StudySync...
Prepare Students for College, Careers, and Civic Life
Today’s students are deeply immersed in social learning. They are continually accessing and sharing information, communicating on multiple platforms, and consuming and creating diverse forms of media. In short they are becoming digital citizens.
StudySync engages these digitally-connected students with media-rich learning experiences, real-world topics, and a direct read-write connection, while giving teachers flexible digital tools and engaging print resources supporting teaching, differentiation, and standards-based assessment.
Five Key Benefits for Students...
1. A Dynamic Literacy Curriculum Designed for the 21st Century
2. Rigorous Standards-based ELA Instruction
3. Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device Access
4. Differentiation with a Difference
5. Multiple Implementation Models
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS HOW TO ACCESS FROM HOME for Grades 6-8...
We use a program called StudySync through ConnectEd:
Log into Google on the device using the student’s district issued Google username and password.
Go to the Useful Links page: http://cb.etiwanda.org/chromebooks-s/
Click on the ConnectED link.
When the apps page opens, click on the ConnectED app (a purple square).
Choose the resource to be used.
Helpful access information & using StudySync at home:
Using StudySync from Home
How to sign up for the Mobile App:
StudySync provides a mobile companion app to the StudySync E L A Curriculum that, once assignments have been downloaded, allows students to work on and complete assignments using a phone or tablet. Using the app instead of the browser is perfect for those times when students are working offline and don’t have access to a cellular or Wi-Fi network.
The StudySync Student Mobile App
Getting Started Student Guide:
GETTING STARTED
Unit One
Unit 1, “Suspense!”, steers readers through a labyrinth of dangerous possibilities and terrifying outcomes, offering a survey of why and how suspense grabs us.
Unit Two
Unit 2, “In Time of War,” presents a historical mosaic of World War II, encompassing the courage of those in combat and on the home front, as well as the endurance of those victimized by the Holocaust or forced into confinement.
Unit Three
Unit 3, “A Moral Compass,” addresses character-building opportunities and life lessons gained from family exemplars and everyday experiences.
Unit Four
Unit 4, “The Civil War,” returns to the settings of history and war in a portrait of America’s bloodiest conflict, seen through the filter of slavery, patriotism, glory, fear, and fortitude.