Shaping Up To Be A Great Scavenger Hunt

Students will:

• Be able to identify shapes that are around them in their classroom or school building.
• Be able to snap pictures that demonstrate their knowledge of the core shapes.
• Be able to label the shapes with text or doodle feature.

Vocabulary Words:

1. Grid: A grid is a page layout that has separate sections or boxes to add information.
2. Collage: A collage is a collection or gathering of many things into one grid or page.
3. Doodle: To doodle is to draw, model, or label something. It does not have to be perfect.

To prepare for this lesson:

• ​Introduce this app to your students prior to them diving in. There are ads and items that cost money. This is nothing to worry about, however, they need to be directed away from them as they will not be able to purchase or use those extra items. (They are all safe for school)
• Popups - Remind students to ignore and tap the “X” when a pop-up appears. (They are all safe for school)
• When saving - Remind students there are several distractions. They need to “save to Library”
• Watch the Pic Collage How-to video. 
• Read the PicCollage ideas for the classroom from ErinIntegration.

​Note: PicCollage does not rotate, so the iPad needs to be in portrait mode.

See the Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students website in the Teacher Resources. 

The teacher will give the students the following directions:

1. Open PicCollage app
2. Tap - FREESTYLE icon
3. Tap - Photos > then tap the camera icon (Approve all popups, always pick positive choice)
4. Take pictures of shapes throughout the room. (Example find a rectangle) > Use Photo.
5. Tap the green check (Upper right).
6. Repeat steps 4 & 5 until all expected shapes are captured.
7. Resize each photo.
8. Tap “+” (bottom).
9. Tap Text > label the shapes. (Students will need assistance with spelling the shapes unless you are allowing them to do inventive spelling.)
10. Move the text boxes around using one finger to move and two fingers to enlarge and twist.
11. Tap  “Done” in the upper right corner.
12. Tap  Save to Library.

Note: PicCollage has a great sharing out feature. When students are done they can share the link. When you tap “Done” tap “Copy Link”. This will copy the link you can then share via email, Google Classroom, Seesaw, open in a web browser and many more.

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding
• Assess students work by getting it turned into the teacher. The teacher will evaluate the shape and the label, as well as are all shapes included that were expected.
• Tools to get photo turned in via student devices. Google Classroom, Seesaw, Google Slide, Google Form (photo submission), Apple Classroom, email, more
• Use this tool to assess:
  • Sight word
  • Rhyming words
  • Sorting images
  • Putting numbers in order