If links don't open, go back to website page and allow pop ups
If something doesn't open at first, choose to open in Adobe Acrobat
- www.k-6.thinkcentral.com (link on NACS website)
- Guides and tutorials (PDF file)
- Shows information on powerpoint tutorials to add classes etc.
- Can save to H drive to refer back to later
- Click on "Home page"
- PDF that can be saved to H drive and printed for each student
- Can access username and password from class roster
- Same username and password as everything else at school EXCEPT Pearson
- o Accounts
- Make sure all k-5 boxes are checked for access to other grade level info
- If you only want grade level, uncheck all other boxes
- Update my products
- Shows all materials paid for and available
- Make sure all boxes are checked for access to everything
- Also shows ISBN for reordering purposes
- o Resources
- Click reading, grade level, and ALL for language (NOT just English)
- Can also search for specific information under "resources-search"
- Grade level, and resource drop down menu
- Can search for books in certain levels
- Resources tab, search, readers online
- Can search from books from all levels or genres, types, etc.
- Make sure it's opening in acrobat reader, not an internet window
- Teacher gateway
- Click on arrow next to unit to go lesson by lesson
- Green S icon sends resource to "Resource basket" to make available always
- "I" icon just gives information about resource
- Resources tab
- Blue square with person inside= student materials
- Students able to access materials on their page
- Leveled Readers (be patient!)
- Resources-readers-Journeys leveled readers
- Sound may not work yet
- Pops up with colored icons for each leveled readers
- Open with acrobat reader, not internet window
- Can save leveled books to desktop or H drive and can print
- Can also save page with leveled readers to open in file
- Can add sticky notes and resave to have come up later
- Focus Wall
- Resources-all resources-focus wall
- Shows focus wall for each lesson
- Student Book
- Resources- all resources-student book (with blue box and person)
- Opens up link for either book 1 or book 2
- Click on Contents to see all lessons and information
- Can click on sound icon for sound
- Red ribbon bookmarks page to come back to another day
- Click on gray ribbon in upper right corner of each page
- If ribbon in upper right is red, it is saved as a bookmark
- Page View
- On left side of screen, change to 2-page view to go move left to right
- Can make text larger in 1-page view, NOT 2-page
- Notes
- Can click and highlight words or parts of words and highlight in different colors
- Can also click on words and add notes, then save for later (double click)
- Click off to delete or click on highlighting to delete
- Lessons tab under teacher gateway (along top)
- Destination Reading
- Click unit, lesson, at very bottom under "Student Resources"
- Brings up games/activities for information in lesson
- Write in Reader
- All resources-intervention-write in reader
- Brown book=contents
- Can be 1 or 2 page view
- Used for 6-18 months below but still using on-level skills and strategies
- Turtle at bottom of page slows audio down or speaks at normal pace
- Icon with page & sound symbol turns highlighter on and off while reading
- Can change level of write-in reader
- Go all the way out and change grade level at resources page, then click on teacher gateway again
- Focus wall
- All resources-teaching aides-customizable focus walls
- Can customize focus wall posters
- Audio Hub
- All resources-video & audio-journeys audio hub
- Click on student book, then story title
- Brings up audio with no pictures/book
- Can listen while following along in own book
- Grammar Snap Videos
- Above audio hub
- Select grade level, click on desired lesson/topic
- Write Smart
- All resources-interactive content-write smart
- Interactive graphic organizers
- Can print all types of organizers
- Interactive student models
- Can explore different types of writing and the different parts (organization, voice, sentence fluency, etc)
- Can show as examples
- Each example has a strong and weak model of the writing type
- Can compare the two models and click on introduction, etc to show differences
- Can show different levels of writing but would need to go in each grade level to show differences
- Ex: can go into grade 5 to show example but would need to go back into 3rd grade to show grade level example
- Classes & Students
- Class- manage
- Click on bubble next to name and click on "edit class…"
- Make sure all boxes are checked then click "assign students…"
- Can filter students by grade to cut down on number of students available.
- Near top of page as drop down menu
- Must click on EACH student and click "Add>"
- Once all students have been moved to right side "class roster", can click done
- To find Class Roster
- Click on bubble next to name and click on "View Class Roster"
- Will show usernames and passwords for each student to access Journeys online information
- Unit, Benchmark, and Weekly tests can be taken online
- Assignments
- Add a Test
- Assignments-add a test (in menu)
- Select subject (reading), grade level, and resource then "find"
- Select box of desired test, then assign
- Give assignment name and directions
- Use drop down menu to select class
- Give dates for test to be available
- Might want to give larger window for test to be available in case of make-ups
- Can allow assessment to be open 24 hrs or can designate specific times to be open each day.
- DON'T have to assign password
- Sections & Questions
- Click on "Select Questions"
- Can see and select questions for test
- EX: can uncheck all but vocabulary to just give vocabulary test
- Click on Save
- Next screen shows info about test created
- Once test has been completed, can view report
- Go back to summary of test, click on Results & Prescriptions to see quickly who mastered and who did not.