Calkins & Tabletop Games: The Awards

With such a huge unit, there has to be some over-the-top celebrating for the hard work these students have done. The grades are in the grade book and the page has been closed. Now it's time to hand out awards.

I designed eight different categories for the work my students did. I didn't want it to be one of those "EVERYONE GETS CAN AWARD!" because it takes away from how special each individual award can be. So everyone was fare game and all the awards were approved by three teachers and my husband, who was part of the process. When in doubt on who deserved an award, we turned to the final scores are tie-breakers. With the exception of two categories, each category was allowed one winner from each of my two classes.

The categories and winners are:

Greatest Turnaround (from Initial Pitch to Final Product):
Criminal Case
Llama Lyfe

Best Writing/Layout - Instructions:
Bakery
Midnight Marvel

Best Writing - Game Narrative:
Bakery
Llama Lyfe

Best Boardgame Sales Pitch:
Time Terror

Best Art & Production Design:
Everest
Sea Monsters

Best Family Game:
Panda Battle

Most Unique Departure from a Mentor Game:
Mibblonian - Dixit JINX!
Battle 4 Nations - Brave Rats

Best Overall Boardgame:
Mibblonian
Murder of the Maze