[insert presenter name Name of school Date and time] Academic Activity Seminar for Parents

[insert presenter nameName of schoolDate and time]

Academic Activity Seminar for Parents

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Welcome and Introductions


Objectives

1. share successes and challenges of helping your child with schoolwork

2. learn how to use InSync Education to find academic resources in all four core subjects

3. try out four academic activities that you can do at home with your child


Discuss

How do you currently help your child with schoolwork?

What strategies have you found to be successful? Unsuccessful?


Overview of InSync Education• InSync Education is a web-based library

of resources in Math, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies for our parents.

• We chose this system because it’s easy to use, developed specifically for parents, and aligns to our instruction.

• You can learn more about InSync Education at:

• www.insyncedu.com


Key Features

InSync Education has four key features:

1. Activities in four core subjects

1. Math

2. Science

3. Language Arts

4. Social Studies

2. Searchable

3. Standards-based

4. Available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole languages


Signing Up for InSync Education

1. Go to http://www.insyncedu.com/insync

2. Enter your District Code: ENTER CODE HERE

3. Create your username/password and set your preferences

4. Click Create your Account to login.

* After the initial sign-up you can login with the username/password you selected


Logging In

How do I log into InSync Education?

How do I stay logged into InSync Education?

What if I forgot my password?


Conducting Searches

Search for resources in InSync Education in four ways:

1. by searching keywords

2. by searching Common Core Standards

3. by browsing an index of resources


Discuss

Does your son or daughter struggle with any specific topics?

Is there a particular subject that your son or daughter finds especially difficult?


Searching by Keywords

Keywords could anything from a topic, to a grade level, to a subject.


Viewing Resources

Overviews

Activities

Additional Resources

Favorites

Print Screen

Print All


Discuss

Imagine that your 11-year-old son or daughter was having trouble in math class dividing numbers and a big test was coming up. What would you do?


Viewing the Index

Lists all resources in InSync Education by subject and grade. Sorts resources by:

Resource number

Grade

Category (type of resource)

Title


Printing Resources and Favorites

How do I print a resource?

How do I save a resource I want to use later?

How do I see resources I’ve added to favorites?


Discuss

What do you like about InSync Education?

How do you think InSync Education could help you?

What do you want to learn more about?


Activity Stations

Station 1: Reading/Language Arts Activity

Station 2: Math Activity

Station 3: Science Activity

Station 4: Social Studies/History Activity

Questions?


Contact Information

[contact information of parent trainer]

Documents

[insert presenter name Name of school Date and time] Academic Activity Seminar for Parents