Module 5 shows teachers how to create a trackstar lesson for the children in their classrooms.

1. Module 5
Learning to Create an Independent Reading
Lesson Using TrackStar 4Teachers
Presented by:
Leslie Jones

2. Module 5
• Questions about information covered up to
this point
• About this Module
•What is TrackStar 4Teachers?
•Why use TrackStar 4teachers with your students?
•Example of lessons in TrackStar 4teachers
•Your Turn: Creating a TrackStar 4Teachers Lesson

3. What is a TrackStar 4Teachers and
Why Use TrackStar 4Teachers with your
Students?
TrackStar 4Teachers is an online resource where a teacher can
post lessons or a series of lessons that children can work
through independently to help them with skills.
Why Use a TrackStar 4Teachers:
• Help students work independently or collaboratively using
technology
• Help individualize instruction for students or a group of
students
• Grab Students Attention
• Engaging for the students
• Can work on specific skills in this case reading
comprehension

4. Let’s Watch a Short Video on TrackStar
4Teachers

5. Examples of TrackStar 4Teachers Lessons
Click on the above track to take you to some
examples.

6. Review of Unit Essential Questions
• How can teachers use technology to help
students with reading skills?
• How can teachers help students learn to use
technology safely?
• How can teachers use technology to help
students be active and engaged learners?

7. Standards
• ISTE Nets for Teachers
• 1d Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with
students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
• 4b Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies
providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
• 5a Participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications
of technology to improve student learning
• Common Core Standards
• RL 1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their
central message or lesson.
• RL 2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson or moral.

8. Goals for this Module
• Learn how search website to find activities to
support students learning needs
• Learn how to copy and paste URLs so that you
can have them for your TrackStar 4Teachers
Lesson
• Learn how to create an assignment in
TrackStar for a student, group of students or
entire class

9. How to find Websites and Copy URLs
• Go on the internet and using the search
engines search for activities that support the
learning needs you are planning for (don’t forget to
bookmark the sites for easy retrieval later on or you may copy and paste
the web addresses into a word document for easy retrieval)
• To copy a URL :in the address bar highlight the
URL and then right click on it and copy it

10. How to Create a TrackStar 4Teachers
Lesson
• Go to the TrackStar 4Teachers Website (it is
bookmarked on the computer you are currently
working on or the web address is located on the
resource page)
• Take the TrackStar Tutorial for Practice
• Create an account for yourself (it is free)
• Click on Make New Track
• Answer the Questions and follow the steps (make sure
you copy and paste the URL’s so they are accurate )
• You have created your first TrackStar Lesson

11. Your Turn:
Create a TrackStar 4Teachers Lesson
• Go to Website (it is bookmarked on your computer)
• If you have not already done so Create an account
• Topic: choose a topic or need for your students (idea
use the new Reading series as a starting point)
• Search the internet for websites that you would like to
use for your lesson (bookmark these sites so that you
can return to them easily while setting up your lesson
• Get started creating your track.
• Please email me the link to your TrackStar Lesson
TrackStar4Teachers is bookmarked on the computer you are currently
working on during this class. The website address is also listed on the
resource page

12. Resources to Help with Creating Your
TrackStar Lesson
Trackstar4Teachers
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

13. How Did We Do?
• Would anyone like to share their there TrackStar
Lesson?
• Ticket Out the Door-
• Link was sent to your email to fill out the following
questions
•Please list one thing that was easy about creating a TrackStar
Lesson
•Please list one thing that was hard about creating a TrackStar
Lesson
•Please list one or more things that you would like to see me
do in this module next time

14. Resources
Kollman, ML. (2011, January 27). How to Use TrackStar. Retrieved July 7, 2013, from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPWFCUmOxnU
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