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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
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Discuss
How do you currently help your child with schoolwork?
What strategies have you found to be successful? Unsuccessful?
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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
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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
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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
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Logging In
How do I log into InSync Education?
How do I stay logged into InSync Education?
What if I forgot my password?
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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
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Discuss
Does your son or daughter struggle with any specific topics?
Is there a particular subject that your son or daughter finds especially difficult?
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Searching by Keywords
Keywords could anything from a topic, to a grade level, to a subject.
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Viewing Resources
Overviews
Activities
Additional Resources
Favorites
Print Screen
Print All
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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?
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Viewing the Index
Lists all resources in InSync Education by subject and grade. Sorts resources by:
Resource number
Grade
Category (type of resource)
Title
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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?
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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?
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Activity Stations
Station 1: Reading/Language Arts Activity
Station 2: Math Activity
Station 3: Science Activity
Station 4: Social Studies/History Activity