If your school has purchased iPads or other smart devices and you are a little nervous or leery of using them, QR code activities are one of the easiest ways to implement these devices in your classroom.

These 24 Creepy Commas Task Cards feature your students' favorite creepy characters (Frankenstein, mummies, zombies, vampires, and more) and are perfect for reviewing commas with your students in the fall or at Halloween time; although they can really be used at any time during the year. Let's face it - kids love all things creepy year-round! :)

Questions are aligned with TEKS and common core standards for English/language arts/writing. Questions are made in standardized test format, have multiple choice answers, and review commas in:
*dates
*a series
*greetings & closings of letters
*addresses
*dialogue
*compound sentences (before a coordinating conjunction)

2 Methods for Review:

Task Cards:
Teacher Preparation:
• Download a QR reader to your smart device(s).
• Print & cut out each card (cardstock is recommended) per pair/group/individual.
• Laminate cards so that they can be used again and again (optional).
• Print an answer sheet per student/group/pair and pass out to students.
• Store cards in a plastic baggie or punch a hole in the top corner of each card and place them on a ring.
• Divide class into groups/pairs or have them work individually.

Students should:
• Read each task card.
• Record their answers for each one on the answer sheet with the corresponding number.
• Check their answers using a QR reader on a smart device.
• Shade/circle the check mark for each problem they answered correctly or the X for the problems they answered incorrectly.

SCOOT:
Teacher Preparation:
• Print & cut out 1 copy of each card (cardstock is recommended).
• Laminate cards so that they can be used again and again (optional).
• Print an answer sheet per student and pass out to students.
• Place 1-2 cards on each desk face down (depending on number of students & time available to play). You may want to put the # on the back of each card to make it clearer for students which question/answer they are working on.

Directions for Play:
• Students flip over the task card(s) and answer the question(s), writing the answer(s) on their answer sheet.
• When you yell “scoot,” they flip the card(s) back over and move to the next question/desk.
• Once everyone has gone to each desk and gotten a chance to answer each question, you can end the game.
• Review the answers they wrote on their answer charts. Allow a student to scan each QR code & check together as a class. Or, allow students to self-check their responses using a QR reader on a smart device in groups/pairs or individually depending on the number of devices you have available to use..
• Students should shade/circle the check mark for each problem they answered correctly or the X for the problems they answered incorrectly.

We hope you enjoy them, and we'd love to hear your feedback! Happy Halloween! :)

~Heather & Ashley
c/o Watson Works

Product created by Watson Works, 2014.