementary

Linguishtik
Division A
4) Money Bunnies 76

Divsion C
1) Big Mouth Strikes Again 105 -- Lost in Semi-Finals of Playoffs

On Sets
Division A
4) Money Bunnies 84

Division C
1) Big Mouth Strikes Again 111 -- National Champs!

Propaganda
23) Big Mouth Strikes Again 188
31) Money Bunnies 150

Nationsl Second Day Results for Middle

Linguishtik
Division A
1) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 120 -- National Champs!!
6) Clueless 74

Division B
1) Bob Lee's Trees 104 -- Lost in Semifinals of Playoffs

Divsion C
2) Smack Eyed P's 106 -- Wildcard, lost in Semis


On Sets
Division A
1) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 110 -- 3rd in nation

Division B
1) Bob Lee's Trees 114 -- National Champs!
4) Clueless 87

Division C
1) Smack Eyed P's 104 -- Second in Nation

Propaganda
10) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 264
29) Bob Lee's Trees 188
31) Smack Eyed Ps 162

Nationals, First Day Results for Elem

Linguishtik
Division A
5) Money Bunnies 40, 11 points back

Division C
1) Big Mouth Strikes Again! 52, 1 point ahead

Equations
Division C
3) Money Bunnies 47, 6 points back

Divsion F
1) Big Mouth Strikes Again! 55, 5 points ahead

Presidents
5) Big Mouth Strikes Again! 194
13) Money Bunnies 150

On Sets
Division B
4) Money Bunnies 39

Divsion C
1) Big Mouth Strikes Again! 51, 3 points ahead

Nationals, First Day Results for Middle

Linguishtik
Division A
1) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 60 pts 13 points ahead
5) Clueless 32

Divison B
t-1)Bob Lee's Trees 52, 6 pts ahead

Division C
t-1)Smack Eyed P's 58


Equations
Division A
1) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 58, 4 points ahead

Divison B
2) Bob Lee's Trees 55, 1 pt back

Divison D
3) Clueless 48, 8 pts back

Division E
1) Smack Eyed P's 55, 5 points ahead

Presidents
t-7) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 166
16) Smack Eyed P's 130
t-18) Bob Lee's Trees 124

On Sets
Divsion A
1) Abra Kadabra Alakazam 60, 14 points ahead

Division B
1) Bob Lee's Trees 58, 6 points ahead
5) Clueless 39

Division C
3) Smack Eyed P's 46 4 points back

Last Minute reminders for States

Some last minute reminders for States:

-Bus leaves from the Briarwood parking lot, near the Sears Auto Center at 7am. Be there no later than 6:45am.
-If students have not filled out the homework sheet or turned in the rules sheet, bring them to the bus Wednesday morning. These sheets are attached to this email.
-If students have Equations, On-Sets, Linguishtik, or Wff games they want to bring, please make sure to write their name and school on the games. We do need extra games, so any games brought by students will be greatly appreciated.
-If you are sending medication along with the students, please include medication instructions and put it in a plastic bag with the student's name and the medication name.
-I will not be riding the bus, as I will already be in Grand Rapids. Vivek and Dawn Barron, our parent chaperone will be riding with the kids. If you are going to be late to the bus, please give Vivek a call so that we can plan accordingly.
-If there are any weather delays, we will communicate through this website. Also keep checking back here during the tournament as we will be trying to post results as they happen.

Thanks
Eric

Regular WFF game

Ok, here's how this will work:
-We will post a set of cubes and a goal in the post, all of our regular WFF players can take turns making moves by listing their moves in the comment section below this post. Any one can move at any time, so long as they properly introduce themselves. Every couple of moves we will post the board with all the moves made so far. Anyone can challenge at any time except after their own move.

Resources:
K K C C C A A A N N N R R
p p p q q r r s s i i o

Permitted Premises:

Permitted Rules:

Essentials:

Goal: Epq

Fire Away!

Things to do over break to get ready for States

Hello All,
Hope you are enjoying all of this snow we are getting. Go outside and have some fun!
When you get back in, we have some suggestions for things you can do to get ready for the State tournament next week (or in two weeks for the 6th graders):

-Print out the Presidents packet and begin to fill them out. If enough people print them out, we may go over the answers at practice next monday.
-Print out the Propaganda cheat sheet, and use it to review all of the techniques. We will post some propaganda questions later this week to test how well you studied.
-Do problems in the WFF packet (Basic Part 1 / Basic Part 2 / Regular). Check your answers in the answer key. We are going to play a basic and a regular WFF game here via the comments section in the next couple of posts, which anyone is welcome to join.
-Go back and study your On-Sets and Equations packets. Check your answers against the answer keys (On - Sets and Equations).
-Invite a friend over, or go over to a friend's house. Studying is more fun with friends. You can also play a shake or two if you have games at home.

Let us know if you have any questions. Have fun, we'll see you next week.
Eric & Vivek

Friday's Results

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Last Good Team Name - 64 points, 4.57 average
Stupid x Stupid - 65 total points, 4.33 average
Oompa Loompas - 52 points, 4.00 average
The Betterers - 59 points, 3.93 average

Overall Standings:
Last Good Team Name - 1633 points, 106.71 average
The Betterers - 1499 points, 101.47 average
Oompa Loompas - 1308 points, 99.83 average
Stupid x Stupid - 1372 total points, 96.23 average

Top players:
Shreya 132 points
Sussane 127
Chelsea 126
Renee 124
Andrew G. 123
Anthony 122
Taryn 121
Shwetha 119
Matthew 119
Caleb 119

Saturday at PEC

On Saturday the Clague team competed in the last tournament of the year before the State Tournament. The Clague team finished second in the Top Five, with 95 out of 100, and first in average with an average of 16.00. For the year the team won both the Top Five and Average catergories! Congratulations to the entire team for a great regular season.

Congratulations to the following players who finished with an 18 or higher:
Lorna B.
Preethi G.
Kathy P.
Richard W.
Renee Z.

Also special congratulations to the following players who attended all six tournaments this year and all finished among the top 40 players in the Region:
Andrew H.
Daniel L.
Malay M.
Amol S.
Richard W.
Chelsea Y.
Renee Z.

Friday Tournament Results, January 29

Team results from Friday's tournament:
Oompa Loompas - 63 points, 4.85 average
The Betterers - 61 points, 4.07 average
Last Good Team Name - 56 points, 4.00 average
Stupid x Stupid - 46 total points, 3.83 average

Overall Standings:
Last Good Team Name - 1508 points, 97.14 average
The Betterers - 1376 points, 92.61 average
Oompa Loompas - 1254 points, 90.31 average
Stupid x Stupid - 1206 total points, 87.48 average

Top players:
Sussane 122 points
Shreya 120
Andrew G. 115
Renee 114
Chelsea 114
Caleb 113
Taryn 112
Luke 111
Anthony 111
Richard 108

A couple of reminders:
-We do have practice on Monday. If you have not turned in your health form for the State tournament, make sure you bring it on Monday. Teams will be announced next Friday.

Linguishtik Worksheets

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope everyone had a restful winter break.

Linguishtik worksheets are linked at the right. There are seperate packets for Elementary and Middle students. Students receive a point on their Friday tournament scores for each page they complete up to a maximum of 20 points. Worksheets will be due before the February tournament (Feb. 6). Returning 8th graders can receive credit for only the Clause and Phrase worksheets.
If you are having difficulty printing out the worksheets, let me know, and I will print a copy out.

Also, please note that our next Saturday tournament is this coming weekend at Jackson Northeast Elementary School. Students should be there no later than 8:30 am.