LEARN, PLAY, SCORE! Dear Educator: This year, make math your students’ favorite subject with this free educational program from the NFL. Based on the NFL’s free online fantasy football game just for kids, NFLRUSH Fantasy — Learn, Play, Score! is a semester-long learning adventure that challenges students to use math and critical thinking skills to choose their ultimate fantasy team each week at the official NFL fantasy football website for kids, NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy. Throughout the semester, students use standards-based classroom activities developed by the curriculum specialists at Young Minds Inspired (YMI) to chart, graph, and compare player statistics, calculate scores, and discover how math can help with real-life decision making. In addition, students build computer skills as they visit the NFLRUSH Fantasy website each week to gather data, update their fantasy team roster, and check for news from the NFL. We encourage you to share this program with other teachers grades 3-4 at your school. The program materials are copyrighted, but you have permission to reproduce all components of the program for educational purposes. Please let us know your opinion of NFLRUSH Fantasy — Learn, Play, Score! by returning the enclosed reply card, or by responding through our feedback form at ymiclassroom.com/ nflrushfantasy. And be sure to check your email in the coming months for additional classroom activities that will keep your students eager for math class throughout the NFL season. You will see what a “RUSH” it can be when math and NFL football join forces! Sincerely, Dr. Dominic Kinsley Editor in Chief Young Minds Inspired SIGN-UP TODAY FOR FREE AT NFLRUSH.COM/FANTASY LEARN, PLAY, SCORE! TARGET AUDIENCE Designed to supplement the math curriculum for grades 3-4. Visit ymiclassroom.com/nflrushfantasy to review the program’s alignment with Common Core standards for math. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES • To channel student enthusiasm for the NFL toward standards-based educational goals. • To engage students in highly motivational learning activities that reinforce critical thinking and math skills. • To provide teachers with an innovative supplement to the math curriculum that will spark fresh excitement every week. PROGRAM COMPONENTS • This poster guide, which includes a one-page teacher’s guide, three reproducible activity sheets, a reproducible letter for parents, and a classroom wall poster. • Two additional activity sheets and a football “primer” available online at ymiclassroom.com/nflrushfantasy. • Monthly email alerts and new activity sheets throughout the NFL season. HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS 1.Photocopy the teacher’s guide, activity sheets, and take-home letter before displaying the poster in your classroom. 2.Download the additional activity sheets and football “primer” at ymiclassroom.com/nflrushfantasy. 3.Make additional sets of all these reproducible components to share with other teachers in your school. 4.Schedule the activities as part of your class plans for the start of the fall semester. 5.Work with your school’s technology coordinator to provide students with Internet access to NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy for each activity. 6.Check your email every month for new student activities to make NFLRUSH Fantasy part of your math curriculum throughout the fall semester. HOW TO USE THE NFLRUSH FANTASY WEBSITE 1.Sign up for free at NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy to access player statistics and other information used in the learning activities. 2.Send home the parent letter to have students sign up at home. Students can also sign up in class, or as a group activity. 3.Remind students to select TEACHER from the drop-down menu when they sign up, to identify your class as part of this program. 4.Encourage students to visit NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy frequently each week to evaluate their fantasy team roster and set their fantasy roster. Activity One • Know the Score In this activity, students use the NFLRUSH Fantasy scoring chart to solve football ‘word problems’ by calculating how many points the players involved in each play would score. Then have students research actual performance statistics for these players and debate which ones they would pick for their fantasy team roster. Extend this activity by having students challenge each other with football word problems they create on their own. Answers: 1. Manning: 6 points; Thomas: 11 points. 2. Charles: 0 points; Smith: 0 points. 3. Brees: 2 points; Graham: 5 points; Thomas: 1 point. 4. Newton: 0 points; Olsen: 5 points; Williams: 2 points; Cotchery: 0 points. 5. Bryant: 11 points; Romo: 6 points; Murray: 1 point. Activity Two • Gaining Yardage In this activity, students use graphing to investigate what proportion of a player’s NFLRUSH Fantasy points are earned by gaining yardage. Have students log in to NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy and use the Add or Edit buttons on their roster page to access statistics for the players named in the activity. Students record the passing/receiving and rushing yards for each player, determine total yardage, and use the scoring chart to convert total yardage into NFLRUSH Fantasy points. Students then draw bar graphs to represent these yardage points, after determining an appropriate scale for their graphs. Finally, students look up and graph the total points for these players and use this comparative data to discuss how much yardage matters when picking a player for these positions. Answers: Player statistics will vary depending on when you use this activity. Based on 2013 statistics for the players named in the activity, a quarterback earns approximately 68% of total points by gaining yardage, a running back 82%, a wide receiver 82%, and a tight end 85%. Activity Three • Check Your Roster This activity guides students through the NFLRUSH Fantasy roster selection process. Students first log in to NFLRUSH.com/Fantasy to research players included in this activity and record their statistics on their sheet. Finally, students choose a Wild Card player, and record his statistics in a table that they create on the back of the activity sheet. When they have completed their picks, have students make a class presentation explaining how math helped them make their choices. Note: Use this activity to have student teams compete against one another for the most NFLRUSH Fantasy points each week. You might also have classrooms compete at your school, adding up total points for all student teams in each class and rewarding the winning class with a party at the end of the NFL season. Online Activities Visit www.ymiclassroom.com/nflrushfantasy to download additional learning activities. And watch for your NFLRUSH Fantasy email alert each month to download new activity sheets throughout the NFL season. For questions, contact YMI at 800-859-8005 or [email protected]. SIGN-UP TODAY FOR FREE AT NFLRUSH.COM/FANTASY
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