Scholastic W.O.R.D. Snapshot
In W.O.R.D., students work within themes on interactive vocabulary activities, collecting targeted vocabulary words along the way. On the landing page, you’ll see a Snapshot tile showing your students’ activity in W.O.R.D. this week.
This Snapshot Shows:
A.) Most active themes this week, and the number of students in each theme at the learning/ simplified level or on grade level.
B.) The skills practiced most.
C.) Additional stats: Number of words read and the number of words collected
D.) Here’s a look at the number of minutes students in this class worked on activities in Scholastic W.O.R.D. this week. (Minutes spent browsing and using rewards are not included.)
E.) Explore: More information about individual students’ work in W.O.R.D.
Scholastic W.O.R.D.: EXPLORE
From the W.O.R.D. tile on the landing page, select Explore. There, you’ll find data about individual students.
When you arrive on this screen, you’ll see data from the current week. You can also view data from previous weeks: Select the caret to the right of the date to reveal a calendar, and then highlight any week.
To view additional reports within W.O.R.D., select See Additional Reports on the top right of the screen.
Student Achievements: Activity Levels
Here’s a top-level look at the number of words students have read and collected during the selected week—and during the entire school year.
Look For: Check this out daily to see how students’ stats for words read and words collected are increasing. Show students these numbers to build enthusiasm and self-efficacy.
Total Minutes in Program
This chart shows the total minutes students in this class worked on W.O.R.D. activities this week.
Students’ Minutes in Program
On this chart, each circle shows a student’s total number of minutes in W.O.R.D. on each day of the week. Dark green circles show minutes in W.O.R.D. during school hours. Light green circles show minutes in W.O.R.D. any other time of day. Overlapping dark and light circles indicate minutes spent during and outside of school hours in a single day. Select any circle to see how many sessions are represented, alongside the breakdown of minutes.
Student Progress: W.O.R.D. Themes
This chart shows students’ progress through the ten themes in W.O.R.D., up to and including the week you’ve selected. Select a solid pink square to see when the student completed the theme. Select a green diamond to see when the student started the theme. Themes that students completed or started in a previous school year are designated with a “P” in the pink square or green diamond.
Look For: W.O.R.D. themes can be great preparation for teaching a related content-area unit.
- To adjust the order of your themes: Launch W.O.R.D. Then go to the chooser menu at the top left and select W.O.R.D. Level Assignment.
- Select the order that suits your curriculum. Your students will immediately be moved to the theme you designated as first. Students’ work in other themes will be saved. Students who have completed the theme you designated as first will move on to the second theme.
- Use this chart to monitor students’ progress.
MORE DATA? Select See Additional Reports at the top right of the Explore page to open a new screen displaying the reports section of W.O.R.D.
Go to the Theme Progress Report (available at the student, class, school, and district levels). It includes in-depth reporting on students’ work in W.O.R.D. themes.
- Theme Overview: Student performance in each theme
- Content Level: The content level in which the student was placed for the current theme, as well as their initial and ending scores
- Passages Read: Which passages a student has read and whether they used audio supports.
Student Performance: Vocabulary Activities
This chart shows students’ performance on W.O.R.D. vocabulary activities and the corresponding skills. Select any figure for the corresponding student’s name, as well as that student’sstats (number of correct answers out of number of attempts; percentage correct).
Look For: Scan this chart for clusters of students in the Learning category. These students may benefit from a mini-lesson on the corresponding vocabulary skill. If you find that a significant number of your students fall in the Learning and Practicing categories, you may consider teaching a whole-group lesson on that vocabulary skill.
MORE DATA? Select See Additional Reports at the top right of the Explore page to open a new screen displaying the reports section of W.O.R.D. Go to the Theme Progress Report (available at the student, class, teacher, school, and district levels). It includes in-depth reporting on students’ work in W.O.R.D. themes, as well as the vocabulary words for each theme.
- Vocabulary Activities: Student performance in each theme
- Content Level: The content level in which the student was placed for the current theme, as well as their initial and ending scores
- Passages Read: Which passages a student has read and whether they used audio supports