QR Code Scavenger Hunt=Vocabulary Fun!

Mrs. Sally Rhodes' first grade class at Oakland Elementary School were all smiles this morning as they heard their assignment for practicing their "ar" words.  Words like "bark" and "dark" became more exciting as they learned that they would be using QR codes to practice them.  Mrs. Rhodes created 12 QR codes that had sentences with blanks.  Students worked in pairs and traveled around the room scanning the codes, getting the sentences and determining which word fit in the blank.  Not only was this activity fun (even prompting one student to ask if this was recess), it allowed for collaboration and critical thinking.  Students were handing out high fives to their partners as they completed a sentence and worked well to discuss why the correct word fit and the others did not.  The level of engagement and communication that I saw was proof that using QR codes are an easy way to increase engagement and rigor in any classroom.