I run a county-level student program for students in 5th grade through high school. Finding a good question vendor for the youngest grades, 5th and 6th, has been a challenge. Over the past few years I've worked with a couple notorious non-pyramidal question vendors and the questions have been terrible. Does anyone have any advice on where I can purchase question sets that would be appropriate for 5th and 6th grade?
I would prefer pyramidal, but I'll settle for anything that is appropriate to the grade level and doesn't require hours and hours of fact-checking and editing on my part. Thank you!
Questions for 5th/6th grade?
Questions for 5th/6th grade?
Chris Slat
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Re: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
This would be a great choice if they were still producing sets for this year, which I don't think they are, unfortunately.Stained Diviner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:22 pm I don't know with certainty, but my sense is that SAGES is the way to go.
Anyway, I'll do a little bit of self-promotion here: I think my QUAOAR set would be a good fit. It's the fourth in a series of middle school/introductory sets I've produced, and accessibility to newer/younger players is one of my emphases in editing it.
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Re: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
https://files.quizbowlpackets.com/2522/ ... et%201.pdf
I like this set for beginners. We played this at our first practice this year with our B team and they found it easier than other packets.
I like this set for beginners. We played this at our first practice this year with our B team and they found it easier than other packets.
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Re: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
I reached out to SAGES and it sounded like they didn't have a produced set on hand and would have to write one, and they've been too slow at communicating with me on that. Hopefully it's a temporary issue because I really really like the SAGES sets from years past.CPiGuy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:45 pmThis would be a great choice if they were still producing sets for this year, which I don't think they are, unfortunately.Stained Diviner wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:22 pm I don't know with certainty, but my sense is that SAGES is the way to go.
The self-promotion is appreciated. This looks promising! I am e-mailing you about my tournament. Thank you!I think my QUAOAR set would be a good fit. It's the fourth in a series of middle school/introductory sets I've produced, and accessibility to newer/younger players is one of my emphases in editing it.
Chris Slat
Monroe County (MI) Intermediate School District
Monroe County (MI) Intermediate School District
Re: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
Hi Chris, thanks for the compliment about past SAGES sets. My apologies for my communication this year; I've had several other ongoing large commitments (both in quizbowl writing and beyond) and have not been as good as I'd like at responding about where I stand as I try to knock those off my plate. I do expect to continue offering sets in the future in general, but I do think this year may not be viable in a timeline workable for you. QUAOAR would be an awesome set to look into; I do hope you find something usable.
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