WiggleWorks Software Manual PDF0049 (PDF) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

WiggleWorks Software Manual PDF0049 (PDF) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Table of Contents Welcome to WiggleWorks... 3 Program Materials... 3 WiggleWorks Teacher Software... 4 Logging In... 4 WiggleWorks Manager... 5 Creating a Class List... 6 Working With Class Files... 6 Adding Student Names... 7 Changing Student Names... 7 Deleting Student Names... 7 Master Setup... 8 Student Setup... 14 Work Record... 15 Student Log... 16 Student Work... 17 Portfolio... 19 Comments... 20 Manager Menus... 21 Enter Book as Teacher... 22 WiggleWorks Student Software... 23 Choose Your Class Screen... 23 Your Library Screen... 25 Home Screen... 26 Read Aloud Screen... 27 Read Screen... 29 My Words List... 30 Write Screen... 31 My Book Screen... 33 Magnet Board... 35 WiggleWorks Tools... 38 Tools... 38 The Menu Bar... 43 Command Key Equivalents Macintosh... 47 Command Key Equivalents Windows... 48 Customer Support... 49 WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 Table of Contents 2

Welcome to WiggleWorks WiggleWorks is an interactive leveled reading program designed to support children s language development by providing them with a range of activities that integrate reading, writing, and language support. The program combines today s best research about how children learn to read and write with the power of technology to create an innovative model for instruction a model designed to support young children s reading development, and proven to increase reading scores. Teachers may customize WiggleWorks, helping nonreaders, struggling readers, children who need catch-up support, gifted children, and children with special needs become fluent readers and writers. For details on the installation process, refer to the WiggleWorks Installation Guide from the Scholastic Education Product Support Web site at http://www.scholastic.com/education/productsupport. For information on how to incorporate WiggleWorks with classroom goals, see the WiggleWorks Teacher s Guide, which includes a program overview, classroom management, and assessment strategies. Program Materials WiggleWorks comes in two editions: PreK 1 and 2 3. Each edition includes a variety of instructional materials that teachers may use in their classroom. STUDENT COMPONENTS WiggleWorks Library: Each edition comes with multiple paperback copies of every WiggleWorks title. There are six copies of each of the 42 literature and nonfiction paperbacks per edition. Audiobooks: Each book is accompanied by an audio CD with full narration. Included in each edition are 30 CDs six copies of five separate CDs (up to 10 titles per CD) allowing for multiple users of each audiobook. TEACHING COMPONENTS Teacher s Guide: The Teacher s Guide provides teachers with a comprehensive program overview, management instructions, and assessment guidelines. Teaching Plans: These four-sided cards support all areas of instruction, including extensions for teaching with technology, differentiated instruction, and support for English language learners. Interactive Library Poster: Each edition has a classroom poster that provides teachers and students with a visual list of the WiggleWorks interactive library book titles and reading levels. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 Welcome to WiggleWorks 3

WiggleWorks Teacher Software Before students may use WiggleWorks, they must be enrolled by teachers in the learning management system (in some cases this may be done by the district administrator). Use the WiggleWorks Manager to enroll classes and students in WiggleWorks, as well as to customize the program to meet students individual learning needs. The WiggleWorks Manager also keeps a running database of students performance in WiggleWorks activities. This helps teachers assess students progress as well as identify problem areas. Logging In To explore the WiggleWorks teacher software, double-click the WiggleWorks desktop icon (clicking anywhere on the screen during the introductory animation stops the animation). Move the mouse to the top of the screen to reveal the Menu Bar. In the Menu Bar at the top of the Select Your Name screen, the following two items are available in the Administrator menu: Enter Manager: This allows teachers to access the WiggleWorks Manager to enroll and customize the program for classes and students, and view student records and work. Enter Book as Teacher: This allows teachers to explore the different activity areas as a student and personalize a particular book for all the students in their class. Selecting either item prompts teachers to enter a password. The default password is teacher (see page 21 to learn how to edit passwords). Teacher Tip Enter books from anywhere in the program by clicking Enter Book as Teacher in the hidden Menu Bar at the top of the screen. Enter the Manager from anywhere in the program. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 4

WiggleWorks Manager Choose Enter Manager from the Menu Bar and enter your password to enter the WiggleWorks Manager. When navigating in the Manager: To choose a student, highlight the student s name in the scroll box. To move from one section to another, click the tab for the section to move that tab to the front of the screen. To review the work of multiple students in one particular area, click the tab for that area, then click the names of the students. To review one student s work in several areas, click that student s name, then move from one tab to another. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 5

Creating a Class List To create a Class File, choose New Class from the File menu, type the name of the class and click OK. Teachers may create Class Files for groups of students in the class and customize the program for each group. Working With Class Files The class file contains students names and their accumulated records. Once the Class List file is created, the Class List names appear in the scroll box. Students with special settings appear in italics in the class list. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 6

Adding Student Names To add names to the Class File, click New Name, then enter the student s name. Click Add Name. When all the names are entered, click Done. Changing Student Names To change a student s name, find the name in the scroll box and highlight it, then click Edit Name. Edit the student s name in the window, then click OK. Deleting Student Names To remove a name from an existing list, highlight the name in the scroll box and click Delete Name. A dialog box will appear, asking for confirmation. Click Yes to delete the student. Deleting a student name also deletes all the accumulated records for that student. Teacher Tip Teachers may choose to allow students to add their own names to the Class File. Students may add their names when they access their class (page 23). WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 7

Master Setup Master Setup allows teachers to set global options for classes. Settings made here apply to every student in the Class List. Because teachers cannot set global options for students individually, the class list scroll box does not appear here. The buttons on the right side of the screen control which edition to use, as well as these functions: Revert Settings: Click the Revert Settings button to reset the previously saved settings for the class. Restore Defaults: Click Restore Defaults to return to the initial default settings for the program. The buttons on the left side of the screen provide access to each of the main categories of options in Master Setup: Book Levels: Teachers may customize which book levels are available to their students. Check the box next to the level to make it available to students in the class list. Students are only able to access books within the selected levels. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 8

Instructional Path: Teachers may customize which activity areas that students may access. Check the box next to the name of the area to make it available to students. Any area not selected on this screen will not appear on the Home screen when students log on to the program (page 23). WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 9

Reading Style: Teachers may select options for the Read activity area that allow teachers to adjust the way text is read and highlighted as students read a story:! Line-by-Line: Highlights the entire line as the narrator reads it.! Word-by-Word Normal Rate: Highlights each individual word as the narrator reads it.! Word-by-Word Slow Rate: Highlights each individual word at a reduced speed as the narrator reads it.! Click Word-by-Word: Highlights and reads one word at a time as the student clicks on the blue button.! Narration: The teacher may also choose whether students hear the narrator. Click On or Off to turn the narration on or off for students. Note that even under this setting, the narrator will still read aloud any word that the student clicks. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 10

Access Options: Teachers may modify WiggleWorks to address various physical needs of individual students.! Custom Colors: When Custom Colors is enabled, different colors designated for the text, background, and highlighting in the Custom Colors dialog box are activated throughout the program. Disabling Custom Colors returns these functions to the default colors.! Talking Buttons: When Talking Buttons is enabled, the WiggleWorks worm says the names of buttons and functional areas of the program when the cursor is over a button or functional area.! Type and Talk: When Type and Talk is enabled, students hear each letter spoken as they type in the Write, My Book, and Magnet Board activity areas. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 11

Audio Options: Choose Audio Options to set sound options for the WiggleWorks activities.! Synthesized Voice: When Synthesized Voice is turned on, students hear their work in the Write and My Book activity areas read back to them by the computer s synthesized voice. When this option is turned off, students cannot hear their work read aloud.! Button Sound Effects: When this option is selected, each button throughout the program makes a unique sound when clicked. When this option is turned off, the buttons do not make a sound.! Selected Voice: If Synthesized Voice is turned on, users may select a particular synthesized voice from the pull-down menu, which lists all the voices available in WiggleWorks. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 12

Saving Options: Teachers may customize which types of information their students may save by clicking the check box next to the type of work. If a check box is unchecked, students are not able to save their work for that section. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 13

Student Setup Student Setup allows teachers to customize an individual student s WiggleWorks experience. To set options for an individual student, click the student s name in the class list scroll box, then choose the options for that student. Students with special settings appear in the class list in italics. To return to the student s previously saved settings, click the Revert Settings button. Click the Restore Defaults button to reinstate the default Master Settings for a student. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 14

Work Record The Work Record helps teachers keep track of which books students have read, as well as which groups they have worked with in the program. To see the Work Record for a particular student, click the student s name in the scroll box. The screen lists the titles and levels of the books the student has worked on, the date the student used the book, and the names of any partners the student worked with on that day. Click the column heads to re-sort the Work Record data. To print students Work Records, choose Print Work Record from the File menu (this is only available while on the Work Record screen). To print a running list of books read by all the students in your class, click the Class List tab, then choose Print Class List in the File menu. To delete entries from students Work Records, click their name in the scroll box to open their Work Record, click the entry to delete, then click the Delete button. Teacher Tip The Work Record screen records all the books students have worked on, regardless of whether they saved any work. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 15

Student Log The Student Log displays the amount of time students spent in each activity area for a given session. For Read Aloud, Read, and My Book, the Student Log also shows how many pages students read, as well as how many words students added to their My Words lists. To see a student s log, highlight the student s name in the class list scroll box. To sort data in the Student Log by title or date, click the Book or Date column head. To print Student Logs, choose Print Student Log from the File menu (this is only available while on the Student Log screen). To delete entries from the Student Log, click the student s name in the scroll box to view the student s log, click the entry to delete, then click the Delete button. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 16

Student Work Student Work displays students saved work from each of the WiggleWorks activity areas, as well as their My Words lists, based on settings selected in the Master Setup tab. To see a student s work, highlight the student s name in the class list scroll box. Activity areas are displayed as column heads. For each work session, there is a box beneath the activity area in which work was saved. Click the column heads to re-sort Student Work by title or date. To see saved work, click the green box that corresponds to that assignment. To place students work in their portfolios, click Save to Portfolio. When work is saved to the portfolio, the Save to Portfolio button becomes the Remove From Portfolio button, if the work needs to be removed later. To delete student work, click the student s name in the scroll box to show that student s Student Work screen, then click the book you d like to delete. Deleting work for a student deletes all the saved work for that book. Teacher Tip When saved work is deleted, the program removes it from the Saved Work and Portfolio screens. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 17

Saved work varies from activity area to activity area. Read: Work saved in the Read area consists of students recordings. To hear a student s recording, click the Play button at the bottom of the screen. When reviewing student work from the Read area for a particular book, the first page for which a recording was made is visible. If student work is more than one page, a Yellow Arrow appears on the side of the screen. To see the next page and go on with the recording, click the Yellow Arrow. Write: Work saved in the Write area appears exactly as it does in the program. Click the Yellow Arrow to see the next page of work. My Book: When viewing students My Book files, the first page of student work is visible. Click the Orange Arrow to see the next page of work. The program displays only the parts of the book the student has worked on and skips any pages not worked on. Magnet Board: Saved work from the Magnet Board appears exactly as it does in the program. My Words: Students collected words appear on the My Words notepad. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 18

Portfolio The Portfolio section of the WiggleWorks Manager allows teachers to save information that reflects each student s creativity, challenges, and development over a period of time. The Portfolio screen is identical to the Student Work screen, except that it displays only the work saved to students portfolios. The screen lists the book name and date of each work session, and places a box under the activity area for which work was saved to the Portfolio. To view the work in a Portfolio, click the box that corresponds to the session and activity area. Saved Portfolio work is displayed as it is in the Student Work section. Click the column heads to re-sort the Portfolio by title or date. To delete a student s work from the Portfolio, click the student s name in the scroll box to reveal that student s Portfolio, click the work to delete, then click the Delete button. Deleting a Portfolio entry for a student deletes all Portfolio entries for that book, and also removes them from the Saved Work screen. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 19

Comments The Comments section works like a basic word processor. Teachers may enter notes in this section on each student s progress throughout the year. To select a student, highlight the student s name in the scroll box. Previously written comments appear on the screen, and new comments may be added. The program automatically saves every comment entered. To return to a previously saved comment for that particular student, click Revert Comment. To print the comments for a student, choose Print Comments from the File menu (this menu choice is only available in the Comments section). WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 20

Manager Menus The Manager menu bar contains a number of standard and custom commands to use while working with the WiggleWorks Manager. File Menu Edit Menu! New Class: Choose New Class to create a new class list.! Print: Choose Print at the Class List, Work Record, Student Log, and Comments screens to print those screens.! Undo: Undoes the last change made.! Cut: Choose Cut to remove a selected block of text from the Comments section.! Copy: Choose Copy to duplicate a selected block of text to the Comments section.! Paste: Choose Paste to place cut or copied text within the Comments section.! Select All: Choose Select All to select all text in the Comments section. Administrator Menu! Exit Manager: Choose Exit Manager to leave the WiggleWorks Manager and return to the Select Your Name screen.! Edit Password: Choose Edit Password to change the password. A dialog box appears in which users may enter a new password. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 21

Enter Book as Teacher When choosing Enter Book as Teacher, the Library screen appears, and teachers may select a book and visit the various activities just as students would. Other features also become available in the Teacher menu: Who s Logged On?: If entering a book as the teacher while students are working with the program, choose this to see which students are logged on. Edit Story Starter: Choose Edit Story Starter to change the Story Starter for any book in the Write activity area. The Story Starter appears in a dialog box. Rewrite the text, then click OK or Done to return to the book. Record Teacher Message: WiggleWorks lets teachers record messages for students. Record a different message on each page of a book in the Read Aloud, Read, and My Book activity areas, and one message per book in the Write and Magnet Board areas. Recorded teacher messages are available to students on the page they were recorded on. To record a message:! Click Record and speak clearly into the computer s microphone.! When finished speaking, click Stop.! Click Play to hear the recording back. Click Record to rerecord. When satisfied with the message, click OK. Save Teacher Changes: Choose this to save the Teacher Messages and Story Starter for the book. Teachers doing work in the activity areas are prompted to save their work. This work is saved in a separate file from the Teacher Messages and Story Starter. Do not change the name of the file, or the program will not be able to find the messages. Delete Teacher Message: Choose this to remove your recorded message. Delete Teacher Message applies only to the current page. Delete All Teacher Messages: Choose this to delete all recorded messages for a particular book. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Teacher Software 22

WiggleWorks Student Software WiggleWorks features five activity areas: Read Aloud, Read, Write, My Book, and Magnet Board, as well as the Choose Your Class, Your Library and Home screens. Each activity area encourages a different mode of exploration and experimentation while allowing students to proceed at their own pace. Choose Your Class Screen After the opening animation, the Choose Your Class screen appears. At this screen, students choose their class. Students may use the scroll arrows to find their class. To skip the opening animation, click the mouse once during the animation. If the teacher already created a class file, that class name appears here. Students and teachers may select the class and click Go. Teacher Tip Students in different classes cannot log on to WiggleWorks together and work as partners. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 23

The Select Your Name screen lists every student in the class. Students log in by selecting their name in the list and clicking Go (if a student s name is not already in the class list, teachers may click Add Your Name to add the student s name to the class list). As many as five students in a class may log on to WiggleWorks together to work collaboratively. To log on pairs or groups of students, go to the Select Your Name screen and click the names of each of the students working together, then click Go. To open work saved by a group of students, be sure to select each student s name at the Log On screen before entering the book where the work was saved. Teacher Tip When two or more students who have been assigned different setup options work together, WiggleWorks will combine all of their settings. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 24

Your Library Screen The Your Library screen displays the books available to students in the software. Students may choose from 42 titles per edition. After students have logged on, the WiggleWorks worm presents a selection of books on the Your Library screen. When students click a book, they hear a brief description that helps them decide on a selection. When students choose a book, they click Go to begin the activities for that book. Students may also click these choices: Preview: Clicking Preview allows students to see all of the book s pages. Back: Clicking Back returns students to the previous screen. Help: Students may click Help to get assistance with the program. Quit: The Quit button allows students to exit WiggleWorks. Students may also click Cancel to return to the Your Library screen. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 25

Home Screen Once students have selected a book, the Home screen presents all of the books related activity areas. Students may choose from five activity areas: Read Aloud: Students read the book along with a narrator. Accompanying music and sound effects enhance students reading experience. Read: Students practice reading the story on their own, while building fluency and comprehension. Write: Students respond to the story with their own writing and illustrations. My Book: Students create their own versions of the story, applying what they have learned about the structure and meaning of what they have read. Magnet Board: Students manipulate letter tiles to explore language patterns on the computer. The Home screen is the central area for each book. Students may return to the Home screen from any activity area and choose to work on a new activity. Students may also move back and forth between activities. WiggleWorks saves students work when they exit an activity, so they may pick up where they left off. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 26

Read Aloud Screen In the Read Aloud activity, students actively read along with a narrator. This helps students become acquainted with a book while developing their decoding and tracking skills. Students may work individually or together and may move back and forth through the pages of the book, listening to each page with music and sound effects. This allows them to become familiar with the story at their own pace, taking time to look at the pictures while enjoying a storytelling experience. From the Home screen, click Read Aloud. The Read Aloud screen, with the cover of the selected book, appears. At this screen, the narrator reads the title of the book and the names of the author(s) and illustrator(s). There are other student choices from the first Read Aloud screen: Click the Message of the Book button to hear the WiggleWorks worm give an introductory message about the book to help students focus on the literacy skills. The message also suggests a reading strategy. Click the blue button next to the text to hear the text read again. Click the gold arrow on the right side of the screen to go to the next page of the book and begin hearing the story read aloud. This allows students to control the pace at which the book is read aloud. Click the Home button to go back to the Home screen. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 27

Once students turn to the first page, the narrator reads the aloud while the program highlights line-by-line, helping students track the text. To hear the text again, click the blue button at the beginning of the text. Students may click the blue button as many times as they like. To hear a word pronounced, click the individual word (this option is not available on the first Read Aloud screen). To move backwards or forward in the book, click the gold arrow on either side of the screen. To return to the Home screen, click the Home button. When students have finished reading the book, they may click the arrows to go back into the book or to hear the book read again, or click Home to return to the Home screen. Teachers may leave a Teacher Message (page 22) on any page of the book for more individualized support. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 28

Read Screen In the Read activity area, students practice reading and recording the book on their own, putting them in control of their reading and helping improve their reading skills by attending to the book at their own pace. Teachers may customize student settings in Read in the Master Setup section of the WiggleWorks Manager (page 8). Teacher may adjust settings such as reading speed, line-by-line, or word-by-word highlighting, or turn on or off the narrator depending on the student and his or her reading level. Students may click an individual word to hear a pronunciation of that word, or click the blue button to hear an entire block of text. Other options to help students focus on the text are: Progress Bar: The red bar below the page shows how much of the book students have read. Record: Students may record themselves reading the text and compare their reading the narrator s. Click the Record button to begin recording. Play: Students click the Play button to hear their recording. Home: Students may click the Home button to return to the Home screen. My Words: Students click the My Words button to display My Words, their collected words list. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 29

My Words List When students click the My Words button, a notepad appears on screen. Students can collect words in their My Words list for a variety of reasons. They may choose words that they have learned to read. The teacher may ask them to find words that relate to the theme of the book, words that rhyme, words that start with a given letter, or words that share a particular vowel sound. To place a word on the My Words list, students click the word (the narrator reads the clicked word). They then click the plus sign (+) at the bottom of the pad to add the word to the list. Clicking the minus sign (-) removes the word from the list. The list is saved as students move through the book. Students may insert My Words directly into the Write and My Book activity areas to help them get started with writing activities and make connections between reading and writing. They may also insert My Words directly into the Magnet Board to explore phonetic structures. Students may print their My Words lists (page 30) either in list form or as individual word cards that they can decorate, arrange into sentences, or laminate. Teacher Tip Use the Teacher Message (page 22) to leave instructions for students about what words to save on the My Words list. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 30

Write Screen In the Write activity area, students create original compositions in response to what they have read. The blank area at the top of the screen is where students may create illustrations using the drawing tools. The lines on the screen mark where students may enter text. This area functions like a basic word processor. When students move the mouse to the writing lines, the pointer turns into a standard word processing cursor. Students may also hear the program read their writing back to them, which helps develop language skills. There are several tools to help students get started with their writing: Story Starter: The Story Starter button provides a writing prompt to inspire students to begin their writing with scaffolded support. Record: Students may record ideas with the Record tool and use their recorded voice as a guide for their writing. They click Play to listen to their recordings. Story Words: Clicking Story Words shows a pad containing concept words from the selected book. Students may use these words as a starting point for their writing. To insert a word in their writing, click the spot where it should be inserted, then click the word to highlight it and click the plus sign to insert the word. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 31

My Words: Students may click the My Words button to bring up their My Words list to use in their writing. To insert a word from the My Words list, click the spot where it should be inserted, then click the word to highlight it and click the plus sign to insert the word. Paint Tools: Students click Paint Tools to create illustrations and embellish their story while writing or after they have finished. Clicking Paint Tools opens a palette with a variety of tools on screen. Print: Students may print their writing to share with their classmates or family by clicking the Print button. Add/Delete Page: Students wishing to create stories with multiple pages may use the Add/Delete Page button. Students may add up to 100 pages. The first time students click the Add/Delete Page button, they see an option to add a page either before or after the page currently on the screen. After students have added at least one page, they may click Add/Delete Page to have the option to delete the current page. Save: To save their work, students may click the Save button. Scroll Bars: Students who have added pages to their writing see scrolling appear on the right side of the screen. Click the arrows to move back and forth through their pages. Read: To hear their writing, students may click the blue button at the beginning of the writing area. To hear a particular word or phrase, students may highlight the section they want to hear and then click the blue button. Teacher Tip The Write, My Book, and Magnet Board activities use a synthesized voice. Use the Audio Options in Master Setup (page 8) to turn off the synthesized voice for a student or the entire class. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 32

My Book Screen In My Book, students create their own versions of the story. They may rewrite and redraw one page or the entire book. The pages of the book appear exactly as they do in Read and Read Aloud, except that the illustrations are black line drawings instead of the full-color originals. Students may change, edit, or rewrite text in My Book by highlighting a word or words, pressing Delete on the keyboard to delete the highlighted text, and then typing new text. Several tools are available to students in My Book: Record: Students who want to record their new stories may click Record to record their work. Students may make a different recording on every page. Play: Students may click Play to play back their recordings. Story Words: Clicking Story Words shows the Story Words pad. To insert a word in writing, students click the spot where it should be inserted, click the word to highlight it, then click the plus sign to insert the word. My Words: Students may click the My Words button to bring up their My Words list. To insert a word from their My Words list in their writing, they click the spot where it should be inserted, then click the word to highlight it and click the plus sign to insert the word. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 33

Paint Tools: Students may use the paint tools to modify the picture (page 40). They may color a drawing or erase and redo parts of it. (Students may revert to the original picture by choosing the Revert Page option from the Edit menu.) Print: Students may print their new versions of the story to create bound books to take home and color by clicking the Print button. Save: To save their work, students may click the Save button. Read: To hear the story read aloud by the computer, click the blue button at the beginning of each section of text. To hear a specific word or group of words, highlight the text and click the blue button. Teacher Tip Students may change the name of the main characters in the story, the locale of the story, or the way it ends. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 34

Magnet Board In the Magnet Board activity area, students build their phonetic skills and awareness by exploring sound/letter relationships and word parts. Letters are arranged in two rows of tiles at the top of the Magnet Board screen. The switch to the left of the letters allows students to toggle between uppercase and lowercase. Students have several options to place letter tiles onto the Magnet Board: Hold the mouse button down on the letter tile and drag the letter to a new position on the Magnet Board. Place the small blinking triangle on a square in the grid, then click the letter tile in the alphabet at the top of the screen. The letter appears in the location of the blinking triangle. Type letters directly from the keyboard. The letter appears in the location of the blinking triangle and the blinking triangle moves to the next square. Teacher Tip The maximum length of a word that can be entered or copied onto the Magnet Board is 14 characters. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 35

Students may also move, copy, and replace letter tiles that already appear on the Magnet Board: To move a letter, simply drag the letter to a new location. To copy letters, hold down the Control (Windows ) or Option (Macintosh ) key while clicking and dragging the letter to another square. The original letter remains in the first square and its copy appears in the second square. (Students may use the Alt key to copy framed words or letters, such as _a _e, the same way they copy individual letters. All the letters within the frame will be copied together.) To replace a letter, drag another from the alphabet tiles and drop it on top of the one to be replaced. To remove a letter, drag it off the edge of the screen, or click the square after the letter to be removed and press the Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Macintosh) key. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 36

Once students have placed letter tiles on the Magnet Board, they may use the Magnet Board tools: To hear a letter or word read aloud, click anywhere on the letter or word, and a synthesized voice will read the selection. Fill: Fill colors letters to black. Click Fill to fill a letter or word, then click a letter or framed word. The tool colors the selected letters black. Frame: Click Frame to frame a letter, then click the letter to be framed. To frame an entire word, click the Frame tool, and then click and drag the cursor from the first letter in the word to the last letter. Remove the frame by repeating the same steps. Scramble: Click Scramble to scramble a word and then reconstruct it or see how many smaller words can be made with the same letters. Students may want to frame the word before they scramble it, and then use the frame as a guide when they reconstruct the word. Story Words and My Words: To insert a word from students Story Words and My Words lists onto the Magnet Board, click the button to bring up the list, click the word to highlight it on the notepad, then click the plus sign. The word appears at the insertion point on the Magnet Board. Clear All: Click Clear All to clear the letters off the board. Print: Click Print to print students work. Save: Click Save to save students work. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Student Software 37

WiggleWorks Tools Students can use most of the program s tools and features simply by clicking the appropriate buttons at the bottom of the screen. Following is a description of each button in the program, along with the functionality for each tool. Tools Save: Click Save in the Write, My Book, and Magnet Board screens to save the current page to the default folder. Help: Click Help on the Select Your Name, Library, and Home screens to hear more information about these parts of the program. Preview: Click Preview on the Library screen to preview the pages in the book. This gives students an idea of how many pages are in the book and how much text it contains. This option is only available after a book is selected. Go: Click Go on the Choose Your Class, Select Your Name, and Library screens to proceed to the reading and writing activities. Message of the Book: Click Message of the Book to hear the WiggleWorks worm give an introductory note about the book. This message helps students think about the skills they are developing. Teacher Message: Click Teacher Message to hear a message from the teacher. The Teacher Message button appears only on screens for which a message was recorded. Right Arrow: Click the Right Arrow to go to the next page. Left Arrow: Click the Left Arrow to return to the previous page. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 38

Record: Click Record to make an audio recording. When users click Record, the record dialog box appears. Click Record and speak into the computer s microphone. A moving bar shows how much recording time has been used. Pause recording by clicking Stop. Click Record again to resume recording. Click OK to return to the main screen. To leave the record dialog box without saving the message, click Cancel. A different message may be recorded for each page of the story in Read, Write, and My Book. Play: Click Play to play the recording. Students can change this recording at any time by clicking the Record button and making a new recording. If no message has been recorded on a page, Play is inactive. My Words: Click My Words to open a note and build a personal word list. Students may copy words from the Read, Write, My Book, and Magnet Board areas onto the My Words list. To move the note pad to a different location on the screen, place the arrow cursor over the title bar of the pad and drag it to a new spot. If there is more than one page of words, use the arrow buttons to scroll up and down through the word list. To hear any word on the list read aloud by the synthesized voice, click the word once. To close the My Words list, click the close box in the title bar, or click the My Words button at the bottom of the screen. Students may insert words from the Read, Write, My Book, and Magnet Board areas into the My Words list. To insert a word from Read and the Magnet Board onto the word list, click the word to highlight it, then drag the word to the word list. To insert words from Write and My Book onto the word list, double-click the word in the text and then click the plus sign button. To remove a word from the list, click the word and then click the minus sign button. Students may also insert words from the My Words list into the Write, My Book, and Magnet Board areas. To insert a word into these areas, click to choose the insertion point for the particular word, click to highlight the word on the list to copy, and then click the plus sign button. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 39

Story Words: Click Story Words to see the concept words from the story. To move the word list to a different location on the screen, place the mouse pointer over the title bar of the pad and drag it to a new spot. To hear a word read aloud, click the word once. To add a word to writing, click to choose the insertion point for the particular word, click the word to highlight it, and then click the plus sign button. To close the Story Words list, click the close box in the title bar, or click the Story Words button at the bottom of the screen. Add/Delete Page: Use the Add/Delete Page button to add or delete pages in the Write activity area. When students click the button, a dialog box allows them to add a page before or after the current page or to delete the current page if work consists of more than one page. Print: Click the Print button in the Write, My Book, or Magnet Board activity areas to print the current page or all the pages of work in that area. Each printout shows the names of the students who are logged on, the book title, the date, and the page numbers of multiple-page documents. In the My Book activity area, students may choose to print in a book format without their name, book title, or date. Story Starter: Click Story Starter in the Write activity area to display a suggested opening to a writing piece to prompt students to write a version of the story. Paint Tools: Click Paint Tools to see a selection of drawing tools. Pencil: The Pencil is part of the Paint Tools. Use the Pencil to draw freehand. When students select the Pencil, the cursor turns into a pencil. Eraser: The Eraser is part of the Paint Tools. Use the Eraser to erase a part of a drawing. When students select the Eraser, the cursor turns into a small square. Place the cursor over the area to erase and click, or click and drag the eraser across the drawing. Circle: The Circle is part of the Paint Tools. Use the Circle to draw perfect circles and ovals. When students select the Circle, the cursor changes to a crosshair. To insert a circle or oval, hold the mouse button down, drag the mouse to the desired size and shape, then release the mouse button. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 40

Square: Square is part of the Paint Tools. Use Square to draw perfect squares and rectangles. When students select Square, the cursor changes to a crosshair. To insert a square or rectangle, hold the mouse button down, drag the mouse to achieve the desired size and shape, then release the mouse button. Bucket: The Bucket is part of the Paint Tools. Use the Bucket to fill parts of a drawing with one color. When students select the Bucket, the cursor changes into a small paint bucket. To fill a space with a solid color, place the tip of the paint bucket over an open space in the drawing and click. Stamp: The Stamp is part of the Paint Tools. Click the Stamp to see a selection of pictures, all of which relate to the book, such as frogs to Frog s Lunch. When students select a picture, the pointer changes to that picture. To insert the stamp onto the drawing area, place the selected stamp on the drawing and click once. Color Palette: The Color Palette is part of the Paint Tools. The Color Palette displays all of the colors available for drawing. The bar at the top of the Color Palette shows the color currently selected. To change colors, click a new color on the palette. Students may change colors for each tool they re using. For instance, if a student is using the Stamp to put red frogs on a drawing, he or she can switch to green frogs by selecting green from the Color Palette to continue. Broom: The Broom is part of the Paint Tools. Use the Broom to erase an entire drawing. Oops!: Oops! is part of the Paint Tools. Use Oops! to undo the last action taken. Oops! only undoes pictures it cannot undo text. Fill: Click Fill to color specific letters black. When students click Fill, the pointer turns into a paint bucket. To fill a letter, place the paint bucket over the letter and click. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 41

Frame: Click Frame to frame letters and words on the Magnet Board. When students click this button, the pointer changes into a frame corner. To frame part of a word, place the frame cursor in the upper-left corner of the first letter of the group, hold down the mouse button, and drag the cursor to the last letter of the group. A red border appears around the chosen letter or letters. To move the framed letters as a group, place the mouse pointer anywhere on the group, hold down the mouse button, and drag the letters to their new location. Scramble: Click Scramble to scramble words on the Magnet Board. Students may then practice putting scrambled words back together, or rearrange the letters to make new words. The letters in a scrambled word become the same color. This makes them easy to identify, even if there are other words on the Magnet Board at the same time. To unscramble a word, click the Undo button in the File menu. Clear All: Click Clear All to remove all the words and letters placed on the Magnet Board. Quit: Click Quit on the Select Your Name, Library, and Home screens to exit the program. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 42

The Menu Bar Like many Macintosh and Windows programs, WiggleWorks has a set of commands in the Menu Bar. The WiggleWorks menu bar is normally not visible to users. To make the Menu Bar appear, move the mouse to the top of the screen. File Menu! Print: Choose Print to see all available Print options (they change from activity to activity).! Print My Words: Choose Print My Words from the Read Aloud, Read, Write, My Book, and Magnet Board activities to print words collected in the My Words list.! Print Writing: Choose Print Write from the Write area to print students writing and pictures.! Print My Book: Choose Print My Book from the My Book screen to print original or student versions of a book.! Print Magnet Board: Choose Print Magnet Board from the Magnet Board screen to print students words and letters.! Exit: Choose Exit to exit WiggleWorks. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 43

Edit Menu Go Menu! Undo: Choose Undo in the My Book or Write screens to undo the most recent action. Undo only applies to pictures, not text.! Cut: Choose Cut in the Write and My Book screens to remove selected text. Once students have cut a block of text, they may use the Paste command to place it in a different section of the writing.! Copy: Choose Copy in the Write and My Book areas to copy selected text. Students may use the Paste command to place the duplicate copy in a different section of the text.! Paste: Choose Paste to place cut or copied text.! Select All: Choose Select All in the Write and My Book screens to select students entire text in order to cut, copy, or delete it.! Revert Page: Choose Revert Page in the My Book screens to undo any changes made to a page and return the page to its original state. Choose commands from the Go menu to move between the WiggleWorks activity areas without returning to the Home screen.! Turn to Page: Choose Turn to Page in the Read Aloud, Read, and My Book screens to go to a different page of the book. When students choose Turn to Page, the preview screen appears showing all the pages of the book. To go to a different page, click the new page once.! Read Aloud: Choose Read Aloud to go to the Read Aloud screen.! Read: Choose Read to go to the Read screen.! Write: Choose Write to go to the Write screen.! My Book: Choose My Book to go to the My Book screen.! Magnet Board: Choose Magnet Board to go to the Magnet Board screen. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 44

Settings Menu! The Settings Menu enables teachers to customize WiggleWorks to best meet their students individual learning styles. Changes made here are saved to the WiggleWorks Manager, where teachers may also set these options.! Reading Style: Choose Reading Style in Read to set how the story is read and highlighted: either line-by-line or word-by-word and with the sound on or off.! Delete Recording: Choose Delete Recording to remove a student s recording from a page in Read, My Book, and Write.! Custom Colors: Choose Custom Colors to set colors for text, background, and highlighting in the program. In the Custom Colors dialog box, the bar at the top of each palette shows the selected color, and the sample text at the bottom of the screen shows how the colors look together. To reset colors to the default settings, click the Custom Colors Off button in the dialog box. The default colors are black text on a white background with blue highlighting.! Talking Buttons: Choose Talking Buttons to hear the WiggleWorks worm say a button s name when the cursor is over the button, as well as hear other functional areas of the program, including My Words and Story Words.! Talk and Type: Choose Talk and Type to hear each letter spoken as it is typed in Write, My Book, Magnet Board, and the Select Your Name screen. Teacher Tip To quickly adjust student settings once a student has logged in, select the administrator pull-down menu and select Edit Student Settings. To adjust settings for a selected class in Enter Book as Teacher, use the administrator pull-down menu and select Edit Master Settings. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 45

Teacher Menu: Teachers may access options in the WiggleWorks Manager while students are using the program by selecting Enter Book as Teacher in the Teacher menu. From Enter Book as Teacher, the following menu items are available (page 22):! Save Teacher Messages! Who s Logged On! Edit Student Settings! Record Teacher Message! Delete Teacher Message! Delete All Teacher Messages! Edit Story Starter Teacher Tip On Windows computers, the menus differ slightly from the ones described in this section. Specifically, where Macintosh users click apple and a number key, Windows users will click Control and a number key. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 46

Command Key Equivalents Macintosh TOOLS OK COMMAND Return or Enter Home Screen Read Aloud " 1 Read " 2 Write " 3 My Book " 4 Magnet Board " 5 Print Write Print Magnet Board Print My Book " P " P " P Print My Book Page " Option 5 Print My Book Entire Book " Option 6 Edit Menu Undo Select All " Z " A Go Menu Read Aloud " 1 Read " 2 Write " 3 My Book " 4 Magnet Board " 5 WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 47

Command Key Equivalents Windows TOOLS COMMAND Go Menu Read Aloud Control 1 Read Control 2 Write Control 3 My Book Control 4 Magnet Board Control 5 Edit Menu Select All Copy Control A Control C or Control Insert WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 48

Customer Support For questions or other support needs, visit the Scholastic Education Product Support Web site at: www.scholastic.com/wiggleworks/productsupport. The site features program documentation, manuals, and guides, as well as Frequently Asked Questions and live chat support for customers with a Product Maintenance and Support Plan. For specific questions regarding WiggleWorks, contact Customer Support at 1-800-283-5974. For general questions regarding Scholastic programs or ordering, contact Customer Service at 1-877-234-7323. WiggleWorks Software Manual Updated 07.01.15 WiggleWorks Tools 49