November 3, 2025

Hot off the presses!! You can now add some organization to your Classlink, customize the appearance, and bring all your commonly used apps into view.

Click on your person in the top right, then click settings.

Click on Theme.

Click the drop down arrow, then select Dynamic.

Choose to customize palette color, use dark mode, use high contrast mode (black and white), and show new user walkthrough.

Then hit the x in the top righ of the pop out.

In the top right click the edit mode icon to be able to rearrange apps.

This is edit mode. It allows you to move folders OR move apps between folders.

Click the pencil again to exit edit mode.

Add a folder by clicking the Add Folder icon at the top.

Name it.

Click the check mark.

Moving apps between folders.mov

Once in edit mode you can click and drag apps from one folder to another.

Moving folders in a different order.mov

Once in edit mode you can use the controls on the left to move and rearrange the order of your folders.

Click Edit Preferences at the top to reveal more ways to custmize your layout.

Don't like it? That's fine. To get back to Classic mode:

Click Edit Preferences at the top
Click the drop down
Select Classic

Play it - Say it!

Purpose: Students infer which response best matches a prompt and justify their thinking. Partners hold response cards (like playing cards). Teacher reads a prompt/question, students slap the card they think matches, say their answer, then justify: “I may not be correct, but I think the answer is ___ because ___.”

🔗Click here to see a short video about how it works!🔗

Scroll down below the strategy card for ideas for your content.

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English / Language Arts

Response card examples (put one per card)

1. - Theme
  - Tone
  - Main idea
  - Character trait: resilient
  - Character trait: selfish
  - Setting (time/place)
  - Conflict: person vs. self
  - Conflict: person vs. society
  - Foreshadowing
  - Irony
  - Metaphor
  - Simile
  - Inference (implied detail)
  - Point of view: first person
  - Text structure: cause & effect

Prompt examples

- “This passage hints that the main character will leave town. Which card?”
- “Which card best describes the narrator’s feelings about the event?”
- “Which literary device is used here: ‘the storm was an angry beast’?”

Math

Response card examples

Additive inverse
Equivalent fraction
Area formula: πr²
Slope = rise/run
Solve: x + 7 = 12
Order of operations
Factor (trinomials)
Decimal to percent
Mean, median, mode
Perimeter formula
Angle type: obtuse
Unit rate

Prompt examples

- “Which card matches this: 0.25 = ?%”
- “Which strategy would you use to solve this equation?”
- “What’s the shape of a 120° angle?”

Science

Response card examples

Photosynthesis
Evaporation
Groundwater/aquifer
Producer vs. consumer
Renewable resource
Food chain: primary consumer
Plate boundary: convergent
Weathering vs. erosion
Hypothesis statement
Independent variable
Cellular respiration

Prompt examples

“This process uses sunlight to make glucose. Which card?”
“Which card shows the variable you change in an experiment?”
“Which type of rock forms from cooled magma?”

Social Studies / History

Response card examples

Cause of WWI
Primary source example
Democracy definition
Amendment: freedom of speech
Economic system: capitalism
Push factor (migration)
Industrial Revolution innovation
Treaty vs. alliance
Cold War concept: containment
Key figure: Harriet Tubman

Prompt examples

“Which card best explains why people moved west in the 1800s?”
“Which is a primary source?”
“Which policy aimed to stop communism?”

World / Foreign Language

Response card examples (target language)

Hello / Hola / Bonjour
Thank you / Gracias / Merci
I need help / Necesito ayuda
Past tense marker
Gender of noun: feminine
Greeting: formal vs. informal
Classroom command (sit, stand, listen)
Cognate example
False friend example

Prompt examples

- “Which card is the polite way to greet a teacher?”
- “Which card shows past tense in this sentence?”
- “Which word is a cognate for ‘animal’?”

Art

Response card examples

Line
Shape
Color scheme: complementary
Texture
Contrast (art principle)
Balance (symmetry/asymmetry)
Perspective (depth)
Emphasis (focal point)
Value (light vs. dark)
Composition

Prompt examples

- “Which element gives this drawing a sense of depth?”
- “Which principle helps make this artwork feel balanced?”
- “Which card represents the focal point of the piece?”
- “Which element is created when light and dark areas contrast?”
- “Which card would describe this painting’s color relationships?”

Music

Response card examples

- - Rhythm
  - Melody
  - Harmon
  - Tempo: allegro / andante / presto
  - Dynamics: forte / piano
  - Form: ABA / rondo
  - Timbre (tone color)
  - Meter: 4/4 / 3/4
  - Texture: monophonic / polyphonic
  - Crescendo / decrescendo

Prompt examples

“Which musical element describes how fast or slow the song is played?”
“Which card represents the pattern of beats you hear?”
“Which form repeats the A section after a contrasting part?”
“Which card matches the instrument’s tone quality?”
“Which element describes how loud or soft the section should be performed?”

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