I had the pleasure of being the Classworks Champion at my former school and must say I am a fan Classworks! Here's why....
The 411 on Classworks!
Why you should get excited about or advocate for your district to get Classworks?
Reasons
to be WILD about Classworks:
* Differentiated Instruction
* Allows student to monitor progress (Students have
responsibility/ownership)
* Provides instruction for all learners (audio, visual, &
kinesthetic)
* Animated Instruction & Game Activities
* Creates Individual Learning Plans for students with academic
deficiencies and automatically generates assignments
* Generates reports of students' progress and emails them to teachers
* Generates reports of students' progress and emails them to teachers
* Gives ideas for Lesson Plans
* Can be a great center activity
* Units are centered around COMMON CORE
Classworks Overview
Once students log in content will be as followed:
~Mini Lesson: Introduce specific concepts and provide skills
instruction
~Instructional Lesson: Students learn
subjects and perspectives that support each leaning style
~Quiz: A 10 question quiz that determines
each student’s achievement with the specific skill.
~Review Activities: If student does not
achieve 70% or higher on quiz “Classworks” generates activities to approach the
objective from a new perspective.
~Projects: Provides opportunity for
students to use real world activities to demonstrate MASTERY
FYI: Some units do not have Mini Lessons or Quizzes;
they only have Practice Activities
Reminders for Students
· Time
spent on all material is recorded
· No
playing in Computer Lab
· Goal
is 70% or higher
Reminders for Teachers
1. 60-90
minutes a week
2. Please
follow Lab Schedule
3. If
a student has to end a test prior to finishing they cannot start off where they
stopped.
4. Please
provide pencil and paper for students to work math problems.
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