Ms. King, the librarian at Glen Lea, did a fantastic job incorporating technology into her first grade lessons today. To engage the students, she read “A Sick Day for Amos McGee” using the Ken-A-Vision document camera to project the pages of the story. The students were excited to get such a great view of the story while Ms. King was reading. After the story, they answered comprehension questions that were created on Pixie. The students submitted their answers using the ActiVotes and the results were fantastic! You could tell that the students had payed really close attention to the book and were excited to share what they knew. Way to go Ms. King!
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Review Using ActiVotes & QUIA
As the benchmark testing is quickly approaching, many teachers are asking for fun activities they can do with their kids to review. I really like the idea of using the ActiVotes because the students tend to be more engaged and excited about review whenever the ActiVotes are in the room. My students always loved using my Quia website too, so why not put the two together? In this review lesson, I projected the teachers Quia site with a rags to riches activity on 2nd Grade map skills. Rags to Riches is similar to “Who wants to be a millionaire” so they kids get excited that they are earning pretend money as they answer the questions correctly. You can also change the currency. In this activity, they were trying to win a million Skittles rather than dollars.
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All teachers in Henrico have access to a Quia site. Quia is a nice option for review because you can create your own activities with the specific questions that you want your students to know the answers to. You can also borrow activities from others if you find a great Quia activity that you like on other persons page. If you love their activity, but there is a question or two that you dislike, you can always edit the other persons work and make it fit your needs. If you would like help setting one up for your classroom, please sign up for a consultation.
1st Graders Review Using Activotes
The 1st grade students in Mrs. Kowalczyk’s class at Baker did a fabulous job using the Activotes to review for an upcoming science test. She used a Rags to Riches activity on Quia to display the questions for her students. After hearing the question read aloud, students were able to select their answers using the Activotes. As they pressed the letter for the answer they wanted to select, they would see their number light up indicating that they had voted.
After all of the answers are submitted, a graph is automatically generated that shows how many students selected each of the answer choices (A-D in this case). Mrs. Kowalczyk used this as a wonderful opportunity to analyze graphs. After looking carefully and answering a few questions about the graph, she let the students had a discussion about what the correct answer should be.
This was a fantastic way to get her students actively engaged in the lesson and review the content at the same time. The great news is that the Activotes can be used in a classroom with or without the Promethean board. If you’re interested in learning how to use the Activotes, please sign up for an appointment today!