Comments on: Top 10 Reasons to Use Student Lapboards and Mark Boards

By: Nancy Rhodes

Nancy Rhodes — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:32:19 +0000

We use lap boards in my classroom to alphabetize spelling words. Each student has one word and writes it on the lapboard. They then bring all the boards to the front of the room and work as a team to put them in abc order along the whiteboard rail. This helps my class (resource room for students with learning disabilities) practice this skill in a tactile manner.

We use them for a similar activity for ordering numbers. Students may roll place value dice to generate a number or they may be assigned by me. This is especially helpful when ordering and comparing decimals. The students again bring each board to the front and work as a team to order them.

In a larger class the students can be broken into two teams and race to order their boards.

By: DCP

DCP — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:19:48 +0000

I use lap boards with my high school students. Even the older kids enjoy writing on them. I use them to play review games, We do group work with them. I’ll ask them a question and they look up the answer and write it down. For my marketing class, I assign groups of students a website to visit or a company and then ask them to answer questions about that company’s marketing. Then we discuss it as a class. This is a very quick and easy way to break up routine and keep them engaged. Mostly, I use them for informal assessments. For example,I teach Web Design. For that class I will ask the students to write the HTML code for whatever it is that we are doing. When they are finished, they hold their board up. I scan the room to see if I need to re-teach or review. I do similar things in all of my classes.

By: jay-ar

jay-ar — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:52:04 +0000

We use 1/4 illustration board as our lapboards in Math. The group raise their answer to the question I gave….we also use it to monitor individual students progress with the subject matter.

By: Kari

Kari — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:18:04 +0000

I use “smartboards” in my first grade class when teaching vocabulary. I give the students a vocabulary word and have them draw a picture of what they think the word means. Then we hold up our “smartboards” to share our pictures. They love it and it gives me an idea of who understands or does not understand the vocabulary word. It’s fun for the kids and easy for me!

By: Hogan

Hogan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:17:31 +0000

I use the larger 12″ x 18″ lapboards to play the “story game” with my second grade students. I have one of the kids write a sentence and then pass it to the next student, who then writes the next sentence and so on, until they have created a short story. The kids have fun and we can do the activity quickly this way with the lapboards. And the stories are always a good laugh!

By: Nawell

Nawell — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:03:07 +0000

I use dry erase boards for spelling drills! great way to get all kids participating as well as a quick to assess who may need more help!!

By: kathy muller

kathy muller — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:20:12 +0000

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By: Rosemarie Reinhard

Rosemarie Reinhard — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:45:39 +0000

I use the whiteboards in all my classes. I saved a bundle by making my own. I purchased a sheet of white board used for showers from a local hardware chain. I asked a wonderful lumber manager to cut it down into sheets. I was able to get 20 sheets for only $13. All you need to do is ask and you can find some kind people in the world. Good luck!