County Contest - March 16 or 17
(or designated date)
All local teams for each division shall compete at the county
level with the other teams from their county to qualify for the
state competition on April 14, 2012. The date for the county
competition will be March 16 or 17, or locally determined.
The county competition will be held at sites designated by the
county contact person. Members of the Nebraska Reading Council
may be available at each of the county sites the day of the
competition.
Questions for all divisions for each county will be provided by
the Nebraska Reading Council's Classic committee. Questions and
procedures will be identical in all counties. The team from each
division with the greatest number of accumulated team points at
the county competition will be eligible for the state
competition. The team from each division with the second
greatest number of accumulated team points shall be designated as
the alternate team. Should the first team be unable to compete on
April 14, 2012 to be announced in the state competition, the
alternate team will be the designated team to participate.
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County Contest Procedures
1. There will be 5 rounds of 10 questions in each round.
2. Each of ten questions will be read only once with 20 seconds
allowed
after each question for the team to write their responses (30
seconds for
Div. I).
Teams should confer QUIETLY so other teams do not hear answers.
3. At the end of each round, three minutes will be allowed for
the teams to
ask for questions repeated and/or responses changed.
4. Spelling doesn't have to be correct, just close enough for the
scorers to
guess what is meant.
5. Answer sheets will be collected so that the scorers may begin
scoring
while the next round begins.
6. The validity of team answers will be at the discretion of the
teams until
the top team emerges.
7. The team with the most correct answers at the end of 5 rounds
will
advance to the state semifinal rounds. In the event of a tie,
additional
rounds of 5 questions each will be administered to the teams
until the top
team emerges.
8. No erasures will be allowed. If a team wishes to change an
answer, they
must cross out the first answer and write the new answer.
9. Coaches will have 30 seconds maximum between rounds after the
answer
sheets are collected to substitute a team member and/or coach
their team.
10. Coaches may look at the response sheets at the end of the
competition,
but they must be turned back into the judge and may not leave the
competition area.
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COUNTY COMPETITION REGISTRATION FORM
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County:___________________________________________________________
___________
_
Name of
school/library:___________________________________________________
___________
Contact
Person:___________________________________________________________
___________
contact person's
address:__________________________________________________________
___________
__________________________________________________________________
___________
_
Email__________________________________________
phone(H)___________________work_________________
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List only 5 team members per division below:
DIVISION I:
1.__________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________
5.__________________________________________________
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DIVISION II:
1.__________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________
5.__________________________________________________
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DIVISION III:
1.__________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________
5.__________________________________________________
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Send one copy to county coordinator contact
_______________________________________________________________
AND
Send one copy to: Reading Classic, 235 Hartley St., Lincoln NE
68521
or email
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REPORT OF COUNTY WINNERS/RUNNER-UP
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County: __________________________________________________________
DIVISION I
Winner �
Coach's
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Phone: (home)_____________________(w)
______________________________ E-mail:
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Team members:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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RUNNER-UP
Coach's
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Phone (home)_______________________(W)
_____________________________ E-mail:
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Team members:
1.
2. �
3. �
4. �
5.
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DIVISION II
WINNER �
Coach's Name _____________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Phone (home)________________________(W)
____________________________
E-mail:
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Team members:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Division II
RUNNER-UP
Coach's
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Phone (home)___________________________(w)
__________________________
E-mail:
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Team members:
1. �
2.
3.
4.
5.
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DIVISION III
WINNER
Coach's
Name_______________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________
Phone (home)_________________________(w)
____________________________
E-mail:
Team members:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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RUNNER-UP
Coach's
Name_______________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________
Phone (home)__________________________(w)____________________
E-mail:
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Team members:
1. �
2.
3.
4.
5.
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BY Feb., 26 RETURN TO: OR: Email: readingclassic745@msn.com
Reading Classic
235 Hartley St., Lincoln NE 68521
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� State Reading Classic Semi finals and finals
�
The State Finals of the 2012 Reading Classic competition will be
held on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Dorchester Public School
Room locations will be posted in the lobby of the building.
9:30 a.m. Registration in designated rooms
�
9:45 a.m. Div. I, II, and III semi final division competition
begins
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11:00 a.m. Final rounds begin with Div. I (approximately)
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AGENDA for the 2012 STATE READING CLASSIC
9:30 a.m. Registration
Check in the building lobby for the room number of your division.
Go to the designated area and register each team member by
signing on the
sheet provided. On the registration sheet you will find your
team's table
number. Each team member, one alternate, and coach are all
required to sign
in. A volunteer will be available for assistance at each room.
9:45 a.m. Competition
The semi-final round for Div. I, II, and III division will end at
approximately 10:30.
The competition will consist of 3 rounds of 10 questions each.
The two teams
with the top scores will compete in the final round. In the event
of a tie
for second place in the semi-finals, tie-breakers of 5 questions
each will
be administered until a second place team is selected for the
final round. A
team of judges will determine the acceptability of the answers.
11:00 a.m.(approximately)
The final round is an Oral competition, beginning with Division
I.
The round will consist of only 15 questions between the top 2
scoring teams
from the semi-finals. Each team member will get a practice buzz
with the
buzzers before the round begins. Each team will have only 4
members compete,
any of the four may hit their buzzer anytime while the question
is being
read. The team with first cue button to light will have a maximum
of 5
seconds to answer. In the event of a wrong answer, the opposing
team has a
maximum of 5 seconds to give a response-- however, the question
is REREAD IN
ITS ENTIRETY for the second team. A team of judges and scorers
shall make
the final determination on the acceptability of the answers.
After 7
questions are read, the teams will switch sides for the last half
of the
round. If necessary, tie breakers will be done just like in the
semi-final
round, with the team getting the most correct out of the 5
questions being
the winner.
Medals and trophies will be awarded to each team in the finals.
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State Contest Procedures
1. There will be 3 rounds of 10 questions in each round.
2. Each of ten questions will be read only once with 20 seconds
allowed
after
each question for the team to write their responses (30 seconds
for Div. I).
Teams should confer QUIETLY so other teams do not hear answers.
3. At the end of each round, three minutes will be allowed for
the teams to
ask for questions repeated and/or responses changed.
4. Spelling doesn't have to be correct, just close enough for the
scorers to
guess what is meant.
5. Answer sheets will be collected so that the scorers may begin
scoring
while the next round begins.
6. The validity of team answers will be at the discretion of the
teams until
the top team emerges.
7. The team with the most correct answers at the end of 3 rounds
will
advance
to the state semifinal rounds. In the event of a tie, additional
rounds of 5
questions each will be administered to the teams until the top
team emerges.
8. No erasures will be allowed. If a team wishes to change an
answer, they
must cross out the first answer and write the new answer.
9. Coaches will have 30 seconds maximum between rounds after the
answer
sheets are collected to substitute a team member and/or coach
their team.
10. Coaches may look at the response sheets at the end of the
competition,
but they must be turned back into the judge and may not leave the
competition
area.
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2011 State Winners
Div. I grades 3-4
winner - Stoddard, Beatrice
runnerup - St. John, Seward
Div. II grades 5-6
winner - Adams, North Platte
runnerup - Lewiston
Div. III grades 7-8-9
winner - Dorchester
runnerup - Tri County
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