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Socrative is a great assessment tool that can be used to quiz/test or review with students from an online platform. It is so easy to use and is quick to navigate on the teacher side. The longest part will be the amount of time you have to spend inputting the questions, but as soon as a student hits the submit button, it will grade it for you. So think about it - spend an hour putting in the quiz (that you can use for years to come with a little updating) and no grading time or still spending the time creating the quiz and making copies of it, and STILL having to grade. Please. This is just common sense.  Once you begin using Socrative, your students will be very familiar with the interface. They can bookmark Socrative on their devices and then easily type in your class code each time they need to interact with you. Socrative also offers these great "quick questions" that allow you to use questions that come to you on the fly or a question you encournter in a book or o...

  Popplet is a fantastic tool for building graphic organizers and for sorting your thoughts before completing and project or writing a paper. Popplet is very user friendly and is completely customizable so that you can map your content however your brain sees it best. You just start with a blank screen and have the ability to drag whatever popples you like onto the screen. You can then easily add popples that come off of your first one. You can add text or pictures to popples and you can even change their color (color coding by paragraph maybe?). Think of Popplet as a more creative way of making an outline. You can add simple facts or short headings and see how they will all come together as the final product.  You can see below one of the popples that I was setting up for my students to copy before they added all of their own information to it about their animals. I love any activity that puts paper and pencil to rest and allows my students to create using ...

Quizlet is a tool that is mainly used to review topics that are covered in class for tests or quizzes. As a teacher, you can import all of the vocabulary words that you want your students to learn and share the link to them with your students. There are multiple different ways for your students to study these words from flashcards, review games, or whole group Quizlet Live. Check out my  "how to" video  on using Quizlet, as well as some way to use it in the classroom. Try it out & let me know what you think, Mrs. Tech

So if you read my last post about why March Madness should be a topic of discussion in the classroom , then you may be wondering how sports can have anything to do with learning (besides in PE). Well here are some fun activities that you can use that are all basketball themed/related. Basketball Review Game - go as simple as a trashcan and paper ball or as grandiose as an inflatable hoop and ball, but this game is adaptable to review any topics covered in your classroom using any of these variations ( 1 , 2 , or 3 ) This Pinterest board has lots of lessons if you are looking to purchase something basketball themed Discuss the History of Basketball  and how things change with time  Read about how technology is changing the world of basketball Basketball Science Experiments An Article about how Math & Basketball tie together   Math Basketball Games (for Elementary and Middle School) If you want a low-prep resource to join in the madne...

Do you talk about St. Patrick's Day in your classroom? If you do, check out some of these fun games and activities to reinforce what you are talking about in class!  What activities do you use to teach about St. Patrick's Day? Let me know in the comments below. Also, if you are looking for a no-prep St. Patrick's Day activity, check out my St. Patrick's Day Webquest , St. Patrick's Day QR Code Internet Search Task Cards , or my St. Patrick's Day 10 Frame Addition Task Cards .  Pinch me. - Hilary @ Mrs. Tech  Scholastic St. Patty’s Day Resources St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Sheets St. Patrick’s Day Games  Find the Differences Get Bear Ready for St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day Unscramble St. Patrick’s Day Jokes & Riddles Hangman – St. Patrick’s Day Theme Word Search – St. Patrick's Day Theme Tic Tac Toe – St. Patrick’s Day Theme Jigsaw Puzzle – St. Patrick’s Day Theme Catch the Leprechauns Pot O’ Gold Game St. P...

March Madness is such a fun time in the year for all athletes and competitors alike. Although it is mainly an athletic focus, there is no reason that you can't discuss it in class or even participate in the madness. There are many easy ways to incorporate March Madness that are low prep and a lot of education opportunities as well. One easy way to bring it into your classroom is to fill out brackets ! It doesn't matter how much your students know about basketball, the statistics show there is rarely one perfect bracket in the tens of thousands that get filled out every year. This chart talks about how many people actually picked the final four teams correctly! See - no pressure! Just use is as a fun activity. If you want to get really deep - talk about the probability of having a perfect bracket. Reading the NCAA March Madness page will tell you all about how you can score your brackets. One of the best parts about having the students fill out the brackets is the friend...

There are so many influential women that are worth studying throughout history. These women paved the way for us to be able to do anything that we want to in today's age. Women didn't always have the same rights as men, though. If you want to discuss this with your students, look into articles like this women's rights timeline , this short timeline , or this detailed one ! If you are looking for women to discuss in your class, you can check out the Women's Hall of Fame or check out my list of influential women . There are also some great online activities on Women's History: Women's History Videos & Activities Women's Movement Videos (PBS) Scholastic Women's Suffrage Activity (Grades 3-5) Lesson Plans & Resources from Edutopia Science Links for Women's History Month Women's Suffrage Teaching Guide Changing Roles of Women Lesson If you're looking for an easy, no-prep activity, check out my Women's History Month Bund...

Read Across America Day is TODAY- March 2nd! Do you know why we celebrate this every year on March 2nd? Well because it's Dr. Seuss's BIRTHDAY of course! Here are some last minute ideas if you want to celebrate: Straight from Seussville - Activities, Lessons & Classroom Resources Upper Elementary Ideas from Scholastic Classroom Activities from Read, Write, Think Some fabulous ideas from Teaching Blog Addict Mommy Cracked has some awesome snack ideas STEM Ideas (Suess Inspired) So dress up in your best Suess outfit, read some Dr. Suess books, eat green eggs & ham, and CELEBRATE this fun day with your students! Hilary @ Mrs. Tech