QT 7 Principles of the Constitution

Here is a Google Slides activity on the 7 Principles of the Constitution. This activity has slides that ask students to explain each principle in their own words. A pre-formatted text box is provided. There are also drag and drop slides that ask students to choose the images that best match each of the 7 Principles.

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QT North America Map Activity

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Here is an interactive Google Slides Activity that you can assign in Google Classroom. Students are asked to complete a task on each slide of the presentation. They can then submit it through Google Classroom when it is complete.

This activity covers geography of North American as well as map skills. Students are asked identify the compass rose, map key, Texas, the mountain ranges, bodies of water, and other well known geographical features.

QT U.S. Territorial Expansion Map

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Here is a drag and drop Google Slides activity that is designed to be assigned in Google Classroom. Students click and drag labels on to the correct locations on the map. then return the assignment through Google Classroom when they are finished.

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QT Digestive System

Here is a drag and drop Google Slides activity designed to be assigned in Google Classroom. Students move the boxes to the correct lines on the diagram to label the digestive system.Download the Activity

QT Respiratory System Activity

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Here is a drag and drop Google Slides activity designed to be assigned in Google Classroom. Students move the boxes to the correct lines on the diagram to label the respiratory system.

QT Continents Activity

Here is a drag and drop Google Slides map activity. This can be assigned in Google Classroom. Students click and drag the labels for each continent to the correct location. You can edit the labels if you call Australia Oceania.

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QT Even and Odd Numbers Activity

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Here is a drag and drop Google Slides activity. This is designed to be posted in Google Classroom. Students count the number of cupcakes on each slide and determine if there is an even or odd number of cupcakes.

QT Texas Map Activity

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Here is a drag and drop map activity made in Google Slides. This activity is designed to be assigned in Google Classroom. Students click and drag labels into the correct positions on the map.

QT Punnet Squares Template

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Here is a template for a digital Punnett Squares Activity that is created in Google Slides and designed to be posted in Google Classrooms.

Teachers can copy paste the slide as much as they need. Teachers can change the Allele values and enter a question about the cross in the box on the right.

Students are able to type their answers in the cross and student answer box via text boxes that are already inserted.

QT U.S. history Timeline to 1870

Here is a drag and drop Google Slides activity. You can assign a copy to each student in Google Classroom. Students will click and drag the event to place them in the correct chronological order on the time line. The pictures help the events fit in like puzzle pieces. See completed example below. I ended up going through 1870 and the 15th Amendment for the events.

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QT Spanish Mission Activity

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Here is a drag and drop activity on which students assemble a Spanish Mission and label all of the parts.  It could be kicked up a notch by having students add additional slides that explain the purpose and significance of each part of the mission.  

QT Pumpkin Poem Activity

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This is a Google Slides activity designed to be assigned in Google Classroom. In this activity students will write a poem about fall and use the shapes tool to turn their pumpkin into a digital Jack-o-lantern.

An Introduction to the Innovation Badge Program

How to create folders and organize your Google Drive

Fast4Friday 25 Sept 2020

How to Find Forms Responses in Google Classroom

Thanks to Mrs. Woodard for finding this trick to actually see the results to your Google Form in google Classroom.

$200 Give Away

Mrs. Schroeder won the drawing of all the teachers who completed their Innovation Badge chart last year. She was awarded with a $200 gift card to Teacher Tools in McKinney.

EdTech Update Episode 2

QT ClassHook

ClassHook Video Clips

January 14, 2020|Beautify, Blended Learning, EdTech, ELAR, Elementary, ELL, Kinder, Math, Review, Science, Secondary, Social Studies, SPED, Tools, Youtube

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https://www.classhook.com/how_it_works

Classhook allows you to search for video clips from popular TV shows and movies that are educational and relevant to your topic.  There are filters to narrow down your search based on grade level and clip length.  

This looks like a great resource to find relevant and engaging video clips to enhance your lessons.  

I searched for Solar System and found short clips from TV shows like National Geographic,Ready Jet Go!(PBS Kids), Ice Age, Bill Nye, Animaniacs, The Ellen Degeneres Show,  Magic School Bus, and Beakman’s World.

I searched Characters for ELA and got results that included clips from Pay it Forward, Matilda, Despicable Me, The Big bang Theory, The Breakfast Club, etc.

For Fractions I found results from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Maths Mansion, Cyber Chase, etc.

For The Industrial Revolution I founds clips from America The Story of Us, Newsies, Seabiscuit, The Prestige, The Simpsons, The Great Gatsby, Titanic, and Gangs of New York.

You can get access to all the clips with a free account.

https://www.classhook.com/pricing

QT Plickers

Plickers Quick Assessment

December 2, 2019|Alwayslearning, Assessment, EdTech, ELAR, Elementary, Math, Review, Science, Secondary, Social Studies, SPED, Tools

Plickers is a great way to use technology to gather data and check for understanding.  Your students do not need to have a device.  They will get a card that they will hold up to answer multiple choice answers.  Every students card is different to they can’t be influenced or copy each others answers.  Check out the videos below to learn more about Plickers.  If you would like for me to stop by during your conference period one day and help you get Plickers up and running, I would be happy to do that.  I would also like to join your class on your first day of using Plickers to help that roll out go smoothly.  

The first video is a quick introduction to what Plickers can do.  The second video is a more detailed tutorial about setting up