reference sheet for teachers

Dear Teachers, This sheet was designed by several pilot teachers to supplement your training from Pearson and serve as a quick reference guide to the different components of the enVision program. Try to realize that there are many supplemental pieces to this program and many of us used different pieces in different ways.

Also, the program can be used with or without computers or Smart Boards. The Smart Boards do bring many aspects of the program to life, but are not necessary.

Remember…#2 and #3 are CORE (mandatory) and #1 and #4 are MORE (supplements)!

1. Daily Spiral Review or DSR/Problem of the Day (MORE) • NOT core and teachers have used this in various ways.

• Located in each plastic topic pouch.

• The DSR not only reviews skills presented this year, but also reviews skills from previous grades. This could be helpful to get to some topics that may not be covered in the pacing chart until later in the year.

• Both can be used as morning work or as weekly independent packets reviewed over at the end of the week.

2. Interactive Learning Activity (CORE) • Your introduction (the hook) to the lesson (ONLY 10-15 min.).

• Completed with textbooks closed.

• Very easy to run over the allotted time of the activity, so try to monitor it because it does lead up to the next core part anyway.

3. Visual Learning Bridges (CORE) • These run across the top of the pages of the textbook.

• On the Premium edition of the computer program. o These are animated and can be stopped for discussion.

• They are also provided as transparencies. These can be found online or in the Teachers’ Resource Box. • After the discussions, the regular lessons continue with the guided practice, independent practice, and problem solving problems (just like the old series.)

Some teachers felt that there were sometimes too many questions on the pages and had different students working on different problems and then more problems could be answered and discussed.

• Tell parents that they could use this to help them learn the concepts as well.

4. Quick Check (MORE) • Found in each plastic topic pouch.

• Quick way to evaluate student progress. There are 2-4 multiple choice questions and one Writing to Explain question.

• Can be done as exit questions, as homework, or even as a little quiz the next day before starting the next day’s lessons.

5. Center Activities • 7 Center Activities are all consistent from Grades 3-5 throughout all of the Topics.

• Found in each plastic topic pouch.

• Two –Sided papers. o On one side: 1 Star = On Level o On the other side: 2 Stars = Advanced • Center Manipulatives can be found in 2 small Ziploc bags. o There is enough material in these 2 bags so that you can split them into 4 bags. This way you have enough for 4 groups in your class.

• Centers can be 1, 2, 3, or 4 players. Look for: 6. Reteaching/Practice/ and Enrichment Worksheets • Similar to the old series.

• Found in each plastic topic pouches.

• The workbooks that we are getting are the Practice pages. o Be careful about the numbering of these pages. The page numbers at the bottom of the teacher’s manual do not match the student’s edition. It is easier to just tell students to do the lesson number, i.e.

“Practice 2-4”.

• These sheets are available to both students and teachers online.

• The annotated teacher’s versions can also be printed.

These are easier to read than the answers in the teacher’s manual!

7. Vocabulary Cards • Two-sided sheets found in each plastic topic pouch.

• Copies can be given to the students at the beginning of the topic.

• These can be copied as: o Two-sided o One-sided to do matching games o Just the word side so students can write the definitions on the back.

8. Home School Connections • Parent/Guardian letters are found in each plastic topic pouch after the center activities.

• These letters introduce the topics and give an activity for the parents to do with their child at home.

• Printed in English and Spanish.

9. Assessments (See T36-T37 in Overview Guide for a Timeline) • Labeled in textbook as “Test” that many teachers used as a review (like the old checkpoint).

• 3 versions are found at the end of each plastic topic pouch. o Multiple-choice, free-response, and a performance assessment. o Some teachers combined versions.

• Customized tests may be created using the Premium version on the computer or Exam View.

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Placement Test to give at the beginning of the year.

Benchmark tests every 4 topics.

Cumulative Tests at the end of each topic as well as at the end of the year.

10. Teacher Tool Masters • Last plastic pouch in your kit which is similar to the last yellow reference packet in the old series.

• Teacher Tool 1 is the problem recording sheet which can not be used for every word problem, but it is a good guide to model what goes through your mind when solving word problems.

• E-Tools are available on the computer and can be seen in the textbook when you see “Going Digital.”

11. Math Diagnosis and Intervention System Box • Part 1 (Grades K-3) and Part 2 (Grades 4-6) • Referenced throughout the teacher’s manual to give extra help to student’s having difficulty with certain skills.

• These pages go back to the basics and really helps develop skills they may have missed previously.

• Several resource room teachers have used this as a primary source for students below grade level.

• Both of these are also available online on “printable resources.”

12. WorldScapes™ • These books are supplemental math and literature connections with math questions that go along with the passages.

13. NJ State Standards • Located in the front of every topic’s teacher guide and online if you go to Premium → Topic → Lesson → Information 14. Online Glossary • Found on the Premium website.

• Animated, reads the definition to the student, and also will read this in Spanish as well.

15. Pacing Guide • Found in Overview Guide on page T11.

• New pacing chart based on these days, although remember the pacing chart is just a guide.

16. Success Tracker • Multiple choice tests on computer.

• Computer will grade and give remedial work on skills not mastered.

• When registering students, they will be using their Successmaker ID numbers.