Navigating SOAR

You are in the portal! Which icon do you click on to access SOAR?

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Answer explanation

This is the eCLASS icon. It will take you to the district's learning management system (LMS), D2L Brightspace, which houses important course pages...including SOAR!

You've made it to eCLASS! Next, you need to click on this icon, which is called the...

• grid

• tile

• pancake

• waffle

Answer explanation

The waffle houses all of your eCLASS course pages. Use the "pin" icon to bookmark the SOAR page for easy access!

What is the acronym for the Social Studies Online Communication Center?

• SOCC

• LOCC

• MOCC

• SOAR

Answer explanation

We chose SOAR because we SOAR above the other content areas...and to avoid confusion with Science!

You've made it to the homepage and will be teaching 6th grade social studies this year. What should you click on next?

• Leader Toolkit

• HS Resources

• MS Resources

Answer explanation

MS = Middle School

HS = High School

LT = Leader Toolkit

What will the announcements widget help you do?

• Decide where to go for summer vacation.

• Decide if you want to teach summer school or not.

• Decide which professional development sessions to attend.

• Decide which resources you will use to teach.

Answer explanation

PD may be online, in-person, or a mix of both...so you can Zoom in from the beach!

What is the primary benefit of pacing guides?

• They provide resources that you can use to teach the lessons.

• They provide timelines to help plan the duration of instruction.

• They provide games to keep students awake.

• They provide ideas for digital learning days.

Answer explanation

Pace yourself! Time is limited, so the pacing guides help to ensure that all of the content is covered.

What is new in the pacing guides for the 2022-23 school year?

• common

  summative assessment guidance

• common formative assessment guidance

• common final exam guidance

• common core state standards

Answer explanation

CFAs are new this year! Think of them as unit tests or quizzes and try not to get them confused with Chick-Fil-A.

Use the image to determine approximately how much time should be spent teaching personal finance.

• 7 days

• 18 days

• 5 days

• the whole year

Answer explanation

Pacing is not an exact science! It may take fewer days or more days, depending on your local school circumstances and needs.

Which of the following will help you with planning for small group instruction?

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Answer explanation

The groups may be small, but this work is big! The T-LD SGI link will provide you with an overview of the 4 phases of small group instruction and access to bite-size PD videos created by the small group instructional team cohort.

What will this link help you plan for?

• This is only meant to be used for digital learning days or those rare snow days.

• This includes digital considerations for lessons and activities.

• This was only useful for Zoom lessons during the pandemic.

• This is not useful since I plan on using pencil and paper all year.

Answer explanation

The district is going 1:1 this fall! Use this tool to consider digital options for your lessons. Paper and pencil is fine, but we must prepare students to be ready for the 21st century workforce as well!