2020-2021 WordMasters Challenge Meet #3 Results

Well, as the Grateful Dead put it best, "What a long, strange trip it's been." Who would have guessed last spring that virtual and hybrid school would encompass an entire year due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Many thanks to all of the Team Leaders who juggled ever-changing school schedules and rosters to keep WordMasters going in your classrooms.  And here's hoping that those of you forced to trim your curricula this year will be returning for the 2021-2022 WordMasters Challenge™ this fall!

As always, please keep in mind that scores in the WordMasters Challenge™ do not reflect typical classroom results; in many divisions, less than 5% of participants score 18 or above.  Remember that everyone's goal should be individual and team improvement over time. The most critical step in the WordMasters Challenge™ process is reviewing the tests and discussing the logic behind the analogies. Don't skip this important activity!

In the BLUE DIVISION, schools with teams finishing among the top ten hail from 18 states plus Hong Kong -- a great representation from all regions of our country as well as Americans overseas!  The states with the highest number of Top Ten teams include California (10), New York (8) and Illinois (7), followed closely by Virginia (6) and Indiana (5).  

In the GOLD DIVISION of the WordMasters Challenge™, we also saw teams from all over the United States placing among the Top Ten, with 10 teams each from Virginia and Connecticut, and 9 from Illinois and 7 from California.  Two teams posted perfect scores of 200 points -- congratulations to the eighth graders from Miller Middle School in San Jose, CA, and Kennedy Junior High School in Naperville, IL!

Team Leaders, if you had one or more teams place among the Top Ten in its division and/or any of your students earned a perfect score, we will be sending you a DRAFT press release by May 15th. Since we email the press releases as Word documents, you may edit and distribute the press release at your discretion.  If you would like to create your own press release, click here for a downloadable template.

Be sure to examine the charts that follow the lists of Outstanding Teams, which are the best tools for assessing your own students' achievements.  As always, students scoring 18 or better should be extremely proud of their achievement.

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Teams in the Blue Division:

BLUE DIVISION STATISTICS - MEET #3 (Click here to download printable version of chart)*

* Note: Totals are based on reporting teams only.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE A LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED A PERFECT SCORE IN MEET #3:

Grade 3 Blue  |  Grade 4 Blue  |  Grade 5 Blue  |  Grade 6 Blue  |  Grade 7 Blue  |  Grade 8 Blue

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Teams in the Gold Division:

GOLD DIVISION STATISTICS - MEET #3 (Click here to download printable version of chart)*

* Note: Totals are based on reporting teams only.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE A LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED A PERFECT SCORE IN MEET #3:

Grade 3 Gold  | Grade 4 Gold  |  Grade 5 Gold  |  Grade 6 Gold  |  Grade 7 Gold  |  Grade 8 Gold