Castellaw's Tech Tidbits

SeeSaw for Schools Premium is now available for all K-5 Teachers and Students! I'm so excited to have this wonderful resource. The features are wonderful and so easy to use. Students will have an online digital portfolio that will follow them from year to year. SeeSaw can be used in any subject area and is a perfect way to Check for Understanding. Check out some of these ideas for Guided Reading:

• Record Reading- Students can hear what they sound like when reading, it documents their progress, and together you can identify strengths and target areas for improvement. One way is to take a picture or a screenshot of a specific page. Students can either record themselves reading that page only, or record themselves reading the entire book or chapter.
• Exit Tickets as Checks for Understanding. Students can take a picture of a text and explain the main idea, type or write some words based on a spelling pattern or record themselves answering a question.
• Have students record a Re-reading. You then have it for strategies and fluency.
• Book Reviews
• Teacher records spelling words for tests and assigns them to different groups. All groups take the spelling test at same time using earbuds. TIME SAVER!!!
• Have students take photos of words sorts to keep in journal