Dear Parents of 4th and 5th Graders,
King School Academic Games will begin Wednesday, October 7th, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM in the
King School Music Room. For this first session, parents are required to attend briefly to sign up your student and be sure we have your correct phone number and email address.
Practice times have been set for Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, and Friday after
school, from 3:45 to 4:45 PM, and will be held in the King School Music Room. Practices will begin for interested students in either 4th or 5th grade on Wednesday, October 7th.
King Academic Games is sponsored by the King School PTO.
Students who wish to compete in tournaments can participate in the Michigan League of Academic Games (MLAG) Saturday Tournaments, held once per month from October through February at various schools in southeastern Michigan. The league requires any student who
wishes to participate in the MLAG State Tournament in March to have participated in at least 3 Saturday Tournaments. More information on tournament dates and locations will be available in a handout at our first practice meeting.
We look forward to meeting with you and your student on Wednesday the 7th.
Sincerely,
Christy Vanek
Mike Vanek
Mrs. Vanek
What is Academic Games?
Academic Games (AG) is a group of games designed to test and improve a student's knowledge in several different subject areas. There are games that cover math, English, social studies, and logic. The primary purpose of AG is to make learning fun for students. All too often it seems, students turn off to Math, English, or Social Studies because they are bored or not challenged by the material. AG helps to solve that problem by making learning about the subjects more interesting and fun. There is also the added motivation to do well in order to succeed in competition.
Which games do students play in AG? *
The first game students learn is Equations, a mathematics game created by University of Michigan Law Professor Layman Allen in the mid 1960's. Players use numerals and mathematical symbols on special dice to create a goal, and then try to come up with a solution before their opponents.
Similar to the popular card game, "Set", On-Sets is a game that involves Set Theory, where students must find groups of colors using set operations. Linguishtik is an English Grammar game, where students must find a word and place it into a particular type of sentence.
On-Words is a word game involving spelling, counting, grammar, phonetics, word roots, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes
Presidents is an American History game that tests students' knowledge of the American Presidents, and the events that happened during their presidencies.
In Propaganda, students learn to recognize and understand different techniques of persuasion.
Wff N' Proof is a game of symbolic logic, where students must construct proofs to prove logical arguments that they create.
In World Card, students must research a particular topic and create a reference book to be used in competitions.
(These brief game descriptions came from the Michigan League of Academic Games website: mlagonline.com, where more information on games and rules can be found.)
* Our King Elementary students will be learning Equations, On-Sets, On-Words, Presidents, and Propaganda
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Academic Games Update: Another GREAT Year
Hello King School Parents,
As our Academic Games season comes to a close, we want to take the opportunity to thank our King PTO for all of their support. We really appreciate all that you do for us.
This year, Christy, Mrs. Vanek, and I coached 26 students on Tuesday evenings and Fridays after school. They learned to play Equations, On-Sets, On-Words, and Presidents. Several of our students attended Saturday tournaments in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Ypsilanti.
Overall, the students really seemed to enjoy the games, learning, practicing, and competing. Some students even attended the 2-1/2 day State Super Tournament in Grand Rapids, hosted by the Michigan League of Academic Games.
We plan to start King Academic Games again in the fall, and if anyone is interested in more information about AG Summer Camps in Ann Arbor, please give us a call.
Sincerely,
Mike Vanek
KingAG.Coaches@gmail.com
734-332-0730
More Academic Games Resources:
Local: Clague Academic Games - http://clagueag.blogspot.com/
State: Michigan League of Academic Games - http://www.mlagonline.com/
National: Academic League of America - http://www.agloa.net/
As our Academic Games season comes to a close, we want to take the opportunity to thank our King PTO for all of their support. We really appreciate all that you do for us.
This year, Christy, Mrs. Vanek, and I coached 26 students on Tuesday evenings and Fridays after school. They learned to play Equations, On-Sets, On-Words, and Presidents. Several of our students attended Saturday tournaments in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Ypsilanti.
Overall, the students really seemed to enjoy the games, learning, practicing, and competing. Some students even attended the 2-1/2 day State Super Tournament in Grand Rapids, hosted by the Michigan League of Academic Games.
We plan to start King Academic Games again in the fall, and if anyone is interested in more information about AG Summer Camps in Ann Arbor, please give us a call.
Sincerely,
Mike Vanek
KingAG.Coaches@gmail.com
734-332-0730
More Academic Games Resources:
Local: Clague Academic Games - http://clagueag.blogspot.com/
State: Michigan League of Academic Games - http://www.mlagonline.com/
National: Academic League of America - http://www.agloa.net/
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Congrats, Academic Games Team!
Seven of our AG students attended the Michigan League of Academic
Games State Super Tournament on Tuesday through Thursday of last week.
Our 2 fourth graders who attended: Yong Ho Cho and Mason DeVarti (from
Burns Park Elementary, who practiced and participated with the King
team all year), were teamed up with students from other cities to form
a "combination team." This team finished third in the state in 4th
grade Elementary Minor Presidents.
Our 5 fifth graders who attended: Topher Wang, Andrew Hiyama, Evan
Sanfield, Deniz Guliari, and Alan Yeh, together made up our team known
as the Ann Arbor King School "Ace and 4 Kings." Each student played
individually in games against two other students from different teams,
and at the end of each round, players scores were added together to
form the team score. The opponents changed from round to round.
Based on team scores, the "Ace and 4 Kings" finished with the following honors:
* Second in their division, and the 6th best score out of 59 teams
competing in the state in 5th grade Elementary Basic Equations.
* Tied for Third in their division in 5th grade Elementary Basic On-Sets.
* Eighth place in the state (out of nearly 30 teams of 5th and 6th
graders), and honorable mention in Propaganda.
* Also honorable mention (finishing in the top 1/3 of all seventy 5th
and 6th grade teams who competed) in the state in Presidents.
Congratulations to all 30 students on our King School Academic Games
team, and to these 7 students who represented our school so well at
the state tournament.
Thank you to the King School PTO for sponsoring Academic Games at King
School once again this year.
Mr. Vanek and Christy Vanek, King AG Coaches
Games State Super Tournament on Tuesday through Thursday of last week.
Our 2 fourth graders who attended: Yong Ho Cho and Mason DeVarti (from
Burns Park Elementary, who practiced and participated with the King
team all year), were teamed up with students from other cities to form
a "combination team." This team finished third in the state in 4th
grade Elementary Minor Presidents.
Our 5 fifth graders who attended: Topher Wang, Andrew Hiyama, Evan
Sanfield, Deniz Guliari, and Alan Yeh, together made up our team known
as the Ann Arbor King School "Ace and 4 Kings." Each student played
individually in games against two other students from different teams,
and at the end of each round, players scores were added together to
form the team score. The opponents changed from round to round.
Based on team scores, the "Ace and 4 Kings" finished with the following honors:
* Second in their division, and the 6th best score out of 59 teams
competing in the state in 5th grade Elementary Basic Equations.
* Tied for Third in their division in 5th grade Elementary Basic On-Sets.
* Eighth place in the state (out of nearly 30 teams of 5th and 6th
graders), and honorable mention in Propaganda.
* Also honorable mention (finishing in the top 1/3 of all seventy 5th
and 6th grade teams who competed) in the state in Presidents.
Congratulations to all 30 students on our King School Academic Games
team, and to these 7 students who represented our school so well at
the state tournament.
Thank you to the King School PTO for sponsoring Academic Games at King
School once again this year.
Mr. Vanek and Christy Vanek, King AG Coaches
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Academic Games: No Practice Tuesday, November 6
Due to the students having the day off on Tuesday, November 6, we will
not be holding Academic Games practice on that day.
Our next practice will be Thursday, November 8.
Mr. Vanek & Christy
Friday, August 24, 2007
Academic Games Teams Forming Now
Dear Parents of 4th and 5th Graders,
We would like to invite you to an informational meeting about the Academic Games program being offered for 4th and 5th grade students at King Elementary School. This meeting will be held Monday, September 17 from 7:00 to 7:30 PM in the King Multipurpose Room. Even if your children attended 4th Grade AG last year, please plan to attend.
Practice times have been set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, and will be held in the King School Music Room. Practices will begin for interested students in either 4th or 5th grade on Thursday, September 20th. Academic Games is sponsored by the King School PTO.
We look forward to meeting with you on Thursday the 13th.
Sincerely,
Mike Vanek and Christy Vanek
What is Academic Games?
Academic Games (AG) is a group of games designed to test and improve a student's knowledge in several different subject areas. There are games that cover math, English, social studies, and logic. The primary purpose of AG is to make learning fun for students. All too often it seems, students turn off to Math, English, or Social Studies because they are bored or not challenged by the material. AG helps to solve that problem by making learning about the subjects more interesting and fun. There is also the added motivation to do well in order to succeed in competition.
Which games do students play in AG? *
The first game students learn is Equations, a mathematics game created by University of Michigan Law Professor Layman Allen in the mid 1960's. Players use numerals and mathematical symbols on special dice to create a goal, and then try to come up with a solution before their opponents.
Similar to the popular card game, "Set", On-Sets is a game that involves Set Theory, where students must find groups of colors using set operations.
Linguishtik is an English Grammar game, where students must find a word and place it into a particular type of sentence.
On-Words is a word game involving spelling, counting, grammar, phonetics, word roots, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes
Presidents is an American History game that tests students' knowledge of the American Presidents, and the events that happened during their presidencies.
In Propaganda, students learn to recognize and understand different techniques of persuasion.
Wff N' Proof is a game of symbolic logic, where students must construct proofs to prove logical arguments that they create.
In World Card, students must research a particular topic and create a reference book to be used in competitions.
(These brief game descriptions came from the Michigan League of Academic Games website: mlagonline.com, where more information on games and rules can be found.)
* Our King Elementary students will be learning Equations, On-Sets, On-Words, Presidents, and Propaganda.
We would like to invite you to an informational meeting about the Academic Games program being offered for 4th and 5th grade students at King Elementary School. This meeting will be held Monday, September 17 from 7:00 to 7:30 PM in the King Multipurpose Room. Even if your children attended 4th Grade AG last year, please plan to attend.
Practice times have been set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, and will be held in the King School Music Room. Practices will begin for interested students in either 4th or 5th grade on Thursday, September 20th. Academic Games is sponsored by the King School PTO.
We look forward to meeting with you on Thursday the 13th.
Sincerely,
Mike Vanek and Christy Vanek
What is Academic Games?
Academic Games (AG) is a group of games designed to test and improve a student's knowledge in several different subject areas. There are games that cover math, English, social studies, and logic. The primary purpose of AG is to make learning fun for students. All too often it seems, students turn off to Math, English, or Social Studies because they are bored or not challenged by the material. AG helps to solve that problem by making learning about the subjects more interesting and fun. There is also the added motivation to do well in order to succeed in competition.
Which games do students play in AG? *
The first game students learn is Equations, a mathematics game created by University of Michigan Law Professor Layman Allen in the mid 1960's. Players use numerals and mathematical symbols on special dice to create a goal, and then try to come up with a solution before their opponents.
Similar to the popular card game, "Set", On-Sets is a game that involves Set Theory, where students must find groups of colors using set operations.
Linguishtik is an English Grammar game, where students must find a word and place it into a particular type of sentence.
On-Words is a word game involving spelling, counting, grammar, phonetics, word roots, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes
Presidents is an American History game that tests students' knowledge of the American Presidents, and the events that happened during their presidencies.
In Propaganda, students learn to recognize and understand different techniques of persuasion.
Wff N' Proof is a game of symbolic logic, where students must construct proofs to prove logical arguments that they create.
In World Card, students must research a particular topic and create a reference book to be used in competitions.
(These brief game descriptions came from the Michigan League of Academic Games website: mlagonline.com, where more information on games and rules can be found.)
* Our King Elementary students will be learning Equations, On-Sets, On-Words, Presidents, and Propaganda.
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