QR+CODES

**Please forgive my "center style" typing as for some reason the wiki system doesn't like to apply changes. **

** I have begun to use QR codes in my classroom. Yes! In a kindergarten classroom and they can handle it! They love it actually! So, I am recommending that others try to use QR codes in their classrooms. I did make sure that my students were sitting on the floor while using the ipods the first few times (shortest drop from the floor) and that breaking the usage rules means "No more ipods!" ****  So, I used QR codes to get them to read more. My  __Early Emergent __  readers read "it" family words and "at" family words, and other word families. Then, as they read each word they write it on their worksheet. I  __differentiate __  for my students with   __Early Fluent __  readers by linking the codes with sentences. After they read the sentence they have to show that they understand what they read by matching the sentence to a picture and then putting the number of the picture next to the QR code on their worksheet. Really easy activity to create and easy to differentiate! This makes a great center activity and they enjoy doing it, therefore NO behavior problems in this center and the students are totally focused on their work! The only trick is getting them to understand they must be patient for them to work and they have to remember to make sure the whole code is in the square for scanning. ** www.Qurify.com ** Here are some photos of the materials I created for these lessons. Please forgive the simplicity and roughness of the worksheets as I did mention that they were made quickly. **



Today my class used QR codes to sort examples and non-examples of transportation. They had a fabulous time! They scanned the codes and looked at the pictures, then wrote down the word the picture represents on the corresponding side of their paper (example or non-example). After that, we came back to the floor as a group and collaborated about what we learned. Some of my students that were familiar with ipods went to the class next to ours and "taught" the other students how to use the ipods. I designed this activity to be used as an informal assessment as well.