Introduction
welcome to Mythology CA today I'm gonna
give you a short walk through of some of
the features that will support you with
learning at home
mythology ta is a teacher facing tool
that helps support math instruction from
k23 although designed for use in the
classroom today I'm going to show you
some ways to use it at home let's start
Search
with the search here I can put in any
key word I'll use addition hit the
search button and all of your options
will come up then I can narrow it down
by grade today I'm in grade 1 I'll
narrow it down even further by looking
for a little book and even further by
searching for number here now I see all
the little books that are related to
addition I can go back using the back
button and search by curriculum this
Curriculum
time here when I click on search by
curriculum I can go into grade 1 go into
the overall expectation that I'm looking
for and then go into the specifics by
hitting the magnifying glass here I see
10 results for this specific expectation
both as little books as you see in the
tag as well as activities as you see in
this tag this time I'm going to go back
instead of using the arrow I'm going to
use the home button either way it takes
you back to the same page I'm going to
start by going into a little book and
give you a peek at what that might look
like when you look at the little book
you have a quick summary of about the
story
you see the math focus and the
curriculum being met by using this story
if I scroll back up to the top and go to
the details tab here I get access to the
story itself if I click on the story I
can share the link with my students and
they can read or listen to the story
this is really helpful to meet all the
needs of the students in my class by
hitting on the audio button the story
can be read to them Scott likes his
he likes his customers today there is a
sale on berries blueberries and
raspberries our today's special
I'm gonna go back to mythology and here
I can see some tips for things I might
want to encourage my students to do as
they go through that story and also some
questions I may ask before the story
begins that can be found right at the
bottom if I scroll back up to the top
and go to the related resources here's
where I find on my line masters all of
the line masters are available in PDF or
in Word if you're looking to modify them
when I click on the PDF I have access to
the letter that can go home for parents
and guardians here this letter
accompanies the book and has some
additional activities that they can do
at home
we also have some games available in the
PDFs if I click on this one for example
here you see the Barry card game and
this is a great one to recreate at home
have your students cut up a piece of
paper into ten cards and draw the
berries themselves that way you don't
need to rely on a printer if I go back
up to the top I also want to show you
some of the problems we have if I click
on a PDF here are the problems that
accompany this story to give students
the opportunity to practice this
thinking a little bit more on their own
again all of those are available in a
PDF or in word if you'd like to modify
for the needs of your class
I'm gonna go back to the home tab and
Details
this time I'm going to go into an
activity if I click on the activity this
activity focuses on decomposing to ten
again the same structures here in the
about tab where you quickly learn about
the lesson and the curriculum that's
being met by using this activity in the
details tab right at the top you see the
line masters that accompany this lesson
again in PDF and in Word in case you
need to modify the instructions are here
where you can quickly take a read and
then rewrite it for the needs of your
students there's also some tips for how
to differentiate right here at the top
if you scroll down there's images of the
pools and this is another perfect
example of a card that can be recreated
at home by students either using two
pools or three pools challenge your
students to draw their very favorite
pool at the bottom you've got the
interactive tools this is really helpful
if you're teaching virtually in addition
to in-class here you can drag out the
counters if you're meeting with small
groups of students to help illustrate
what you're talking about
as you go through the lesson I'm going
Related Resources
to go back and scroll right up to the
top where you see the assessment tab
that I'm not going to talk about today
but I encourage you to check it out
yourself
then in the related resources tab we
have mini lessons for those students
that need to continue that learning both
on grade through an intervention or an
extension the drop-down arrow allows you
to access a mini lesson as well as some
additional practice here you've got a
print button or you can reword it for
the needs of your class the last thing I
want to focus on is the next steps at
home just like the stories have parent
letters accompanying each one the
activities do as well in the next steps
at home you'll find the parent letter
that you're able to send home as they
continue thinking about composing and
decomposing note that this particular
lesson is matching that little book
where they continue to work on that
concept
I'm going to scroll back up to the top
note that there are professional
learning videos in the drawer on the
right hand side if you're looking for a
little bit more information for yourself
the final thing I'm going to walk you
through is the plan here
you can search all plans and go down to
the sample plans that have been
pre-populated for you if I go to the
grade one sample long-range plan here I
can use this sample plan to adjust
change the sequence add or remove
lessons
if I go back home
that's all I'm going to show you for
today as you can see the teacher facing
tool is a great support for learning at
home while we're there so have fun and
go check it out