The gist of this paragraph can be summarized by saying "risk is fun, exciting, and challenging."
Hint:
Choices are paragraphs 4, 6, or 8.
What is paragraph 6.
100
You can find this assistant commissioner for recreation and programming for New York City's Parks Departments in the footnotes.
Who is Nancy Barthold.
100
This vocabulary word can be defined as "concerned with lawsuits."
Hint:
paragraph 9
What is Litigious?
100
The topic of a published story in which a psychologist describes "how a young group of children created a world out of a single load of [...] These children were diligent, they were imaginative, they were remarkably adult"
What is a sand pile?
100
performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.
Hint:
paragraph 11
What is spontaneous?
200
"Beyond NYC" is what I wrote for the gist of this paragraph. (remember, your gist could be different)
Hint:
Choices are 8, 9, or 10.
What is paragraph 10.
200
This man is the architect behind the adventure playgrounds in New York City.
Who is Richard Dattner.
200
Your amazing student teacher, Ms. Marley, can be described as "having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties." This word fits the definition of...
Hint:
paragraph 1
What is diligent?
200
"children are intent, they are cooperative, they are resourceful"
when working with this modern day version of Stanley Hall's sand pile.
What are over sized blue blocks?
200
Great victory or achievement
Hint:
paragraph 3
What is triumph?
300
The gist of this paragraph could be summarized as "loose parts."
Hint:
Choices are limited to paragraphs 3, 6, or 9.
What is paragraph 3.
300
This author of "American Playgrounds" says "People talk about making playgrounds more risky, but there's this sense that if you talk about it, that's enough[...]"
Who is Susan Solomon.
300
"unwillingness or disinclination to do something." (Like this test prep but don't worry the test begins Tuesday!)
Hint:
paragraph 5
What is reluctance.
300
If you are a hip parent, you must take your kids to this mans crowded concerts.
(tell me his name)
Who is Dan Zanes?
300
Observable, worthy of notice, extraordinary, exceptional, conspicuous.
Hint:
first page
also a word that can describe me.
What is remarkable? (in the text it says remarkably)
400
Bored kids/KaBOOM!
Hint:
Choices are 3, 5, or 7.
What is paragraph 7
400
This architect has set the scene for "small humans" to scurry back and forth all day long, carrying [...] over-sized blue blocks from self-devised task to self-devised task."
Who is David Rockwell?
400
This is the point of climax or highest development.
Hint:
paragraph 4
What is culminating.
400
This play-promoting nonprofit group, lead by Darell Hammond has a partnership with with Rockland's Imagination Playground that aims to get these loose parts out of the tax brackets of South Street Seaport.
What is KaBOOM!
400
authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice
Hint:
paragraph 11
What is orthodoxy?
500
Imagination Playground
(is the best I could come up with for the gist of this paragraph)
****Double jeopardy if you can come up with something stronger.
Choices are paragraphs 2, 4, or 6.
What is paragraph 2
500
This psychologist's quotes can be found in both "Can a Playground Be Too Safe" and "Tear Down the Swing Sets"
Who is Ellen Sandseter?
500
This word, found in paragraph 11, is defined as "longer than the most direct way."
What is circuitous?
500
This play expert suggests:
"When you have loose parts, you don't have the same repetitive pattern of play,[...] It's a much more circuitous path"
Who is Darell Hammond?
500
seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
Hint: paragraph 11