Kahoot is FREE, web based, and easily used with mobile devices. Go to get.kahoot to setup an account and start building assessments. You can create surveys, quizzes or discussions. Students go to kahoot.it to play. It is fast and easy for young students to access. Simply enter a 6 digit game pin and their name. Kahoot can be used to spark interest in a topic, access students' background knowledge, or used as a formative assessment piece to help guide instruction.
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Each week, I build a padlet wall with various tasks to help practice our skills for the week. Students scan a QR to access the wall, watch videos, and respond to tasks with their name as the title. Not all students complete the wall within a week, but it is for additional practice and instruction. They access it in the morning before school technically starts. I am also able to give the web address to students who are absent. Since so much of what we do is in class, students can practice skills at home through the padlet wall. Here is this week's wall for final ck, complete sentences, fairy tales, and folktales. http://padlet.com/Dulin/jackandwolf
We have come a long way with proper responses to tasks! I'm proud of my first graders! Each week, we take the assessments connected to our reading curriculum. We have spelling, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension test. We also do a one minute timed reading. After our tests have been graded, each student graphs their results. My goal is to increase ownership and pride in my students. They get to see their results and compare them to their previous efforts. Hopefully, they will see the their hard work reflected in their scores or realize they need to spend more time reviewing skills or focusing in small groups. They have a different graph for each test and fill in a section each Friday. At the end of the 9 weeks, they will receive a new graph. Graphing is a 1st grade skills but not technically one we are addressing until later in the year. Imagine their understanding of that skill by the end of the year!
This week, we introduced verbs. After talking about nouns, it is hard for students to label the action instead of the object. I made a PDF with pictures from Google Images. Each picture featured an action. We opened the PDF in Notability and labelled each picture with a text box. After helping a small group with the first 2 pictures, students were able to continue at their own pace identifying the action verb for each picture. Some students would revert to nouns and need reminders. Others would ask for help with spelling, but most worked independently. This piece was then emailed to parents and used as an assessment piece for grammar.
You can use Adobe Voice to allow students to show what they know about word families. Here is a sample of short i and o word families. Adding pictures and captions is easy and students can rerecord their voice if they make a mistake. Adobe Voice is a FREE app too! When completed, we emailed these creations to our parents. (remember to upload as a private link)
Follow this link to see what this project is like: http://voice.adobe.com/v/93UGPWwppde Students can choose their words, icons, backgrounds and music! Most of my students were able to create their 4 page word family project in 15-20 minutes with minimal assistance. This was a work station during our Literacy Block. This week, we started our Scott Foresman Journeys series. The first story is What is a Pal? With the simplistic text for our beginning readers, the story lacks depth. Is this because our students are not ready to learn more about relationships? Absolutely not! This is solely based on their reading ability at this stage in the year. We are supplementing the text with a padlet wall. I have put together several tasks for students to complete throughout the week. Some of the tasks are "skills" based and some are concept based. Many of the embedded videos discuss friendships, while some simply reiterate phonetic skills. I plan to create a wall each week and allow students to pace themselves during morning work and stations. I will be able to talk to students about misconceptions within their answers and make corrections whole group if necessary. The walls are a work in progress throughout the week and student responses will become jumbled as they submit them. I will clean up walls throughout the week and notify students when corrections are needed. You may check out this week's wall at www.padlet.com/dulin/whatisapal but please remember "work in progress"! If you would like to build a resource like this, you can copy and paste my tasks onto your own wall. I can not share this particular wall with you because we would have too many student responses on one wall. Any questions about padlet? Today we used Doodle Buddy for two different lessons. First, we used it in small groups in math. Using the stamp feature, we made several stamps. These are lots of fun because they come with noise! Then we used the draw feature to mark and count each object and write the total number. This will continue to be a good resource for my students in need of math intervention. They will be able to create a stamped page, take a screen shot, open Notability, and record themselves counting. (Notability now has a mic feature like Educreations) We also used this app during Literacy block. It was basically used as a white board alternative. I showed a picture card and students wrote the beginning letter. It was a great way to formatively assess their letter sound recognition. Another fun aspect of this app is the eraser. You simply gently shake the device and the stamp or writing disappears! It's a digital age etch-a-sketch!
Please don't wake me if I'm dreaming because this is TOO good! I've been busy getting our class set of iPad minis ready to start the year. I have labelled cords to help students quickly find their device and return it to the proper charging station. We are not allowed to mark cases because we will redistribute them throughout the year as needed. We will use a student picture for the screensaver to identify the device, but I was worried about charging them. How would they identify their device the next day? They will now match their magic number to the proper cord. My only concern is how long the tabs will last since they are only address labels. If you have improvement ideas, I'd love to hear them! I can't wait to use these tools within our daily routines. Thank you Maryville City and all shareholders for your support in making this moment happen. Project-Based Learning is also often called problem-based or challenge-based learning. Whatever you call it, it involves a real-world problem and students using innovative ways to find a solution. There is not one answer held within the teacher's hand. There are multiple possibilities, and the students are encouraged to explore them. Project-based learning encourages creative thinking and allows students to apply information not simply reproduce it. In the Prezi attached, you will see a 1st grade project-based lesson where students are solving a potential real-world problem. Padlet, QR codes, and Subtext are resources used within the project. The student outcome is an Adobe Voice presentation prepared for our Director of Schools. Follow the adobe link to view a student sample. http://www.prezi.com/mofowenxiwxb/ |
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