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Academic Team


Thanks to all of you who have already brought in snacks.


Here are the remaining students...

Snacks: Please send in a snack and drink for 17 children on your child’s designated day.

Remaining Scrimmages/Practices

January 19th: Tessa

January 26th: Mikayla

February 2: Erin

February 9th: Christian

As many of you saw from our first scrimmage last week, Quick Recall is a definite strength and passion for some kids, while other students prefer to show what they know through written assessments. The Governor’s Cup Competition on February 21st and February 25th (With different events on different days) requires students to compete in different subject areas. Since practice started in September, we have used the Quick Recall “style” to make it fun to participate even though in real competitions only 4 students can compete at one time. Before Christmas, we had the students rank what they felt their strengths were in order to assign them to different areas of the competition. It worked out that everyone got one of their top choices! The following assignments have been made for District/Governor’s Cup Competition:

Tuesday, February 21st (Future Problem Solving and Composition)

The following students will be competing in Composition/On-demand Writing (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Tuesday, February 21st after school. As soon as the Huntertown Coach gives us specifics, we will pass those on to you.)

Morgan F

Erin A

Caroline S

The following students will be competing on the Future Problem Solving Team (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Tuesday, February 21st after school. As soon as the Huntertown Coach gives us specifics, we will pass those on to you.)

Rockwell H

Caroline Ab

Marissa M

Lara P

(Christian C, Davis T and Tessa J will be used as alternates if one of the original team members cannot make it)

Saturday, February 25th (Written Assessments first and Quick Recall following)

The Quick Recall Team for the District/Regional Governor’s Cup Competition will be:(This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th after morning assessments are completed. It can go run until 2-3:00 in the afternoon, depending if we continue to win)

Christian C

John Tyler M

Jay D

Morgan F

Davis T

Rockwell H

Nate S

Important Note Regarding Quick Recall Scrimmages and Attendance

****Since the students listed above will be competing during the districts, your child may choose to attend or not attend for the upcoming scrimmages. It is totally up to them. It is always good to hear the possible questions that may also appear on their written test, but since only 4 kids can compete at a time, only the 7 above students are guaranteed to play during those scrimmages.****

The following students will compete in the Language Arts Written Assessment (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th in the morning.)

Lauren B

Haley F

Tessa J

They need to have finished reading the book, Taste of Blackberries that was loaned to them before Christmas.

The following students will compete in the Math Written Assessment (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th in the morning.)

Nate S

Haleigh H

Davis T

The following students will compete in the Science Written Assessment (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th in the morning.)

John Tyler McCaw

Andrew Seamands

Erin Arias

The following students will compete in the Social Studies Written Assessment (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th in the morning.)

Jay D

Haleigh H

John Tyler M

The following students will compete in the Arts and Humanities Written Assessment (This competition will be at Huntertown Elementary on Saturday, February 25th in the morning.)

Mikayla Gilbert

Lauren Baker

Christian Campbell


Alternates for additional Written Assessments (If students are absent):
Andrew S

Haley F

Mikayla G

Upcoming Scrimmages/Practices (Please see important note regarding playing time and attendance during scrimmages)

January 19th

Wilmore Elementary at Rosenwald

Home Scrimmages: 3:30-4:30

Students can stay after school to have a snack and help set up in the library to be ready to begin by 3:30.

All kids need to be picked up by 4:30

January 26th

Scrimmage: Nicholasville Elementary at Rosenwald

Home Scrimmages: 3:30-4:30

Students can stay after school to have a snack and help set up in the library to be ready to begin by 3:30.

All kids need to be picked up by 4:30

February 2nd: No scrimmage: just practice: 2:45-4:00

February 9th

Away Scrimmage at Brookside

Parents will need to take their child to the scrimmage or arrange for them to ride with another parent and/or player. We usually stay after school, eat a snack, go over scrimmage details, and then leave RDES around 3:10 to be the host school by 3:30 for away meets.

Only the 7 Students who will be competing in the Quick Recall Portion for the Governor’s Cup need to go to this away scrimmage.

District Governor’s Cup:
Tuesday, February 21st and Saturday, February 25th at Huntertown Elementary

It takes all areas (Composition, Written Assessment, Quick Recall, and Future Problem) for our team to win!

Individual students who place in the top 5, go on to compete at the Regional Competition. The top 2 teams move on to the Regional Governor's Cup:


Regional Governor’s Cup:

Tuesday, March 13th and Saturday, March 17th at RDES! We will need lots of help to host this!! J

Thanks for letting us work with your great kids!
Mrs, Beers and Mrs. Sterry




Academic Team Practice starts Thursday, September 22nd from 2:50-4:00. We will meet every Thursday.
Below is a copy of the contract that students and parents should sign and return by Thursday.
Download file "academic team contract.doc"


Academic Team FAQ
What is the Academic Team?
The RDES Academic Team is a group of fourth and fifth grade students who compete against other schools in the area. The academic team has three components: Written Assessments, Future Problem Solving, and Quick Recall
What exactly is Quick Recall?
Quick Recall is a match consisting of two teams of four students each. An open-ended question is given and the fastest person to buzz in gets a point. Questions cover all content areas.

What is Future Problem Solving (FPS)?
FPS competitions are a chance for our students to showcase their creative thinking skills. A group of students will be given a future scene and will be asked to brainstorm problems that could arise from this scene and ways to solve these problems. This is a great place for your child if they are a “think outside of the box” kind of child.

What is involved in the Written Assessment portion of the team?
On the day of Governor’s Cup (see website for details about this event), students can compete in written assessments in a specific subject area.

In what ways will my child compete?
Students will practice for all 3 ways to compete (quick recall, future problem solving, and written assessment). Students are allowed to compete in 3 things on the day of the Governor’s Cup. This could mean your child may compete in up to any 3 combinations of the ways to compete. Quick Recall Scrimmages will be held against other schools in our district. The Future Problem Solving and Written Assessments only occur at the District and Regional Governor’s Cup Competition held in February and March.

How does my child join the academic team?
There will be tryouts for the Academic Team at the beginning of the year. Each child will take a test containing questions that cover different subject areas. We will choose the top scoring students for the team.

What can we do at home to help prepare my child for competitions?
Any types of trivia games are always fun and a great way for kids to have the knowledge for the types of questions that may be asked. Sample questions will also be sent home with students that can also be used for practice. These questions were from previous competitions.

When will practices be held?
Academic team practice will be Thursdays from 2:50-4:00, alternating weeks for FPS/Written Assessment and Quick Recall.

What will be the focus of each practice?
Mrs. Beers will lead the practices on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month and Mrs. Sterry will lead the 2nd and 4th. Mrs. Beers will focus on Future Problem Solving and the Written Assessments and Mrs. Sterry will focus on the Quick Recall portion. (However, we may fill in for each other from time to time.)

Who can I contact if I have further questions? For more information, visit our school website (www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/rdes) and click the Academic Team link. If you have any more questions, you can contact either of the coaches by e-mail— m.l.sterry@jessamine.kyschools.us or melissa.beers@jessamine.kyschools.us or by calling the school at 885-6670.


Resources:

Below are some websites that can help students have fun while learning trivia!

Study Links

To report a bad link, or suggest a new one, E-mail us.

Multiple Subject Areas

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/

MIT’s OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Dwight Kidder’s Reference Desk: http://www.fraughtmachine.com/refdesk/

College Bowl’s Reference Links: http://www.collegebowl.com/games/resources.asp

Google Books: http://books.google.com/

Educational Resources: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/educ.html

http://www.webref.org

ALA’s great websites for kids: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsiteskids.cfm

NAQT’s “You Gotta Know”: http://www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow/

Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/ - great collection of tutorial videos, especially math

Social Studies

Profiles of economists, philosophers and other thinkers: http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/

Timeline of Recent History: www.dudeman.net/history.html/

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/

Constitutional Classics: http://www.constitution.org/liberlib.htm

Arts & Humanities

Music – Complete list of composers and their Naxos recordings: http://www.naxos.com/SharedFiles/pdf/NaxosCat2008May.pdf

Virginia Tech Music Dictionary: http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/

Stanford’s Music Theory: http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/music.htm

Stanford’s Musicians: http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/musicians.htm

Classic composers and theory: http://www.classical.net/

Religion/Mythology – Sacred Texts Archive: http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Greek Mythology: http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/greek-gods.html

Encyclopedia of Religion: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/

Web Gallery of Art: http://www.wga.hu/

Philosophy and Religion: http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/philosophy.htm

Christian religion: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

Science

http://www.organic-chemistry.org/

Periodic Table of Elements: http://www.ptable.com/

Science World: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

Education World’s Great Scientists: http://www.education-world.com/science/scientists.shtml

Language Arts

Common Core Language Arts Maps: http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/

Luminarium – Anthology of English Literature: http://www.luminarium.org/

Grammar: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ and http://www.iscribe.org/english/

Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/

Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/



COMPUTERS

http://www.webopedia.com/ Computer Terminology Web Site

SCIENCE

http://www.bookrags.com/periodictable/ animated periodic table. Really cool.

http://www.chemicool.com/

MATH

http://www.mathgoodies.com/

http://www.math.com/

http://www.aaamath.com/

http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.mathleague.com/help/fractions/fractions.htm

http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/page400.html Math concepts


MYTHOLOGY

http://www.temple.edu/classics/Olympians.html Olympian gods.

http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/gkgods_heroes.html Greek mythology

http://touregypt.net/gods1.htm Egyptian mythology

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html Greek mythology

LANGUAGE ARTS

http://www.fun-with-words.com/nym_words.html dedicated to amusing quirks, peculiarities, and oddities of the English language: wordplay

SOCIAL STUDIES

http://www.usa.learningtogether.net/ NEED FLASH PLAYER TO WORK ON THIS SITE. Flash games of U.S. Presidents, capitals matching, capitals map, state abbreviations, oceans and continents, anatomy, and European union.

http://www.firstgov.gov/ Your first click to the U.S. Government.

http://www.history.com/classroom/guides/ The History Channel Classroom Study Guide

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html Ben's Guide To U.S. Government

MUSIC

http://www.playmusic.org/ Website about music and instruments

http://www.classical.net Music website with resources on composers and music history.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ Music Dictionary

http://www.helleniccomserve.com/musichistory.html A brief history of Greek music.

http://www.hammerwood.mistral.co.uk/gmusic.htm Greek music history.

http://home.earthlink.net/~tshack2/termproject/shacklett/earlyamerica.htm African influence on American music.

http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/music/rhythm/rhythm.htm African rhythm influence on American music.

http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/ Music History

http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/vim/ Virtual Instrument Museum

DRAMA

http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/bunraku/en/ Introduction to the world of Bunraku.

http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/greek.html History of Greek theatre.

http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html Resources for teaching drama to students.

http://www.japan-zone.com/culture/bunraku.shtml Bunraku (17th century Japanese Puppetry)

PLVS

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/common_ad_strats.cfm

MISC.

http://www.sparknotes.com/ Free, online study guides.

http://www.bookrags.com/ Research anything. Book summaries, study guides, essays, biographies, encyclopedias.

http://www.gradesaver.com/ Study Guides

http://www.randolphlibrary.org/onlineresourcesteens.html Online resources for Teens

http://www.webopedia.com/ Computer dictionary of internet and computer terms


Quick Recall Coach: Mrs. Sterry


FPS Coach: Mrs. Beers


Future Problem Solving Info and Resources


Governor's Cup Resources






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