Important facts about setting work

When setting work for your students, you can choose from a total of 5 courses (in total, giving you around 10,000 words and sentences), or you can choose your own lists:

• Nat.Curriculum 2014 England: spellings  Follows the English Government’s spellings for KS1 and KS2.
• 'Alpha to Omega' Follows the progression found in the book ‘Alpha to Omega’ by Bevé Hornsby and Frula Shear.
• Everyday vocabulary  Set 1 covers very basic words. Set 2 adds more lists plus simple sentences in the Simple Crossword game. Set 3 includes many more lists, with simple and complex sentences in two Crossword games.
• High Frequency Words (HFW) Words that are needed most frequently for reading and for writing.
• ‘Wordshark’ course (the same course used for Supershark)
• Your own word lists! This can be useful for vocabulary, for tailoring lists to a student’s errors, the weekly class list, an interest list etc. An option is to use your own voice and pictures.

Each list needs a 75% accuracy on any one of the ‘spell check’ games before moving on.

To set work, click on ‘Set new work’ in your dashboard. There is more information on setting work

Setting work is a simple but targeted approach to ensure students focus on your chosen wordlists.

Students need to complete each list in the set work to a level of 75% correct in one of the 3 Spell Check games (with check in the name). Students are moved on through the lists you have set as soon as each is mastered. When all are achieved the work is shown as complete.

Step 1:  Select 'Set New Work' from your Dashboard

A wizard will take you through a sequence: first select a group, then students, and click on Next Step.  Within a group you can select all - or just individual students.

Alternatively set your own lists or those shared with you by other teachers.

Here as an example, a publisher course Alpha to Omega has been chosen.

Step 3:  Select either a whole unit or individual wordlists.  Example screens follow.

Step 4:  Check this summary of the work you have chosen – or use the 'Change' hyperlinks to edit your selection.

Step 5:   Set a time limit, name the work, and submit.

Below is the same example as above but now showing 1 out of 2 students having completed the work – ‘1 Done’. Clicking on this link will tell you which student(s) have done the work.

When the students sign in

When students login they should click on Set Work (top menu).  You will need to point this out to your students (young children especially) so they understand where the 'My Set Work'  tab is.

2) They will then need to click on the 'start' button on the set work part of the screen

To review student progress in Set Work – click on Set Work, and select the relevant title. Click on Status and then on the Results icon.

Removing/editing set work

If you want to remove or edit set work, these icons allow you to do this.