Equality of Equations on the iPads

We have been working on equality of equations in math, CCSS 1.OA.D.7 - understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.  I created a QR code task card activity for my students to use in practicing this skill.  My students love everything about QR codes. I had the early finishers create their own equations for everyone else to solve for equality on the iPads.  Here are some of the student created equations.

 

 We used the Doodle Buddy app to create our equations and saved them to the camera roll.  They submitted their finished products to me in the Showbie App.

A few students decided to use the PicCollage app to create their equations.

Then I had a few students who decided they wanted to add their voice to their equations.  They uploaded their equations into the Explain Everything app and the Tellagami app.

From the Showbie App, I uploaded the student made equations to Dropbox.  Then I created a QR code that linked to each problem.  We used the student created equations to practice this skill again. 

The students LOVED solving the problems created by themselves and their own classmates.  

This activity was a huge hit that we will be repeating!  My students were totally able to create the problems for our task cards.  Why didn't I think of this before?!

To download a copy of our student made QR code equality of equations task cards click the picture below.  

Book Talks Tellagami Style

My students love using the Tellagami app.  This is a free app where the students create a character called a Gami and record a 30 second message.  I love this app, as a teacher, because it is a great way for me to hear my student's thinking.  Sometimes in first grade, students have a hard time explaining in writing what they are thinking because of their writing skills.  However, my students are very good at explaining with their words about different topics.

Recently my students used Tellagami to talk about a book from their independent reading.  I feel a book talk from another student is a great motivator for picking up a new book.