Class Roll Call Whiteboard Tool: Shark Roll Call (Foundation to Year 6)
Shark Roll Call is an interactive class roll call for Foundation to Year 6 by Teach This, an interactive PowerPoint tool for morning check-in with an ocean theme. The screen shows 30 numbered sharks in the ocean beside Shark School, which has a matching empty spot for every class number. Each child taps their own number as they arrive, and their shark swims across to its spot. Empty spots show at a glance who is not here yet. All here opens a Good Morning, Sharks celebration slide. No names appear on screen. It opens in Microsoft PowerPoint on any interactive whiteboard, panel or projector, but the How to use slide notes that it does not play in Google Slides. It has no macros, no student logins and no student data collected.
Assign each student a class number once, then let it run while you greet families. The empty spots show who is away before attendance goes to the office, without calling a single name.
Differentiation
Modifications
Stick each student's class number on their desk or name tag until the numbers are familiar. Let a buddy help a student find and tap their number in the first few weeks.
Extensions
Ask a student helper to count the empty spots and report how many students are away and how many are here. Use the full Shark School grid for a quick count by fives with younger classes.