Lazy Leopard

This is a great activity when wanting to create an interactive center for social studies and literacy. Read a book about Ellis Island or an immigrants recount of their experience coming to America. Then have students scan this QR code and answer the questions that follow. The video is quite long, but I have taken the time to watch the first 5 minute and create original questions that are increasingly difficult. The Scholastic video is linked to the QR code, so it is simply a quick way to acc

When learning about advertising or persuasive writing, this would be a great activity for some learning centers. You can find lots of commercials on YouTube that use a variety of techniques and are appropriate for school. As the students watch the commercials, they can use their background knowledge to select the techniques used. You would need to teach what each technique would look like, then model this lesson as a whole group with an example commercial.

This great interactive science packet comes with a decorative cover page, all 9 custom QR codes with facts & labels, and a correlating activity/worksheet for students to complete. This activity not only using higher order thinking skills, but is fun too! Students will need to read the question, figure out which bone they are referencing, next try and scan the correct code that contains their answer. A great visual aid is to cut and paste the QR codes onto a larger image of a skeleton so that

Use this QR code to access an online activity through Read Write Think. It's a great way to increase their understanding of figurative language, word work for Daily 5, and 21st century skills with online work on products like iPads. You will need a QR Code Scanning App like i-nigma from the apple store to use the QR code. I-nigma is a FREE app that you can download and easily use.

This great packet includes directions, examples, a colorful poster, and activity sheet for student to work on. Use this as part of a mini lesson in Daily 5, then move on to using it in a "choice" for students in their Daily 5 rotation for word work. There are great books to read like "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" that go great with such activities!

When learning about advertising or persuasive writing, this would be a great activity for some learning centers. You can find lots of commercials on YouTube that use a variety of techniques and are appropriate for school. As the students watch the commercials, they can use their background knowledge to select the techniques used. You would need to teach what each technique would look like, then model this lesson as a whole group with an example commercial.

This colorful activity uses QR codes to allow students to easily access information needed by the learner. You will need a device such as iPads, to scan the QR code (need scanning app), and then access the linked website. This document is only intended for quick access to websites already published for educational use.

This colorful activity uses QR codes to allow students to easily access information needed by the learner. You will need a device such as iPads, to scan the QR code, and then access the video on the linked website. It's a great idea to have students write down the idioms used and explain them in their own words to demonstrate understanding. This directly aligns to Common Core Standards for mutliple grade levels.

Use this when planning your lessons to see if your questions are HOTS.