In Jeopardy on a Tuesday

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@DWDavis (25797)
United States
August 28, 2018 5:35pm CST
Today for the Math lesson in addition, my class played Jeopardy. The inclusion teacher who works with me for Math found an excellent version of the game online and we were able to project it on the board. My students sit at 7 round tables, 4 to a table. Each square on the Jeopardy board hid an addition problem of adding a 3-digit number to a 3-digit number. The kids at the tables took turns answering for their table and the first table to get the right answer earned the points. The students really loved the game and put more effort into addition than I could have imagined. I will definitely be using this app for other subjects in the future. Do you have a favorite game show? I watch a lot of Family Feud on Game Show Network because of the dearth of decent programming on other channels.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Aug 18
My all-time favorite is Wheel of Fortune, but I also love Family Feud and the Price is Right.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
My old favorite was Jeopardy, but I've grown more fond of Family Feud here recently.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
1 Sep 18
@moffittjc I don't know if he is or if the show is even still being aired. We watch the old episodes of the show on the Game Show Network.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Aug 18
@DWDavis Is Steve Harvey still the host of Family Feud?
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Aug 18
I have enjoyed watching Jeopardy I also like Family Feud, The Match Game and The Price is Right.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
29 Aug 18
I have not seen The Price is Right since Drew Carey became the host. I have seen interviews with him and he describes hosting the show as his dream job.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
29 Aug 18
@RasmaSandra For a long time after Richard Dawson left Family Feud I didn't watch the show. I've only started again recently watching old episodes with Steve Harvey on GSN because there is so little that is good to watch on TV these days.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Aug 18
@DWDavis I have seen practically all of the ones with Bob Barker and would not watch any others. Like when Richard Dawson left the Match Game I missed him there.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 18
How cool of you to do that for them! I loathe math, and even I would probably enjoy it a little more if Jeopardy was involved.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
29 Aug 18
Even students who I have to drag the work out of ordinarily were enthusiastically participating.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 18
@DWDavis You can use this same concept (Jeopardy), but with other subjects as well?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I've used Jeopardy type games in Science and Social Studies classes with good results.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Aug 18
We watch that and Wheel of Fortune
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
Wheel of Fortune is fun to watch but I hate the Bankrupt space on the wheel.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135601)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Aug 18
@DWDavis The one I am rooting for almost always hits those
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Aug 18
It's amazing how much can be taught using games. Schools aren't quite what they used to be. Thank goodness in some ways.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I like to use games and game like activities to reinforce lessons. It helps kids retain better, which is a good thing because studies show kids today retain much less than kids 10, 20, and 30 years ago. Today's kids also have shorter attention spans.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Aug 18
@DWDavis Some card games help with their counting too and can be used at home.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Aug 18
when i was younger, so much younger than today (), i liked Family Feud, The Price is right, Jeopardy, and even the latest Who wants to be a millionaire.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I still remember the first season of Who Wants to be a Millionaire when the first million dollar winner went all the way to the last question without using a lifeline, and then used phone a friend to call his dad and tell him he was about to win the million dollars.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Sep 18
@DWDavis there was a version of that series here, unfortunately, i did not follow watching it because i found the series so slow and dragging as well
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208783)
• United States
29 Aug 18
I like Jeopardy and To Tell the Truth.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I hadn't even thought about To Tell the Truth. That was a good one. And Password, too.
Ronald Franklin
@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
31 Aug 18
How deceitful, fooling kids into learning because they think it's a game! Seriously, sounds like a great way to make math palatable to kids who might otherwise be intimidated by it.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
1 Sep 18
Anything I can do to make Math seem like fun, I'll do it. This year I can do more activities like this because I have an inclusion teacher helping me during Math class.
Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Aug 18
Jeopardy is my all time favorite, I watched an hour of it today at the dentist officce while Tony got a filling.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I remember a show called Concentration. Have you ever seen that one?
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Aug 18
I have game shows but never really an aficiondo.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I remember Hollywood Squares fondly. I was watching it one day and there was a female Army officer as one of the contestants. I remember thinking I never knew the Army had such attractive officers.
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