5th grade EDM unit 1 vocab introduction ppt

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2. What is Study Island?
Study Island uses lessons, practice questions, and
explanations to reinforce the concepts and skills taught in
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Diagnostic reports to better differentiate instruction.
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5. From your Teacher Page you can:
Create a class in
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Schedule
Assignments.

6. All of this and MORE can be accessed from the toolbar at
the left side.

7. Class Manager
Group your students into “classes” so you can read
reports more easily and create a class page.
Go to Class Manager.
Enter a title.
Click Next.
Ms. Witty’s Math Class

8. Class Manager
Change class preferences (if allowed by Admin.)
Affect games, remedial topics, timer visibility, scratchpad
and highlighter availability.
To select students:
Click the red arrow to see students in the desired grade.
Check your students.
Save.

9. Class Manager
When you return to Class Manager you can see a list of
your classes.
You can Edit , Create Class Page and Assignments ,
schedule Parent Notifications , or Remove Class .
You can enter Live View to monitor real-time student
activity.
You can also see if a class page is “Active” .
“Active” means students can see the class page.
You must post an assignment, note, schedule, or link before
you can activate a class page.

10. Class Manager
To create a Class Page:
Click .
Add an Assignment, Note, Schedule, or Link.

11. Class Manager
To create a Practice and Instruction assignment:
Click .
Select a due date.
Insert a title.
Add additional info. Place Value 3rd Gd
Decide if you want to Read chapter 4 before completing.
override school
preferences.
Set calculator preferences.

12. Class Manager
To create an assignment(cont.):
Click the red arrow next to a class.
Check “Select All” or select specific students.

13. Class Manager
To create an assignment(cont.):
Select which topics you want to assign.
 Select a Grade.
 Select a Subject.
 Click “Get Topic List”.

14. Class Manager
After you you can see a list of assignments.
You can:
Activate /Deactivate Assignments.
View student results.
Edit the assignment.
Remove the assignment.

15. Class Manager
IMPORTANT! If this is your first time creating an
assignment, you need to activate your class page.

16. Class Manager
If you activated your class page, students see your
assignment when they log in.
Students can select your assignment or a Program.

17. School Stats
There are several reporting options.
“Class Gradebook Report” is popular. Select:
By subject broken down by topic.
Your class.
Your grade level.
Your subject.
View Report.

18. School Stats
You can:
Open in Excel.
Automatically Email the report to anyone you specify.
Scroll right to see Ribbons Earned for each student or class.
Click a score to see the List of Sessions.
Click a student name to see the Individual Subject Report.

19. School Stats
Click a name to see the Individual Subject Report
which looks like this:
Students can see this report from their own account.

20. School Stats
The Individual Student Report can lead you to other
reports: “Compare with others” and “Suggested Topics”.

21. Motivating Students
Use Study Island to help motivate students.
Create a bulletin board to track student/class progress.
Encourage students to reflect on what they’ve learned.
Use Study Island in Game Mode to introduce a lesson.

22. Motivating Students
Check out some of these ideas!

23. Study Island Programs
Select a grade level from the left side.
Just like the
Student View
Select a subject.
Select a topic.

24. Helpful Hints
Click on the topic name OR check multiple topics and
click “Start Studying”.
Every topic has a lesson and a Passing Goal.

25. What is a Passing Goal?
The Passing Goal tells you the minimum
required to master the topic.
These numbers can vary.

26. Building Block questions
are designed to help
your student build on
their previous A White Ribbon will
knowledge. appear when a
Building Block Topic is
What are these symbols?
mastered.
A Blue Ribbon will
appear next to each A Red Triangle means
mastered topic. your student is
struggling with the
topic.

27. Didn’t meet the Passing Goal?
After finding the correct answer, your student can
view an explanation or go to the next question.
After completing a set of questions, your student
may be able to re-try missed questions.
Going through missed questions helps students
understand the material and increases retention.

28. Didn’t meet the Passing Goal?
If your student is still struggling with a topic, try this:
Review the Study Island lesson.
View missed questions by clicking on the score in the Your
Results column.
Provide supplemental resources.

29. Can students practice at home?
Their log in will work from any device with internet access

30. This is what a Grade Level Screen looks like:
Click on a subject to
begin studying!

31. When you click on a subject, you will go a
page like this:
To select a topic, you can
check the box next to
it by clicking it.
Then click START
Studying!
There are lessons to
review with too!

32. What if I forget all of this?
Check out the HELP tab!
Watch Tutorials, download Documents, and find year-
round implementation ideas.