Activ Learning in Fourth and Fifth Grade

Each student in fourth grade enters a classroom each day which is equipped with "Activ-Learning" tools, including a Promethean ActivBoard, ActivSlate, and the ActivExpression learner response device system. How does this engage them as learners? Students are excited to interact with information in a new way, an active way. New information and opportunities for practice are presented in a visually engaging way, providing students with hands-on learning experiences which makes learning fun! Here's how they are using it:

• We looked at different writing prompts, then decided using voters if the prompts required narrative or expository writing. Immediate feedback let us know if everyone was on the same page; let me know how much additional instruction we needed in that area. The kids were able to go up to the board or use the slate to manipulate the text and point out specific text features.  
• I used them in tutoring this week to play a Jeopardy game for math. 
• We use them frequently to review for science tests by going on the STEMscope website and going through the preassessment/post assessment quizzes.
• I use the Promethean board every day and generally like to search and download content from Promethean Planet depending on the topic we are dealing with. Today we worked fractions on it - mixed and improper fractions!
• We use our ActivBoard for i

  ntroducing materials as well as content 

  reviews. We answer all the Lone-Star Math, Reading and Science questions on it. We also use it in conjunction with the document cameras to read and share books as a whole class.