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Qball Blog!
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Counting Fun with Qball
Kim's students are loving learning to count with this Qball activity.
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Grateful Minute
At the end of the day, this class builds community by gathering to talk about the things they are grateful for.
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Building Words
Use the Qball to build confidence while building words.
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Read Aloud
Give every student a chance to be heard by reading aloud as a class with Qball.
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Community Meeting
Use Qball in your morning meeting to build social emotional skills and classroom community.
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The Tens Game
Focus your class through fun and inclusion with this exciting counting game.
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Lab Reflection
Qball allows students to quickly share their inquiry labs results with others.
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Animal Adaptations
Practice presentation, speaking, and listening skills with your classroom's Qball.
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The Name Game
Start your school year with team building and memory practice.
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Qball Math Flash
Strengthen confidence in math facts with this Qball classroom game.
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Double-Digit Addition Strategies
Students share strategies with math talk + Qball.
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Defend Your Opinion
Students stretch outside of their comfort zones by learning to speak up and support their opinions with facts.
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Cultural Sharing
Students broaden their horizons by sharing cultural differences.
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Challenge: Competing with Distractions
Fans make background noise that makes it difficult for students to hear and pay attention to lessons . . .
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Challenge: Reluctant ELL Students
Before using the Qball I was always seeing the same two or three students participate in classroom discussion . . .
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Challenge: Poor Engagement and Student Hearing Loss
"My students LOVE it and are always highly engaged in discussions when we use the Qball.”
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Challenge: Teacher Unable to Hear Students
My students can hear each other when they are giving answers and are much more willing to participate in class discussions when they can use the Qball . . .
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Challenge: Teacher Voice Fatigue
"My voice fatigue is gone. Students are interested in using the device and if not in use, ask where it is. Even the most soft-spoken students can be heard. Amazing product, wish I had it 10 years ago."
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Challenge: Poor Participation
"Before the Qball, and on days when I don't have it ready to use, I have the same hands going up during each class . . . "