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Summary of Contents for Alphasmart AS6000
- Page 1 Teacher's Guide • Writing Process Guide and • Writing Activities by Stephen Marcus, Ph.D. • Tips and Tricks • Curriculum Integration Ideas...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Page Introduction Writing and the AlphaSmart More Than You Bargained For Anything Worth Writing . . . Habits of Mind The Composing Product Writing Activities Sequential Writing Sequential Responding Looping Group Looping Invisible Writing Class Act Tips and Tricks... -
Page 3: Introduction
Following the writing activities, you will find classroom integration ideas to help you get started using the AlphaSmart with your students at any grade level and in any content area. AlphaSmart Teacher's Guide... -
Page 4: Writing And The Alphasmart
As simple as it is to use, the AlphaSmart keyboard has features that are just waiting to be exploited in creative ways, to add even more value to its use. -
Page 5: Habits Of Mind
The AlphaSmart is great for helping them mine diamonds in the rough. The polishing and setting come later. Often, students spend too much time in early stages of the com- posing process tinkering with their text, when the working rule should be “Don’t get it ‘right’... - Page 6 The AlphaSmart keyboard can be an invaluable aid for reaching all of these goals. It can be particularly helpful as your students engage in the early stages of the composing process, as they prepare to pro- duce a product of which you can all be proud.
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Page 7: Writing Activities
• Students type 1-4 lines, then pass their AlphaSmart to a neighbor, who add 1-4 lines. • Students keep passing the AlphaSmart from person to person around the group until their own is returned to them. -
Page 8: Looping
• The author eventually gets his or her work-in-progress and AlphaSmart back to review the comments and use them to shape future versions of the writing. • The author can use F1 to write his or her own responses to... -
Page 9: Group Looping
F2 including his or her name at the end of their writing. • When finished, they hand the AlphaSmart to a third group member, who reviews F2 and repeats the procedure, doing a short freewriting period in F3. This same process is repeated with each student starting a new file beginning with a short piece of text from the previous file. -
Page 10: Invisible Writing
Why do people read history books? Why do people write history books? What’s hard about learning chemistry? What’s easy about learning chemistry? What was hard about being in school last year? What was easy about being in school last year? AlphaSmart Teacher's Guide... -
Page 11: Class Act
• Without using any part of the title, what are five key words that would tell someone what this piece of writing was about? After you've listed the words, explain why you picked each one. Notes: AlphaSmart Teacher's Guide... -
Page 12: Tips And Tricks
Tips and Tricks Here are a few ways to help make your use of the AlphaSmart key- board more organized, efficient, productive, and enjoyable. All in a Name At the start of a file, use the CAPS LOCK key to type a name or topic for the file. - Page 13 Check the AlphaSmart Web site Visit the AlphaSmart Web site at www.alphasmart.com and find addi- tional information. From the home page, select "Classroom Solu- tions". From this page you can find more information on additional tips and tricks, as well as lesson plans, keyboarding ideas and strate- gies for students with special needs.
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Page 14: Classroom Integration Ideas
• If a student has access to more than one file on the AlphaSmart at a time, the word lists can be developed in two or more files to reflect the new words from home and school or other locations. -
Page 15: Sentences From Spelling Words
Have each sentence list printed directly from the AlphaSmart or transfer to a computer for formatting before printing. Activity Journal Check out an AlphaSmart to each student to keep track of all their activities for each day for one week. •... -
Page 16: Names, Nouns And Verbs
• Enter a list of the first names of the students in the class into the F1 file of the AlphaSmart. Use the cut and paste feature to move the names easily into other files. •... -
Page 17: Sentence Completion For Understanding
• After returning to the classroom, have each student print from the AlphaSmart, edit from the writing-in-progress and return to the AlphaSmart to make adjustments and additions to the writing. • Transfer the final written material to the computer for format- ting and printing by each student. -
Page 18: Guided Science Observation
Guided Science Observation Students will partner with another student for a science experiment, lab or outdoor observation and use the AlphaSmart to guide the work and record the data collected. Before students start a lab where observation of data is required, provide an AlphaSmart for each student or pair of students. - Page 19 • Pair students and provide an AlphaSmart for each student or each pair. • Review the criteria for a good biography to include how the subject overcame difficult odds, lead others to success, helped others overcome difficult times, and identified new solutions to problems.
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Page 20: Sharing Your Ideas
Sharing Your Ideas Once you have created your own successful lesson plan from these ideas, go the AlphaSmart Web site at www.alphasmart.com. You will see an opportunity to have your ideas and lesson plans published to be shared with others. - Page 21 AlphaSmart, Inc. 973 University Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95032 Phone: (408) 355-1000 Fax: (408) 355-1055 Sales: (888) 274-0680 info@alphasmart.com Tech Support: (888) 274-2720 support@alphasmart.com www.alphasmart.com...
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