http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/ The Life and Times of a Fourth Grade Class at the Dalton School in New York City Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:37:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-41 Kids Writing Historical Fiction: All Sorts of Research « educating alice Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:13:17 +0000 http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-41 [...] begin, especially their work with primary sources. To motivate them to get the basic facts we did a Pilgrim Jeopardy game and now are on to the really fun part — the kids have created composite main characters and [...] [...] begin, especially their work with primary sources. To motivate them to get the basic facts we did a Pilgrim Jeopardy game and now are on to the really fun part — the kids have created composite main characters and [...]

]]> http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-40 edinger Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:20:41 +0000 http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-40 We used the four broadsheets from the Jackdaw kit (jackdaw.com) "Pilgrims and the Mayflower." The kids are surprisingly great with it. (I worried they'd find it too dry, but they were very eager.) The Jeopardy Game went very well. They all really knew the material well. We used the four broadsheets from the Jackdaw kit (jackdaw.com) “Pilgrims and the Mayflower.” The kids are surprisingly great with it. (I worried they’d find it too dry, but they were very eager.) The Jeopardy Game went very well. They all really knew the material well.

]]> http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-39 Mr Hossack Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:40:03 +0000 http://blogs.dalton.org/edinger/2007/04/11/pilgrim-jeopardy-assignment/#comment-39 I was looking at this assignment and think that it is fantastic. I am planning on doing something similar and was wondering where you picked the articles for it. What do your kids think of this type of reading instruction? The Jeopardy game at the end sounds like ot would be a great motivator for the students. Looks great. Well done I was looking at this assignment and think that it is fantastic. I am planning on doing something similar and was wondering where you picked the articles for it. What do your kids think of this type of reading instruction? The Jeopardy game at the end sounds like ot would be a great motivator for the students. Looks great. Well done

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