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. What 4 subjects will we be piloting in 2019-2020? | Science, Social Studies, Health, Technology | 2. How many hours are required daily for language arts instruction in grade 1-3? | 2 hours | 3. What are the three non-negotiables when using Reach for Reading? | Big Question, Academic Talk, Connect Across Text | 4. How often are students expected to write? | Daily | 5. Who is responsible for providing intervention in language arts? | Classroom teachers | 6. What 2 things should Math elementary teachers (grades 1-5) include in their daily instruction? | Computation and Fluency | 7. How much time in math above daily instruction should be devoted to math intervention/enrichment and who is responsible to provide it? | 30 minutes and the classroom teacher | 8. In grades K-4 Science, what are the 2 PRIMARY focuses of learning? | Observing and Asking Questions | 9. What ELA topics should Social Studies teachers expose students to? | Nonfiction Reading and Writing | 10. In Social Studies, what must be consistently incorporated into the learning process? (Hint:H) | Research based vocabulary instruction | 11. PE students in grades 2nd and 5th are required by the state to participate in what? | State Benchmark Assessments | 12. How are student's projects assessed in their fine arts courses? | Rubrics | 13. In Preschool's literacy core instruction, what 5 domains of learning must be developed? | Cognitive, Language, Social, Emotional, and Physical | 14. How many days do we have to put students on a RIMP after their diagnostic assessment? | 60 days | 15. What is NEW to ESL in Fairfield City Schools? | Grading Guidelines or rubric | 16. Name 3 testing accommodations teachers can use to support our ELL students? | Pictures, key word answers... | 17. How can teachers with gifted clusters demonstrate accountability of differentiated instruction? | In their lesson plans | 18. What 2 things must all intervention specialist notify teachers of? | List of modifications and accommodations for each IEP student | 19. What is the shortcut to log off your computer? | windows key+L | 20. What is the expectation for instructional use of data and technology? | All common summative and formative assessments in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies will be given online using Edcite. | 21. Students may not earn a grade or reward for what 4 things? | bringing in items, attendance at a school event, participation in spirit activities,participation in after school events | 22. What 3 items must teachers complete and submit for a field trip not on the approved list? | Questions to consider, field trip request form, and bus form | 23. If a teacher is in doubt about the advisability of discussing certain issues in the classroom they shall confer with whom? | Principal | 24. What is West's tag line? | West is the Best |
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