Questions Asked, Questions Answered with Quiz Maker

Mrs. Garren and Mrs. D'Elia collaborated with 3rd Grade Track 4 students to create quizzes to test their comprehension of non-fiction articles.  The students chose and read articles from Time for Kids on their ipads. They worked with partners do discuss facts they learned, questions they had and generated critical questions. Next they used the Quiz Maker app to create their very own quizzes for their peers to complete. The students all agreed that generating questions based on what they've read really helped demonstrate their comprehension of the article they read.

Planting Seeds with Lino!

We have officially started our Plants and Soil unit for 4th quarter today and to launch it I used Lino/Linoit. This was the first time we did it so I kept our questions simple and something all students would be able to answer- almost like a quick inventory [or KWL] of what the students knew already about the following: plants, soil, and seeds. 

The students used a QR code to pull up the Lino and then worked alone, with a partner, and some groups of three to answer all three of the intro questions. Afterwards we discussed plants in further detail and started our Colored Celery experiment that will help us see how the coloring in the water seeps through the stem up to the leaves and in turn, changes their color.

Thank you to all the individuals who shared their experiences with Lino, Maynard for sharing the iPADS, and Shearer for sharing her celery :)

I Want to be Like Mr. B!

I was inspired by the fantastic Mr. B. when I saw he was now creating his quizzes online for the students to complete. I am all about finding ways to minimize the paperwork and save time so I have more time to find more resources for my teaching. First, I created the quiz using Google Forms, then I created a QR code for them to use to access the quiz. We ran through a few kinks [students hitting submit too early, etc.] but I'm positive the next time around will be smooth sailing!

Thanks Mr. B :)

It's All About The Bones!

In Third Grade we spend a unit in Science learning about the human body. One area we focus on is the skeletal system. We have been doing a variety of exercises to learn the purpose of our skeletal system, we've done a few activities researching in the computer lab and today we created this art project to show the basic bones that third graders should know.

After we completed the art project where they had to use their device to find where the bones go they were to complete a scavenger hunt on Mrs. Pysch's Activity tab on the 3rd grade website.

They recorded their findings as they worked through each step.

3rd Grade Social Studies Activity - Settlers and Natives

Ms. Shearer provided her students with a topic and had half of them research the settler's  perspective, while the other half focused on the natives perspective. The class then discussed the event with each half of the class representing their perspective.