Check iT

How do I make a Check iT? #

Start by filling out the required fields including title, grade level, and subject.

Next, write out a question that can be bolded, underlined, and highlighted. You can also upload media including an image, PDF, YouTube video, or a math equation to support the question.

Once the question is complete, hit start to launch your lesson and share the lesson ID with your class to allow them to participate.

What can I use a Check iT for? #

Scaffolding– Break up learning topics into chunks to help students gain deeper understanding. Attach images, documents, or primary sources to activate student thinking, or even mirror high stakes assessments. Have students screenshot their responses for easy note making.

Free Write– Unleash student creativity by engaging them in   writing about any topic you choose. Use donated student responses to foster accountable talk discussions in your classroom, or have them continue writing by responding to their peers.

Journaling– Use Check iT to quickly engage students by asking them to share their own thoughts. Link multiple tasks together, or even combine with Sketch iT to create a digital journal and watch your students take ownership of their learning.

Notebook– Upload images or pdf’s to help guide students as they take notes digitally. Students will produce their own study materials and maintain a high level of engagement as they work through your lesson. Download your results for an instant notebook check.

Exit Ticket– Use Check iT as the ultimate exit ticket by asking students to reflect on the days learning. Download student responses to easily progress monitor and close learning gaps by collecting any remaining questions at the conclusion of the lesson.

How can I use Check iT in an English Classroom? #

Here are just a few ideas to get our English teachers started with Check it.

• When teaching students how to incorporate evidence, students can submit short responses and demonstrate how to properly insert and use evidence to back up their own ideas in their writing.
• Students can submit themes, thesis statements, or central ideas in order for teachers to easily collect them in one spot.
• Collect questions that students have at the end of a lesson to drive what needs to be clarified next lesson.
• Students can turn in a paragraph from an essay to be looked at- ex: a paragraph they need feedback on, an introduction, how they treat a counterclaim.
• Any prompt can be asked to have students answer with short responses whether focusing on writing or reading, comprehension, context clues, inferencing, etc.
• Students can reflect on what they learned at the end of the unit and write about what they will change the next time they complete a similar assessment to be accountable for their learning.

How can I use Check iT in a Science Classroom? #

Here are just a few ideas to get our Science teachers started with Check it.

• Teachers can easily collect student hypotheses prior to a lab or experiment. They can be displayed for all to see to check for patterns, revise, and have a discussion around which is most likely.
• Have students submit a short response that synthesized information from a range of sources presented in charts, texts, graphics, etc.
• Students can provide an accurate summary of complex text.
• After a lab or experiment, have students write a short response to reevaluate what might have gone wrong in an experiment, and why the outcomes weren’t correct. This demonstrates knowledge of what was supposed to happen, and reflection of why it didn’t.
• Any prompt can be asked to have students answer with short responses whether focusing on writing or reading, comprehension, context clues, inferencing, etc.
• Students can reflect on what they learned at the end of the unit and write about what they will change the next time they complete a similar assessment to be accountable for their learning.
• Have students categorize symbols, key terms, domain specific words.

How can I use Check iT in a Math Classroom? #

Here are just a few ideas to get our Math teachers started with Check it.

• Have students create questions for their peers at the end of a unit to demonstrate mastery of a topic. Then, add a layer of fun into the class and use those questions for a quiz/test/or assessment. This will create a fun competition for students to come up with the best question, while allowing the teacher to also assess understanding on a topic.
• Students can write down the reasoning they used to solve a problem as an exit slip- this demonstrates their thought process and allows instructors to see how their students break down problems, and what may be missing or if it is time to move on.
• Collect questions that students have at the end of a lesson to drive what needs to be clarified next lesson.
• Have students choose one problem they missed during instruction or on an assessment. Students will explain what they missed, why they missed it, and whether or not they have mastered it now or what they may need from the teaching in order to master it.

How can I use Check iT in a Social Studies Classroom? #

Here are just a few ideas to get our Social Studies teachers started with Check it.

• Explain how a particular political movement stirred up nationalism and cultural identity. This can be used for both recent, and historical movements. The movement can be teacher chosen, or student chosen. Students must use evidence from text to support their answers.
• When having students learn specific vocabulary, give them a bank of ten words. Tell them that they must discuss a concept chosen by the instructor using “x” amount of the terms in the correct context to demonstrate both understanding of the concept, and of the terms.
• Students can explain how a specific geographic feature contributed to a society using key information and citing evidence (ex: the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for Mesopotamia)
• Have students choose one question they missed during instruction or on an assessment. Students will explain what they missed, why they missed it, and whether or not they have mastered it now or what they may need from the teaching in order to master it.