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GRADING SKILLS POWER ============= Student Skills Achievement Program Designed for Outcome-Based Education Version 2.00 for use with IBM PS/2, XT, PC and compatibles 512K and DOS 2.1 or greater required Computer program and manual written by Terry L. Jepson Entire contents (C)Copyright 1993 by Terry L. Jepson All Rights Reserved. Published by WISCO Computing P.O.Box 8 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008 (715) 423-8189 Rapids River BBS support (715) 435-3855 (24 hours N,8,1) Voice support available to registered users 6-10 p.m. CST What is Outcome-Based Education? Many people may not be familiar with the relatively new term "Outcome-Based Education" (OBE). GRADING SKILLS POWER was developed to help ease the increased work load Outcome-Based Education will bring. The Minnesota State Department of Education has adopted the following definition of Outcome-Based Education (1991): Education that is outcome-based is a learner-centered, results- oriented system founded on the belief that all individuals can learn. In this system: 1) What is to be learned is clearly identified; 2) Learner's progress is based on demonstrated achievement; 3) Multiple instructional and assessment strategies are available to meet the needs of each learner; 4) Time and assistance are provided for each learner to reach maximum potential. Outcome-Based Education is one method for obtaining greater accountability from teachers for their students' academic achievement. The Minnesota State Department of Education has issued a state mandate that all K-12 public schools across the state must implement outcome-based curriculum by 1995. Other states are either considering or legislating "Outcome-Based Education." Clearly, OBE requires more teacher time and effort than conventional instruction. OBE requires the teacher to continually monitor each student's work, determine what skills and tasks (outcomes) each student has mastered, and provide immediate feedback. Teachers will be required to further individualize their instruction, create and administer an assortment of assessment tools, and keep extensive records of each student's progress. GRADING SKILLS POWER from WISCO Computing has been designed to help keep these extensive student records. GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1-0 Introduction............................................... 7 1-1 Requirements............................................... 7 1-2 Getting Started............................................ 7 1-3 Capabilities............................................... 7 1-4 First Time Preparation..................................... 8 1-5 Starting a New School Year................................ 10 1-6 The MENU BAR.............................................. 12 CHAPTER 2 SET UP MENU 2-1 Change Current Quarter (Term) Number...................... 13 2-2 Print Parent Signature Request............................ 13 2-3 Revise/Review Common Message on Individual Reports........ 13 2-4 Print Common Message on Individual Student Reports........ 14 2-5 Teacher's Name to be Printed on Reports................... 14 2-6 Name of School on Reports................................. 14 2-7 School's Telephone Number................................. 14 2-8 Number of Grading Terms per Semester...................... 14 2-9 Selecting a Printer....................................... 14 2-10 Change Miscellaneous Settings Sub-Menu.................... 15 2-10-1 Paper Save Option for Supported Printouts.............. 15 2-10-2 Does Your Printer Support Line Draw Characters......... 15 2-10-3 Does Your Printer Use a Sheet Feeder................... 15 2-10-4 Using Large Squares for Epson Vertical Student List.... 16 2-10-5 Mark Skills Using B, D, and I Codes (Kentucky)......... 16 2-10-6 Include Attendance Information on Achievement Reports.. 16 2-10-7 Print Out All Skills on Achievement Reports............ 16 2-10-8 Print Parent Comment Sheet with Achievement Reports.... 16 2-10-9 Print Teacher Narrative with Achievement Reports....... 16 2-10-10 Use 12 Pitch for Printing Achievement Reports......... 16 2-11 Saving the Displayed Information to Diskette.............. 16 CHAPTER 3 STUDENT NAMES MENU 3-1 Course Title/Periods Names - Enter/Add New Classes........ 17 3-2 Course Title/Periods Names - Revise....................... 17 3-3 Students - Enter/Add New Students to a Class.............. 18 3-4 Students - Revise Name/SuperData/Text File................ 19 3-5 3-6 PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display.............. 20 3-7 3-8 PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing............ 20 3-9 Delete Complete Student Name/Record........................ 21 3-10 Delete Complete Records of One Class.................... 21 Page 3 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 4 SKILL GROUPS MENU 4-1 Skill Group Titles - Enter/Add New Groups.................. 22 4-2 Skill Group Titles - Revise Group Names.................... 22 4-3 Enter/Add/Revise/Delete Skills (Outcomes) in a Group....... 23 4-4 PRINT OUT All Skills (Outcomes) - One Group................ 24 4-5 PRINT OUT All Skills (Outcomes) - All Groups............... 24 4-6 Excuse Students from a Skill Group......................... 24 4-7 Delete All Skills (Outcomes) - One Group................... 25 CHAPTER 5 OUTCOMES MENU 5-1 Record/Revise Skills (Outcomes) by Group................... 26 5-2 Individual Report - PRINT OUT - One Student - One Group.... 27 5-3 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class - All Groups.... 27 5-4 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Students - One Group.. 27 5-5 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Students - All Groups. 27 5-6 Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData........ 27 5-7 Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - One Group................... 28 5-8 Detailed Records - PRINT OUT - All Group................... 28 5-9 Administrative Summary - PRINT OUT - One Group............. 29 5-10 Administrative Summary - PRINT OUT - One Group............ 29 CHAPTER 6 ATTENDANCE MENU 6-1 Absences - Tardies - Record/Revise......................... 30 6-2 Individual Attendance Reports - View/PRINT OUT............. 31 6-3 Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class...... 33 6-4 Individual Attendance Reports -PRINT OUT - All Classes..... 33 6-5 Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT SuperData........ 33 6-6 Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - One Class......... 33 6-7 Detailed Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - All Classes...... 33 6-8 Administrative Attendance Summary - View/PO - Elementary... 34 6-9 Administ. Attendance Summary - View/PRINT OUT - Secondary.. 34 CHAPTER 7 EXTRA MENU. 7-1 Reset Printer............................................. 35 7-2 Advance Paper............................................. 35 7-3 Form Feed................................................. 35 7-4 Advance Student Number..................................... 35 7-5 Advance Class Number....................................... 36 7-6 Advance Group Number....................................... 36 Page 4 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 7-7 Run Skill Modules.......................................... 36 7-8 Back Up Student Data Diskette.............................. 37 7-9 Change Screen Colors....................................... 38 7-10 School Year Setting....................................... 38 7-11 Set Term Start/End Dates.................................. 39 7-12 Select Non Student Days................................... 39 7-13 Teacher Note Pad.......................................... 39 7-14 Ordering Information...................................... 40 7-15 Print Order Blank......................................... 41 7-16 About Grading Skills Power................................ 41 CHAPTER 8 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 8-1 Additional Start Up Options............................. 42 8-1-1 SKILLS /INSTALL......................................... 42 8-1-2 SKILLS /J............................................... 42 8-1-3 SKILLS /JC:\SMITH\...................................... 42 8-1-4 SKILLS /B............................................... 43 8-1-5 SKILLS /C............................................... 43 8-2 Enhancements Planned for GRADING SKILLS POWER........... 43 8-3 Files Created by GRADING SKILLS POWER................... 43 APPENDIX Sample Grade 2 Skills....................................... 45 Page 5 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS The information contained in the GRADING SKILLS POWER program and manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by the author or WISCO COMPUTING for its use. The author or WISCO COMPUTING shall not be liable for any direct, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of the GRADING SKILLS POWER program or this manual. GRADING SKILLS POWER is a trademark of WISCO COMPUTING. All other company names and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. I welcome your comments. I like the programs I have created, but I can always do better with a little help from my friends. Thank you for investing your time and attention to GRADING SKILLS POWER. Terry L. Jepson Page 6 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 1-0 INTRODUCTION GRADING SKILLS POWER is NOT a normal grade book program. This program does not grade students. GRADING SKILLS POWER is a teacher developed database that can be used as an alternative or a supple- ment to a regular grading program. This program was designed specifically for Outcome-Based Education. Skills (or the educa- tional term Outcomes) are entered in different skill groups (for example, math, science, reading, etc.). Reports are created listing different skills your students have achieved, and skills the students are still trying to learn. Administrative summaries include totals of all skills the students have achieved. Reports can be quickly printed listing over 1100 skills to be learned during the school year. GRADING SKILLS POWER can be used by both elementary and secondary teachers. Elementary teachers divide skills into groups based on the subject matter (for example, math, science, reading, etc.). Secondary teachers divide skills into groups based on their units. For example, an earth science teacher could have groups called rocks and minerals, weathering and erosion, rivers, ground water, glaciers, volcanoes and plate tectonics, weather, oceanography, and astronomy. This program allows up to 75 skills listed in each of 15 skill groups. Up to 15 classes (groups of students) can use the same set of skills. GRADING SKILLS POWER can keep up-to-the-minute information for all students. The program prepares, prints and stores information necessary to produce comprehensive reports. You will save hours of your time usually spent preparing for conferences, for preparing reports for parents, and completing reports for administrators. GRADING SKILLS POWER is specifically designed to be simple to understand and easy to use. The seven menus allow easy movement through the program so you can begin recording student skills in just a few minutes. 1-1 REQUIREMENTS The following equipment is needed to use GRADING SKILLS POWER: * An IBM or IBM compatible with at least 512K of memory, and two disk drives (or hard disk drive and one diskette drive) * Printer capable of printing both 10 and 12 characters per inch * The GRADING SKILLS POWER program diskette and blank formatted student data diskette for storing student data * An IBM compatible mouse is optional Page 7 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 1-2 GETTING STARTED Before you start using GRADING SKILLS POWER, please fill out the registration card and mail it back to us. With a completed registration card technical support can be provided. Information can also be sent about updates and add-on modules. 1-3 CAPABILITIES * Can be used by all grade levels - includes many special options for both elementary and secondary teachers * Save data for up to 15 classes with 36 students in each class * Save data for up to 15 skill groups per class * Save data for up to 75 skills per skill group * Reports with over 1100 skills per student can be printed * Excuse selected students from selected skill groups * Save attendance data for either 4-9 week quarters or 6-6 week terms each year * Can automatically duplicate (back up) student data diskettes * Can automatically alphabetize student names if desired * Can produce blank grade book sheets with just student names * Print Individual Student Reports with either a complete listing of all skills achieved or only the achieved skills. * Ideal for use in either self-paced or regular courses * Achieved skills are easily entered, added, revised, updated, or dropped * Easily revise student skills to be achieved * Students can be added, dropped or excused from skills at any time * Comprehensive reports for parents, counselors, and students * Selected students and classes can be excused from selected skill groups * Add general comments to all individual student reports * Add personalized comments to selected individual reports * Reports can summarize achieved student skills for each group * Optional parent signature request on reports * Detailed reports printed for gluing into your grade book * Print out detailed and individualized student attendance reports 1-4 FIRST TIME PREPARATION Turn on your computer to "boot up." If you are in a software application, exit the program or master menu to return to your DOS prompt (probably C:\>). Type CD\ and press the Enter key. Page 8 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION If your computer system does not have a hard drive (called a fixed drive by IBM), follow instructions 6-8 to make a working copy of the GRADING SKILLS POWER program. Follow instructions 1-5 to copy the GRADING SKILLS POWER program to the hard disk. 1. Make a new subdirectory (for example MD GRS) for the GRADING SKILLS POWER program. This is done by typing MD GRS (this means Make Directory GRS). 2. Copy all files from the distribution diskette to this new subdirectory (for example COPY A:*.* C:\GRS). 3. Make another subdirectory (for example MD GSBACKUP). This is done by typing MD GSBACKUP This subdirectory should be used to keep a back up copy of your student data. 4. Decide where you are going to keep your student data and a back up copy of your data. Each choice has some advantages and some disadvantages. a. On a floppy diskette - (either A: or B:) - best recommendation. You would keep a back up of your student data in the C:\GSBACKUP subdirectory b. In another subdirectory on your hard drive. If you make this choice, you should make another subdirectory now (for example type MD GSDATA) You would keep a back up of your data on a separate diskette in either drive A: or B: c. In the same subdirectory as the program. You would keep a back up of your student data on a separate diskette inserted in either drive A: or B: 5. Go on to Section 1-5 Starting a New School Year. Follow instructions 6-8 to make a working copy the GRADING SKILLS POWER program if your computer does not have a hard disk and you are using two floppy drives. 6. You will need 3 blank formatted diskettes. One disk will keep a copy of the master program. This diskette will be called the program diskette. The second diskette will be used to keep the student data. The third diskette will be used to keep a backup copy of the student data. 7. If your program diskette was formatted with the command parameter /S a copy the file COMMAND.COM from your DOS diskette was placed on the program diskette. If COMMAND.COM is not on your program diskette, you should copy it from your DOS diskette to your program diskette. Refer to your DOS manual. Page 9 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 8. Place the master distribution diskette in drive A:. Place your program diskette in drive B:. To copy the files from the master distribution diskette to your program diskette use the COPY command (for example COPY A:*.* B:). The order of the letters is very important. The first letter (A:) always refers to the source, (in this case the master diskette), and the second letter the target (in this case the program diskette). When you have completed this step, place the master diskette in a safe place, move the program diskette to drive A:, and place one of the blank formatted diskette in drive B:. On a two drive system, the program is usually placed in drive A:. The student data diskette is usually placed in drive B:. 1-5 STARTING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR If the program was copied to the hard disk drive as explained in the last section, change to the GRADING SKILLS POWER program subdirectory by typing CD GRS The CD stands for Change Directory. If you decided to keep your student data on a floppy diskette, place the blank formatted student data diskette in the appropriate disk drive. Type SKILLS /INSTALL and press the Enter key to start GRADING SKILLS POWER for the new school year. You will be asked 4 questions so the correct file structure can be determined. 1. Enter the letter of the disk drive (and optional subdirectory) to be used for saving your data. If you are saving your student data on a floppy diskette, you should enter either A:\ or B:\ and press the Enter key. If you are storing your data in a hard drive subdirectory, you should enter the drive letter and subdirectory (for example C:\GSDATA) 2. This question asks for the current school year. Enter a year in the format 1992-93. This information is needed for displaying the proper 6 month calendar when the F2 function key is pressed and for determining attendance information. 3. This question asks for the number of terms per semester. Many schools use two-9 week quarters (terms) per semester. Other school districts (corporations) use three-6 week terms per semester. In GRADING SKILLS POWER, term and quarter are defined as a part of a semester. However, the correct number (either 2 or 3) is needed so the correct number of empty files are created for recording attendance. Page 10 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 4. This question asks the starting quarter (term) number. If you are beginning the program at the start of the school year, you would answer 1. Teachers starting the second semester would answer either 3 or 4, depending on the number of terms per semester. After these four questions are answered, two files are created. The file SKILLS.DRV will be created on the program diskette or program subdirectory of the hard disk. SKILLS.DRV contains the drive letter (and subdirectory) of your student data. The file SKILLS.CNF will be created on your data diskette or in the student data subdirectory of your hard disk. SKILLS.CNF contains your class names, printer codes, teacher name, school name, and other settings used by the program. Since you haven't entered your skill group names, class names or other information, the information will either be blank, or contain default (startup) settings. Press any key to remove the copyright screen. The MENU BAR will be displayed at the top of the screen. Use the right arrow key or press Alt-S to go immediately to the SET UP MENU. Enter information such as teacher's name, school name, printer, etc. Additional information can be entered with the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu of this Menu. If changes are not made, the default (startup) settings will be used. The default settings and values are listed and explained in Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU. After entering the appropriate information, select Save the Displayed Information on the SET UP MENU, and press the Enter key. The information is kept in the file SKILLS.CNF on the student data diskette (or the student data subdirectory). In the future, you will start GRADING SKILLS POWER by entering the command SKILLS at the appropriate DOS prompt. If the program is stored on the hard disk, you will have to enter CD GRS and press the Enter key before entering the command SKILLS Other Startup options are explained in Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous. Page 11 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 1-6 THE MENU BAR GRADING SKILLS POWER contains 7 menus. Each menu name is displayed in the MENU BAR at the top of the display screen. Each menu is explained in the rest of this manual. 1. OUTCOMES - Record and Print Out Student Skills 2. ATTENDANCE - Record and Print Out Student Absences 3. GROUPS - Record Skill Text for Different Skill Areas 4. NAMES - Entering Class and Student Information 5. SET UP - Initial Set Up Information Used by your Classes 6. EXTRA - Miscellaneous Printer and Diskette Services 7. QUIT - The only way to leave GRADING SKILLS POWER The SEVEN menus of GRADING SKILLS POWER allow easy movement through the program. The MENU BAR at the top of the screen serves as the center of this program. Each menu is accessed by making selections at the MENU BAR. You can select a Menu from the MENU BAR by: 1. Using the left or right arrow keys, 2. Holding down the alternate key and pressing the first letter of the menu name, or 3. Placing the mouse cursor on top of the menu name and pressing the left button of the mouse. QUIT on the far right of the MENU BAR is the only way to leave GRADING SKILLS POWER. Leaving the program with this selection insures that all student data has been safely saved on diskette. Choices are listed below each menu. Select a choice by: 1. Using the up or down arrow keys, 2. Pressing the first letter of the choice, or 3. Placing the mouse cursor on top of the choice name, then pressing the left button of the mouse. Choices that are displayed in red letters on a white background, or with a bullet to the left of the choice can not be selected. If you have trouble seeing the menu choices, press Alt-B for a black/white monochrome display or Alt-C for color display. The black/white display may be necessary for some lap-top computers. Page 12 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU SET UP MENU 1. Change Current Quarter (Term) Number: 1 2. Print Parent Signature Request: No 3. Revise/Review Common Message on Individual Reports 4. Print Message on Individual Student Reports: No 5. Teacher's Name to be Printed on Reports: MR. JEPSON 6. Name of School on Reports: EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 7. School Telephone Number: No Phone 8. Number of Terms per Semester: 2 9. Current Printer Number: 1 10. Change Miscellaneous Settings - Sub-Menu 11. SAVE the Above Displayed Information 2-1 CURRENT QUARTER (TERM) NUMBER When GRADING SKILLS POWER was started for a new school year (chapter 1-5), the fourth question asked for the starting term number. To change terms, enter a number between 1 and 6. Some schools divide the school year into 6-six week terms and others use 4-nine week quarters. In this program, term and quarter have the same meaning. Term and semester numbers are used for recording attendance information. You can always return to a previous quarter (term) to change or update a student's attendance information. Then change the quarter (term) number back to the current quarter. Then save these settings. The program makes faster calculations by using subtotals. 2-2 PRINT PARENT SIGNATURE REQUEST There may be times when you want to send individual student reports home for parent signatures. Enter Y for Yes or N for No to print the parent signature request. 2-3 REVISE/REVIEW COMMON MESSAGE ON INDIVIDUAL REPORTS Messages might ask parents to call the school if they have any questions. The message can be up to 10 lines long. A student message could be a reminder that a book report, etc is due. Pressing the F1 function key displays a help screen for editing lines of the common message. The edit help screen can be displayed through out the program to help edit text information. Page 13 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU After editing the last line, press the Enter key to have the displayed information replace the information in the SKILLS.CNF file. Then press the Escape key. The letter Y must also be entered on the next selection of this menu for this common message to be printed. 2-4 PRINT COMMON MESSAGE ON INDIVIDUAL REPORTS The common message entered with the above menu selection can be printed on individual reports by answering Y for Yes or N for No. 2-5 TEACHER'S NAME TO BE PRINTED ON REPORTS The teacher's name is included on most print outs. 2-6 SCHOOL'S NAME TO BE PRINTED ON REPORTS The school's name is included on many print outs. 2-7 SCHOOL'S TELEPHONE NUMBER TO BE PRINTED ON REPORTS The school's telephone number is included on many print outs. 2-8 NUMBER OF GRADING TERMS PER SEMESTER Enter the number of terms each semester. Semesters usually contain two-9 week quarters or three-6 week grading terms per semester. The number of grading terms is used for recording attendance information. 2-9 SELECTING A PRINTER The following printers are supported by GRADING SKILLS POWER. Others may have been added after this manual was printed. Epson FX or Epson LQ Okidata IBM Proprinter Panasonic KX P1091i Toshiba P1351 HP LaserJet/DeskJet Diablo 630 User Defined After selecting a printer, you will be asked if the printer status should be ignored. GRADING SKILLS POWER always checks the status of the parallel printer port before sending any data. This normally works quite well. Page 14 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU You may experience problems if you map a parallel port to a serial one by the MODE command, or if you have a non-standard, or very fast computer. The program might actually think that your printer port (LPT1:) is busy when you know it is not. If you have printer problems like this, select Y for Yes to ignore the printer status. Laser printers always ignore the printer status. To use a printer not listed or not compatible with the displayed list of printers, select a user-defined printer. If a user-defined printer is selected, the printer codes from your printer manual must be entered. 2-10 CHANGE MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS - SUB-MENU When this selection is made, another screen of settings is displayed. Use the up and down arrows to move between settings. These settings further customize GRADING SKILLS POWER. Press the letter Y for Yes or N for No. The program ignores any settings that do not apply to your equipment. Press Escape when you have finished making these settings. 2-10-1 USE PAPER SAVE OPTION FOR SUPPORTED PRINT OUTS Some print outs, such as the screen display print out, can be printed with either one or two classes per page. If Yes is selected, 2 classes will be printed per sheet. Then you will have to cut the paper in half. 2-10-2 DOES YOUR PRINTER SUPPORT LINE DRAW CHARACTERS If the wrong settings is selected, a series of weird or foreign language characters are printed for the line borders of the calendar months of the Individual Attendance Reports. If No is selected, dashes, the plus sign, and vertical bar are substituted for the line drawing characters. LaserJet printers attempt to use the PC-8 character set which supports line drawing. The default set of the LaserJet printer (Roman-8) does not support the line drawing characters. 2-10-3 DOES YOUR PRINTER USE A SHEET FEEDER This selection prevents an extra page from being ejected from the printer. The LaserJet printer is always set to Yes. Page 15 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 2 - SET UP MENU 2-10-4 USE LARGE SQUARES FOR EPSON VERTICAL STUDENT LIST This selection applies only to Epson printers. It allows the boxes to be either large or small. Other printers will print large boxes. 2-10-5 MARK SKILLS USING B, D, AND I CODES (KENTUCKY) Skills can be marked with B for Beginning, D for Developmental, or I for Independent skills mastery. The state of Kentucky requires these codes in the lower elementary grades. If No is selected, mark codes with Y for Yes. 2-10-6 INCLUDE ATTENDANCE INFO. ON ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS This selection determines if the attendance information boxes are printed on the individual achievement reports (page 27). 2-10-7 PRINT OUT ALL SKILLS ON ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS Student achievement reports can be printed with either all skills or just those skills achieved by the student. If all skills are printed the achieved skills have either a Y, B, D, I or ___ printed in front of the skill text. 2-10-8 PRINT PARENT COMMENT SHEET WITH ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS Selecting Y for Yes will print a heading on a new page, and ask for parent comments to be returned to the school by the student. 2-10-9 PRINT TEACHER NARRATIVE WITH ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS An ASCII text file (a personal message) only to each student up to ten lines long can be printed. Text files (personal messages) are created in the Revise Names/SuperData/ASCII text selection of the NAMES MENU. 2-10-10 USE 12 PITCH FOR PRINTING ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS The Vertical Listing print out of the NAMES MENU prints the student names followed by columns (similar to a blank grade book page). If No is selected, the print outs will use 10 pitch. An example of the vertical student listing is displayed on page 21. 2-11 SAVING THE DISPLAYED INFORMATION When you are done making changes, choose this selection. The next time GRADING SKILLS POWER is started, these saved values are used. Page 16 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 3 - STUDENT NAMES MENU STUDENT NAMES MENU 1. Class Titles - Enter/Add New Classes 2. Class Titles - Revise Class Names 3. Students - Enter/Add New Students to a Class 4. Students - Revise Name/SuperData/Text File 5. PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display - One Class 6. PRINT OUT Student Names - Screen Display - All Classes 7. PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing - One Class 8. PRINT OUT Student Names - Vertical Listing - All Classes 9. Delete Complete Name/Record - One Student 10. Delete All Student Names and Data - One Class 3-1 CLASS TITLES - ENTER / ADD NEW CLASSES Records for up to 15 classes can be maintained on your diskette. Course titles must be entered before adding students to any class. Press ESCAPE when you are done entering class titles. Elementary Teachers Elementary teachers who teach two sets of students should enter the names of the two classes. For example one class could be called SECOND GRADE - MRS. JONES and the second class SECOND GRADE - MRS. SMITH. Students would be entered in each class with selection 3 of this menu. Both classes would use the same group of skills. If some of the subject area skills are not taught to a class of students, you could excuse those students with the appropriate selection from the GROUPS MENU. You can also keep attendance information for each set of students. Secondary Teachers Enter the course title and period numbers. For example, a secondary teacher could enter EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1, and EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 2. Students are entered in each class with selection 3 of this menu. All classes would use the same skill groups. If some skill groups have not been taught yet, you could excuse those students with the appropriate selection from the GROUPS MENU. You can also keep attendance information for each class of students. 3-2 REVISE CLASS TITLES Class titles entered with the above selection can be revised at any time with this selection. Page 17 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 3 - STUDENT NAMES MENU 3-3 ENTER / ADD NEW STUDENTS TO A CLASS Class titles must be entered with selection 1 of this menu before you place students in the respective classes. Up to 36 students can be placed in each class. First select the class to place the new students in. The following chart will be displayed: Student Name SuperData ASCII Text Excused Gr Ab T _________________________________________________________________ |ABRAHAMSON, TOM ||SPORTS || || || || | |ADAMS, CRYSTAL || || || || || | |ASHENBRENNER, LORI ||SPORTS || || || || | |BERRY, DEBBIE || || || || || | |BRONK, SHERI || || || || || | |BROWN, MELISSA || || || || || | |HAGEN, ANNE || || || || || | |HAGEN, TAMMY || || || || || | |HOUSTON, DON ||SPORTS || || || || | |JACOBS, KEVIN || || || || || | |JOHNSON, PAUL ||SPORTS || || || || | |JORDAN, JEFF || || || || || | |KELLER, DAN || || || || || | |KONKLE, JENNY || || || || || | |LAWSON, SARAH ||SPORTS || || || || | Next Action: _ S = Save Tab = Next Choice Sh-Tab = Prev Choice Alt-T = Text Editor for Personal Message on Ind. Progress Reports Move between columns of this display by pressing the Tab key or Shift-Tab keys. To move the cursor in each column, use the up, down, page up, and page down keys. The F1 key can be pressed to display a help screen for editing information. Other columns of this chart are explained in section 3-4 of this manual. Students can be added to classes at any time. Enter the student's last name first so student names can be alphabetize if desired. Do not skip any rows when entering the student names. If you have 24 students in your class, then the first 24 rows must have names. The Enter, up arrow, down arrow, tab or shift tab key must be pressed after each student name is entered. When you have finished entering the student names, press the ESCAPE key. Then you will be asked if you want to alphabetize these names. Enter Y for Yes or N for No. The student names are saved before returning to the NAMES MENU. Page 18 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 3 - STUDENT NAMES MENU 3-4 REVISE STUDENT NAME/SUPERDATA/TEXT FILE Student information entered with selection 3 of this menu can be revised at any time with this selection. First select the class that the student is enrolled in. The chart from the previous page will be displayed. You can not delete students with this selection. Students are deleted with selection 9 of this menu. Move between columns by pressing either Tab or Shift-Tab. To move the cursor in each column, use the up, down, page up, and page down keys. The F1 key can be pressed to display a help screen for editing information. SuperData is another way to group reports. For example, if the word football was entered for all football players, you would be able to print reports for just football players. Different SuperData like golf or debate, etc. could be used to generate a different group of reports. The ASCII Text column displays DOS filenames of personal messages that can be written on specific individual progress reports. Messages may be up to 10 lines long. A filename is automatically entered if one is not displayed. The text editor can be accessed by pressing Alt-T when the cursor is on the row containing the student name. These text files are saved on the student data diskette or in the student data subdirectory. Pressing Alt-D followed by Enter deletes the text file name so the file will not print on the reports. Text files are printed if Yes was selected on the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu of the SET UP MENU. When individual student reports are printed, the data subdirectory or data diskette is checked to see if a matching ASCII file exists. If the file exists, the information is included on the individual printout. Excused Groups displays the letter Y for each skill group the student has been excused from. Students are excused from skill groups with selection 6 on the GROUPS MENU. Total absences and tardies for the current term are displayed in the right two columns of this chart. Totals are derived from information entered on the Record/Revise Absence/Tardy selection of the ATTENDANCE MENU. After pressing the Escape key to leave this display, you will be asked if you want to alphabetize the names. Enter Y for Yes or N for No. Changes are automatically saved to your data subdirectory or student data diskette. Page 19 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 3 - STUDENT NAMES MENU 3-5,3-6 PRINT OUT STUDENT NAMES - SCREEN DISPLAY Selection 5 prints out for one class. Selection 6 prints out all classes. This selection prints out a student listing as they appear on the data entry screen. Three blank lines will be printed in front of each student name. This is an easy way to print a listing of students that will be gone for a field trip, etc. This print out can be used for temporarily recording student information. It is often much easier to enter information from one sheet of paper than from 36 copies of unalphabetized papers at a computer. ___ ___ ___ ABRAHAMSON, TOM ___ ___ ___ MILLER, CARRIE ___ ___ ___ ADAMS, CRYSTAL ___ ___ ___ ODELL, CEANA ___ ___ ___ ASHENBRENNER, LORI ___ ___ ___ PETERS, LINDA ___ ___ ___ BERRY, DEBBIE ___ ___ ___ PETERSON, SARAH ___ ___ ___ BRONK, SHERI ___ ___ ___ REINKE, BOB ___ ___ ___ BROWN, MELISSA ___ ___ ___ ROBERTS, JAY ___ ___ ___ HAGEN, ANNE ___ ___ ___ SCHMIDT, JIM ___ ___ ___ HAGEN, TAMMY ___ ___ ___ SCHNEIDER, DAVE ___ ___ ___ HOUSTON, DON ___ ___ ___ SORENSON, MARY ___ ___ ___ JACOBS, KEVIN ___ ___ ___ STEVENS, VICKI ___ ___ ___ JOHNSON, PAUL ___ ___ ___ WAGNER, RYAN ___ ___ ___ JORDAN, JEFF ___ ___ ___ WITTENBERG, SUE ___ ___ ___ KELLER, DAN ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ KONKLE, JENNY ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ LAWSON, SARAH ___ ___ ___ A sample screen display print out is displayed above. 3-7,3-8 PRINT OUT ALL STUDENT NAMES - VERTICAL LISTING Selection 7 prints out one class. Selection 8 prints out all classes. This selection prints out a student vertical listing with a set of boxes like a blank grade book page. The selection on the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu of the SET-UP MENU determines the size and pitch of the boxes. Only the Epson Printer can print the small boxes. The large boxes will be printed with 10 pitch for all supported printers. This print out can be used for temporarily recording student information if you don't have immediate access to a computer. It is often much easier to enter information from one sheet of paper than from 36 unalphabetized student papers at a computer. Page 20 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 3 - STUDENT NAMES MENU EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 Teacher: MR. JEPSON ----------------------------------------------------------- Because of the limitations of some printers, an explanation is included here instead of the graphic. A student vertical listing printout includes a set of boxes like a blank grade book page. The student's name is printed in the left column and a grid of boxes follows. The regular manual shows the correct printout ----------------------------------------------------------- 3-9 DELETE COMPLETE NAME/RECORD - ONE STUDENT Student information entered with selection 3 of this menu can be deleted at any time with this selection. If you need to keep some record of the skills the student achieved, make an individual printout for the student first. First select the class the student is enrolled in. If only one class was entered, the first class is selected for you. Then move the cursor with the up or down arrow key to the student to be dropped. The Number of the student will be displayed. Press the Enter key to continue. A message stating all records for this student will be deleted. Press any key except the ESCape key to continue. Enter the word DELETE to confirm. If you enter the word DELETE, all information, including name, attendance information, and all skill markings will be removed. 3-10 DELETE ALL STUDENT NAMES/RECORDS - ONE CLASS All information about a class can be deleted with this selection. First select the class number. The current class name will be displayed. Below the class name you must enter the word DELETE. If you enter the word DELETE, all information about the class, including all students, attendance information, and skill markings will be removed. Use this selection with great care. This selection would normally be used only at the beginning of a school year. The skills (outcomes) entered on the GROUP MENU are not deleted with this selection. Page 21 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 4 - GROUP SKILLS MENU SKILL GROUPS MENU 1. Skill Group Titles - Enter/Add New Groups 2. Skill Group Titles - Revise Group Names 3. Enter/Add/Revise/Delete Skills (Outcomes) in a Group 4. PRINT OUT All Skills (Outcomes) - One Group 5. PRINT OUT All Skills (Outcomes) - All Groups 6. Excuse Students from a Skill Group 7. Delete All Skills (Outcomes) - One Group 4-1 ENTER / ADD NEW GROUP TITLES Records for up to 15 skill groups for each class can be maintained on your diskette. Each skill group can have up to 75 skills. Skill Group titles must be entered before skills can be added to any group. Press ESCAPE when you are done entering the skill groups. All classes (groups of students) can use the same group of skills. Students and classes can be excused from selected skill groups with selection 6 of this menu. Elementary Teachers Elementary teachers would divide the skills into groups based on the discipline ( for example, math, science, reading, etc.). If a teacher taught two classes of students, both classes could use the same skill groups. If some skill groups are not taught to a class of students, you could excuse those students with selection 6 from the GROUPS MENU. Secondary Teachers Secondary teachers would divide the skills into groups based on their units. For example, an earth science teacher could have groups called rocks and minerals, weathering and erosion, rivers, ground water, glaciers, volcanoes and plate tectonics, weather, oceanography, and astronomy. All classes can use the same skill groups. If some skill groups have not been taught yet, you could excuse those students with selection 6 of the GROUPS MENU. 4-2 REVISE SKILL GROUP TITLE Skill group titles entered with the above selection can be revised at any time with this selection. Page 22 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 4 - GROUP SKILLS MENU 4-3 ENTER / ADD / REVISE / DELETE SKILLS (OUTCOMES) IN A GROUP Skill Group Titles must be entered with selection 1 of this menu before placing skills into their respective group. Up to 75 skills can be placed in each group. First select the skill group. A chart will be displayed with the skill group name near the top. Num. MATHEMATICS Outcomes _____________________________________________________________ 1|Orders numbers using the symbols < or > | 2|Counts, reads, and sequences number 0-500 | 3|Rounds to tens places | 4|Knows additions facts 1-18 | 5|Knows subtraction facts 1-18 | 6|Adds two-digit numerals with regrouping | 7|Adds three-digit numerals with no regrouping | 8|Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping | 9|Adds three-digit numerals with regrouping | 10|Subtracts two-digit numerals with regrouping | 11|Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping | 12|Knows multiplication facts 0-6 | 13|Knows division facts 0-6 | 14|Multiplies a two-digit by a one-digit with regrouping | 15|Identifies 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 of an object | PgUp = Previous Up Arrow = Last Skill Alt-M = Mark Skill to Delete PgDn = Next Set Dn Arrow = Next Skill ESCAPE = Leave Skill Display To move the cursor, use the up, down, page up, and page down keys. The F1 key can be pressed to display a help screen for editing information. If a plus sign appears at the right edge of the column, it indicates text extends beyond the edge. Each skill can be up to 120 characters long. Only the first 70 characters are displayed. When reports are printed, the complete skill will be properly printed. Skills can be added to groups at any time. Do not skip any rows when entering the skills. If you have 50 skills in your group, then the first 50 rows must have skill text. The Enter key, up arrow, or down arrow must be pressed after each skill text is entered. When you have finished entering the skills, press the ESCAPE key. Then you will be asked if you want to save these changes. Enter Y for Yes or N for No. This skill group is saved before returning to the GROUPS MENU. To delete a skill, press Alt-M to mark it, then press D to complete the deletion. Any data for the deleted skill is also deleted. Page 23 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 4 - GROUP SKILLS MENU 4-4,4-5 PRINT OUT ALL SKILLS (OUTCOMES) Selection 4 prints out one skill group. Selection 5 prints out all groups. This selection prints a listing of the skills in all skill groups. If you want totals of students successfully achieving each skill, use selections 7 and 8 of the OUTCOMES MENU. 4-6 EXCUSE STUDENTS FROM AN ENTIRE SKILL GROUP Each class (group of students) can use the same group of skills. The data for each class is kept in separate files by the program. If a student is excused from the skill group, the individual print outs will not include that skill group for the excused student. Elementary Teachers If some skill groups are not taught by you, you could excuse those students with selection 6 from the GROUPS MENU. Secondary Teachers For example, an earth science teacher could have groups called rocks and minerals, rivers, glaciers, volcanoes and plate tectonics, weather, oceanography, and astronomy. All classes can use the same skill groups. If a skill group, for example, astronomy, has not been taught yet, quickly excuse all students with this selection. Pressing Alt-Y quickly excuses all students from a skill group by entering a Y in the cursor column. Alt-N quickly unmarks the column for all students. Excuse Students from an Entire Skill Group Skill Group Number 1 - MATHEMATICS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +-------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |ABRAHAMSON , TOM | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |ADAMS, CRYSTAL | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |ASHENBRENNER, LORI | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |BERRY, DEBBIE | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |BRONK, SHERI | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |BROWN, MELISSA | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |HAGEN, ANNE | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |HAGEN, TAMMY | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |HOUSTON, DON | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |JACOBS, KEVIN | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |JOHNSON, PAUL | | | | | Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | |JORDAN, JEFF | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |KELLER, DAN | | | | | Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | |KONKLE, JENNY | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |LAWSON, SARAH | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | +-------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Y = Student Excused Alt-Y = All Students Excused Space = Erase Mark Press Escape to Leave this Display Page 24 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 4 - GROUP SKILLS MENU 4-7 DELETE ALL SKILLS (OUTCOMES) - ONE GROUP Use this selection with great care. All skill text in the group and all student data from all classes associated with the skill group will be deleted. This selection is only made if you are completely changing the outcomes the students should master. This selection would be used to completely remove the sample student names, skills and data files that were included with this program. To delete only the student information, but keep the skill text, use the Delete All Student Names/Records - One Class selection on the NAMES MENU. That way you will not have to retype all these skills to start a new school year. Use this selection with great care. If you need to keep some record of these skills, you should make print outs before deleting all skill data. First select the group number to delete. Press the Enter key to continue. A message stating all skills and related student data will be deleted. Press any key except the ESCape key to continue. Enter the word DELETE to confirm. If you enter the word DELETE, all skills and related student data for all classes will be removed. This selection is used to delete the demonstration student name, skill, skill data and attendance data files that came with this program. Page 25 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 5 - OUTCOMES MENU OUTCOMES MENU 1. Record/Revise Achieved Skills (Outcomes) by Group 2. Individual Report - PRINT OUT - One Student - One Group 3. Individual Report - PRINT OUT - One Class - All Groups 4. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Students - One Group 5. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - All Students - All Groups 6. Individual Reports - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData 7. Detailed Achievement Report - PRINT OUT - One Group 8. Detailed Achievement Report - PRINT OUT - All Groups 9. Achievement Administrative Summary - One Group - PRINT OUT 10. Achievement Administrative Summary - All Groups - PRINT OUT 5-1 RECORD/REVISE ACHIEVED SKILLS (BY GROUP) After selecting the class and skill group, the following chart will be displayed. 1- Orders numbers using the symbols < or > MATHEMATICS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 +-------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |ABRAHAMSON , TOM | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |ADAMS, CRYSTAL | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |ASHENBRENNER, LORI | Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| | | Y| | | | | |BERRY, DEBBIE | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |BRONK, SHERI | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |BROWN, MELISSA | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |HAGEN, ANNE | | Y| | Y| Y| | | | | | | | | |HAGEN, TAMMY | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |HOUSTON, DON | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |JACOBS, KEVIN | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |JOHNSON, PAUL | | | | | Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | |JORDAN, JEFF | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |KELLER, DAN | | | | | Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | |KONKLE, JENNY | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | |LAWSON, SARAH | Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ Y = Skill Achieved Alt-Y = Marks Skill for All Students Press Escape key to leave this Display If only one class of students was entered, it is automatically selected. After selecting the class, a spreadsheet is displayed with the student names and columns for recording the skills. The F2 function key can also be pressed to display a calendar. During first semester, August through January will be displayed. If you are in the second semester, January through June will be displayed. Page 26 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 5 - OUTCOMES MENU All classes can use the same skill groups. Pressing Alt-Y quickly marks the skill for all students and places a Y in the cursor column for all students. Alt-N quickly erases all marks in the column for all students. Press the letter Y to mark the achieved skill for a single student. Press the space bar to erase the Y at the cursor position. Skills marked with this selection are included on all print outs, except when the student has been excused with selection 6 of the GROUPS MENU. 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT REPORT PRINT OUTS If more than one class was entered, you must select the class first. If you are printing for only one group, you must select the skill group. If you are selecting a print out for one student, select the student. After making your selections, the report will be printed. Attendance information boxes will be printed if Yes was selected on the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu of the SET UP MENU. SKILL ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: MR. JEPSON Student: ASHENBRENNER, LORI School Telephone Number: 424-1650 School Year: 1992-93 Report Date: JAN 15, 1993 Quarter Number: 2 +------------+------------+------------+------------+ Attendance | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Days Absent| 12.0 | 5.5 | | | Times Tardy| 2 | 3 | | | +------------+------------+------------+------------+ Skills marked with the letter Y have been achieved by this student: MATHEMATICS - SECOND GRADE Y Orders numbers using the symbols < or > Y Counts, reads, and sequences number 0-500 Y Rounds to tens places Y Knows additions facts 1-18 Y Knows subtraction facts 1-18 Y Adds two-digit numerals with regrouping _ Adds three-digit numerals with no regrouping _ Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping Y Adds three-digit numerals with regrouping _ Subtracts two-digit numerals with regrouping _ Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping _ Knows multiplication facts 0-6 ----------- partial listing for manual ---------------- Page 27 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL CHAPTER 5 - OUTCOMES MENU A parent signature request (SET UP MENU selection 2), common message (SET UP MENU selection 3 & 4), and personal message (Revise/Review Student Name/SuperData/Text File) will be printed on the individual print outs if the correct settings are made. If the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu setting of the SET UP MENU is set to No, only those skills that were achieved will be printed. The full heading, as displayed above, is only printed on the first page of a multiple page report for the student. 5-7 5-8 DETAILED ACHIEVEMENT REPORT - PRINT OUT Selection 7 prints out the Detailed Achievement Report for one skill group for one class. Selection 8 prints out the Detailed Achievement Report for all skill groups for one class. SKILL ACHIEVEMENT - DETAILED REPORT - QUARTER 1 EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON Page 1 MATHEMATICS - SECOND GRADE 1992-93 1 Orders numbers using the symbols < or > 2 Counts, reads, and sequences number 0-500 3 Rounds to tens places 4 Knows additions facts 1-18 5 Knows subtraction facts 1-18 6 Adds two-digit numerals with regrouping 7 Adds three-digit numerals with no regrouping 8 Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping 9 Adds three-digit numerals with regrouping 10 Subtracts two-digit numerals with regrouping 11 Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping 12 Knows multiplication facts 0-6 SKILL NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 --------------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ ABRAHAMSON , TOM | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | ADAMS, CRYSTAL | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | ASHENBRENNER, LORI | Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| | | Y| | | | | | BERRY, DEBBIE | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | BRONK, SHERI | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | BROWN, MELISSA | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | HAGEN, ANNE | | Y| | Y| Y| | | | | | | | | | HAGEN, TAMMY | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | HOUSTON, DON | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | JACOBS, KEVIN | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | JOHNSON, PAUL | | | | | Y| Y| Y| | | | | | | | JORDAN, JEFF | | | | | Y| | | | | | | | | | ----------------partial print out for manual --------------- Page 28 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 5 - OUTCOMES MENU Skills too long to fit on one line will automatically formatted to print properly. Up to 18 skills will be printed on each page of the detailed print out. This report provides the most complete record of all reports in GRADING SKILLS POWER. 5-9 5-10 ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY This selection prints the skills with a number indicating how many students in the class have achieved each skill. The number printed after the class name (25) is the number of students in the class. Selection 9 lets you view the report for one group before printing. Selection 10 prints the report for all groups. SKILL ACHIEVEMENT - SKILL COUNT - QUARTER 1 EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON Page 1 MATHEMATICS - SECOND GRADE (25) 1992-93 1 12 Orders numbers using the symbols < or > 2 11 Counts, reads, and sequences number 0-500 3 10 Rounds to tens places 4 4 Knows additions facts 1-18 5 15 Knows subtraction facts 1-18 6 8 Adds two-digit numerals with regrouping 7 8 Adds three-digit numerals with no regrouping 8 10 Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping 9 12 Adds three-digit numerals with regrouping 10 3 Subtracts two-digit numerals with regrouping 11 3 Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping 12 10 Knows multiplication facts 0-6 13 5 Knows division facts 0-6 14 0 Multiplies a two-digit by a one-digit with regrouping 15 1 Identifies 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 of an object ----------------partial print out for manual ------------------ Page 29 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 6 - ATTENDANCE MENU ATTENDANCE MENU 1. Record/Revise Attendance/Tardy Information 2. Individual Attendance Reports - View/PRINT OUT - One Student 3. Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - One Class 4. Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - All Classes 5. Individual Attendance Reports - PRINT OUT - Matching SuperData 6. Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - One Class 7. Detailed Attendance Report - PRINT OUT - All Classes 8. Attendance Administrative Summary - View/PRINT OUT 9. Attendance Administrative Summary - PRINT OUT - All Classes 6-1 RECORD/REVISE ATTENDANCE/TARDIES You will not be able to use this selection until two entries on the EXTRA MENU are completed. You must complete the Set Term Start/End Dates and the Select Non-Student Days selections. Up to 75 (Monday-Friday) student days are available for each quarter (term). After selecting the class, a floating spreadsheet will be displayed with the student names on the left and the columns representing the days. The F2 function key can also be pressed to display a calendar. If you are in first semester, August through January will be displayed. If you are in the second semester, January through June will be displayed. Total absences and tardies are displayed on the Revise Student Names selection of the Names Menu. Totals are also included on the Student Achievement Reports printed from the OUTCOMES MENU. An absence or tardy can not be entered on a Non-Student day. If you want to erase a mark, press the space bar. In the upper left corner, the day of the current quarter (term) and date are displayed. The student names will remain displayed on the screen as you move around the spreadsheet. The > symbol is displayed on the student row to help indicate the correct student. As you move the cursor to the left or right, under the columns, the Day Number-Date displayed in the upper left corner changes. As the cursor is moved up or down the > symbol displayed next to the student name also moves. All cursor key movements that can be used on a spreadsheet, including Home, Ctrl-Arrow, Pg-Up and Pg-Dn are supported. When the cursor is in the correct column (day/date) and in the correct row (student), a letter can be entered to mark Absences or Tardies. Page 30 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 6 - ATTENDANCE MENU F2 = Calendar Display Day 9 - Tue 09-08-1992 EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |ABRAHAMSON, TOM >| N _ | |ADAMS, CRYSTAL | N | |ASHENBRENNER, LORI | A N | |BERRY, DEBBIE | N | |BRONK, SHERI | | |BROWN, MELISSA | A | |HAGEN, ANNE | | |HAGEN, TAMMY | | |HOUSTON, DON | | |JACOBS, KEVIN | T T | |JOHNSON, PAUL | | |JORDAN, JEFF | | |KELLER, DAN | | |KONKLE, JENNY | A | |LAWSON, SARAH | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- The following letters can be entered on this display: A = Absent T = Tardy H = Half Day Absence N = Non-Student Day When you have completed entering absences and tardies, press the ESCAPE key. The following options will be displayed: <S>ave these marks <C>ontinue entering marks <N>ot save these marks Normally the letter S is pressed to save these marks. After these marks are saved you are returned to the Main Menu. If you had accidentally pressed the ESCAPE key, or notice a mistake in the display, you can press the letter C. The cursor will return to the first displayed name. If the letter N is pressed, the displayed attendance marks will not be saved to diskette. The next time this menu selection is made, previously recorded marks will be read from the data subdirectory or data diskette. As you move through the quarter (term) GRADING SKILLS POWER will display that part of the sheet near the current system data. 6-2 INDIVIDUAL ATTEND. REPORTS - View/PRINT OUT - ONE STUDENT After selecting the class, you will be asked if you want to use the calendar or the listing format. The calendar format uses the six months of the current semester. If the student was absent or tardy, the letter recorded with selection 1 of the ATTENDANCE MENU replaces the day numeral on Page 31 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 6 - ATTENDANCE MENU the calendar. This display and print out helps spot absence and tardy patterns. The listing format prints the day and date of the absences. Total absences and tardies for each quarter (term) and semester are displayed and printed. Select the student by moving the cursor and pressing the enter key twice. The individual report will be displayed. Use the page down or down arrow key to move to the bottom of the individual attendance report. Press ESCAPE to leave this display. Press the letter P to print this information. This is an example Individual Student Attendance Report. STUDENT ATTENDANCE REPORT - SEMESTER 2 Teacher: MR. JEPSON School Year: 1992-93 Class: EARTH SCIENCE PERIOD 3 06-02-1993 Student: PETERSON, SARAH ----------------------------------------------------------- Because of the limitations of some printers, an explanation is included here instead of the graphic. A student attendance report includes a 6 month calendar. The letters A, H, and T are substituted for the day to help spot any patters. The regular manual shows the correct printout ----------------------------------------------------------- QUARTER (TERM) 3 2.5 DAYS ABSENT 9 DAYS TARDY QUARTER (TERM) 4 2.5 DAYS ABSENT 4 DAYS TARDY SEMESTER RECORD 5.0 DAYS ABSENT 13 DAYS TARDY Key: A = Absent H = Half Day Absent T = Tardy N = Non Student Day Page 32 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 6 - ATTENDANCE MENU The lines that print the borders of the calendars of the Individual Attendance Reports are set by the Change Miscellaneous Sub-Menu of the SET UP MENU. If the wrong setting is made, a series of weird or foreign language characters are printed for the line borders of the calendar months. If No is selected, regular characters are substituted for the line drawing characters. For LaserJet printers, an attempt is made to use the PC-8 character set which supports line drawing. The default set of the LaserJet printer (Roman-8) does not support the line drawing characters. After viewing or printing a report, you can return to the ATTENDANCE MENU or continue to view/print other reports. Pressing the letter Y will display the student list again. Then select which student to view. Pressing the letter K (Keep Going) displays the next student's report. Pressing the letter N for No returns to the ATTENDANCE MENU. 6-3 6-4 6-5 MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANCE REPORTS Selection 3 Prints attendance information for one class. Selection 4 prints attendance information for all classes. Selection 5 prints attendance information for students with matching superdata in all classes. After selecting the class or SuperData, choose either the calendar or the listing format. A sample calendar print out is on the previous page. If no attendance information (no absences or tardies) was ever entered for the student during the semester, that student report will not be printed. Use the Advance Student Number selection of the EXTRA MENU to start printing reports with a student other than the first one listed. 6-6 DETAILED ATTENDANCE REPORT - PRINT OUT - ONE CLASS After selecting the class, a detailed report with student names and school days for the current term is printed. This report shows the letters that were recorded for each student with selection 1 of the ATTENDANCE MENU. 6-7 DETAILED ATTENDANCE REPORT - PRINT OUT - ALL CLASSES Use the Advance Class Number selection of the EXTRA MENU to start printing reports with a class other than the first one listed. Page 33 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 6 - ATTENDANCE MENU 6-8 ATTENDANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY - View/PRINT OUT After selecting the class, total absences and tardies for each student for each term of the semester, and semester totals will be displayed. Use the up and down arrows to scroll the student information. Press the ESCAPE key to stop viewing this information. Then you are given the option to print this information. 6-9 ATTENDANCE ADMIN. SUMMARY - PRINT OUT - ALL CLASSES Use the Advance Class Number selection of the EXTRA MENU to start printing these reports with a class other than the first one listed. This is an example of the Administrative Attendance Summary. ATTENDANCE SUMMARY REPORT - SEMESTER 1 EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL Teacher: MR. MARSHALL School Year: 1992-93 ALGEBRA HOUR 3 Date: 11-07-1992 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Semester STUDENT AB T AB T AB T ----------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON, JULIE 0.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0 DAVIS, LORI 3.0 1 3.0 1 6.0 2 HAMILTON, SHERI 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 HARRIS, TROY 2.0 0 0.0 0 2.0 0 KNUTH, CURT 0.0 3 0.0 1 0.0 4 KOLINSKI, KRIS 12.0 0 3.0 0 15.0 0 MCKENZIE, ANNA 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 PERKINS, JILL 3.0 0 0.0 0 3.0 0 REIMER, SCOTT 6.0 0 1.0 0 7.0 0 ROSS, DEBBIE 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 2 RUSHMAN, SALLY 10.0 0 2.0 0 12.0 0 SCHULTZ, PAM 2.0 0 0.0 0 2.0 0 SIMMONS, RUTH 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 SMITH, JENNY 1.0 0 0.0 0 1.0 0 SWEET, SUE 0.0 2 3.0 0 3.0 2 THOMPSON, DAN 5.0 0 0.0 0 5.0 0 WAITE, BRENT 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 ZAGER, KEVIN 0.0 1 2.0 0 2.0 1 ZIMMERMAN, CRAIG 4.0 0 0.0 0 4.0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- AB = ABSENT T = TARDY Page 34 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU EXTRA MENU 1. Reset Printer 2. Advance Paper 3. Form Feed 4. Advance Student Number 5. Advance Class Number 6. Advance Group Number 7. Run Skills Module 8. Back Up Student Data Diskette 9. Change Screen Colors 10. School Year: 1992-93 11. Set Term Start/End Dates 12. Select Non-Student Days 13. Teacher Note Pad 14. Order Information 15. Print Order Blank 16. About Grading Skills Power 7-1 RESET THE PRINTER This selection will send codes to reset the printer. 7-2 ADVANCE PAPER This selection will advance the paper in the printer 1 line. 7-3 FORM FEED This selection will eject the current page from the printer. 7-4 ADVANCE STUDENT NUMBER You do not have to start printing individual reports with student number 1. When this selection is chosen, enter the new starting number. Printing will begin with the student number you entered and end with the last student in the class. This selection can be helpful if you are in the middle of printing and the paper jammed in the printer, or Escape was pressed to stop printing the reports. Page 35 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU 7-5 ADVANCE CLASS NUMBER When printing reports for all classes, you do not have to start with class number 1. When this selection is chosen, enter the new class number. Printing will begin with this class and end with the last class. The starting class number will remain active until you leave GRADING SKILLS POWER or reset this number back to 1. This selection will be inactive if only one class was entered. This selection can be helpful if you are in the middle of printing and the paper jammed in the printer, or Escape was pressed to stop printing the reports. 7-6 ADVANCE GROUP NUMBER When printing reports for all groups, you do not have to start with skill group number 1. When this selection is chosen, enter the new group number. Printing will begin with this group and end with the last group. The starting group number will remain active until you leave GRADING SKILLS POWER or reset this number back to 1. This selection will be inactive if only one group was entered. This selection can be helpful if you are in the middle of printing and the paper jammed in the printer, or Escape was pressed to stop printing the reports. 7-7 RUN SKILLS MODULE WISCO Computing may develop and other programmers may write other modules that use information from the GRADING SKILLS POWER name, data, attendance, and SKILLS.CNF files. Examples of other modules include graphics routines, special class cards, word processing, etc. Modules have been written by others to access the information in the GRADING SKILLS POWER file. The module name should start with the letter G and be two letters long. For example a seating chart module could have the filename GS.EXE. When this selection is made, you will be asked to enter the module name. You would enter the letter S. Your computer would run the GS.EXE program. Another registered user has created Word Perfect macros that read the GRADING SKILLS POWER files and merges the information with other files to create quite a variety of charts and reports. Page 36 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU Depending on user interest, WISCO Computing could become a clearing house for all these neat modules that help make computing both fun and productive. WISCO Computing plans to include some of their modules within the program as additional enhancements and for trouble shooting help. 7-8 MAKING A BACK UP OF THE STUDENT DATA DISKETTE This selection automatically makes a back up copy of the student data diskette without using the DOS utilities. Follow the instructions on the screen. The original student data diskette must remain in the regular disk drive. You may press the ESCAPE key to leave this selection. If you are backing up your data to a hard drive subdirectory, you would enter something similar to C:\GSBACKUP\ If you are backing up your data to a diskette, you would only need to enter the Drive letter and the colon and back slash, for example A:\ If necessary, place a formatted diskette in the BACK UP disk drive. Pressing any regular key except ESCAPE starts the BACK UP process. The student name, data, attendance, and note pad files will be read and copied to the back up diskette. The ASCII Text files printed on the individual reports (displayed on the Revise Student Names/I.D. selection of the NAMES MENU) are not backed up. If the BACK UP diskette was in the drive that normally contains the program diskette because you only have two disk drives, return the GRADING SKILLS POWER program diskette to that disk drive. Then press any key to continue. If your original data diskette becomes damaged, you will have to read the student data from your back up diskette. This is easily done. Use the DOS program COPY or XCOPY to copy all files from your backup diskette (or hard drive subdirectory) to the new data diskette. GRADING SKILLS POWER can also read the backup diskette directly by starting the program with the command SKILLS /J You will be asked to enter the drive containing the student data. If your back up data is on a diskette, enter the drive letter, colon, and back slash, for example, A:\ If your backup data is in a hard drive subdirectory, enter the drive letter, colon, back slash, and Page 37 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU subdirectory name, for example, C:\GSBACKUP\ Then you will be asked if you are ready to read the new data. Press Y for Yes. You should then either save the new drive information by saving the information in memory with the SET UP MENU, and make a back up of this data disk on another floppy. This new drive information will be used until you change it by starting GRADING SKILLS POWER again with the SKILLS /J option. Then enter the old drive information, and save that information with the SAVE selection of the SET UP MENU. 7-9 REVISE/REVIEW GRADING SKILL POWER COLORS Up to 127 color combinations may be used by GRADING SKILLS POWER. When this selection is made, a chart showing the 127 color combinations and their associated numbers is displayed. The default values for screen colors are listed below. The first column is for color monitors. The second column is used for monochrome monitors. You may enter different numbers from the displayed chart: Color Monochrome Normal Screen Color: 023 007 Help Screen Color: 113 007 Pull Down Menu Color: 043 112 Error Color: 079 112 Text Entry Color: 112 007 Menu Selection Color: 007 007 When you have finished entering the color numbers, press the Escape key. Then enter a number for the mouse cursor color. The (1-7) number refers to the chart column. For example 4 represents red. Some menu selections deliberately turn the mouse cursor off to prevent accidental loss of data. The mouse cursor is turned back on when appropriate. The press Y for Yes to save these changes. 7-10 SCHOOL YEAR: 1992-93 This setting was made when the new school year was started. This information is needed to display the proper calendar when the F2 function key is pressed and for determining the days of the week when recording and printing attendance information. The year must be entered with the format 1992-93. This menu selection remains inactive. Page 38 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU 7-11 SET TERM START/END DATES Enter the starting and ending dates of each term for the entire school year. The dates must be entered with the format 08-27-1992. If you enter the wrong format, the computer will beep. If you need help, the calendar can be displayed by pressing the F2 Function key. This program allows up to 75 school days (Monday-Friday) per grading term. Starting and ending dates are used to calculate student absences and tardies. These dates also determine the limits for cursor movement when recording and revising student absences and tardies. Press the ESCAPE key when you have finished entering the start and end dates for each term. Press Y for Yes to save these dates to diskette. 7-12 SELECT NON-STUDENT DAYS All week days between the start date of your first term and the ending date of your last term are displayed on the left side of the screen. The arrow keys are used to scroll cursor between dates. Move the cursor to the dates that the students are not present. Press the letter N to mark Non Student days. Press the space bar to erase the letter N. Up to 36 Non Student days can be selected for the school year. When you have finished marking all Non Student days, press the Escape key. The marked dates are listed on the right side of the screen. Enter Y for Yes to save these dates before returning to the EXTRA MENU. 7-13 TEACHER NOTE PAD This note pad (up to 10 lines) can be used to store reminders such as when certain parents get a report, for example after a student misses an assignment, fails a test, every two weeks, incomplete assignment, listing mid-term progress report due dates, etc. This file is backed up when using the Back Up selection of the EXTRA MENU. Pressing the F1 function key displays a help screen for editing lines of this note pad. Press the Enter key before pressing the Escape key after editing the last line to have the displayed information replace the information in the NOTEPAD.GRD file. Page 39 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU 7-14 ORDERING INFORMATION Computer programs can be bought directly from WISCO Computing. Program prices are displayed when this selection is made. Site licenses allowing all people in the building to use the program are available for three times the individual price. Buying direct guarantees you the latest version of each program. The following products are available from WISCO Computing: SURVEY POWER Create, analyze, and print out complete demographic and correlation results to your surveys, opinion polls, and tests. Accepts single choice, multiple choice, rank order, text entry, and cumulative type questions. Useful in business and school environments. Constantly improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping GRADING SKILLS POWER Creates comprehensive student reports marking over 1100 outcomes (skills) that students are attempting to achieve. These reports can be used as an alternative or a supplement to a regular grading program. Teacher developed database. Designed for Outcome-Based Education. Constantly improved. IBM 512K $59.00 + $2.00 Shipping GRADEBOOK POWER Creates comprehensive student progress reports for teachers, students, and parents. Prints over 20 different reports. Teacher developed. Many special options for elementary and secondary teachers. Use either 2-nine week quarters or 3-six week terms per semester. Eighty page manual. IBM 512K $59.00 + $2.00 Shipping CROSSWORD POWER Make crossword puzzles from your words and clues. Insert words manually or automatically into the puzzle grid. Auto-search can quickly create over 200 different word arrangements to find the puzzle with the most words. Puzzles can also be saved as PCX graphics and ASCII files for import into Word Perfect and desk top publishers. Constantly improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping VOCABULARY POWER Create matching & multiple choice quizzes, cryptolists, word searches, vocabulary bingo cards, and flash cards from your words & definitions. Words and clues are automatically randomized before print outs are made. Great Teacher tool. 100% compatible with CROSSWORD POWER. Constantly improved. IBM 512K $39.95 + $2.00 Shipping Page 40 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 7 - EXTRA MENU 7-15 PRINT ORDER BLANK An order blank can be printed from this menu. Payment can be mailed to WISCO Computing, P.O. Box 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008. Credit card orders can also be taken by telephone at (715) 423-8189. 7-16 ABOUT GRADING SKILLS POWER GRADING SKILLS POWER was written entirely by Terry L. Jepson. The author, a full time teacher, gave up his weekend, evening, and vacation time he could have spent watching football games, spending time with friends, or just relaxing. He has tried to add those features requested by his customers to meet their needs. Please reward him by having your friends buy their copy of the program. Page 41 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 8 - MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 8-1 ADDITIONAL START UP OPTIONS Use the instructions on pages 8 through 11 for normal start up. Information on retrieving student data from a backup diskette or hard drive subdirectory can be found on page 37 of this manual. GRADING SKILLS POWER is normally started by typing SKILLS However, there may be times when you need to start differently. These additional start up options are typed after SKILLS as indicated below. 8-1-1 SKILLS /INSTALL This option is used to start GRADING SKILLS POWER for a new school year. These complete instructions are found on pages 8 through 11. 8-1-2 SKILLS /J You will be prompted to enter the drive or subdirectory containing the student data. This option overrides the subdirectory setting in the SKILLS.DRV file. For example, a department with a legal site license would only need one copy of the GRADING SKILLS POWER program on the computer. All teachers could access their data in different subdirectories using this option. When the program is started with the command SKILLS /J you will be asked to enter the drive containing the student data. If your data is on a diskette, enter the drive letter, colon, and back slash, for example, A:\ If your student data is in a hard drive subdirectory, enter the drive letter, colon, back slash, and subdirectory name, for example, C:\GSDATA\ Then you will asked if you are ready to read the new data. Press Y for Yes. This data drive information will be saved when any settings are saved on the SET UP MENU. 8-1-3 SKILLS /JC:\SMITH\ This start up option automatically accesses data from the SMITH subdirectory of drive C:. Jones could keep data in subdirectory C:\JONES\ and start the program with SKILLS /JC:\JONES\ Smith could keep data in subdirectory C:\SMITH\ and start the program with SKILLS /JC:\SMITH\ This option is useful for using a menu selection program to access different directories with the site license version. Page 42 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 8 - MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 8-1-4 SKILLS /B This start up option will use black and white for display. This may be necessary to read the display of some lap top computers. 8-1-5 SKILLS /C This start up option will force color for display. If the program detects a monochrome monitor, the color setting will be ignored. 8-2 ENHANCEMENTS PLANNED FOR GRADING SKILLS POWER Hooks have been included so GRADING SKILLS POWER files can be accessed by other programs or modules written by WISCO Computing or other authors. Examples include graphic routines, seating chart maker, and additional font support. Customer requests will determine which features and modules are added to this powerful program. 8-3 FILES CREATED BY GRADING SKILLS POWER The file SKILLS.DRV is created on the program diskette. It contains the drive or drive subdirectory to search for student data. The file SKILLS.CNF is created on the student data diskette. This file contains course title and period names, skill group names, printer number, and information displayed on the SET UP MENU. Back ups of this file are called SKILLS.CN1. All files starting with SKILLS1. are used for the first class recorded on the Student Names Menu. Files ending with .NAM contain student names for the class. SKILLS Files ending with .G1 contain the data and skill text for group 1. Files ending with .G2 contain the data and skill text for group 2. SKILLTXT files can be checked with a spell checker if necessary. The file NOTEPAD.GRD is the note pad file created with the selection on the EXTRA MENU. ASCII text files created by the Revise Student Names/Text File of the NAMES MENU are named according to their class and student number. For example, GRTEXT2.S11 is a text file for the 11th student in the (2) second class. Page 43 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Chapter 8 - MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION I will always be improving my programs. If you have any suggestions, or special needs, please let me know. I will listen. I welcome your comments. I like the programs I have created, but I can always do better with a little help from my friends. Thank you for investing your time and attention to GRADING SKILLS POWER. Terry L. Jepson Page 44 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS The next eight pages are of listing of skills taught to second grade students in my local school district. SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 READING - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 1 1 __ Understands multiple meanings of words 2 __ Uses context clues to discover meanings of unknown words 3 __ Recognizes synonyms 4 __ Recognizes antonyms 5 __ Classifies groups of words into given categories 6 __ Sequences a group of three or four sentences from a selection previously read 7 __ Sequences a group of five sentences from a selection previously read 8 __ Predicts an appropriate outcome 9 __ Identifies supporting details when presented choices 10 __ Draws conclusions based on selection read 11 __ Identifies cause and effect relationship 12 __ Understands the author's purpose 13 __ Distinguishes between fact and fiction 14 __ Uses punctuation as a clue to intended meaning 15 __ Phonetically decodes graphemic bases 16 __ Phonetically decodes vowel digraphs 17 __ Phonetically decodes consonant clusters 18 __ Uses structural analysis to decode contractions 19 __ Uses structural analysis to decode possessives 20 __ Uses structural analysis to decode plurals 21 __ Uses structural analysis to decode comparatives 22 __ Uses structural analysis to decode superlatives 23 __ Uses structural analysis to decode compound words 24 __ Uses structural analysis to decode words with prefixes 25 __ Uses structural analysis to decode words with suffixes 26 __ Differentiates between fiction and non-fiction 27 __ Begins to identify and understand figurative language 28 __ Experiences a variety of non-fiction formats including biographies 29 __ Becomes aware of the format of drama 30 __ Alphabetizes a list of words by their first letter 31 __ Alphabetizes a list of words by their second and third letter 32 __ Reads and follows a three-step direction 33 __ Reads and follows a four-step direction 34 __ Uses the telephone directory 35 __ Uses the table of contents 36 __ Uses a glossary/dictionary 37 __ Shows interest in reading stories and books independently 38 __ Self-corrects miscues that disturb meaning GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 COMMUNICATION SKILLS - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 2 1 __ Uses declarative sentences while speaking 2 __ Uses interrogative sentences while speaking 3 __ Uses expression and inflection while speaking 4 __ Answers the telephone using proper techniques 5 __ Gives simple directions to a group or another student 6 __ Expresses oneself through the use of role-playing 7 __ Expresses oneself through the use of recitation 8 __ Expresses oneself through the use of interviewing 9 __ Expresses oneself through the use of choral reading 10 __ Begin's to appreciate others' points of view 11 __ Attends and contributes in small group discussions 12 __ Retells the major details of a story 13 __ Retells the sequence of a story 14 __ Listens and follows three or four directions 15 __ Attends to report given by a classmate and paraphrases information from the report 16 __ Attends to others or a story which is being read or told for at least 15 minutes 17 __ Demonstrates a knowledge of the three step process 18 __ Gathers other sources of information relevant to the topic 19 __ Edits written work for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling 20 __ Writes a simple paragraph using proper sequence 21 __ Expands written work using adjectives 22 __ Expands written work using adverbs 23 __ Writes a creative story using the basic literary form; setting, problem(goal), resolution 24 __ Makes the transition from manuscript to cursive writing 25 __ Uses cursive writing in all written work 26 __ Writes declarative sentences 27 __ Writes interrogative sentences 28 __ Composes a thank you note 29 __ Composes an invitation 30 __ Writes a friendly letter 31 __ Writes a summary of what has been read or heard 32 __ Understands the proper use of quotation marks used in written conversation 33 __ Uses pronouns properly 34 __ Uses capital letters at the beginning of proper nouns Page 46 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 COMMUNICATION SKILLS - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 3 35 __ Uses capital letters at the beginning of sentences; and periods, question marks or exclamations at the end 36 __ Is willing to take a risk with invented spelling of unknown words 37 __ Uses a range of resources to find out about spelling 38 __ Uses full stops appropriately 39 __ Revises writing by adding or changing information 40 __ Sustains interest in writing tasks 41 __ Writes in a form that can be read by others 42 __ Proofreads the work of peers 43 __ Uses conventional spelling 44 __ Demonstrates proper care and use of a computer 45 __ Demonstrates proper care and handling of a disk 46 __ Demonstrates proficient use of loading and saving a file 47 __ Demonstrates proficient use of entering and deleting text 48 __ Demonstrates proficient use of cursor movement 49 __ Demonstrates proficient use of insert and typeover 50 __ Demonstrates proficient use of underlining 51 __ Demonstrates proficient use of centering 52 __ Uses an efficient method of keyboarding 53 __ Uses word processing skills to write original stories or reports Page 47 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 MATHEMATICS - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 4 1 __ Orders numbers using the symbols < or > 2 __ Counts, reads, and sequences numbers 0-500 3 __ Rounds to ten places 4 __ Knows addition facts 1-18 5 __ Knows subtraction facts 1-18 6 __ Adds two-digit numerals with regrouping 7 __ Adds three-digit numerals with no regrouping 8 __ Subtracts three-digit numerals with no regrouping 9 __ Adds three-digit numerals with regrouping 10 __ Subtracts two-digit numerals with regrouping 11 __ Subtracts three-digit numerals with regrouping 12 __ Knows multiplication facts 0-6 13 __ Knows divisions facts 0-6 14 __ Multiplies a two-digit by a one-digit with regrouping 15 __ Identifies 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 of an object 16 __ Divides objects into haves, thirds, and fourths 17 __ Estimates answers to calculations and recognizes reasonable results 18 __ Reads and writes money amounts through 50 cents 19 __ Calculates money amounts through 50 cents 20 __ Reads and writes money amounts using the $0.00 notation 21 __ Recognizes and reads 1/2 hours on a clock 22 __ Recognizes and reads 1/4 hours on a clock 23 __ Recognizes and reads 5 minute intervals on a clock 24 __ Reads standard and digital clocks 25 __ Recites days of week in sequence 26 __ Recites months of the year in sequence 27 __ Reads day and date from a calendar 28 __ Identifies a teaspoon and tablespoon 29 __ Identifies a cup, pint, and quart 30 __ Identifies a gallon, liter, and milliliter 31 __ Weighs an object using pounds 32 __ Weighs an object using kilograms 33 __ Measures in centimeters 34 __ Measures in inches, feet, and yards 35 __ Reads a Celsius thermometer 36 __ Reads a Fahrenheit thermometer 37 __ Solves one-step story problems using addition and subtraction 38 __ Solves two-step story problems Page 48 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 MATHEMATICS - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 5 39 __ Understands and uses the four-step method ACT OUT OR USE OBJECTS to solve a problem 40 __ Understands and uses the four-step method MAKE A PICTURE OR DIAGRAM to solve a problem 41 __ Understands and uses the four-step method USE OR MAKE A TABLE to solve a problem 42 __ Understands and uses the four-step method MAKE AN ORGANIZED LIST to solve a problem 43 __ Understands and uses the four-step method GUESS AND CHECK to solve a problem 44 __ Understands and uses the four-step method USE OR LOOK FOR A PATTERN to solve a problem 45 __ Understands and uses the four-step method WORK BACKWARDS to solve a problem 46 __ Understands and uses the four-step method USE LOGICAL REASONING to solve a problem 47 __ Understands and uses the four step method MAKE IT SIMPLER to solve a problem 48 __ Understands and uses the four-step method BRAINSTORM to solve a problem 49 __ Names and draws a triangle, circle, rectangle, square, and ellipse 50 __ Obtains relevant data from graphs, charts, grids, and tables 51 __ Enjoys math activities 52 __ Uses mental math to solve problems Page 49 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 CONTENT AREAS GROUP 1 - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 6 1 __ Differentiates between wants and needs 2 __ Understands and compares food, clothing, shelter, and communications of various cultures 3 __ Recognizes that location, climate, weather, and resources help to determine the type of community that will exist 4 __ Understands that communities provide facilities and services individuals cannot provide 5 __ Recognizes that communities change 6 __ Understands how and why rules and responsibilities are made in the home, school, and community 7 __ Demonstrates a knowledge of where to obtain needed information 8 __ Participates effectively in democratic decision-making at home and at school 9 __ Understands and compares celebrations of different cultures 10 __ Locates continents, islands, and lakes on the globe or world map with reference to the equator 11 __ Shows on a globe or world map that the equator divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere 12 __ Shows on a globe or world map that the prime meridian divides the earth into an eastern and western hemisphere 13 __ Locates on a map the four cardinal directions (N,S,E,W) 14 __ Locates on a map the in between directions (NW,NE,SW,SE) 15 __ Tells the cardinal direction of one place from another 16 __ Recognizes that cities, states, countries, and continents are different sizes 17 __ Compares uses of maps and globes 18 __ Locates and identifies the United States on a world map or globe 19 __ Locates Wisconsin on a map of the United States 20 __ Locates islands on a map or globe 21 __ Locates and identifies the three big oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian 22 __ Locates Lake Michigan on a globe or world map 23 __ Locates rivers on a map or globe 24 __ Calls the earth's largest land areas continents, and the earth's largest water bodies oceans 25 __ Locates and distinguishes between states and cities on a map of the United States 26 __ Recognizes that a symbol may be a drawing, a color, or a pattern 27 __ Understands that maps symbolize places and symbolically give information Page 50 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 CONTENT AREAS GROUP 1 - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 7 28 __ Understands that symbols may or may not look like that which they symbolize 29 __ Identifies capital cities on a population map 30 __ Makes maps of simple familiar areas and uses symbols to represent desks, houses, etc. 31 __ Correlates shadings of the interaction color code with elevation 32 __ Infers from a map why cities are located where they are 33 __ Compares symbols on one map to those of another 34 __ Compares the distance (scale) between two cities on one map with the other 35 __ Illustrates the life cycle of an animal 36 __ Explains how animals adapt to their environment 37 __ Explains endangered species 38 __ Explains extinction 39 __ Classifies animals into vertebrates and invertebrates 40 __ Illustrates the sequence of events in the food chain 41 __ Lists and reports on some of the endangered species 42 __ Describes characteristics of birds 43 __ Describes characteristics of mammals 44 __ Describes characteristics of fish 45 __ Describes characteristics of reptiles 46 __ Describes characteristics of amphibians 47 __ Identifies plant parts and explains their basic functions 48 __ Describes how seeds are formed inside a flower 49 __ Describes the conditions necessary for plant growth 50 __ Describes how seeds are formed inside the cone of a plant 51 __ Names some plants that reproduce from spores 52 __ Names the five flower parts (stamen, pollen, pistil, pollen tube, ovules) 53 __ Predicts how plants would grow in response to specific changes in the environment 54 __ Categorizes seasonal changes of plants and animals 55 __ Lists in order the members of the solar system 56 __ Compares and contrasts the earth, the sun, and moon 57 __ Explains some properties of the sun 58 __ Names some constellations 59 __ Explains how to find the North Star 60 __ Explains planetary revolution and rotation 61 __ Understands that the sun provides heat and light 62 __ Names three fossil fuels 63 __ Explains forms of energy used in and out of the classroom 64 __ Names some energy sources other than the sun Page 51 GRADING SKILLS POWER MANUAL Appendix - SAMPLE GRADE 2 SKILLS SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT REPORT EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Teacher: TERRY JEPSON 1992-93 CONTENT AREAS GROUP 2 - GRADE 2 SAMPLE Page 8 1 __ Explains the term matter 2 __ Gives examples of the three forms of matter 3 __ Explains the term molecule 4 __ Illustrates how matter can change from one form to another 5 __ Explains a physical change where molecules stay the same 6 __ Explains a chemical change where molecules change 7 __ Describes the characteristics of rocks 8 __ Explains the weathering of rocks 9 __ Defines soil 10 __ Explains and illustrates the path which water may take during the water cycle 11 __ Defines vapor, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation 12 __ Identifies causes and effects of pollution 13 __ Explains the need for environmental conservation 14 __ Describes how people can work to conserve the environment 15 __ Compares and contrasts urban and rural environments 16 __ Classifies foods according to the four food groups 17 __ Compares ingredient information on various processed food 18 __ Explains that food supplies nutrients that are needed for growth, repair, and maintenance of cells 19 __ Describes how family, friends, and peers influence food choices 20 __ Gives examples of how sensory qualities of food affect food choices 21 __ Identifies habits and effects of emotion on eating 22 __ Identifies the main parts of the sense organs and their functions 23 __ Identifies drugs and their effects 24 __ Identifies protective behaviors for personal safety 25 __ Identifies people who can be part of their support system for personal safety 26 __ Identifies positive and negative ways peers influence each other 27 __ Identifies three most important things in his/her life 28 __ Recognizes ways people abuse others 29 __ Recognize the heart as a muscle that needs exercise 30 __ Recognize that oxygen is need to live 31 __ Explains basic function of respiratory system 32 __ Identifies tars and what they do to the lung 33 __ Explains why the body needs rest and exercise 34 __ Describes how germs cause illness 35 __ Explains value of immunizations and how germs are spread 36 __ Identifies poisons at home or in school Page 52 Computer Programs from: WISCO COMPUTING, P. 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