A Champion Is Crowned

Today was the official end of Fantasy Football for the kiddos! The championship match up was the Beedos vs. the Puppies. When I was putting the stats in the Google sheet for the kids, I really didn't know who was going to win, so I was anxious to see who won. I had the two teams come in during lunch to calculate their scores. They had to keep their scores private from the other team. I got all the calculations, and the winner was...

The BEEDOS!

 

The Beedos are the first official Fantasy Football Champions! When I told them, they were really excited! I'm so happy that the kids loved doing Fantasy Football. They knew every Friday was Fantasy Football day, and they would automatically come in and sit with their teams. They were really invested and engaged every week!

In case you didn't know... I developed a way for my kids to have their own Fantasy Football teams. Each rotation was made up of teams of 4 students. They picked their names and logos. We had a draft in each class where the teams picked actual NFL players! I showed them their pictures, and they were all really excited and felt connected to their players. Each week they were required to calculate their team's score. Calculating the scores consisted of three things:
1. Yards
2. Touchdowns
3. Turnovers

I used the real stats from the games each weekend, and the kids calculated their scores from the stats! They would compete against another team from their rotation. At the end of the season, there was one winner per rotation. Those four teams went to the playoffs. The playoffs were a single elimination bracket. The teams that were in the playoffs were representing their rotation. The playoff teams will earned a pizza party, and the ultimate champions also won ice cream! 

Yeah this was Fantasy Football, but there was a real connection to the math. Once we covered multiplying by multiples of 10, I altered the scoring to challenge the kids a little more.
- 1 point/yard
- 60 points/touchdown
- (-30) points/turnover 
The kids were learning while having fun doing this. I loved doing this with my classes, and I got to show them a little about myself by sharing them in my love of football! I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did, and I can't wait to do it again next year!