For the Teacher

Ties to Standards and Objectives

This engagement supports concept and vocabulary reinforcement, as well as informal assessment, associated with these NGSS dimensions: Crosscutting Concepts (1–8); Nature of Science (1–4).

Overview of Grade 4, Engagement 2

Predetermined teams select a category and level of difficulty. Taking turns, each team is prompted with an answer to a question. They race the clock to write their response in the form of a question. Allow students to use the Student Reader for an open-book experience.

What You Need

The means to project this interactive for whole-class viewing; blank paper and markers.

Advance Preparation

• Prepare three small pieces of white paper each with one of the following words: red, purple, green.
• Fold the papers so the text is not visible.
• Divide the class into three teams.
• Have each team draw a paper to determine their team color.
• This also determines the order of play.

How to Facilitate

• Beginning with the screen following this one, project the engagement in the largest format possible for whole-class viewing.
• Go over the rules with students before beginning.
• During their turn, a team selects a category and level of difficulty. Higher points indicate greater difficulty.
• Choosing the tile for a team’s selected category and level of difficulty reveals the answer to a question and start the countdown timer.
• The team must write their response, in the form of a question, on display paper and reveal their response at the end of the timer.
• Use the Check button to stop the timer and reveal the correct response.
• If the team’s response was correct, click to add points to their score counter.
• Carry on with the next team, beginning with their selected category and level of difficulty.