1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. According to standard RF.K.2.B, students are expected to have four skills related to syllables in spoken words. What are they? | x | 2. | 3. How are kindergarten students expected to demonstrate their knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences? (RF.K.3.A) | x | 4. | 5. What knowledge should first graders determine the number of syllables in a word? (RF.1.3.D) | x | 6. | 7. Why should first and second graders use “context” when reading? (RF.1.4.C and RF.2.4.C) | x | 8. | 9. What are students expected to do with long and short vowel sounds in Kindergarten? | x | 10. | 11. In the RF standards, which categories are present only in Grades K and 1? | x | 12. | 13. The introduction to the RF standards on page 15 state that instruction should be ___. | x | 14. | 15. In which category is the Kindergarten standard: “Recognize and produce rhyming words”? | x | 16. | 17. Are there any differences between the fluency standards for Grades 1 and 2? | x | 18. | 19. What three words describe the purpose for first and second graders to “read with sufficient accuracy and fluency”? | x | 20. | 21. Kindergarten students are expected to read emergent-reader texts with … | x | 22. | 23. In Standard RF.K.2.C, what are Kindergarten students expected to blend and segment? | x | 24. | 25. Which four words begin six of the Reading Standards for Literature and seven of the Reading Standards for Informational Text in Kindergarten? | x | 26. | 27. What adjective describes the research projects required in Writing Standard 7 for Grades K, 1, and 2? | x | 28. | 29. What is provided to students as needed, in Grade 2 Reading Literature Standard 10? | x | 30. | 31. In which grade does the word “digital” first appear in the standards? | x | 32. | 33. From where does Writing Standard 8 state that students should gather information to answer a question? | x | 34. | 35. What adjective describes the type of conversations in which students in grades K-2 participate? | x |
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