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[Skyward] Setting up Elementary Custom Report Card Templates for the New School Year

Go to reports menu and select Custom Report Card . Setup Select Add a new Template . NOTE : If you have templates already created, you could click your Q1 (or Q2, Q3, Q4) template and then choose Modify Template .  If you do this, you won't end up with a long list of irrelevant templates. Give it a name (Ex: Marking Period 1, Marking Period 2, Marking Period 3, Marking Period 4). Click  Save . Select your options: Select term for that card (Ex: Q1). Report Card: Select your grade level for this year’s graduation year (ex: if it is the 20-21 school year choose 2021 RC). Select For All Students. Don’t check any of the boxes. Print for All Families. Print in English. Save. Repeat for the other three quarters.

[Tech Tool] E-books and Videos available through Epic Book!

This tip goes out to all my elementary friends out there!  In our never ending quest to find "good fit" reading material for our students, we are always looking for new resources to engage our kids.  Many of you have already explored  Epic Books  with your students.  Even though physical books are still my favorite go to for reading,  Epic  is another resource to give your students a chance to read a wide range of books on their chromebooks and expand your classroom library.   NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC New this school year,  Epic  just announced that they have added over  400 National Geographic Kids books and Videos !  Great for supplementing our Non-fiction reading! VIDEOS Also, as I was digging around in Epic, I noticed that they also have some great short videos for getting our kids hooked into the learning target for the day.  For example, I really like this one on  Plot  for when we are teaching writing, this one on  sentences  for helping remember capital letter