🔋“Power Up Your Lessons: Go Live with Pear Practice”

by TraLisha Strambler, Ethridge Elementary

Hello, I’m TraLisha Strambler and I’m here to share some Pear-fectly wonderful news about the new “Pear Practice” by Pear Deck.  If you love Blooket, Kahoot, and Quizziz, then you will absolutely LOOOVVEEE Pear Practice.  It is a wonderful combination of all 3 and will truly gamify and transform your lessons! In this blog I will share some quick tips to get you started. 

🔋What is Pear Practice?

Pear Practice is part of the Pear Deck Learning platform, built to help educators deliver standards-aligned, gamified practice that meets students where they are. It supports:

• Live team-based sessions for collaborative learning

• Independent assignments for personalized practice

• Daily remixes that adapt to student progress

• Insights and reports to track mastery over time

Whether you're prepping for a quiz or reinforcing key concepts, Pear Practice makes it easy—and fun.

🔋Why should I use Pear Practice in my classroom?

Pear Practice  is a great way to instantly engage your students at the beginning or a lesson or keep your students’ attention at the close of your lesson with an engaging pear start game. Finding or creating a lesson is quick and easy. Plus, students will love participating.   This is a great tool to use during your allocated review days in math, reading, or science!

🔋Getting Started

1. Log in using your School Google Account https://account.peardeck.com/home 

2. Set Up Your Classroom

   1. Create a classroom to organize students and assignments. You can enroll students in three ways:

      1. - Google Classroom import

      2. - Shareable join link  (this link can be posted in Seesaw/Canvas)

      3. - Email invitations

   2. Once students join, they’ll be able to track their progress and access personalized practice sets.

3. Explore Content

   1. Use the Explore tab to browse certified, standards-aligned Practice Sets. You can filter by subject, grade level, or even view content created by other educators.

   

4. Assign Practice Sets

   1. Choose a Practice Set and assign it to your class or individual students. You can run it as a Live Practice for real-time collaboration or assign it for independent work. Each set is customizable to fit your instructional goals.

   

5. Monitor Progress

   1. Use Pear Practice’s built-in analytics to view student performance by assignment, standard, or Practice Set. This helps you identify learning gaps and adjust instruction accordingly.

      

      
      

🔋Pear-fect Tips and Tricks

• Spend time exploring all of the premade lessons before creating your own

• Preview the questions in student mode!

• Don’t like the question? Edit it or change the question type to meet the needs of your students

✨ Final Thoughts

Pear Practice isn’t just another review tool—it’s a smarter way to help students master content while keeping them engaged. With intuitive setup, rich content, and real-time insights, it empowers teachers to focus on what matters most: meaningful learning.

Ready to give it a try? You can explore Pear Practice and start building your first classroom on Pear Deck’s official blog 

I used AI for brainstorming only and crafted the content myself.