QR Codes in the Primary Classroom

I LOVE using QR codes in my classroom! Most of what I have learned in teaching I have learned from trial and error! Prior to using QR codes I would find myself frazzled from students constantly asking if their work was done correctly. However, with QR codes after they are done with their activity they get to check their own work and they LOVE it! It keeps them so much more accountable and engaged! Here is my latest product with QR codes. We just started learning multiplication in my second grade classroom so it was a good time to start practicing multiplication by 2's and 5's. I designed an around the room activity that my students beg me to do again and again. I simply print it off and cut out the task cards. I place the 24 cards around the room and give each student a recording page. They travel around the room and answer the multiplication questions. When they are done they can then get an Ipad and check their answers!

 

What is your favorite way to use QR Codes in your primary classroom? Check out this QR code activity at Crone's Corner

Batter Up Math Stations

At the end of each school year teachers are feeling the pressure of making sure that their students are successful on their end of the year testing! We have standards based report cards, which is wonderful. However, there is a lot of pressure on the teacher and students to succeed during a time when their attention spans are extremely short! I developed a product that my students LOVE and is common core aligned! We do a baseball theme in my classroom every April as we attend a baseball game for a reading incentive. As part of our baseball unit, I developed math stations that will help my students to be successful for their upcoming report card testing! This product contains six baseball themed stations that include: Homerun Fractions, What a Catch Clock Match, Batter Up Odd and Even Sort, Addition Top-It, Subtraction Top-It, and Grand Slam Money Based Story Problems.

Here are a few pictures of the stations in action in my classroom!

 

 

 

These stations are print and go ready! Simply print off the document and then I laminate them so that I can use them in my classroom for years to come! I store all my stations in gallon sized Zip-Lock bags and have my students write on the lamination with a dry-erase marker! We just did them this morning and my students were incredibly engaged!

 

Click on this link to check them out! Batter Up Math Stations

 



High Frequency Word Games

 

My second grade class is constantly working on high frequency words! Our school corporation has a list of 120 high frequency words that all second grade students are expected to know by the end of the school year. We test them on these words quarterly during standards based report card testing. I am constantly trying to come up with ways to keep students excited about learning these words. I am currently doing a baseball theme in my classroom as we have a fieldtrip to a baseball game in a few weeks. I designed a two-player game that I use during guided reading groups, intervention groups, and literacy stations! Here is a preview of what it looks like!









This is a two-player game. The students place all the cards face down and read the high frequency word. If the student read the word correctly they get to keep the card. If it is incorrect it goes to the bottom of the pile. If you turn over a You're Out card you must return all your cards. The person with the most cards at the end is a winner!

I laminate the papers so that I can use them for years to come, cut apart the cards, and store in a gallon zip-lock bag. My students LOVE this!



You can get it for FREE on my Teachers Pay Teachers store!



You're Out High Frequency Word Game