To help a student listen to text on a computer, here’s what he/she needs to do:
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Click Dictation & Speech then click Text to Speech.
2. Select the “Speak selected text when the key is pressed” checkbox. (Alex is the clearest voice.)
3. Highlight the text that you want read aloud.
4. Hold down the Option key and then press the ESC key to begin text to speech. To stop it, hold down Option and then press the ESC key again.
If you want a student to use the Dictation feature, here’s what you do:
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences. Click Dictation & Speech then click Dictation.
2. To start dictating, the student will need to be in a document or wherever you can type text. (Google Docs, Pages, etc.)
3. Click on the FN key twice and then begin speaking. A microphone icon will appear. Click on the done button on the microphone icon to stop dictating.
4. You must speak slowly and clearly for the microphone to do an accurate job of translating your dictation to text.
Here are the instructions for how to use GarageBand to help your students improve their reading fluency.
For written directions for the iPad Mini, click here.
For directions with pictures for the iPad Mini,click here.
For written directions for the MacBook Air, click here.
For directions with pictures for the MacBook Air, click here.
Click here to watch a video tutorial on how to operate our gym sound system.
If you would like to include progress reports from FASTT Math, Typing Agent and/or MobyMax in your first semester report cards, follow the instructions below. If you have any questions or need help, please let me know. That’s what I’m here for!
Regina
FASTT Math
To log into FASTT Math, go to this link: http://fractions.4j.lane.edu:55880/slms/educatoraccess
Enter your 4j user name. Your password is your six digit employee number.
To print out a copy of an individual student’s progress report:
1. On the left side of the screen, under “Classes,” choose your classroom number.
2. Click on the blue tab that says “Reports.”
3. There is a drop down menu that says Show: Student Reports
4. Choose Student Fact Fluency Status Report
5. Choose the correct Time Period: Custom (I usually choose the first day of school through the current date.)
6. Click “Run Report.”
7. Click “Print Preview” which creates a pdf of the report.
8. Click on the icon of the printer and send it to the printer of your choice.
Typing Agent
1. Go to the Typing Agent log in page and log in. https://app.typingagent.com/
2. In the left hand green side menu, choose “Progress.”
3. Click on the blue tab marked “Report Card.”
4. Select your class.
5. Click on Select Student Tab and choose “All Students.”
6. You do not have to choose a date range when you are printing out all students.
7. Pull your scroll bar down to the bottom and click on the green button marked “Create Report.”
8. Click on the green printer icon (it’s below the Select Classroom drop down menu on the upper left side of the screen) to send the reports to the printer.
9. It will print out each student individually as a batch.
Mobymax
To print student dashboard reports all at once, complete the following steps:
1. After signing in, click a subject area button (e.g., “Math,” “Language,” etc.).
2. Click the “Print” icon at the top right.
3. Select “Print dashboard for selected students” and click the “Next” button.
4. Select the student(s) for whom you would like to print dashboard reports, and then click the “Print” button.
To print progress monitoring reports:
1. After signing in to your teacher account, click the subject area button (i.e. “Math, “Language,” etc.).
2. Click the “Progress” tab.
3. Check the box directly below the “Print” button to select all students.
4. Click the “Print” button.
5. Select “All standards and scores” or “Missing standards.”
6. Click “Print.”
Synergy Report Cards Simplified –
by Regina Ligon, McCornack Elementary
1. Log into Synergy.
2. On Home Page, check Preferences.
a. Make sure Show Notifications is checked.
3. Click on Report Card tab. Choose Assign Student Template
a. Default or ELD 2013-14
b. Jenny will email you a list of students that are actively being served.
4. Click on Report Card tab. Choose Student Page
a. Make sure Show Inactive is checked so that students who have left don’t show up
b. Classic versus Wizard
5. Create a Comment Bank.
a. Filter plus Add New Comment – must do one for ELD and one for all others
b. Create one comment and then Save. Create 2nd comment and then Save. And so on.
c. Do not use Spanish Translation as it is not accurate
1. Idea: Create comments in Spanish. Copy and paste each into Google Translate. Email both English and Spanish versions to Reina. Do this week to give her enough time.
d Start and End date can be used to separate comments by semester
e. Swap Tags (name and pronoun placeholders)
1. <> demonstrates excellent leadership skills in our class.
2. <> needs to work on <> math facts.
6. Click on Report Card tab. Choose Mass Assign Comments.
7. Grade Book is not fully integrated yet with Synergy. Use at your own risk.
8. Click on Report Card tab. Choose Report Card Matrix for classwide comments.
a. Will have to do this twice – once for ELD students and once for all others
9. Click on Report Card tab. For Individual Student Grading, choose Students. Double click on each individual student.
a. Put in grades.
b. Can do letter tab letter rather than pull down menus if you wish
c. Enter Days Present — you will get this number from the Elementary Grading Enrollment Days report that Cheryle will email to each teacher and you must enter it for each student. Days Absent and Days Tardy will auto fill.
d. 1st Semester Comments – click edit
e. Different kinds of SAVE – save often
f. Viewing Report Cards – will view only in English, even if you have selected print in Spanish
g. When finished with a report card, click Mark all complete.
10. From Report Card Home Page:
a. Click View Report Cards
b. Choose language – Spanish or English.
c. Click Save Language Setting.
11. Call school secretary and let her know that you are ready to print. WAIT!! – your secretary must run a process to update the attendance days absent/tardy FIRST before you print.
12. To print them all: On the View Report Card screen, click Generate Class Report Cards to print the entire class.
13. To print one at a time: Click on View to the left of the student’s name. This will create a pdf. Click the printer icon or chose Print from the File drop down menu.
Do you want to send an email just to the parents in your classroom? Here’s how:
1. In the top blue bar of your Synergy home page, click on HOME.
2. Select COMMUNICATION.
3. In the TO: box, select parents
4. Scroll down and type in your subject in the SUBJECT box.
5. Scroll down and type your email in the MESSAGE box.
6. At the top of the page, click on the green SEND button to send out your email.
7. Done!
If you need Reina to translate a document for you, please follow these steps:
1. Select all the text. (Command + A or highlight with your mouse)
2. Copy the text. (Command + C)
3. Create an email to Reina (carcamo@4j.lane.edu) and paste (Command + V) the text in the message area.
4. Save Draft.
5. Go to the Google Translate website: http://translate.google.com/
6. Paste your text (Command + V) into the lefthand box.
7. Set the righthand box to Spanish.
8. Once it’s translated, select all the Spanish text. (Command + A or highlight with your mouse)
9. Copy all the Spanish text. (Command + C)
10. Go back to your Reina email in Zimbra and paste the Spanish text (Command + V) below the English text. She needs both to do an accurate translation.
11. Send to Reina.
12. Please allow her several days to get your translation done. She has a full class load plus recess duty.
NOTE: Do not send her a Word document as Word does not work with Google Translate.
Click the link below for the McC TV Teacher Instructions.
Click on the link below to watch a video tutorial which will show you how to record yourself on GarageBand while using Read Naturally.
Click here for the link to the GarageBand tutorial.