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This interactive jigsaw on ClassTools.net can be used in a variety of ways in a variety of different classroom ages. As President’s Day approaches, my first grade class is taking time to focus on several different presidents. We will be reading several books on each highlighted president.
I am trying to find more ways to assess my students other than the standard paper and pencil ways. It’s like I said last post, any time you can vary things in the classroom the better response you will get from the students. Finding different ways to assess students will not only put them at ease as many get test anxiety, but will also intrigue them a bit more.
Here I have demonstrated how jigsaw can be used to assess students quickly and without the use of paper. I designed this assessment with President’s Day in mind, but this is not the only way that jigsaw can be used. Interactive Jigsaw can also be used in primary grades to help them identify complete sentences and fragments. Simply label two puzzle pieces “Complete” and “Fragment”. On other pieces write short, complete sentences and fragments. The students will have to align the puzzle pieces under the correct heading. It can also be used to allow students to build sentences by connecting the puzzle pieces with one world or phrase together to make a complete sentence.
For math, the teacher can put answers to addition problems on one piece and math problems on another. Again, the students will have to identify the answers and align them to the correct answers. There are many uses for this tool and countless ways for it to be used.
I have always loved jigsaw puzzles. This is a great tool, not only do you get the gratification of putting together the puzzle but you learn something along the way. This is a great challenge for students. Thank you for finding this it will be fun to use.
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