Winning at Math and Writing with Sports Card Games

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Winning at Math and Writing with Sports Card Games

• Numbers On The Court
• Numbers On The Diamond

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Why sports games work?

• Create an emotional context to care about the
  numbers
• Competition- equal chance of winning
• Create teams with popular players the students
  choose
• Control of their own team, decision-making like a
  real coach
• Sportsmanship

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Whats in the Guide?

• Objectives
• Definition of Terms
• Implementation Levels
• Integration across the curriculum
• Reproducible handouts

Handouts Team Roster - Rule Reminders - Sample
League Schedule Sample Tournament Schedule -
Blank Tournament Schedule Blank Score Sheets
- Sample Score Sheets Sample Statistics
Explanation of Math Computations Blank
Statistics Form Descriptive Summary Article Form
Writing Helps Descriptive Summary Sample
Articles NOTC/NOTD Certificates Recognition
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Draft DayCreate the atmosphere

• Choose playing format
• Tournament/Series/League
• Draft teams and players
• Choose local, college, or professional athletes
  male and female
• Create pennants
• Schedule games

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Team and Player Roster
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_________________________________ Team
Name/Mascot Owned and Coached By _________________
__________________________________________________
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Player Position 1.____________________________
_________ __________________ 2.__________________
___________________ __________________ 3.________
_____________________________ __________________
4._____________________________________ _________
_________ 5._____________________________________
__________________ 6.____________________________
_________ __________________ 7.__________________
___________________ __________________ 8.________
_____________________________ __________________
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_______________ Teacher Verification of
team Date
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NOTC Score sheet
Visiting Team
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Basketball Game Day

• Complete roster on score sheet
• Shuffle and begin play
• Take turns drawing and recording points,
  rebounds, and assists for 5 players per quarter
• Make substitution decisions after each quarter
• Shuffle at half time
• Complete scores and individual statistics at the
  end of the game
• Declare game winner/Post results
• Assign Descriptive Summary

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Mathematical Computation

• Numbers and Operations
• Percentage/Average/Projections
• Problem Solving/Reasoning
• Algebra
• Data Analysis
• Representation
• Probability

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Team and Player Roster
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Baseball Game Day

• Complete roster on score sheet
• Shuffle and begin play
• Visiting team manager draws at bat cards until 3
  outs, recording action in order from the card
• Home manager follows, shuffle after the 3rd and
  6th inning
• Complete scores and individual statistics at the
  end of the game
• Declare game winner/Post results
• Assign Descriptive Summary

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NOTD Score sheet
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Descriptive SummariesNewspaper Article

• Headlines that get Attention
• Descriptive Summaries- analyze the data in a
  meaningful way
• Writing beyond the score to engage the audience
• Sports journalism

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Descriptive SummariesNewspaper Article
Steady Pulls Off 7th Game Upset for Series Win

• Steady rallied from a 14 point half time deficit
  to defeat the Mix 102 to 79. Pete Jones led the
  Steady in scoring in the pivotal third quarter
  with 12 points. Starting forward Kevin Williams
  of the Mix was ejected shortly after the start of
  the 4th quarter for arguing a call by head
  referee Travis Douglass. With their explosive
  seventh game performance, the Steady wins the
  best of 7 series, 4 games to 3, after blowing a
  commanding 3 game to none lead. The Steady was
  led in scoring by Pete Jones and Michael Chambers
  who both had 21 points apiece. Ashley Smith,
  Tracy McGift, and Carl Garner also scored in
  double figures with 19, 18, and 15 points
  respectively. When series MVP Michael Chambers
  was asked about Steady blowing a commanding 3
  game lead and then finding a way to win game 7,
  he said, We knew we had everything working
  against us and we knew if we were going to turn
  this around in the decisive third quarter we were
  going to have to do it ourselves. So we just
  made a conscious effort to defend every play and
  execute our offense in the third quarter. The
  Mix was led in scoring by Marcus Powles who had
  25 points and hauled down 15 rebounds. Byron
  Wagner was the only other Mix player to crack
  double figures in scoring. He finished with 14
  points.

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Integration

• Art
• Create team pennants
• Design team logos
• Make individual player trading cards
• Create certificates of recognition for various
  winners
• Spreadsheets for statistics and data analysis
• Creating schedules and writing articles
• Foreign Language
• Translate game summaries and articles into the
  different languages of the student population
• Audio broadcasts of NOTC games in different
  languages
• Geography
• Label the locations of teams on a map

Computer Science
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Sportsmanship

• If a coach/owner is absent on their scheduled
  game day they forfeit the game.
• Final game scores should be verified for
  accuracy.
• A handshake of good sportsmanship is expected at
  the end of each game.

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Entrepreneurial SkillsSports as Business

• Students manage contracts of professional players
• Use statistics to negotiate performance standards
  for individual contracts

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Additional Resources

• Web sites
• www.numbersonthecourt.com
• www.numbersonthediamond.com
• Test questions- samples provided
• NOTC Professional Player Contract template
• NOTD Professional Player Contract template

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Success at Math and Writingwith Sports Card Games

• Thank you for attending
• Contact Information
• Tena and Ron Raglin
• NOTC/NOTD
• 9624 S. Cicero Ave. 407
• Oak Lawn, IL 60453
• 773-284-9496 phone/fax
• info_at_numbersonthecourt.com