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Click-and-Drag Activities with Flippity Manipulatives



Flippity is a free website that has a wide variety of Google Sheet templates which you can use to create fun classroom activities, such as flashcards, scavenger hunts, and quiz shows. As a classroom teacher, I loved using the Random NamePicker tool because I could easily create random groups of students for classroom activities. Each activity includes a demo, instructions, and a free template. 

 I recently tried a new activity on the website called Flippity Manipulatives. This template allows you to use a Google sheet to create a set of click-and-drag objects. It's pretty easy to set up, and once I started experimenting with it, I started thinking of so many different ways that teachers could use it in the classroom!


Here is a quick video I made to introduce teachers to the basics of how to get started:




Example Activities


 I made a few example activities to demonstrate how this tool could be used in different content areas:


Classroom Use


 There are many different ways teachers could use these activities in the classroom. Here are a few ideas:

  • Station Activity
  • Whole Group Practice
  • Partner Activity
  • "Engagement" activity at the start of a lesson
  • Pre-Assessment
  • Review
  • Student-created sort


Teachers are able to...

  • Create sorts with words, phrases, images, and/or videos
  • Add custom backgrounds, as well as remove any default background options
  • Add color to words and phrases
  • Reuse an activity as many times as they want to

Students are able to...

  • Work on an activity at the same time without affecting each other
  • "Reset" the activity when done, which is helpful if they are sharing computers
  • Take a screenshot of a completed activity and turn it into Google Classroom


 I am looking forward to working with teachers and discovering all the different ways they can integrate this tool to support student learning!
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