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How to Create Jeopardy Games
How to Make Jeopardy Tmeplates for ChildrenIf I have been asked once, I have been asked a hundred times "How do you make these Jeopardy Games?. They are just too tricky for me to make."

I decided to post step by step directions, so everyone will have the confidence to try to make their own version of the Jeopardy Games that I have posted online.

The Jeopardy Games I make are always something that I can use multiple times with a variety of grade levels and classes. I create questions that are multi-leveled with the easiest questions being worth 10 or 100 points and the trickest being worth 50 or 500 points. I have changed the value on some templates in order for the students to keep track of the points. Each time we play, I remind students that the questions with the most points are the trickest to answer. Doing so allows the lowest achieving students in the class to participate and be successful, and provides an additional challenge for the higher achieving students to master the tricker questions with more complex vocabulary.
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I've Got Your Answer
Once a month I meet with a group of Reading Teachers and Specialists at the Regional Office. Our group is called the Reading Collaborative. At our last meeting, we learned a new (new to me) comprehension strategy that would be great for wrap up after reading a story or for review before taking an assessment on the story. The strategy was called "I've Got Your Answer".
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Wiggle, Giggle or Gross Them Out
Wiggle, Giggle or Gross Them OutIf you are interested in learning while being entertained, Donna Whyte would be the presenter of choice. The IRC featured Donna Whyte in three different sessions. Shana and I were able to attend two of the three and found her ideas to be quite innovative and inspirational. I will attempt to point out a few of my favorites.

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