1. 1. Go to www.assistments.orgwww.assistments.org Assign Assist Assess Student Guide to Assignments in Conference School 2. Go to the Log in page. 3. If you haven’t registered, click “Register Now” and use the “Sign Up as a Student “ packet to help you resister and enroll in a class. Contents Show Assignments p. 2 Submit Answer p. 3 Scaffolding p. 4 Keep a Notebook p. 5 Show Item Report p. 6 Show Grade p. 8

2. 4. After log in, you see the Tutor page. Assign Assist Assess 7. Click on “Show Assignments”. 6. If no class is listed, click here and enroll in a class that your teacher has set up. 5. You see your class listed here. 2

3. Assign Assist Assess 10. The tutor tells you how far along you are. 11. Here is the first question. 13. If you get stuck, click here for help. If you ask for help, you will not be able to earn a “Correct” on this question. 12. Work out the problem, choose an answer, and click “Submit Answer”. 3 8. In Conference School each folder has a different type of problem set. Start by exploring “Questions with tutoring” by clicking on that folder. 9. Then click on the problem set. “Questions With Tutoring”

4. 15. If your answer is correct, you move on to the next problem. Assign Assist Assess 16. If your answer is incorrect or you ask for help you will see that in the bar. 17. The problem is broken into steps and each step has some “hints” to guide you to the correct answer. 18. Breaking the problem into steps with questions is called “scaffolding”. 4 14. If your answer is correct, you will see it in the answer bar.

5. 18. Do your calculations in a notebook. Keep a calculator handy. Assign Assist Assess Your Math Notebook 19. Your notebook is important. You will want to share your solution strategies! Keep things neat. 5

6. 20. Once you are done with your assignment you will be back at your teachers assignments. Assign Assist Assess 6 21. Continue your tour by doing Book Homework. Click on the folder and then click on: “Page 91 #7, 8, 14,17” 23. Before you go on to exploring Skill Builders, Tests and Essay Questions. Follow the directions on the next page. 22. Find the questions for this assignment at the end of this step by step instruction packet.

7. 24. Click on Tutor to get back to your class. Assign Assist Assess 29. A red check means wrong answer or you asked for help. 7 28. A green check means “Correct”. The answer is also shown. 26. You can see reports for other assignments by clicking here. 27. Click on the Assistment number to see it again. 25. Click “Show Item Report” to see a summary of your assignment.

8. Assign Assist Assess 8 31.Now explore other types of assistmetns and problem sets. 32.Skill Builders have tutoring and students work until they get 3 right in a row. 33.Tests, with Test Mode students do not know if they are right or wrong as they work. 34.Essay Questions. We call the field where students type in answers “Open Response” These are graded by teachers. 24. Go back to Tutor and click “Show Grade”. 30. Go back to Tutor and click “Show Grade”.

9. 24. Go back to Tutor and click “Show Grade”. Assign Assist Assess 36. This report is a summary of all the assignments you have completed. 9 Check your work in the teacher account. 35. Go back to Tutor and click “Show Grade”.

10. Questions that go with “Book Homework 10