Kids Make the Quiz

Kids Make the Quiz is a great way to prepare your students for taking multiple choice tests. Oh, no! More tests? Well, yes. However, this activity is much more involved than kill and drill.

First, students need to design a question. Second, they need to develop both correct and reasonably wrong answers choices. Third, some questions may involve creating illustrations. Using visuals is a powerful reinforcing tool for both the quiz maker and the quiz taker.

Students can create their quiz slides using various slide-based programs and apps, including PowerPoint, Google Docs, Pixie, 30 Hands, etc. The teacher can compile the slides using various quiz making tools, including TurningPoint, Beyond Question, Kahoot, Socrative, etc.

See how much fun your students will have making and taking their own quizzes!

Examples:

Math Terms Quiz - Grade 3

Literary Terms Quiz - Grade 3

The above examples were made in Turning Point. A Kahoot example coming soon...

Mystery Skype

Fourth-grade students are always excited for mystery Skype! During a mystery Skype the objective is to try to guess the location of the other class. Some classes participate with other classes from around the world; in Winchester, we focus on the United States which follows along with our curriculum. We start off with an introduction class, and then a practice class. When it is time for the real Skype, every student has a role/job. The students need to work as a team to ask yes/no questions in order to narrow down the other class' state. Once we guess each other's locations there is usually time to tell some interesting facts about Massachusetts and learn facts about the other state by asking questions. Communicating with other students from a particular state is a favorite way of learning about different regions and states in the US. Check out the iMovie trailer below: