I also worked on creating a pre-assessment for 3rd graders to take that would be fun to work on and also quite easy for me to get data on the students. I used the website Quizizz to help create really fun assessments (much like Kahoot) but I find Quizizz to be a better route because the kids can work directly from their iPad and don't have to worry about looking from their little screen to the SMARTBoard to see what the question is and what the selections are. With Quizizz, students are able to just use their iPads and can work at their own pace too if I set that feature up.
So, students logged into Quizizz using a 6 digit code (again a lot like Kahoot), but after that it didn't matter if they sat in the hallway or sat in the classroom, they could work as they pleased. I will say the kids got a little loud because they were having fun, but I expected that. I have a classroom set of headphones so that helped keep the music from the game at bay.
Once the Quizizz is complete, it is nicely made into a beautiful spreadsheet where you can see each individual student, what they answered for each question, the percentage correct they had, and their answers are even highlighted in green for correct and red for incorrect. This was immensely helpful to me as I started to set rhythm goals for them this quarter. I was able to look at exactly where most students struggled, exactly what area students did well in. Most of my students needed to work on the number of beats each rhythm gets, some students had to work on a little identification. I used the info to set goals with each student (took 2 class times for each class) and even set kids up with students who were "experts" in a certain area so that my "experts" could continue reviewing what they knew without realizing it, other students could get one on one help from peers, and the "experts" could then move on to a more challenging goal themselves. I am so excited to see how this goes over with my students! They will be re-evaluating their progress at the end of Quarter 1/mid Quarter 2 and self-assessing (with my guidance) whether or not they met their goal.
Below is a video showing you how I used Quizizz in my class. I also have a video on how to create a Quizizz if you click here
So, students logged into Quizizz using a 6 digit code (again a lot like Kahoot), but after that it didn't matter if they sat in the hallway or sat in the classroom, they could work as they pleased. I will say the kids got a little loud because they were having fun, but I expected that. I have a classroom set of headphones so that helped keep the music from the game at bay.
Once the Quizizz is complete, it is nicely made into a beautiful spreadsheet where you can see each individual student, what they answered for each question, the percentage correct they had, and their answers are even highlighted in green for correct and red for incorrect. This was immensely helpful to me as I started to set rhythm goals for them this quarter. I was able to look at exactly where most students struggled, exactly what area students did well in. Most of my students needed to work on the number of beats each rhythm gets, some students had to work on a little identification. I used the info to set goals with each student (took 2 class times for each class) and even set kids up with students who were "experts" in a certain area so that my "experts" could continue reviewing what they knew without realizing it, other students could get one on one help from peers, and the "experts" could then move on to a more challenging goal themselves. I am so excited to see how this goes over with my students! They will be re-evaluating their progress at the end of Quarter 1/mid Quarter 2 and self-assessing (with my guidance) whether or not they met their goal.
Below is a video showing you how I used Quizizz in my class. I also have a video on how to create a Quizizz if you click here
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