Student Response System (SRS) Activity

Name: Paula Carreno

Grade Level: 3rd grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Standards Addressed:
SS3CG1 The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide the
foundation of a republican form of government.
a. Explain why in the United States there is a separation of power between branches
of government and levels of government.
b. Name the three levels of government (national, state, local) and the three branches
in each (executive, legislative, judicial), including the names of the legislative
branch (Congress, General Assembly, county commission or city council).
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: We will go over the branches of government using a BrainPop
video. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/branchesofgovernment/.
We will review the three branches and their members. I will introduce the SRS Activity by
modeling the usage of it. I will create a sample actvity that shows how Quizlet is used.Their
homework will be to complete at least 2 of the games/activities located on Quizlet.com.
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?):
Students will review their knowledge on the branches of government. This will be done by using
a computer or table to log in into the website or app. The students will have the option of
completing at least 2 of the activites made on Quizlet. They are free to complete all of the
activities and games if they choose to. A rapid feedback and grading system will be given to them
at the end of each activity.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply). See
http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating
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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:
Who makes up the Judicial Branch?
Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
What does Separation of Powers do?
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? This helps students see a variety of answers that could be the right answer but
are not. We will go over as a class to talk about why they are not the right answer.
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 data will be used as a formative assessment. The data will provide me with
some useful information of the understanding of each student. By this, I will decide if I need to
make a mini lesson reinforcing the content.
Describe what will occur after the SRS activity: Students will bring their results and will then
ask questions if they need to. They can compare their answers to others if they choose to and we
will hold a classroom discussion to go over the answers.
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!) the use of student response systems is what is new here. I will incorporate Quizlet as a
study guide and as a formative assessment to see if I need to change my way of instruction to
meet the needs of every student in the classroom.
Other comments about your SRS Activity (optional):