USING THE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION

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1 USING THE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION 00 Evan-Moor Corp. All rights reserved. Using the DAILY LANGUAGE REVIEW Interactive Application for Windows and Mac OS With the purchase of electronic materials from an Evan-Moor website, you are granted a single-classroom user license which entitles you to use or duplicate these materials for a single classroom (or home) only. Additionally, these electronic materials may be transmitted to others within the community of a single classroom (or home) via a secure intranet, website, electronic bulletin board, FTP site, or newsgroup. Sharing the materials or making copies for additional classrooms or schools or for other individuals is prohibited. Use of the materials for anything other than classroom instruction is a violation of Evan-Moor Educational Publishers intellectual property rights. Evan-Moor Corporation retains full intellectual property rights on all its products, and these rights extend to electronic editions of complete books and individual teaching activities offered for sale in digital format. If you would like to use Evan-Moor s interactive applications for additional purposes not outlined in the single-classroom license (described above), please submit an Application to Use Copyrighted Materials form by fax or mail to Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Attn: Copyrights. PROJECT DIRECTOR: Keli Winters PROJECT MANAGER: Konstantin Sashchuk PROJECT COORDINATOR: Vlad Shrubek APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT:Georgiy Markosyan Evgeniy Velikiy Dmitriy Gritcenko Sergi Ruban DESIGN: Irina Cherbina EDITORIAL SUPPORT: Marilyn Evans Evgeniya Ivanova Michele Nizza Joanie Sherlock TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: Bret Bailey Matthew Warren Evan Lynch Congratulations on your purchase of some of the finest teaching materials in the world. For information about other Evan-Moor products, call , fax , or visit our Web site, Entire contents 00 EVAN-MOOR CORP. 8 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Monterey, CA Printed in USA. Correlated to State Standards Visit teaching-standards.com to view a correlation of this book s activities to your state s standards. This is a free service.

2 Table of Contents How to Use This Application Quick Tips for Getting Started To Begin a Lesson To Set up Your Preferences Multiple-Choice Questions New Feature: Text vs. The Pencil Tool Written Responses Correcting Text Selecting Text Drawing Grouping (Pictures and Text) Sequencing (Pictures and Text) Daily Practice Interactive Applications

3 How to Use This Application: Quick Tips for Getting Started 3 How to Use This Application Each week of the A Word a Day interactive application follows the same format, making it easy for both students and teachers to use. Teachers can use an electronic whiteboard or projection system to lead interactive class lessons, or one or more students can complete the activities on their own at a computer. Quick Tips for Getting Started Log in to Evan-Moor Portals and click on the icon for A Word A Day. This will bring up the Available Units menu, where you can select Week to begin. Then choose the word or activity you would like students to complete from the week s menu. Lesson History Title Resources Click on Quick launch next lesson to jump to the lesson that comes after the one you completed last. From the menu for the weekly unit, select a day from the left column, then click on the green checkmark in the right column to launch the lesson.

4 How to Use This Application: Quick Tips for Getting Started 4 To set up your preferences, select Preferences from the Style menu then choose the font type, size, and color you would like to use. You may also turn on and off the quick launch, full screen and check answer features. Enable or disable check answer.

5 5 The Daily Language Review interactive application helps students master and retain grade-level language and reading skills using 36 weeks of interactive lessons. The interactive lessons for Monday through Friday consist of a variety of activities you can present to a whole-class or small-group. Once students are familiar with the application, they may also complete the activities on their own or with a partner at a computer. In each Daily Language Review grade level, you ll find the following types of interactive activities Multiple Choice Questions (Single and Multiple Answer) Students select the correct response(s) in order to practice grade-level language skills such as spelling, verb forms, inferring, identifying sentences, and more.

6 6 New Feature: Text vs. The Pencil Tool There are two methods for entering in answers that require a text entry response. Students can either type their answers into a text box, or write out there answers in a drawing box. The text tool activates the text entry box. This option enables the ability to check the answer. The pencil tool activates the drawing area. This option, on Show Answer, displays the answer below to compare the student s entry with the actual answer. Written Response Students respond to questions by writing or typing their answers within a text box. Ask students to type their response into the text box, then click the Continue button. To view an example of a correct response, click on the blue arrow.

7 7 Correcting Text Students read a series of words, a sentence, or a passage in order to identify mistakes and rewrite the selection correctly. Ask students to type their response into the text box, then click the Check Answer button. A red x will appear if they enter an incorrect answer. A green " will appear if they answer the question correctly. 3 To continue, click the Show Answer button to view the correct answer. If needed, review the skills covered in a group discussion.

8 8 Selecting Text Students answer various language questions by highlighting words in a selection. Ask students to highlight the correct words, then click the Check Answer button.. A red x will appear if they enter an incorrect answer. A green will appear if they answer the question correctly. 3 To continue, click the Show Answer button, and the correct answer will appear. If needed, review the skills covered in a group discussion. Drawing Students are asked to draw a picture in order to show their understanding of a sentence or short passage. Ask students to place their curser inside the drawing space provided. Once their curser is inside the drawing box, it will turn into a pencil allowing them to draw freely. If you need to start over, click the Clear button to erase the drawing.

9 9 Grouping (Pictures and Text) Students practice skills such as sorting, categorizing, matching, and more while placing pictures or text in the correct spot. Ask students to select words from the blue box then drag and drop the words into the correct spot. To continue, click the Check Answer button. A red x will appear if they answer the question incorrectly. A green will appear if they answer the question correctly. 3 To continue, click the Show Answer button, and the correct answer will appear. If needed, review the skills covered in a group discussion.

10 USING THE DAILY LANGUAGE REVIEW INTERACTIVE APPLICATION 0 Sequencing (Pictures and Text) Students are asked to sort pictures and sentences in order to tell a story or illustrate an event Ask students to select pictures or sentences then drag and drop them into the correct spot. To continue, click the Check Answer button. A red x will appear if they answer the question incorrectly. A green will appear if they answer the question correctly. 3 To continue, click the Show Answer button, and the correct answer will appear. If needed, review the skills covered in a group discussion.

11 Daily Practice Interactive Applications GRADES 6 + Grade Level Interactive Class Pack (Single Classroom Application + 0 Student Books + Teacher s Edition) A WORD A DAY Single Classroom Application Student Books Class Pack (0 Student Books + Teacher s Edition) A Word a Day Help students learn 44 words in 80 engaging interactive lesssons. A variety of selfcorrecting activities help students develop an understanding of word meaning that goes past surface-level memorization. DAILY LANGUAGE GRADES 8 Daily Language Review Present students with 36 weeks of motivating and interactive language practice. The Daily Language Review interactive whiteboard application helps raise test scores with focused and engaging practice on grammar, punctuation, usage, and sentence-editing skills. GRADES 6+ REVIEW Award-winning editing practice in an interactive format perfect for whole-class instruction. Short 0- to 5-minute interactive lessons target capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and language skills. Each weekly lesson features a 4-paragraph composition for students to edit on EMC 974-PRO EMC 563-PRO EMC 974-PRO EMC 563-PRO 3 EMC 9743-PRO EMC 5633-PRO 4 EMC 9744-PRO EMC 5634-PRO 5 EMC 9745-PRO EMC 5635-PRO 6+ EMC 9746-PRO EMC 5636-PRO DAILY LANGUAGE REVIEW EMC 97-PRO EMC 564-PRO EMC 97-PRO EMC 564-PRO 3 EMC 973-PRO EMC 5643-PRO 4 EMC 974-PRO EMC 5644-PRO 5 EMC 975-PRO EMC 5645-PRO 6 EMC 976-PRO EMC 5646-PRO 7 EMC 977-PRO EMC 5647-PRO 8 EMC 978-PRO EMC 5648-PRO DAILY LANGUAGE REVIEW EMC 97-PRO EMC 56-PRO 3 EMC 973-PRO EMC 563-PRO 4 EMC 974-PRO EMC 564-PRO 5 EMC 975-PRO EMC 565-PRO 6+ EMC 976-PRO EMC 566-PRO EMC 968-SS EMC 968-SS EMC 9683-SS EMC 9684-SS EMC 9685-SS EMC 9686-SS EMC 65-SS EMC 65-SS EMC 653-SS EMC 654-SS EMC 655-SS EMC 656-SS EMC 9677-SS EMC 9678-SS EMC 6556-SS EMC 6557-SS EMC 6558-SS EMC 6559-SS EMC 6560-SS Math GRADES 6+ DAILY WORD PROBLEMS EMC 973-PRO EMC 566-PRO EMC 6545-SS Daily Word Problems Watch students problem-solving skills improve day by day with 36 weeks of interactive instruction. Students develop standardscorrelated math concepts such as addition, fractions, algebra, and more while completing over 00 self-correcting activities. EMC 973-PRO EMC 566-PRO 3 EMC 9733-PRO EMC 5663-PRO 4 EMC 9734-PRO EMC 5664-PRO 5 EMC 9735-PRO EMC 5665-PRO 6+ EMC 9736-PRO EMC 5666-PRO EMC 6546-SS EMC 6547-SS EMC 6548-SS EMC 6549-SS EMC 6550-SS