USING THE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD APPLICATION

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1 USING THE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD APPLICATION 2010 Evan-Moor Corp. All rights reserved. Using the Daily Paragraph Editing Interactive Whiteboard 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 whiteboard 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 Merrily Alley 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 2010 EVAN-MOOR CORP. 18 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 2 Table of Contents How to Use This Application Quick Tips for Getting Started To Begin a Lesson To Set up Your Preferences Weekly Walk-Through Monday through Thursday Lessons Overview Correcting Sentence Punctuation Making Additional Corrections The Review Tool Friday Lesson Overview Modeling and Writing a Composition 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 Daily Paragraph Editing interactive whiteboard 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 Daily Paragraph Editing. This will bring up the Available Units menu, where you can select Week 1 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 enable or disable the error counter, click on the Error Counter option at the top of the screen. This option increases the level of difficulty with each step.

5 Weekly Walk-Through: Monday through Thursday 5 Weekly Walk-Through The Daily Paragraph Editing interactive whiteboard application helps students master and retain grade-level language mechanics skills using 36 weeks of focused interactive lessons. Instead of practicing skills in a series of random exercises, students are asked to identify and correct mistakes in thematically and topically related paragraphs so they learn to apply language conventions within the context of cross-curricular reading and writing activities. Monday through Thursday Lessons Overview Each week s interactive lessons for Monday through Thursday consist of individual paragraphs that students are directed to correct on-screen through a whole-class or small-group lesson. Once students are familiar with the process for editing the daily paragraphs, they may also work on their own or with a partner at a computer. To begin a lesson, select Begin Lesson from the main menu and choose the week and day of the lesson you would like students to complete. Each lesson is divided into two steps. Lessons are presented on-screen with: A paragraph containing errors for students to correct Students correct the paragraph by dragging and dropping the correct proofreading marks into place. A Review Tool (Tuesday through Thursday lessons only) Clicking this displays the previous day s corrected paragraph to maintain continuity from day to day. An error counter The error counter, located in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen, displays how many errors remain to correct. Relevant proofreading marks For each mark, a definition and example to show or remind students how to mark corrections.

6 Weekly Walk-Through: Monday through Thursday Lessons 6 Monday through Thursday Correcting Sentence Punctuation In step 1, students are asked to focus only on correcting end punctuation and capitalization at the beginning of a sentence. 1. Before asking students to correct the paragraph, read the selection aloud just as it is written, including all the errors. 2. Read the paragraph a second time, using phrasing and intonation that would be appropriate if all end punctuation were correct. Read all other errors as they appear in the text. 3. Next, guide students in correcting all end punctuation and initial capital letters by dragging and dropping the correct marks from the menu into the paragraph. a Review the proofreading marks so students understand the meaning of each mark. Use the error counter to keep track of how many mistakes students have left to find. Use the Show Corrections button to reveal any mistakes that the students did not indentify. 4. After students have dragged and dropped all the corrections into place, click the Continue button to move on to step 2.

7 Weekly Walk-Through: Monday through Thursday Lessons 7 Monday through Thursday Lessons Making Additional Corrections In step 2, students are asked to reread the paragraph one sentence at a time, correcting any additional errors that they find. 1. First, review the new proofreading marks that have been added on-screen so students understand the meaning of each one. 2. Read the first sentence aloud just as it is written and have volunteers identify and correct errors as you come to them. 3. After students have identified and corrected all the errors in the first sentence, the Continue button will appear. Click the button to move on to the next sentence. 4. As the class corrects each sentence, encourage students to explain the reason for each correction. Explain or clarify any rules that are unfamiliar to them. 5. After the entire paragraph has been corrected, the Corrected Paragraph button will appear, so students can view the entire paragraph in its corrected form. The corrected paragraph will be displayed with all the corrections highlighted in green. Read the paragraph a final time.

8 Weekly Walk-Through: Friday Lessons 8 Monday through Thursday Lessons continued The Review Tool Tuesday through Thursday lessons also feature a Review Tool in the top right corner that displays the previous day s corrected paragraph. Use the Review Tool to review the previous day s paragraph before beginning each Tuesday through Thursday lesson, or as a way to reference skills covered throughout the week. Friday Lesson Friday s lesson consists of a writing activity. This gives students the opportunity to apply the skills they have practiced during the week and to gain experience writing in a wide variety of forms, with the support of familiar models. Friday s lesson includes: The Corrected Paragraphs from Monday through Thursday When corrected and read together, the four previous days paragraphs form a cohesive composition that serves as a writing model for the Friday lesson. The weekly compositions cover a broad range of expository and narrative writing forms including: nonfiction texts on grade-level topics in social studies and science biographies, book reviews, editorials, instructions, interviews, journal entries, and letters fables, fantasy and science fiction stories, historical fiction, personal narratives, and realistic fiction A Writing Prompt Each writing prompt directs students to write a composition modeled after or topically related to the previous days paragraphs. This gives students the opportunity to apply the skills they have practiced during the week and to gain experience writing in a wide variety of forms, always with the support of familiar examples.

9 Weekly Walk-Through: Friday Lesson 9 Friday Lesson Modeling and Writing a Composition 1. To begin a lesson, select Begin Lesson from the main menu and choose the week and the Friday lesson you would like students to complete. Students will see the corrected paragraphs from Monday through Thursday appearing as a completed composition. 2. Read the composition aloud and identify the type of writing as well as any of its special features (e.g. dialogue in a fictional narrative; salutation, closing, and paragraph style in a letter; opinion statements and supporting arguments in editorial; etc.). A box is provided to the right of the screen for writing notes. 3. After reviewing the weekly composition, click the Continue button to view the week s writing prompt. Each Friday writing prompt is presented on-screen with: the writing assignment for that week. hints to help students focus their ideas about the topic and use language skills that are specific to the writing form A Pre-writing Ideas box to help you brainstorm ideas with students. 4. After students complete their writing, encourage them to use what they ve learned to review or revise their work. You may also wish to have partners review each other s writing, for volunteers to read their completed writing to the class, or to display compositions on a weekly writing bulletin board for students to enjoy.

10 Daily Practice Interactive Applications 10 GRADES Grade Level Interactive Class Pack (Single Classroom Application + 20 Student Books + Teacher s Edition) A WORD A DAY Single Classroom Application Student Books Class Pack (20 Student Books + Teacher s Edition) A Word a Day Help students learn 144 words in 180 engaging interactive lesssons. A variety of selfcorrecting activities help students develop an understanding of word meaning that goes past surface-level memorization. GRADES 1 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 2 6+ Daily Paragraph Editing Award-winning editing practice in an interactive format perfect for whole-class instruction. Short 10- to 15-minute interactive lessons target capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and language skills. Each weekly lesson features a 4-paragraph composition for students to edit on screen. 1 EMC 9741-PRO EMC 5631-PRO 2 EMC 9742-PRO EMC 5632-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 1 EMC 9721-PRO EMC 5641-PRO 2 EMC 9722-PRO EMC 5642-PRO 3 EMC 9723-PRO EMC 5643-PRO 4 EMC 9724-PRO EMC 5644-PRO 5 EMC 9725-PRO EMC 5645-PRO 6 EMC 9726-PRO EMC 5646-PRO 7 EMC 9727-PRO EMC 5647-PRO 8 EMC 9728-PRO EMC 5648-PRO DAILY PARAGRAPH EDITING 2 EMC 9712-PRO EMC 5622-PRO 3 EMC 9713-PRO EMC 5623-PRO 4 EMC 9714-PRO EMC 5624-PRO 5 EMC 9715-PRO EMC 5625-PRO 6+ EMC 9716-PRO EMC 5626-PRO EMC 9681-SS EMC 9682-SS EMC 9683-SS EMC 9684-SS EMC 9685-SS EMC 9686-SS EMC 6521-SS EMC 6522-SS EMC 6523-SS EMC 6524-SS EMC 6525-SS EMC 6526-SS EMC 9677-SS EMC 9678-SS EMC 6556-SS EMC 6557-SS EMC 6558-SS EMC 6559-SS EMC 6560-SS Math GRADES 1 6+ DAILY WORD PROBLEMS 1 EMC 9731-PRO EMC 5661-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 100 self-correcting activities. 2 EMC 9732-PRO EMC 5662-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