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SMART PLACE. The Technology Components for Scholastic Literacy Place. What Do You Need?. Program CD for every student Folder to save student work – “ H: drive ” Microphone (if you want to record) Headphone (optional). Components. Meet the Mentor PlaceMaker Smart Book. Log in.
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SMART PLACE The Technology Components for Scholastic Literacy Place
What Do You Need? • Program CD for every student • Folder to save student work – “H: drive” • Microphone (if you want to record) • Headphone (optional)
Components • Meet the Mentor • PlaceMaker • Smart Book
Log in 2. Make sure your name is checked. 3. Click on “GO” 1. Add your name
Meet the Mentor • Smart Place is used anytime after Mentor video • Meet the Mentor is an interactive site – Learn about the mentor’s background, their work and their strategies for success. • Students can take the challenge section individually or collaboratively. Students can think like the mentor in a writing activity.
Smart Book • Smart Book is a selected story for the beginning of the unit • Students can read the story alone or with a group • “Think Links" provide reading strategy practice • “Think Links" help students use reading strategies • Most “Think Links” include Kid Tip\models • Students will be asked to highlight, stamp or write a sticky note using specific strategies
Smart Book Smart spots Think link Activates prior knowledge
SmartBook • Additional story information is provided with links to “Smart Spots” • Students can save “Sticky Notes” and responses • Teachers can view all student responses including recordings (Find) • Students can save responses to their individual folders (H: Drive) to complete later
Smart Book Tools Highlighter Stamp Sticky Note Eraser Dictionary Record
Smart Book Sticky Note Click on words in a different color to go to more information – Think Link
Highlight Click on Highlight Tool Highlighted area turns into underlined text
How to Find Highlights • Go to the top bar • Click on “Find” • Click on “Highlights”
Highlight Continued Click on: “Find All Highlights”
Highlights Continued Click on: screens you want to find Click on: “Go To” or “Print”
Print Highlights Go To: Finds the page and sections student highlighted. Print: The best option is to print list.
Sticky Notes Sticky Notes and Stamps can be found in the same way as Highlights
Stamps Stamps can also be found in the same way as Highlights and Sticky Notes. Check “Choose Stamp” to change to a different kinds of stamp.
Dictionary Feature Use magnifier to click on word in red. Dictionary definition appears. Click on: Dictionary– magnifying glass appears
Other Features Summary information for: Smart Spot Index Think Link Index
Smart Spot Index • Links to specific information found in the text • Can be used as a prior knowledge review
Think Link Index • Summary of the skills practiced in the specific unit • Links to the page where the skill is practiced
Place Maker Creative opportunities for students Ready made area creates Banners Posters and Cards that go with the theme of the unit
Grade 3 Books Unit 1-What’s New? • Objective- Students learn to compare and contrast information in the Smart Book-Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Unit 2-Big Plans • Objective- Students learn to identify steps in a process in the Smart Book-The Book of Think by Marilyn Burns Unit 3-On the Job • Objective- Students learn to visualize nature and action in the Smart Book-Fire! in Yellowstone by Robery Ekey Unit 4-Hit Series • Objective- Students learn to draw conclusions in the Smart Book-Jessi’s Baby-sitter by Ann Martin Unit 5-Time Detectives • Objective- Students learn to categorize information in the Smart Book-Clues to the Past A-Z by Patricia and Frederick McKissack Unit 6- • Objective- Students learn to identify themes in the Smart Book-…If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine
Grade 4 Books Unit 1-Chapter by Chapter • Objective- Students learn to draw conclusions in the Smart Book-Cherokee Summer by Diane Hoyt-Oldsmith Unit 2-What an Idea! • Objective- Students learn to make inferences in the Smart Book-The Invention of Sneakers by Steven Caney Unit 3-Discovery Teams • Objective- Students learn to summarize in the Smart Book-The Desert Beneath the Sea by Ann McGovern Unit 4-The Funny Side • Objective- Students learn to summarize in the Smart Book-Laughing is Good for You by Karen Burns Unit 5-Nature Guides • Objective- Students learn to summarize in the Smart Book-Swimming with Sea Lions by Ann McGovern Unit 6-It Takes a Leader • Objective- Students learn to identify cause and effect in the Smart Book-Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House by Faith Ringgold
Grade 5 Books Unit 1-Making a Difference • Objective- Students learn to identify cause and effect in the Smart Book- Like Father, Like Son:The Griffeys by Terry Egan, Stan Friedman, and Mike Levine Unit 2-It’s a Mystery • Objective- Students learn to paraphrase passages in the Smart book- The Secrets of Vesuvius by Sara C. Bisel Unit 3-Voyagers • Objective- Students learn to identify Main Ideas and details in the Smart Book-Amazon by Peter Lourie Unit 4-In the Spotlight • Objective- Students learn to identify Main Ideas and details in the Smart Book-A Few Appropriate Remarks by Harold Holzer Unit 5-America’s Journal • Objective- Students learn to practice sequencing in the Smart Book-Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Unit 6-Cityscapes Objective- Students learn to identify plot elements in the Smart Book-Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Grade 6 Books Unit 1-Self-Portraits • Objective-Students learn to evaluate the author’s purpose in the Smart Book Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic. Unit 2- Meet the Challenge • Objective- Students learn to summarize information in the Smart Book- Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O’ Dell. Unit 3- Open for Business • Objective- Students learn to identify main ideas in the Smart Book-The Jeans Team by Nancy Fitzgerald Unit 4- Worlds of Wonder • Objective- Students learn to summarize information in the Smart Book-Favorite Greek Myths retold by Mary Pope Osborne Unit 5- In the News • Objective- Students learn to analyze cause and effect in the Smart Book-Exploring the Titanic by Robert Ballard Unit 6-Voices for Democracy • Objective- Students learn to identify main ideas in the Smart Book-Honoring Their Ancestors by Barbara A. Lewis
Smart Place Users Guide More detailed information is located in the User’s Guide for each grade/ unit level.
Educational Technologists Joe Cook Kerwin Jones Jackie Kelly Literacy Facilitators Eleanor Allen Linda Mackey Nancy Turner Collaboration Contributors All photos are from Scholastic Smart Place CD-ROMs, Scholastic Inc., New York, 1996