March Madness Bracket Challenge - Use with Any Subject

🍀 Matchup Madness: **USE with ANY subject! Bring the fun of the NCAA March Madness Tournament to your classroom! 🍀 Infuse the excitement of the NCAA March Madness Tournament into your classroom with Matchup Madness! This dynamic activity and Editable Bracket Challenge Bulletin Board Kit are bursting with possibilities. Ideal for a March Book Madness Tournament, Editable Tournament Bracket, March Madness Book Bracket, First Chapter Friday, March Madness Reading Challenge, and more!

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If it can be "matched-up," it can be paired with this versatile bracket activity. Bring the thrill of competition to any subject area and engage your students in a spirited journey of learning and discovery!

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• Use with ANY subject, ANY time of the year!
• Includes DIGITAL Brackets
• EDITABLE through Google Slides

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So many ways to use this fun Bracket Tournament in your Classroom:

1. Teacher Approach: You make the selections of who will compete in the bracket tournament. Use the Editable Bulletin Board Templates to create a beautiful and interactive display. Print everything out to create a bulletin board display, OR use the Digital Classroom Bracket Display! Use the digital or printable voting options for students to vote on the finalists. **Use the extension options for students to write an argumentative / opinion / persuasive essay to defend their vote. Have students summarize their idea in a Flipgrid or Padlet... (instructions included) Then Link their responses in a QR code on the bulletin board!
2. Student Approach: Let STUDENTS select who will compete in the bracket tournament! Use the printable OR digital version of the selection submission sheet. Students create an illustration for the bulletin board to represent their choice, or insert a digital picture of their choice and print to use on the bulletin board, OR use the DIGITAL bracket display! Let students write a brief essay, record an oral report, or video explaining and defending their choice. Students can also create a Padlet (Instructions AND template Included) that summarizes their selection. Next, allow students to vote using the digital Google Forms, or the printable vote & reflection sheets.

Make your own selections for the Bracket Challenge and Interactive March Bulletin Board Kit, OR have students make their own selections to battle against their classmates in the classroom bracket challenge!

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Suggested Activities for the Matchup Madness Bracket Challenge:

• March Madness Book Tournament
• March Mathness: Multiplication Facts Master
• Battle of the Books Bracket
• Poetry Bracket
• Pop Music Bracket
• Mammal Madness
• First Chapter Friday | Next Class Read Aloud Challenge
• Works great with Biographies
• Alternative Book Report
• Display the actual NCAA March Madness Tournament Results
• March Book Madness
• ...etc!
• The beauty of this Bracket Tournament Activity is in the flexibility & versatility it allows.

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Easily implement a Bracket Challenge in your classroom. Editable activities & multiple templates allow use across a WIDE-SPAN of Grade Levels:

• The editable picture book templates are perfect for throwing a Picture Book Tournament in the elementary classrooms!
• Pair the frame graphic organizers with biographies in your Middle School or High School Classrooms.
• Use the Chapter book templates to pick out the next class read aloud in your Upper-Elementary Classrooms ( 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade ...etc! )

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✅ Don't Forget to Check Out the Preview!

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What's Included:

• Video Tutorials & Video Walk-through
• List of Suggested Ideas to use in classroom
• Editable Parent Letter
• Editable Teacher Suggestion List / Student Sign-up sheet
• PICTURE FRAME: Print & Digital Version of Student Selection Sheet
• CIRCLE: Print & Digital Version of Student Selection Sheet
• TALL FRAME: Print & Digital Version of Student Selection Sheet
• CHAPTER BOOK: Print & Digital Version of Student Selection Sheet
• PICTURE BOOK: Print & Digital Version of Student Selection Sheet
• EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
• Persuasive/ Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer (Editable & Digital)
• Oral Report Graphic Organizer (Editable & Digital)
• Draft & Final Draft Pages (Editable & Digital)
• Create a Padlet tutorial: Make an INTERACTIVE Bulletin Board
• Create a Flipgrid Video Tutorial with QR Code to make Bulletin Board Interactive
• Editable Tournament Brackets
• Digital Tournament Brackets
• Blank Bracket 32 Seeds - Students Complete Before Activity (Digital & Editable Print)
• Blank Bracket 16 Seeds - Students Complete Before Activity (Digital & Editable Print)
• VOTE DIGITALLY: Google Forms for each round!
• Printable Voting slips for each round.
• Digital Bracket Template for 32 seeds: Easily insert picture into Google Slide Template
• Digital Bracket Template for 16 seeds: Easily insert picture into Google Slide Template
• MULTIPLE Printable Bracket Bulletin Board displays w/ Different sizes for 32 seeds
• MULTIPLE Printable Bracket Bulletin Board displays w/ Different sizes for 16 seeds
• READING Bulletin Board Kit Theme (EDITABLE)
• BASKETBALL Bulletin Board Kit Theme (Editable)
• Blank Brackets for Tournament (Digital & Editable)
• Editable Parent Letter for Madness Challenge
• Interactive Bulletin Board Kit (Editable Text)
• Editable Tournament Brackets
• Digital Tournament Brackets Editable in Google Slides
• Digital Bracket & Blank Bracket for 32 selections AND 16 Selections
• Check out the preview for a look at EVERYTHING included

This activity is PERFECT if you are looking for:

• March Book Madness
• March Madness Book Bracket
• March madness Reading Challenge
• Digital Bracket
• Editable Bracket
• March Madness Book Tournament
• March Madness Book Championship
• Book Battle
• March Book Madness Parent Letter
• March Madness Interactive Bulletin Board Kit

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ J B. (4-6th grade) says, “This resource is helping me to create a great looking interactive bulletin board. Thanks so much!”

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