Nancy Randolph Capital Conference

June 21, 2016

Beginning 33rd year of teaching

Started competing in UIL ion 2nd grade, competed in Number Sense and Team Debate at state

Married to an athletic Director/Head Football Coach= Jimmy Randolph

Two daughters who are both teachers Tracey Blake K-2nd K- 2nd Grade interventionist and dyslexia teacher at Childress ISD and Shelby English Teacher/Speech Coach at Lampasas ISD

Coached all events in UIL and was awarded the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award 2013-2014

Basic Chess Rules

Setting up the board1. Decide who is white and who is black-White always has row 1 in front of them 2. Line up the pawn on row 2 if white and line 7 if black- ½ board is done3. Now lets handle the rooks. There are four of them, two white rooksand two black rooks, and they go into the four corners.4. now we'll look at knights. There are four of them, as well (two white and two black) and they get placed next to the rooks.5. Bishops get set up next to the knights.6. The simple rule to remember here is 'queens are set up on their owncolor squares'. By that, I mean the white queen starts on a white square and the black queen starts on a black square.7. King goes next to queen.

� Chess Notationwriting down chess moves

Need to know- abbreviation for pieces, X for capture, and board positions

� Board Vision and Tatics� Defending, blocking, sacrifice, attacks, and traps

� Strategy

Knowing the rules and basic strategies is only the beginning - there is so much to learn in chess that you can never learn it all in a lifetime! To improve you need to do three things:

� #1 – PlayJust keep playing! Play as much as possible. You should learn from each

game – those you win and those you lose.

� #2 – StudyIf you really want to improve quickly then pick up a [recommended chess

book]. There are also many resources on Chess to help you study and improve.

� #3 Have funDon’t get discouraged if you don’t win all of your games right away.

Everyone loses – even world champions. As long as you continue to have fun and learn from the games you lose then you can enjoy chess forever!

� 30 minute sessionvPUZZLE TIME (5 minutes)

Ø Paper puzzlesØ Demonstration board

ØHow to make a wooden one

Ø http://board-games.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-vertical-wall-mounted-chessboard-0138187/

vSTATIONS (20 minutes)Power Games Ø Build an ArmyØ Pawn ParadeØ Solitaire Chess

vClosing time (5 minutes)

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