Creating an Interactive Assignment Page:
Not only can you provide the assignments you can also include websites that will reinforce concepts you are teaching. Parents will be able to assist their children and ensure the assignments are completed.
What type of information is being given for each assignment?
What is the purpose of imbedded links?
How can this be valuable for students?parents?
Building Your Assignment Page:
1. Log into SchoolCenter
2. Go to Add a Page in the navigation pane on the left side
3. Choose the What's New style page
4. Then click Add Page
5. On the General tab change the page title to Assignments
6. Next click on the Details tab and place a check mark next to Allow Public to Subscribe (this way when new assignments are added parents/students can be notified through email as long as they click Subscribe at the bottom of the page)
7. Then click Done
Adding a Description and Directions:
Before beginning your assignment page you will need to add a definition and description of the page contents.
Do this by following these directions:
1. After adding your page, find and click Add Picture and Text
2. Now find and click Edit (right next to the pencil)
3. In the window that appears type your description (be sure to include any information that you feel your students and/or parents may need to understand how to use your assignment page)
4. Once you have finished your description click Done.
Adding Assignments to your Assignment Page:
Click on New Event
Click on the Date Picker (the blue box next to the date line)
Choose the date the assignment is made
In the next field give your assignment a title
Next choose the Advanced Content Editor (NOTE: Use Firefox and preferably your PC to avoid issues with the Content Editor. Since it is web-based it may not be completely functional at times and may not work properly. Don't become frustrated keep working with it)
In the text box you want to give a due date for the assignment
You also want a good description of your assignment along with details concerning how it should be completed
Also include helpful websites for reference (At this time you may wish to look for some websites that can be used as resources for the concepts you are currently developing lessons for. netTrekker and MarcoPolo would be wonderful resources to use here)
Once you have written the description for your assignment, be sure to save your work by clicking the floppy disk icon at the top left corner
At the next window click Done
You will see your assignment displayed in the body of your page. To add another assignment, repeat the steps above.
Students and parents expect to find new information on your web site regularly so make sure you don't disappoint them!
Creating A Link On Your Webpage
A link is a reference or navigation element in a document to another section of the same document, or a specified section of another document, that automatically brings the referred information to the user when the navigation element is selected by the user. As such, it is similar to a citation in literature, but with the distinction of automatic instant access.
Adding a Link in Advanced Content Editor.
1. You can add a hyperlink for a web page or email to your text or image.
2. Highlight the text or image and then click on the Insert/Edit Link icon.
3. The Insert/Edit Link window will open.
4. Enter a website address. Remember to start your URL (website address) with http://. For example, if you wanted to link to the Judson Website Homepage, you would enter http://www.judsonisd.org
5. Use the drop-down box to choose whether the link website opens in a new windowsor on in the same window.
6. Enter a Title for the Link. When a view puts their cursor over the active link in your webpage, a small box will open describing that link.
7. You also have the option to Cancel at anytime by clicking on the Cancel button.
8. Click on the Insert button to insert the Link.
Sample Secondary Assignment Entry
HW Due Today: Pages 252 -254 #7-14, #29, #31
Objective: Students will learn how to transform a linear equation into standard form and how to model a real-life situation using the standard form of a linear equation.
Classroom Activities:
Your Math Notebook ·
Pencil
A sheet of paper with your heading and the title "Shodor's Graphing Game."
Classroom Activities:
·In your notebook, write today's date.
Go to Learning Wave: Equation Of A Line. Read the page.
Be sure to take notes of important definitions, examples, formulas, and steps. Draw and label any figures.
Click on Learning Wave: Equation Of A Line Activity and complete the activity. Be sure to write your work in your notebook.
If you need another example, click on the "Need another example?" link on the page. Be sure to write the example in your notes.
Now, click on Hotmath Practice Problems and complete problems #31, 33, and 35. Be sure to write your steps in your notebook. If you need help, click on "View Solution" and you will receive assistance. If you don't need help, use the "view solution" to check your answers.
Today's Homework Due Tomorrow: Pages 267 - 269 #7-10, #19, #21, #23, #30-31, #35
For fun: Click on the "More info" link below when the lesson is over.
Important Announcements: TEST Activity 33 Due Wednesday
Reading: This month, our children will be focusing on TEK 4.12: Recognizing and analyzing plot, setting and problem resolution. This first week, our class is focusing on setting. Setting is usually defined as where and when a story takes place. But in 4th grade, they will not only identify the time and place of a story, but will be expected to explain and understand how it contributes to the meaning of the story. For example, if a story takes place in a forested area, the reader would need to be able to explain how the story is affected by the forest and how (and if) it might change if the story took place in a different environment. Once the students have learned about setting this week, look for questions about setting in their homework center next week.
Language Arts: Language Arts is divided into two main components: editing and composition. This week and for the next couple of weeks in editing, we will be focusing on TEK 4.16, capitalization, punctuation and penmanship. In particular this week, the use of commas. There are nine times when commas are used in the English language. 1.) To separate items in a list, 2.) to separate city and state, 3.) to separate date and year, 4.) after the salutation of a letter, 5.) the closing of a letter, 6.) to separate two complete sentences connected by a conjunction, 7.) to separate a quote from the rest of the sentence, 8.) after directly addressing a specific person in a sentence, and 9.) when using an appositive (Mrs. Rubert, a teacher at Desertaire Elementary, had very high standards for her children).
Spelling skill for this week: "i before e except after c" and "ei" making the long a sound. Words: receipt, believe, conceit, siege, neighbor, reign.
In composition, we are studying TEK 4.15C, using language to describe (figurative language). In particular this week, we are learning about similes. When a person uses a simile, they compare two unlike things using the words "like" or "as". For example, your child might be described as being "as sweet as honey". During this week and into next week, our children will be exploring the effectiveness of the similes they choose. Our children learn not to "force" similes into their work, but to have them flow smoothly into the language where it contributes to the overall meaning they are trying to convey.
Math: This week, we have been studying number concepts, TEK 4.1, using place value to read, write, compare and order whole numbers through the millions place. In particular this week, our children will be expected to place 7 digit whole numbers into ascending and descending order. Our children will be given a list of four numbers that they will have to put in order, greatest to least and vice versa using a place value chart.
Science: TEK 4.1A, demonstrating safe practices during field and laboratory investigations is our focus for this week. We will begin by identifying scientific tools, such as graduated cylinders, goggles, thermometers, etc. and how to safely handle them. Ask your child for their list of tools (a page with pictures of tools and their use), or see the "You gotta have this" section of this web page for an uploaded version that you can keep for yourself.
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