Teacher’s
Guide
TEACHER’S GUIDE
Version 4.1 or Newer
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
What is Orchard Gold Star and Orchard Gold Star for Your State?................................................................................................. 5
How does Orchard Gold Star work?..................................................................................................................................................... 5
How does Orchard Gold Star for Your State work?........................................................................................................................... 6
Login Management . ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Accessing the Orchard Manager............................................................................................................................................................ 7
Changing Schools..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Changing a Teacher’s Password............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Accessing Assignments............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Entering Orchard as a Pre-Enrolled Student................................................................................................................................... 8
Entering Orchard as a Guest.............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Changing Access to Guest Login............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Managing Classes............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Creating a New Class............................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Accessing a Class at Login....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Changing Classes after Login.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Adding Students to Your Class............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Adding Students Manually.............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Adding Students From the Master List.......................................................................................................................................... 10
Adding Students From another Class.............................................................................................................................................. 11
Using the Self-Enroll Option to Add Students............................................................................................................................... 11
Removing a Student From a Class....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Renaming a Class................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Printing the Class Enrollment Report................................................................................................................................................. 12
Deleting a Class...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Managing Students......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Adding and Removing Students.......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Editing Student Information................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Transferring Students Between Schools............................................................................................................................................... 13
Transferring Students Between Classes............................................................................................................................................... 14
Taking Students Offline ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Changing a Student’s Password........................................................................................................................................................... 15
Assigning Demographic Information to Students............................................................................................................................ 15
Managing Curriculum................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Creating Assignments........................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Using Tests to Create an Assignment for Your Class........................................................................................................................ 16
Using Tests to Create an Assignment for an Individual Student.................................................................................................... 17
Adding to/Editing Class Assignments................................................................................................................................................ 18
Adding to/Editing an Individual Student’s Assignments................................................................................................................ 19
Creating Interval Assignments............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Editing an Interval Assignment........................................................................................................................................................... 21
Editing the Number of Skill Trees Viewed......................................................................................................................................... 21
Printing Student or Class Assignments.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Modifying Test and Program Parameters.......................................................................................................................................... 22
Modifying Guest Parameters............................................................................................................................................................... 24
Completing the Customized Assignment List................................................................................................................................... 24
Completing Tests.................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Teacher Tools.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Assessment and Assignment Builder.................................................................................................................................................. 26
Creating a Custom Assessment or Assignment............................................................................................................................. 26
Sharing a Custom Assessment or Assignment............................................................................................................................... 30
Table of Contents (cont.)
Introduction
What is Orchard Gold Star and Orchard Math and Language Arts Assessments
Gold Star for Your State? Orchard Gold Star for Your State’s Math, Language Arts,
and Science Assessments, directly correlated to national
Orchard Gold Star is a powerful software solution for standardized tests or your state’s standards, are designed
schools seeking to increase student performance in to help educators teach more effectively. Orchard tests
language arts, math, and science. are designed to identify potential weaknesses in students’
Orchard Gold Star comprises these main components: core knowledge and to prescribe Orchard activities to
strengthen those trouble areas. Orchard tests also can be
• Orchard Manager used to measure educational gains after students have
• Orchard Skill Trees worked through targeted instruction and to identify any
• Orchard Reports areas where further instruction is needed. Responses are
stored in the students’ portfolios so teachers can view,
Orchard Gold Star for Your State comprises the components assess, and evaluate appropriate skills and strategies, or
above along with these powerful additions: use the data in student-teacher discussions, conferences, or
formal portfolio collections.
• Math, Language Arts, and Science Assessments
• Assessment and Assignment Builder Assessment and Assignment Builder
• Additional Reports Orchard Gold Star for Your State’s Assessment and
Assignment Builder is a built-in, standard-specific database
The Orchard Manager
designed to help teachers find which Orchard Skill Trees
All Orchard Skill Trees and assessments work under the correspond to the skills students need to master to meet
same simple, yet powerful, universal management system: their educational goals. Educators may generate tests
the Orchard Manager. This system provides educators from a select subset of standards; create and share custom,
with easy ways to individualize student instruction, access standards-based assignments; and save custom tests and
teacher tools to enhance their curriculum, and obtain a assignments for later use. This straightforward tool, unique
variety of reports that provide all the information necessary to Orchard Gold Star for Your State, saves valuable time
to meet current accountability standards. The following and provides resources for educators striving to effectively
sections of this manual provide detailed information on address students’ diverse needs.
the effective uses of the Orchard Manager such as entering
Orchard, managing teachers, importing data, tracking
students, and more.
Introduction (cont.)
How does Orchard Gold Star for Your What level of teacher involvement is required to
State work? successfully use Orchard Gold Star?
The Orchard Manager is the perfect management system
Here is an example of how Orchard Gold Star for Your for today’s busy teacher. Teachers can choose various levels
State works: of involvement, while always being assured students are
receiving high-quality instruction.
1 Students complete a grade-specific math, language arts,
or science test based on state or national standards. Teachers can use the Orchard Manager to set up classes and
create assignments. In addition, teachers can add valuable
2 Based on the results of the test, Orchard Gold Star for input by assigning the Skill Trees they have found to be
Your State determines which standard(s) the student is most relevant to their students’ needs.
struggling with and where he/she needs remediation.
Teachers who want to get more involved in their students’
3 Orchard Gold Star for Your State creates a customized learning can customize assignments in a number of ways.
learning plan for the student by assigning specific Skill Any Orchard assignment, including class assignments, can
Trees based on identified problem areas. In addition, be tailored to meet students’ individual needs. Once an
teachers can use Assessment and Assignment Builder (a assignment list has been generated, teachers can modify
built-in, standard-specific database) to assign Skill Trees the program parameters and edit assignments to customize
by state or national test standards. instruction. Teachers may do this for the entire class or for
an individual student.
4 Students progress through various Skill Trees to master With Orchard Gold Star for Your State, teachers can
essential skills. assign tests and rely on the computer to determine
5 Assessments can be administered at prescribed intervals appropriate Skill Trees for each student. They can also use
the Assessment and Assignment Builder tool to help find
to measure educational gains.
which Orchard Skill Trees correspond to the skills students
6 Records and reports are generated that reflect student need to master to meet educational goals set by a state or
progress. These reports can be useful for students, national test.
educators, parents, administrators, and curriculum
specialists. What setting is required to use Orchard Gold Star?
Orchard can be used effectively in a variety of classroom
settings, from a single-computer classroom to a computer
lab.
For example, in a single-computer classroom setting,
teachers can have students take turns using Orchard
to work through their individualized assignment lists.
Teachers also may present one of the many tutorial lessons
to the whole class to introduce a new concept, or use the
open-ended, higher-order-thinking questions found in
many programs as a means of generating large group
discussions.
Orchard is also ideal for use in a learning center, or station,
in classrooms with small banks of computers. Teachers can
have small groups of students explore Orchard’s diverse
content to answer a particular question, or they can have
students rotate through an Orchard learning station to
complete a pre-determined assignment that directly
correlates to the classroom curriculum.
Of course, Orchard can also be used very effectively in a
computer lab setting. Because each student can be working
on his/her own individual Orchard assignment, this is
an ideal way to make the most out of limited access to a
computer lab. Students work at their own pace within a
large-group setting while receiving the targeted instruction
and practice they need.
Orchard Gold Star’s and Orchard Gold Star for Your State’s
versatility and usability make them a valuable addition to
any classroom setting.
Login Management
The variety of ways to enter Orchard provides you 1 Double-click the Orchard icon to open the login screen.*
and your students with the flexibility you need to meet
educational goals. You may log in as yourself (using your
unique login name and optional password) to access
your classes. In addition, each student may enter Orchard
either as a Guest for quick access to programs, or by using
his or her specific login name to access individualized
assignments.
All Skill Trees Click Guest button N/A 2 Enter your login name and password (if required).
A Pre-enrolled (Neither the login name nor the password is case-
Individualized Student (using a sensitive.)
(Optional)
Assignment unique login name)
Changing Schools
Orchard Gold Star now provides the ability to access
Accessing the Orchard Manager multiple schools. If multiple schools have been set up for
All Orchard Skill Trees work under the same simple, yet you, Orchard Gold Star offers you, upon your first login,
powerful, universal management system, the Orchard the option of selecting a school. Orchard then remembers
Manager. This system provides you with an easy way to that school so you do not have to select it every time you
individualize student instruction, access teacher tools to log in. To change schools, follow the instructions below:
enhance your curriculum, and obtain a variety of reports
1 Double-click the Orchard icon to open the login screen.*
that provide all of the information your school needs to
meet today’s accountability standards. The name of the current school appears at the bottom of
the login screen.
Logging in to Orchard as a Teacher 2 Press Ctrl+Shift+~ (the tilde key) on your keyboard.
Logging in to Orchard as a teacher gives you access to the A drop-down menu appears allowing you to select a
Students, Class, Reports, and Messages tabs. The options school.
within the Students and Reports tabs differ from those
for administrators. The Students tab allows you to make
changes involving individual students, such as editing and
customizing student assignments, in addition to editing
student information. The Class tab allows you to edit or
delete class assignments, modify parameters for classes,
and access teacher tools like Assessment and Assignment
Builder, Flash Card Maker, and Worksheet Maker. The
Reports tab provides access to options for printing class
lists or class records such as assessment summaries. The
Messages tab allows you to communicate with teachers
and receive important system messages such as notification
when an interval assignment is assigned to students.
Some teachers in Orchard are set up by the administrator 3 Select a school from the drop-down menu, and then log
to manage other teachers. These teachers may access a in to Orchard.
Manage Teachers screen, which allows them to add new
teachers, edit teachers, assign classes to teachers, and take
teachers offline.
Teachers can enter Orchard using their login name to
access classes they set up or that are assigned to them by
administrators. Any classes teachers set up using their
unique login name will automatically be assigned to them. *The Orchard icon is located by default in the Orchard folder. For
Windows users, the Orchard icon also is located by default in the Start
Note: Each class can be assigned to only one teacher. If two Menu. For Macintosh users, the Orchard icon also is located in the Mac
or more teachers need to access a class (for example, for team Dock menu when launched.
teaching purposes), we recommend that a new teacher be created
and that this teacher’s login name and password be shared with
all teachers who need to access that class.
Login Management (cont.)
2 Enter your login name, click OK, select a class, and click 1 Double-click the Orchard icon to open the login screen.*
OK again.
2 Click the Guest button.
Note: If you have not yet set up classes, see “Creating a New
Class” on page 9.
Accessing Assignments
Entering Orchard as a Pre-Enrolled Student
Having students enter Orchard using a specific login name
not only allows you to monitor student progress through
the variety of records that are kept on each student but
also allows students to access individualized assignments
tailored to their specific needs. 3 Enter the name by which you would like to be called.
1 Double-click the Orchard icon to open the login screen.* 4 Click OK.
2 Enter your login name and password (if required) and
click OK. Changing Access to Guest Login
Note: A student must be enrolled in at least one class within
the Orchard Manager to use this option. Please refer to the The guest option can be changed by an administrator. (The
“Adding Students to Your Class” section of this manual on default setting is to allow a student to log in as a guest.)
page 10 for more information.
Managing Classes
The New Class dialog box appears. 2 Select the appropriate class, and then click OK.
Managing Classes (cont.)
Adding Students to Your Class 5 If desired, enter a password for the student.
Once you have created your classes, you will need to add Note: A password may contain no more than 15 characters
the appropriate students to the roster of each class. There and is not case sensitive.
are three ways to do this: add the students manually, use a
6 If you would like to add a digital photo of the student,
master list to import students, or have students use the self-
follow these steps:
enroll feature.
• Click Add Student Picture.
Adding Students Manually • Navigate to the location of the student’s photo.
Adding students manually works well when entering • Select the file and click Open.
students into your Orchard classes that are not currently
Note: Student pictures must be in jpg, gif, or png format and are
in the Orchard database. Each student you add is
limited to 512K.
automatically added to the master student list.
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Managing Classes (cont.)
4 Click students’ names in the master list that you would Using the Self-Enroll Feature to Add Students
like to add to your class.
The self-enrollment option can be a great time saver for
5 Click the Add button. teachers with older students. However, it should be used
Note: You may select multiple names on the list by pressing with caution, as the teacher does not maintain control over
the Shift or Ctrl keys on Windows, or the Shift or Command student input.
keys on a Mac OS X, while clicking. Note: The system administrator may disable this function, if
desired.
Adding Students From Another Class Have students follow these steps to enroll:
Note: You may copy students only from a class that is assigned to
you. 1 Click the New Student button at the initial login screen.
The New Student screen appears.
1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
2 Select the Students tab.
3 Click the Class Enrollment button.
The Class Enrollment screen appears.
2 Enter your first name and press TAB.
4 Click the Copy From... button.
3 Enter your middle name, if desired, and press TAB.
The Select Class screen appears.
4 Enter your last name and press TAB.
5 Select the class you wish to copy students from and click
A login name composed of your first and last names
OK.
appears.
The students now appear in your class list.
5 If desired, change the login name to a single word that
you will be able to remember.
6 Select the class in which you are enrolling and click OK.
Note: You MUST choose a class to log in to Orchard.
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Managing Classes (cont.)
3 Click the Class Enrollment button. 1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
The Class Enrollment screen appears. 2 Select the Reports tab.
3 Under the Class folder, select Enrollment Report.
4 Click the View Report button.
The Class Enrollment Report appears on-screen.
4 In the class list on the left side of the screen, click the
name of the student(s) you want to remove from your
class.
4 Enter the new name for the class, verify the correct
platform in the drop-down menu, and click OK.
Note: Changing platforms causes you to lose Skill Tree
bookmarks, portfolio records, assessment settings, and
bookmarked data.
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Managing Students
3 Highlight the student you wish to edit. 3 If you wish, you may add additional comments in the
Comments field.
4 Click the Edit Student button.
Note: Comments appear in the message received by the teacher
and administrator of the student you request.
4 Click Request.
Notes: If a student is in more than one class, a screen appears
notifying you and asking you to select a matching class for
each current class. Click Change Class, select the appropriate
class, click OK, and repeat until all desired classes are
selected. Click OK to request the transfer.
If you do not know which class to select, you may click OK. A
dialog box warning you no classes have been mapped appears.
Click OK to continue.
5 Change the necessary information: last name, first name, If you do not select a new class for a student when prompted,
login name, password, demographics, picture, etc. all of that student’s class records will be inaccessible after the
6 Click Save when you are done. transfer.
A dialog box appears asking if you are sure you wish to
Transferring Students Between Schools request the selected student.
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Managing Students (cont.)
5 Click OK.
The student disappears from the class list. A message is sent
to any teacher of the selected class(es) and to any teacher who
had the student in his/her class(es) stating that you have sent a
student and his or her records.
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Managing Students (cont.)
3 Click OK.
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Managing Curriculum
Creating Assignments 4 If you wish to filter the programs, click the Filter List
button below the Installed Orchard Programs field.
Use Orchard in various ways to create targeted,
individualized assignments for all of your students. The Filter Installed Orchard Programs screen appears.
Administer Orchard’s standards-based Language Arts,
Math, and Science Tests, which will identify students’ areas
of weakness and assign the appropriate Skill Trees for
remediation. Pick and choose Skill Trees from the master
program list, automatically assign tests or Skill Trees
at intervals, and use Teacher Tools to create additional
assignments.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
7 Click OK when you are done. Using Tests to Create an Assignment for
The Class Assignment Distribution screen appears. an Individual Student
Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may use
tests to create assignments.
You are asked to identify the students who will be
affected by this change. Students whose names are
checked will receive the change.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
7 Click a name to change whether or not it is checked. You may either scroll through all of the installed
Orchard Programs or filter the programs by subject area,
Note: If you have some students that you know are
grade level, and program type (Test, Skill Tree, third-
performing above or below grade level, you may assign them
party programs, and assignment groups). See Step 4 of
a different grade-level test. To do so, simply remove the check
“Using Tests to Create an Assignment for Your Class”
mark before their name(s) and add to or edit an individual
on page 16 for instructions on filtering.
student assignment (see the following section).
3 Select any of the Skill Trees listed in the Installed
8 Select either Add to Existing Assignments or Replace
Orchard Programs list and click the Info button, or
Existing Assignments.
right-click on a program name.
If you choose to add to existing assignments, all
A Program Info screen appears with the Skill Tree
previous assignments will remain, and the new lessons
name, subject, grade level, type of activity, whether
will be added to the students’ assignments either at
or not the activity is a two-player game, completion
the top or bottom of the assignment list (select the
time, and whether or not the Skill Tree exhausts (that
appropriate radio button).
is, disappears from the student program list when it is
If you decide to replace existing assignments, all completed). Click OK when you are finished viewing
selected students’ previously assigned lessons will be the program information.
replaced with the class assignments in the Assignment
Order list.
Note: If you wish to remove assignments or assessments, you
MUST select Replace Existing Assignments to make them
disappear from student assignment lists.
You will be asked to confirm your decision.
Click Yes to confirm your decision and continue, or
click No to cancel your decision to replace assignments.
9 When you are finished, click OK.
Note: On a Mac, you may also see whether the program is OS
Adding to/Editing an Individual Student's X native. If not, the program will launch and run in Classic
Assignments mode.
At any time, you may add to students’ assignment lists 4 Select the appropriate program(s) from the Installed
based upon your knowledge and understanding of your Orchard Programs or the Assignment Order list by
students’ abilities. To make this process easier, you may clicking the Skill Tree name(s) you want.
quickly access details for any Skill Tree with the click of a
mouse while in the Orchard Manager. 5 Click the Add or Remove button.
Notes: Removing an assignment or assessment removes
1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
records for them from the student reports. However, should
2 Select the Students tab, select a student, and then click you wish to reassign assessments or assignments, the data
Edit Student Assignments. reappear in the report. Skill Tree and assessment data are not
lost.
The Student Assignment screen appears.
You may select multiple names on the list by pressing the
Shift or Ctrl keys on Windows, or the Shift or Command keys
on a Mac OS X, while clicking.
Select a Skill Tree in the Assignment Order list, and then click
the Up or Down arrow to change the order of Skill Trees the
student views. You may also drag and drop assignments.
Removing a program from an assignment does not erase the
program from your computer.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
Creating Interval Assignments 5 Select a start and end date for automatically reassigning
the program(s) to students.
Interval assignments provide an easy way for teachers
to track student progress by automatically reassigning 6 Select either Add to Existing Assignments or Replace
Skill Trees or tests. Students may take a test an unlimited Existing Assignments, and decide whether or not to hide
number of times. Each time a test is taken, activities may be all other assignments.
assigned, and reports show a change in results over time. If you choose to add to existing assignments, all
Teachers receive a message on their Messages tab (see page previous assignments will remain, and the new lessons
42) each time students in a class are assigned an interval for will be added to the students’ assignments either at
a Skill Tree or Assessment Test. This way, teachers know the top or bottom of the assignment list (select the
students received a test or Skill Tree assignment and the appropriate radio button).
prescribed date(s).
If you decide to replace existing assignments, when
Note: Interval assignments may only be created for classes, NOT the interval assignment is automatically assigned, all
for individual students; ALL students within the class receive an other assignments will be deleted except the interval
interval assignment when it is assigned. assignment.
1 Log in and select the appropriate class. Select the Hide Other Assignments check box if you
wish to add the interval assignment and make it the
2 Select the Class tab, and then click Edit Class ONLY assignment available until the student completes
Assignments. it.
The Class Assignments screen appears.
7 Verify the next date the interval assignment will be
assigned to students, and then click OK.
The clock appears in the Assignment Order list next to
all interval assignments as a visual reminder that an
interval has been configured for that Orchard test or
Skill Tree.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
10 Select either Add to Existing Assignments or Replace 6 Follow the previous instructions for “Creating Interval
Existing Assignments. Assignments,” starting with Step 6.
If you choose to add to existing assignments, all
previous assignments will remain, and the new lessons Editing the Number of Skill Trees Viewed
will be added to the students’ assignments either at
You can change the number of Skill Trees available to your
the top or bottom of the assignment list (select the
students when they log in to Orchard.
appropriate radio button).
If you decide to replace existing assignments, all 1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
selected students’ previously assigned lessons will be
2 To change the number of Skill Trees that can be viewed
replaced with the class assignments in the Assignment
for the entire class, select the Class tab. To change the
Order list. You will be asked to confirm your decision.
number of Skill Trees that can be viewed for individual
Click Yes to confirm your decision and continue, or students, select the Students tab and highlight the
click No to cancel your decision to replace assignments. student for whom you want to make this change.
11 When you are finished, click OK. Note: Changing the number of Skill Trees viewed on the Class tab
overwrites any changes made to individual students’ assignments
Note: Teachers receive a message on their Messages tab (see page
on the Student tab.
42) each time a Skill Tree gets assigned an interval.
3 Click the Edit # of Skill Trees Viewed button.
Editing an Interval Assignment
The Number of Skill Trees Viewed screen appears.
Click the Snooze button to delay an interval assignment for
a time you specify. This feature is helpful to temporarily put
an interval assignment on hold because of a school break or
to focus on other Orchard activities.
Modifying Test and Program Parameters Include Learning Games (LG) Skill Trees – Includes the
appropriate Learning Games in the students’ assignments.
Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may Assessment tests for grades 1-3 math and language arts
modify test parameters. have voice options:
Voice – Enables students to listen to the question and
Program and test parameters can be modified for an answer choices.
individual student or an entire class, giving you the
flexibility you need to customize instruction according to Play voice automatically – Reads the question and answer
your students’ individual needs. choices to the students automatically, if checked. If this
option is not checked, the student may click the speaker
Note: Because parameters differ for each program, refer to the icon to hear the question and answers. Alternatively, the
appropriate Bundle Guide for more information on setting student may click a question or answer to hear it read.
program parameters for individual Skill Trees.
There are two ways to modify these parameters for a test.
There are two ways to modify student and class parameters The first way is to edit them directly. The second is to copy
for tests and programs. The first way is to edit them them from another class.
directly. The second is to copy them from another class.
For individual students, you may modify test and program Directly Modifying Student or Class Parameters
parameters directly, or you may reset them to default or
class parameters (see “Deleting Student Test and Program Note: Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may modify
Parameters” on page 24). test parameters.
Explain your answer up to every [5] problems. – Allows
B
you to determine how often students are required to
provide explanations for their answers. Some questions
are better suited for this feature than others. Therefore,
the test will only ask the student for an explanation for
those questions where it is appropriate up to the frequency
which you specify (the default setting is 5). You can review
students’ answers using the Student Portfolio Report. If you
do not want students to explain their answers, deselect the
check box.
Math: Allow a calculator if provided? – Provides a built-in
calculator for students to use, when appropriate.
Create Automatic Student Assignment – Assigns the
appropriate Skill Trees and unique parameters to each
individual student in the class based on his/her test results.
Auto Assign Test – Automatically reassigns the test as part
of the student’s assignment. You may wish to deselect this
box if you want to make sure students work through the
Skill Trees before taking the test again.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
4 If you want to enter a completion time for a test or Modifying Test and Program Parameters by Copying
program, highlight the appropriate test or program and From Another Class
enter the number of minutes in the Completion Time Note: Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may modify
field. test parameters.
Notes: You can set the maximum amount of time students
may spend in a Skill Tree. By setting time limits, you can 1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
ensure students access all assigned programs in a timely 2 Select the Class tab.
manner.
3 Click the Edit Class Parameters button.
If students “time out,” they will be able to remain in the Skill
Tree until they log out, but they will not be able to access the 4 Highlight the appropriate test or program and click the
Skill Tree when they next log in. If you wish to give a student Copy From... button.
more time, select the student’s name on the Student tab, click
The Copy Program Parameters screen appears.
Edit Student Assignments, click the Skill Tree (which will
be grayed out) in the Assignment Order field, and set a new
time.
The Completion Time box has a suggested amount of time for
students to spend in the particular program. If the time reads
N/A, the program has a natural completion, and you may not
prescribe a time limit.
To change the completion time for a class, set the time before
enrolling students in that class. Changing the time in the
Completion Time box for a class does not affect that class’s
current students. The change is only applied to students who
enroll in the class after the change was made. If you wish 5 Select the class and program whose parameters you
to change the completion time for an individual student, wish to copy.
select a student from the Students tab and click Edit Student Note: You may only copy parameters from the classes that you
Parameters. own.
5 To edit other parameters, select the appropriate test or 6 Click OK.
program by double-clicking the name or by highlighting
the name and clicking Edit. 7 Click Done.
The Orchard Manager will notify you if there are no
parameters to modify. Resetting Test Parameters to the Default Settings
Note: Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may modify
6 Change the appropriate parameters (see the Assessment
test parameters.
Settings screen on page 22 for tests), and click OK when
you are done. 1 Log in and select the appropriate class.
Note: Because parameters differ for each program, refer to the
2 Select the Class tab.
appropriate Bundle Guide for more information on setting
program parameters for individual Skill Trees. 3 Click the Edit Class Parameters button.
If you are editing parameters for a class, a dialog box 4 Choose the test for which you would like to reset the
appears asking if you wish your changes to affect parameters.
students who are currently using the program.
• Click Yes to apply your changes to all students, even 5 Click the Reset Defaults button.
those who have already launched the program. 6 Confirm your decision.
• Click No to apply changes to those students who have
NOT launched the program yet, and who do NOT have 7 Click Done to return to the Class tab.
individual assignments set up for them in the Orchard
Manager.
7 Click Done.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
Deleting Student Test and Program Parameters Refer to the appropriate bundle guide for more information
on each of the programs in your grade-level subject
Deleting student test or program parameters resets
Bundles.
parameters to their default settings or, if there are class
parameter settings for the test program, sets the student
parameters to be the same as those of the class. Completing Tests (for Orchard Gold Star for Your
Note: Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may modify
State users only)
test parameters. When taking tests, students are provided with a scroll
1 Log in and select the appropriate class. indicator. Students will be able to see at a glance whether
they need to scroll to view remaining parts of a test
2 Select the Students tab. question. This is an excellent tool for reinforcing the test-
taking strategy of reading all answer choices.
3 Select a student and click Edit Student Parameters.
4 Choose the test for which you would like to reset the
parameters.
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Managing Curriculum (cont.)
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Teacher Tools
Teacher Tools help educators teach more effectively and 2 Select the Assessment and Assignment Builder from
efficiently. Orchard allows teachers to create flash cards the Teacher Tools menu, or select the Class tab, click the
and worksheets in minutes with Flash Card Maker and Teacher Tools button, select Assessment and Assignment
Worksheet Maker. Builder, and then click OK.
The Orchard Assessment and Assignment Builder allows The Select Assessment and Assignment Builder Task
schools purchasing Orchard Gold Star for Your State to screen appears.
build custom assessments and assignments based upon
national tests or state-specific standards.
Note: Assessment and Assignment Builder is only available to
Orchard Gold Star for Your State users. Flash Card Maker and
Worksheet Maker are available to all Orchard Gold Star users.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
5 To select a correlation for a different subject area than • To automatically add search results to a project, select
the default, select the appropriate subject area from the “Add search results to project.”
drop-down Correlation menu. Note: Orchard only adds assignable standards. If any of
The standards are identified using the terminology of the standards in the search results do not correspond to
your state or the nationally standardized test that was Skill Trees, this option will leave out those standards when
loaded onto your system. adding the search results to the project. For this reason, you
may receive ten search results and only see nine added to
6 Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to browse your project if one of the ten standards in your result does
through the standards that were loaded. not correspond to any Skill Trees. (Most standards can be
assessed via the computer, but some do not currently have an
Return to the first standard within appropriate Orchard software skill match. These standards
Home
the selected correlation. are therefore left blank until additional content may be
Go back to the previous standard developed. You can identify them because the Add to Project
Previous button will be unavailable.)
within the selected correlation.
Go to the next standard within the • Select the appropriate grade level for matching
Next standards by selecting the desired condition (less than,
selected correlation.
less than or equal to, equal to, greater than or equal to,
Go to the last standard within the
End greater than, or between) from the drop-down menu,
selected correlation.
and then selecting the appropriate grade(s).
Narrow the standard set to specific
• Select a condition (all of the words, any of the words,
Find standards meeting criteria you
or exact phrase) for the standard and then enter the
specify. (See step 7 for details.)
appropriate word(s) or phrase.
Clear the search results and restore
• Select a condition (all of the words, any of the words,
Reset the full standard set for the selected
or exact phrase) for Skill Trees and then enter the
correlation.
appropriate word(s) or phrase.
The currently viewed standard for
Note: We recommend that you specify standards for either
the selected correlation out of the
18 of 800 the Standard or the Skill Trees field, but not both in the same
total number of standards for the
search to give you the optimal number of results.
selected correlation or search result.
• When you are finished making your selections, click
7 If desired, click the Find button to narrow the Search.
standards displayed to those meeting the criteria that
you specify. If no standards are found matching your search
criteria, a message will be displayed to indicate this.
The Search dialog box appears. Click OK to return to the Search dialog box. Otherwise,
you will be returned to the Browser screen with the
matching set of standards available to be browsed
through. The number of standards matching your
search criteria will be indicated in the lower right
corner, and an asterisk following the numbers will
indicate that this is a search result set and not the full
set of standards.
Notes: To return to the full set of standards, click the Reset
• Select “Narrow previous search results” if you button.
previously searched through the standards and would Use your state’s terminology to get the best search results.
like to further narrow that search. For example, if Use your state Correlations book as a reference tool if you are
you previously searched for standards with the term not familiar with specific state terminology.
“addition” in them, you may wish to narrow your
search results to only those standards applying to the 8 Click the Add to Project button when you identify
third grade. the standards you wish to include in your custom
assessment or assignment.
Click the Project tab to check the list of the
bookmarked standards you have chosen. These
standards will be listed on the Project tab, and the
number of standards added are shown in parentheses
on the Project tab.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
9 When you are finished selecting all of your standards, All standards are listed along with a default number of
click the Project tab. items to be included for that standard in the test. You
may mouse over a standard to view its description.
Your bookmarked standards appear. To view the full
description of a standard, mouse over the text. 4 Enter a name for the custom assessment, and then
If you wish to create an assessment, complete the adjust the number of questions you wish to have for
following steps for “Creating a Custom Assessment.” each standard (if desired) by double-clicking in the #
Questions box, highlighting the number, and changing it
If you wish to create an assignment, complete the manually via your keyboard.
following steps for “Creating a Custom Assignment.”
Note: Names for the assessment tests are limited to 32 characters.
For any given standard, the maximum number of questions
Creating a Custom Assessment
that may be included in a test is dependent upon the number of
Note: Only Orchard Gold Star for Your State users may access questions correlated to that standard. The maximum number of
Assessment and Assignment Builder. questions for each assessment test is 100.
1 Follow the previous instructions for “Creating a Custom 5 Select a standard and click View Sample Questions to
Assessment or Assignment” to compile standards for see examples of questions students may see on the test.
your assignment, and then select the Project tab on the
Orchard Assessment and Assignment Builder screen. If “Randomly select questions each time test is taken” is
selected on the Build Assessment Test screen (selected
by default), a student will receive a randomized set of
questions each time he or she runs a test.
If you would like each student to receive the same
questions on a test, deselect this box; additional options
will allow you to select specific questions to be included,
excluded, or automatically added to or from your test.
All Skill Trees aligned to the standards in the project are
listed.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
Deleting a Custom Assessment or If you are deleting a test that students have already
accessed, click Yes at the following warning screen:
Assignment
If you no longer wish to access a custom assessment or
assignment that you previously created, you may choose
to delete it. Doing so will make it unavailable for future
assignments to your class or to students in your class.
In the case of custom assessments, deletion will remove
the custom assessment from your class assignments and
from any students it has been assigned to. Additionally,
you will no longer be able to run reports showing student
Note: This action will also delete the student records
performance on custom assessments that have been
associated with this test.
deleted.
Flash Card Maker
Note: You may not edit an existing project. Click New Project to
build a new assessment or assignment. Flash Card Maker is a create-your-own flash card program
that enables teachers to create easy-to-read flash cards for
1 Log in, choose a class, and select the Class tab. words or math equations in an orderly, effective, and quick
manner.
2 Click the Teacher Tools button, and then select
Assessment and Assignment Builder and click OK. Creating a New Set of Flash Cards
The Select Assessment and Assignment Builder Task
screen appears. 1 Log in, choose a class, and select the Class tab.
2 Click the Teacher Tools button.
The Teacher Tools screen appears.
3 Select the project from the Projects list, and click Delete
Project.
3 Select Flash Card Maker and click OK. (You also may
A message appears depending upon which program select Flash Card Maker from the Teacher Tools menu.)
you wish to delete.
The Make-A-Flash screen appears.
If you are deleting an assignment group, click Yes at the
following screen:
If you are deleting a test that no student has accessed
yet, click Yes at the following screen:
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
4 Click the New Card Set button and click the desired (font, size, style, or color) to change an attribute.
card size.
General Tab
A new card appears on the screen.
Prompt before exiting—If selected, Flash Card Maker asks
5 See the following sections on “Setting Fonts and you to confirm your request to quit the program before
Preferences” and “Creating Card Content” to manage it shuts down. This will prevent an accidental shutdown
and create the content of your flash card set. of the program and loss of work completed.
Prompt to save—When checked, Flash Card Maker will
6 Use the following buttons and functions to help you
ask you if you wish to save your work before it closes a
navigate while creating flash cards:
file. It is highly recommended that you check this box to
avoid the accidental loss of work completed.
Move back to the previous card.
Front and Back Options Tabs
Default Font—Set to apply to either the front or the back
Move to the next card. side of the entire card set. The default font is shown in
the window.
Flip the card from front to back.
Note: The watermark at the top of the card tells Note: It is recommended that you set your default font before
you whether you are on the front or back of the creating your cards. This is a time-saving feature that allows
card and the number of the current card in the set. you to set the alignments and position of objects when you
create the cards. It also saves you from having to adjust them
Add a new card to the card set. later. Every time you change the font for a card set, you
should review each and every card to determine whether or
To go to the first card in the set, go to the Edit menu and not the positioning of the text has been affected.
click Go to First Card. To go to the last card in the set, go Font...—Click Font to open the Font menu. Choose a
to the Edit menu and click Go to Last Card. font, style, size, effects, script, and color in this window.
Click OK after you have made your choices.
7 Save a card set by clicking the Save button , enter a
name in the File Name box, and then click OK. Apply to front/back items in the current card set—Apply
changes to either all of the fronts and/or backs of all
Note: To save changes to the card set, simply click the Save the cards in your set. This is useful if you have already
button . File names must be 8 characters or less in length begun a card set and wish to make a change to all
and must have no spaces. previously completed cards.
Setting Fonts and Preferences for the 3 Click OK when you are finished setting preferences, and
the Flash Card Maker will apply them to all future cards
Entire Card Set in the current card set.
Set card preferences to save time. When setting preferences
for a card set, changes are applied to the all of the cards in Creating Card Content
the set. Each time you add a new card to your set, the exact
same formatting will apply. Flash Card Maker allows you to add text, images, and
numeric operations to your cards.
1 Set general preferences by going to the File menu on the
Flash Card Maker screen and clicking Preferences. Adding Text to Cards
The Preferences screen appears.
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, click the New Text
button .
The Edit Make-A-Flash Object screen appears.
2 Highlight “Flash Text” and type your text. 3 Move the object to the desired location by clicking and
dragging it.
3 Click the Font button to format the font, and click the
Alignment drop-down menu to adjust the placement of To move two or more objects together, hold down the
the text on the card (center, left, or right). Shift key, click the objects, and then select an option
from Align in the Objects menu:
4 Click OK. Left Sides—Aligns left sides of object boxes.
Notes: To align the text, select the text object and click Align Right Sides—Aligns right sides of object boxes.
under the Objects menu. Choose the desired alignment.
Tops—Aligns tops of object boxes.
Sometimes text does not move after realigning. This occurs
because the align command affects the entire text field, not Bottoms—Aligns bottoms of object boxes.
just the text within the text field. To correctly align the text Center Horizontal—Centers one object horizontally
on the card, you must reduce the size of the text field so that it with the other.
fits snugly around the text.
Center Vertical—Centers one object vertically on top of
Adjust the size of the text field by placing the cursor over the other.
one of the four field locator boxes until the directional arrows
show. Click and drag the arrows inward until the text field fits Center—Places objects in the center of the flash card.
the text. Move to Front—Places selected object on top of other
objects.
Adding Images to Cards
Move to Back—Places selected object behind other
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, click the New Picture objects.
button . Note: For Macintosh users, rotate or flip pictures by selecting
Note: For Macintosh users, click the Import icon. Locate the the appropriate choice under the Pictures menu.
95TT folder in the Orchard folder, then the Pictures folder, 4 Click the Edit the Item button .
and click Open. Choose a picture and click Open.
For text objects, follow the instructions in Steps 2-3 of
2 Select an image from the list and click OK.
the previous section, “Adding Text to Cards,” and click
Notes: Over 250 images are provided in the Images folder OK.
(Windows) or the Pictures folder (Macintosh). Flash Card
Note: For Macintosh users, change text attributes by
Maker can only access images in these folders. If you wish to
highlighting the desired text and selecting a font from the
add an image of your own, save it to the appropriate folder.
Font menu, a size from the Size menu, a style from the Style
menu, or a color from the Color menu.
For images, the Edit Make-a-Flash Object screen
appears.
Flip—Turns the image on its vertical axis. Integer Equation—Select to open a text field where any
equation may be typed. Whole, fractional, or decimal
Rotate—Turns the image on its horizontal axis.
numbers, as well as letters, may be used. Select an
6 Click OK. alignment from the drop-down menu to adjust the
placement on the card.
Adding Math Functions to Cards 2 Click OK.
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, click the New Math Editing Math Functions
button .
A list of options appears. 1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, select the appropriate
Note: On any Edit Make-A-Flash Object screen, click Font math function object.
if you wish to adjust the font settings for the function or
2 Click the Edit the Item button .
numerals.
A screen appears with the selected function highlighted.
Operation—Select to access a submenu with nine opera-
tions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, 3 Use the previous “Adding Math Functions to Cards”
equal, less than, less than or equal, greater than, and (Step 1) to make changes. Type in new numbers to
greater than or equal. change the function.
Duplicating a Card
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, view the flash card you
wish to duplicate.
Deleting a Card
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, view the flash card you
wish to delete.
Division—Select to change the divisor and the dividend 1 Choose Mark Card from the Edit menu or click on the
to form the desired problem. Mark Card tool (circle at bottom of the screen), or click
the circle to select it.
Percent—Select to change the number to the desired
percent. 2 The Mark Card tool will be filled in, indicating that it is
identified for printing.
Decimal Number—Select to change the whole number Saving a Card Set
and the decimal to form the desired decimal number.
1 On the Flash Card Maker screen, click the Save button
Integer—Select to open a window. The number “1” is , enter a name in the File Name box, and then click
highlighted. Type the number or letter desired. Whole, OK.
fractional, or decimal numbers, as well as letters, may be
Note: To save changes to the card set, simply click the Save
used. Select an alignment from the drop-down menu to
button . File names must be 8 characters or less in length
adjust the placement on the card.
and have no spaces.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
Changing the Card Size 1 On the File menu, select New, and then select the
desired flash card size.
If you have created a card set in one size and now wish to
use it in a different size, follow these steps: 2 On the File menu, select Import Data and choose
Worksheet Magic.
1 Open a new card set and select the new card size. An Open window appears.
2 On the File menu, select Import Data, and then click 3 Navigate to the folder containing your Worksheet
From Another Card. Maker (.wsm) files. (By default, Orchard saves the file to
You will be prompted to save your current card set. the 93TT folder.)
3 Click Yes, type a new name for your card set, and click 4 Select the appropriate file and click OK.
OK. Note: For Macintosh users, import text files by selecting
An Open window appears. Import Data from the File menu. Locate the text file to import
and click Open.
4 Select your old card set and click OK.
Data from the old card set are now pasted into the new card
set, although some realignment may be necessary. See the
Creating a Template
previous section, “Editing Text and Image Objects,” steps Templates have been provided for many math and vocabu-
2-3, to further edit objects. lary functions. However, you may create a template of
any kind to be used on different cards and save it in the
Importing Data From Another Card Set Templates folder.
You can copy data from one card set to another card set. 1 Create a card set (see “Creating a New Set of Flash
Cards” on page 31).
Note: Imported data will be copied into the card set in whatever
font you set as your default font. 2 Click Select All under the Edit menu.
1 On the File menu, select Import Data and click From 3 Click Save As Template under the File menu, name the
Another Card. template file, and click OK.
Notes: Imported data will be copied into the card set in whatever Previewing and Printing the Card Set
font you set as your default font.
1 On the File menu, click Print Preview.
When text files are imported, the longest word in the sentence The Print Options screen appears.
will become the keyword. If you want to select your own keyword,
mark the keyword with slash marks:
...the dog /barked/ at...
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
Note: For Macintosh users, after opening Worksheet Maker, The Editor is now empty and you may enter a second
go to the desktop’s Finder menu, select Worksheet, and then sentence.
click Printing Options. Select the appropriate worksheet Note: The keyword in the Keyword List is the longest word in
from the drop-down menu, select the desired options (see the sentence unless you set a different keyword (see “Creating
“Worksheet Types and Preferences” on page 38), and click Keywords”).
OK.
2 Select the Options tab, set the worksheet margins, and Importing Worksheet Text
set general printing options for all worksheets. To import text, you must select text that was saved as a text
only file.
Note: A period, question mark, or exclamation point is used to
determine the ends of sentences.
5 Click Save to save the preferences, and click OK to 1 In the Example Sentence Using Keyword box, click on
return to the Worksheet Maker screen. the word you wish to be your keyword so the cursor is
flashing on the word.
Creating Worksheet Content
2 On the Edit menu, click Make Keyword.
To create worksheet content, you must enter worksheet
data either by typing them directly into Worksheet Maker The word turns red.
or by importing them. 3 Press Enter/Return on the keyboard.
1 On the Worksheet Maker screen (see “Accessing The keyword automatically appears in the Keyword List,
Worksheet Maker”), enter a title for the worksheet in the and you may now enter the next sentence in the Example
Worksheet Title field. Sentence Using Keyword box.
2 Select the type of worksheet from the Worksheet Creating Associated or "Prompt" Words
Type drop-down menu (see “Worksheet Types and
Preferences” on page 38 for detail on worksheet types). You may wish to use associated words to help your
students find the correct keywords on their worksheets.
3 Complete the instructions in the “Setting Worksheet These words may be displayed at the top of specific
Layout Preferences” section if you have not done so worksheets (such as Contractions and Synonym/Antonym
already. worksheets).
4 In the Example Sentence Using Keyword box, type a
sentence you wish to appear on the worksheet and press
the Enter/Return key.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
1 Click on the appropriate keyword on the Keyword List. 5 When the picture appears, click OK.
2 In the Associated Word field, enter the prompt word. Click the Print Preview button to see the location. To
edit the picture location, click Close on the Print Pre-
3 Press Enter/Return on the keyboard. view screen and repeat Steps 1-5.
Deleting a Picture
Editing a Sentence
1 Under the Options menu, select Worksheet Picture.
1 Click on the appropriate keyword on the Keyword List.
Note: For Macintosh users, go to the Worksheet menu and
The sentence appears in the Example Sentence Using click Select Picture.
Keyword box.
The Load Picture screen appears.
2 Edit the sentence in the Example Sentence Using
2 Click the Clear button, and then click OK.
Keyword box.
Alphabetizing
Alphabetizing sheets format a list of keywords in random
alphabetical order.
With a Writing Area—Causes keywords to randomly
appear in a cluster on the left side of the page with a
writing area for alphabetizing on the right. You may use
2 Select the picture location on the worksheet: left, center this area to have students write the correct word after
or right. marking it.
Number of Words to Alphabetize (Windows
3 Click the Load (Windows)/Import (Macintosh) button.
only)—Allows you to choose if all of the words must
The Open window appears. be alphabetized as a group, or if several groups of the
selected size must be alphabetized.
4 Select the picture file from the Open window, click on
the picture you wish to select, and then click Open. With a Writing Area...in groups of ___ keywords per
Note: For Windows, this must be a Bitmap file, which is question (Macintosh only)—Allows you to select the
identified by a .bmp extension. For Macintosh, this must be a number of “items” (2-6) in an alphabetical cluster that
PICT file. students are asked to alphabetize. Note: On a Mac, select
Printing Options from the Worksheet menu.
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
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Teacher Tools (cont.)
With a Code Key—Provides a key for decoding Using Diagonal Words—Allows words to be placed
keywords. Students match each letter of a coded word in the grid diagonally. Otherwise, only horizontal and
with the letters in the bottom row of the code key. The vertical orientations are used.
corresponding letters on the top row of the key will With Keywords on first page, if possible (Windows
decode the word. The Secret Code key, if selected, will only)—Prints the keywords on the same page as the
be displayed at the bottom of the page and will always puzzle if there is sufficient room.
be printed in a standard size, regardless of the font size
that you choose. Size (Windows only)—Select the grid size of the puzzle:
With an Answer Key—Prints a separate answer sheet Minimize—Builds the smallest puzzle possible.
when the worksheet is printed. However, it will require more time to build the
puzzle.
Word Search
Word Search prints keywords hidden in a grid of letters.
Words are placed horizontally, vertically, and diagonally (if
selected).
Using all Uppercase—Prints capital letters in the grid.
Leaving this option unchecked will create a grid of all
lowercase letters.
With an Answer Key—Provides a correction key by
printing a separate answer sheet when the worksheet is
printed.
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The Messages Tab
Orchard Gold Star allows you to send messages to and If you would like a copy of the message you are sending, be
receive messages from teachers with Orchard login IDs. sure to include yourself as a recipient. Orchard does not
automatically send a copy to you.
Note: The messaging system is internal to Orchard Gold Star and
is not a replacement for or an addition to an e-mail system. 4 When you are finished selecting names, click OK to
return to the New Message screen.
1 To access the Messages feature, click the Messages tab.
The names you selected appear in the To field.
Reading a Message
If you have any unread messages in your inbox, an
envelope icon appears on the Messages tab.
Deleting a Message
Click the message, click Remove, and then click OK when
asked if you are sure you wish to delete the selected
3 Click the name of each person you would like to send message.
the message to and click the Add button (or double-click
or drag and drop desired names).
Notes: You may select multiple names on the list by pressing
the Shift or Ctrl keys on Windows, or the Shift or Command
keys on a Mac OS X, while clicking.
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The Messages Tab
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Reports
The Orchard Manager offers a wide variety of reports, A Report Wizard window may appear to guide you
which provide all of the information schools need to meet through selecting report options. The wizard may allow
today’s accountability standards. Teachers may view you to select from a list of assessments, Skill Trees,
curriculum, class, and student reports. For more detailed students, or classes, or it may ask you to select date or
information on how to use Orchard Gold Star’s available data options to appear on your report.
reports, consult the Orchard Gold Star Reports Guide. If a Report Wizard window does not appear, skip to
By accessing a variety of reports, you can easily monitor Step 6.
students’ progress as they complete their individualized
assignments. These reports are ideal for record keeping as
well as communicating with parents.
In addition, Orchard Gold Star for Your State’s assessments
offer you valuable information regarding students’
understanding of key concepts and overall gains in specific
content areas. Once students have completed their assigned
assessments, you can use the Orchard Manager to quickly
access data to document overall student gains.
Tip: Use the Print button to print reports, and keep printouts
of the most used reports for each student in a binder. Use this
resource for instructional planning.
1 Log in and click the Reports tab. Note: You may also use the Select All or Deselect All buttons
(where available) to select or deselect all items on the list.
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Reports (cont.)
Move to the next report page. 1 Follow the previous instructions for “Accessing Reports”
to reach the Report screen.
Move to the last report page.
Zoom in.
Zoom out.
2 Click Print.
Note: Some reports, such as demographic reports, allow you
to click on items in a column to view a more detailed report.
If the cursor becomes a hand over an item, you may click for
more information.
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Managing Teachers
Note: Teachers must be added to the system by an administrator Editing Teachers on the Master List
or managing teacher before they may log in and set up classes.
Adding Teachers to the Master List 1 Log in and select Manage Teachers from the File menu.
1 Log in and, on the File menu, click Manage Teachers. 2 Select a teacher from the Master Teacher List and click
the Edit Teacher button.
The Manage Teachers screen appears.
The Edit Teacher window appears.
2 Click the New Teacher button. 4 Click Done to close the Manage Teachers screen.
The New Teacher window appears. Taking Teachers Offline
Orchard allows you to view and manage teachers’ online
status and know, at a glance, whether or not teachers are
logged in to Orchard.
Note: A computer icon next to a name means the selected teacher
is logged in to Orchard.
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Managing Teachers (cont.)
The name of the selected teacher appears above the
list box. The list of all classes and their current owners
appears in the Master Class List field on the right.
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Conclusion
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Learning Group’s licensor’s liability to you for actual damages from any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of
the action [whether in contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise], will be limited to $50.
Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary; copyright © 2004 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated; is published under license with
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
Orchard is the result of the talents of many people: teachers, designers, programmers, quality assurance specialists, and
graphic artists. The cost of developing this program is recovered by its sale; illegal duplication of the software raises the cost
to all legitimate users. Please do not make illegal copies.
Program screens in this document were taken from the Windows version of the software. Macintosh may differ slightly.
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