Introduction for New Students and Parents

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Registering for ThinkWell Math
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Logging In to ThinkWell Math
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Syllabus
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Finding Your Way Around
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Homework
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What to Do
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What to Turn In
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Resources

REGISTERING FOR THINKWELL MATH
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Click on “Register”

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REGISTERING FOR THINKWELL MATH
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Scroll Down to
“Homeschool Studies”

REGISTERING FOR THINKWELL MATH
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Enter Homeschool Buyers’
Co-op Code Here, if you have it, and follow instructions.
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You will be given an option to buy DVDs and then credited the cost of the course at checkout

REGISTERING FOR THINKWELL MATH
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If you don’t have a code, select your course here and follow instructions.

LOGGING IN TO THINKWELL MATH
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Click on “Sign In”

LOGGING IN TO THINKWELL MATH
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If you have not registered, click here to register
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If you have already registered, enter your username and password and click “Sign In”

LOGGING IN TO THINKWELL MATH
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After you log in, you will see the “Course Home” page.
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You can get to everything you need from here!

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SYLLABUS = SCHEDULE + THINKWELL LESSON PLAN

SYLLABUS
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You have been given a copy of the schedule for the year
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To find the ThinkWell lesson plan, click on
“Resources”

SYLLABUS
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Under “Resources,” you will find a link to the
Lesson Plan
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You can print the lesson plan or save it as a .pdf file

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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You can get to the individual lessons by clicking on the appropriate chapter on the Course Home page

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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The outline will expand to show the subchapters in bold, with individual lesson topics below the subchapter titles.

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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By clicking on a subchapter title, you can find:
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List of Lesson Topics
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Subchapter Worksheet
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Subchapter Worksheet answer key
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Subchapter Glossary

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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By clicking on an individual topic, you can find:
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Videos
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Exercises
Topic Worksheet
(except Precalculus)
Topic Worksheet answer key
Transcript of Video

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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To get to pretests and tests, click on “Assessments”

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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To access a Practice Test or
Test, Click on the Link
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You will want to enter answers online so
Thinkwell can grade the tests
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To see your gradebook, click here

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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PLEASE PRINT EACH TEST
OUT from within the test itself BEFORE the student takes it. After the student does the test on paper, they can enter the answers online.
This allows review of the test and any answers missed after the test has been submitted

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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The gradebook shows each practice test and test, including date taken, # right, # wrong,
# skipped, and % correct
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You will print this out and bring it to class each week.
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Note that Practice Tests can be taken multiple times. TESTS CAN ONLY
BE TAKEN ONCE.

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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” To see your progress through the chapters, click on “Chapter Checklist”

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND
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You can see whether the student has watched at least one video, completed the exercise and any animations, and printed the worksheet for each topic

HOMEWORK
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Each day, you will do the work assigned for that day in the Thinkwell
Lesson Plan
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For a topic (such as 1.1.1), you will:
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Watch the Videos. TAKE NOTES.
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Do the Exercises as many times as needed for you to understand
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Do any animations provided
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Print and complete the Topic
Worksheet (Except Precalculus)
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For Precalculus, do the problems in the workbook
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Turn in the Video Notes and Topic
Worksheet or Workbook Problems

HOMEWORK
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On some days, your assignment will be a Subchapter Worksheet (except
Precalculus). Subchapter Worksheets are longer than Topic Worksheets. For those days, you will:
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Print and complete the
Subchapter Worksheet
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Turn in the Subchapter Worksheet

HOMEWORK
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On some days, your assignment will be a Practice Test or Test. Remember that you can take the practice test as many times as you would like, but YOU
CAN ONLY TAKE THE TEST ONCE. For these days, you will:
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PRINT OUT the Practice Test or Test
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Take the Practice Test or Test as assigned (on paper)
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Enter the answers online
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Print out the Gradebook page showing that you took the test and turn it in, along with your hard copy of the test.

RESOURCES
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Each Topic has:
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Videos with available closed captioning and transcripts
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Online multiple-choice exercises that provide immediate feedback and explanation
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A worksheet – teaching students to write out the solutions clearly
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Each Subchapter has:
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Subchapter worksheet
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Subchapter Glossary

RESOURCES
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Each Course Includes:
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Daily Lesson Plan
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Overall Course Glossary
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Various Helps such as formulas, symbols, conversions, etc.
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Animations for a variety of topics

RESOURCES
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DON’T FORGET YOUR TEACHERS!
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Your teachers will answer any questions you may have during class
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They will also introduce upcoming topics and provide additional reinforcement of the topics being taught
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If you are struggling, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
TEACHER during the week, so that she or he can either help you then or prepare additional help for the class period.