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
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.
QT Even and Odd Numbers Activity
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
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
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.
QT Spanish Mission Activity
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
QT Flocabulary
Flocabulary
September 20, 2019|Alwayslearning, Assessment, EdTech, Gamify, Math, Science, Social Studies, Vocabulary
Flocabulary is genuinely cool! Not only does it provide engaging rap videos over tons of topics for all content areas. It has entire lessons developed around those videos which include: interactive vocabulary cards, group discussion questions, games, read and respond activities, 10 question quizzes, and a Lyric Lab at the end which allows students to demonstrate mastery by creating their own rap song.
There is also a “Week in Rap” Current events news program each Friday. https://youtu.be/Wnftebc9DL0
This introduction to Flocabulary is very informative and worth a watch.
http://go.flocabulary.com/flocabulary-101-recording
Skip to 25:45 for information on how to set up your classes and how to view the data.
Elementary Teachers, I did some digging and came up with some very good and applicable lessons for the first unit in the second six weeks to get you started. Check for your grade level below.
Kinder
ELA: Main Idea https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/main-idea/
Math: Numbers https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/comparing-numbers/
What is a clock: https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/what-is-a-clock/
Science: Force and Motion https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/forces-and-motion/
States of Matter https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/three-states-of-matter/
Social Studies: Transportation https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/transportation/video/
1st Grade:
ELA: Adjectives https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/adjectives/
Math: Numbers https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/comparing-numbers/
Science: Force and Motion https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/forces-and-motion/
Social Studies: Customs and Traditions https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/new-year-celebrations/
2nd Grade
ELA: Author’s Purpose https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/authors-purpose/
Math: Fractions https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/fractions/
Science: Energy from the Sun https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/sun/video/
Social Studies: Map Skills https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/map-skills/
3rd Grade
ELA: Suffixes https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/suffixes/
Math: Money https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/money/
Science: Force andMotion https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/forces-and-motion/
Social Studies: Map Skills https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/map-skills/
4th Grade
ELA: Context Clues https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/context-clues/
Math: Place Value https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/place-value/ Multiplying with an arrayhttps://www.flocabulary.com/unit/multiplying-arrays/
Science: Natural Resources https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/natural-resources/
Social Studies: Explorers https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/age-of-exploration/
5th Grade
ELA:Persuasive Language https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/persuasive-language/
Math: Order of Operations https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/pemdas/
Science: Electrical Energy https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/current-electricity/
Social Studies: French and Indian War https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/french-indian-war/
And The Winner Is!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Facebook contest last week.
The winners were
Mrs. Tuter at Lowe
and
Mrs. Q’Quinn at Lacy.
I delivered their baskets of treats this morning. Hopefully you will win next time.
QT Boom Cards
Boom cards is a tool to create activities that you could post for your students in SeeSaw or Google Classroom.
Let’s take a quick look at Boom Cards. Boom Cards lets you create interactive lessons and activities for your students. Boom cards provides instant feedback and checks answers for you.
There are lots of possibilities for exciting activities in Boom Cards however the free version is purely for exploring how to make one. The free account is useless for assigning to students and trying to use in class. Pricing is low though.