QR Code Bulletin Boards

Making your classroom bulletin boards more interactive is easy with QR codes. I recently changed up three of my bulletin boards and added QR codes that link to activities, forms, websites, and student work. These QR boards are also great for students who finish work early and need something to do that is meaningful and connected to the current curriculum.

   Our current reading strategy focuses on visualizing. I found a few passages that helped students practice this skill. I made a QR code out of them and posted them on the board. There was also a great website that had a visualizing game for students to play that I made a code for. Finally I made a Google Form for students to use to reflect on what they visualized while they were reading. On my students' centers checklist I added "visit the Reading Board" as an activity.

   On my Writing Board, I posted the current theme vocabulary words with a QR code that links to a kid friendly dictionary definition. I then chose 3 of my students' essays to make a QR code for and posted them as "spotlights." The kids loved having their work in the spotlight and the other students enjoyed being able to read their peers work. And let's be honest, it is so much cooler being able to scan a code to read an essay than having the actual essay on the board.

   For my Math Board, I created QR codes of Google Forms that I made for our number corner curriculum. This month we have two graphs that the students analyze that I put into a form and I also made a form for the calendar pattern. The students fill out what they notice about the pieces and what the pattern is throughout the month. At the end of the month we look at the spreadsheet with all of their responses and have a meaningful conversation about it. I also included a QR code that links to a website that has challenge math problems for 3rd graders.

   Another bulletin board I am working on is a Book Review Board where students will post QR codes that link to a voice recording of their book reviews. For more information on this project click here.