Student Response System (SRS) Activity

Name:Kala Howard
Grade Level: First Grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Standards Addressed: SS1H1 The student will read about and describe the life of historical
figures in American history.
1.Identify the contributions made by these figures: Benjamin Franklin (inventor/author/
statesman),Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence), Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark with Sacagawea (exploration), Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad), Theodore
Roosevelt (National Parks and the environment), George Washington Carver (science).
2.Describe how everyday life of these historical figures is similar to and different from everyday
life in the present (food, clothing, homes, transportation, communication, recreation).
Student Response Technology Used:
Quizlet NearPod Socrative PollEverywhere
iRespond
TodaysMeet
Other: type here
Technology that Students will use to respond to questions/prompts: Computer Handheld student response system (such as i-Respond) Phone Tablet (such as iPad)
Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Describe the instructional activities that will occur prior to the SRS Activity and how you
will introduce the SRS Activity: The insturctional activites that will occur prior to the SRS
Activity include a 7 day unit on Lewis and Clark. I will introduce the SRS Activity as an
assessment practice tool. Initally, students will use the tablets to practice the flash cards
reviewing the main facts from the unit. Then I will use the Test funtion provided my quizlet to
conduct a formative and summative assessment on the students comprehesion of the unit.
Describe the purpose of the SRS activity (Check all that apply)
Assess Prior Knowledge
Anticipatory Set (Create Interest in a Topic)
To Illuminate
Common Misconceptions
Formative Assessment of Content Knowledge (for purposes of
differentiation and mastery for ALL students!)
Summative Assessment of Content Knowledge
Test Preparation
Survey/Poll
Discussion Starter
Homework Collection
Other
Additional explanation of purpose (optional):
Type of session:

Teacher-Paced

Student-Paced

Identification of students:
Students will log-in so their individual scores will be available to you after the session
SRS Activity will be anonymous
Briefly describe what will happen during the SRS Activity (For example: What will students
do? What will teacher do? What materials are needed? How long will the SRS activity take?):
During this SRS activity students will sign into the online classroom and will use the iPads to
study the terms and facts from the unit. Students will study the material up to five times
independently before pairing with a partner to study the set of information again. The teacher
will walk around the room while stuents compete this activity reviewing the scores colleced by
Quizlet. It will be the job of the teacher to assist students whos results contiue to come in low
proficency.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply). See
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http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Types of Questions/Prompts (Check all that Apply):
Multiple-choice
Multiple Select
True/False
Yes/No
Short Open-ended response
or fill-in-blank
Longer open-ended response
Provide samples of questions/prompts to be given to students:
How did we measure the distance of Lewis and Clark's journey?
With our feet!
True or False? Lewis and Clark started their journey in the state of Georgia
False
What is the definition of an explorer?
Someone that travels to a place not seen by many people.
Right/Wrong Answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions? :
Yes
No
Mixed (Some will have correct answers, others will not.)
Immediate Corrective Feedback:
Will you pre-select correct answers to some or all of the questions and display the correct
response to the class after the SRS activity?
Yes
No
Why or why not? It is important that students see the correct response while studying. I do not
believe that SRS should be used to trick students or prove their thinking wrong while studying.
Use of Data: What data will be collected as a result of this activity. How will it be used and by
whom? (For example: Will information collected from this activity be used to award a grade?
Will the individual information collected be shared with students and/or parents to help them
monitor individual progress? Will you discuss the aggregate, anonymous data with the whole
class to help them learn? Will you use data to differentiate instruction for students? If so,
describe how. ) The information from this activity will be used to award a grade. The resuts
collected during the individual and peer time will count as both participation and a quiz grade.
The test given at the end will be counted as a tes grade.I will use the data from the quiz time to
know what areas need to be reviewed before the test. I will look at over all student performace
to determine the questions for the test.
Describe what will occur after the SRS activity: After the SRS activity I will better know what
information my students know and what areas of content need to be reviewed. I will take the
information from this activity to create a test for my students. Students will take the test using a
SRS site, which will provide me with instant results. I will take the assessment results to conclude
how well students understood the material I taugh.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. (For example: What are you trying that
you have not tried before? What do you hope to learn from this activity? How do you hope it will
help students learn? You must design something that will help you learn something new! Honor
System!) My personal learning goal for this activity is that I will use instant responses to
immediately help students who are struggling with the material. I hope to learn how to correct
the misconception of material before the student takes the assesment knowing the wrong
information. I hope that the students will learn the imprtance of self assessment and will learn
how to self check. My goal for this activity is to help students learn more efficiently.
Other comments about your SRS Activity (optional): type here