Getting started with Lessons

Discover everything you need to know about Lessons.

Complete our two interactive tutorials: Assigning Lessons and Lesson Feedback and Grading, or click on the links to read step by step guides. 

We'll look at: 

1. Finding Lessons
2. Pinning Lessons and tracking Curriculum Progression
3. Teaching and Presenting Lessons
4. Assigning and Sharing Lessons
5. Tracking and Grading Lessons

1. Finding Lessons

Lessons can be found in the Lesson Explorer, under the Teach header in the main navigation menu. Choose your Grade and Module, then click the green arrow to select a Driving Question. Every Driving Question has three types of lessons:  

• Full Lessons: Everything a teacher needs to guide, present and teach subjects in full.
• Fast Track Lessons: Lessons with an accelerated pace for both teacher and students.
• Twig Coach Lessons: Lessons with no preparation needed. Just assign and go!

Full lessons

Full lessons are in depth lessons with teacher present mode, teacher resources and digital assets. Everything you need to guide students through each lesson. 

Below is an image of the student lesson in the Twig Digital Book. 

Fast track lessons

Fast track lessons are streamlined lessons which can be taught quickly within 50 minutes.

Below is an image of the student lesson in the Twig Digital Book. 

Twig Coach lessons

Twig Coach lessons include guided instruction from one of our enthusiastic Twig Coaches! These lessons are perfect for distance learning or homework assignments.

Below is an image of the student lesson in the Twig Digital Book. 

2. Pinning Lessons and Curriculum Tracking

Pin Lessons to your dashboard, and track your progression with the Progression Tracker. 

When you first log in to your account, you'll see two sections which are empty: My Lessons and Curriculum Progression Tracker. 

You can add content to these sections by pinning Lessons.

When you pin a Lesson, the Curriculum Tracker will add your Grade, and can show you where you are within each Module.

Read: How do I keep track of lessons? to find out more about saving lessons to your Dashboard and Curriculum Progression Tracker. 

3. Teaching and Presenting your Lesson

If you've chosen Full Lessons or Fast Track Lessons you will find the following for each Lesson:

• Teacher Background information
• Digital version of Twig Book
• Lesson Overview
• Lesson Breakdown
• Teaching Resources
• Lesson Slides for presenting

Read: How do I present a Twig Science lesson in class? to find out more about Lesson presentation. 

 

4. Assigning and Sharing Lessons

To assign a Lesson click Teach and Lesson Explorer.

Navigate to your Grade and Module. Click on the green arrow to select a Driving Question. Now click on your Lesson. 
 

Here you can:

• Assign all lessons in a Driving Question
• Assign an individual lesson

Assign all lessons in a Driving Question

From the Driving Question page you can assign all lessons at once.

Click Assign Twig Books for this DQ

You will now be able to select the classes, students and corresponding lessons to assign. 


 

Assign an individual lesson

To assign one lesson at a time, navigate to the Driving Question page and scroll down and click a lesson.

Then click Assign and share.

 

The assigned lessons will now appear on the student dashboard when they next sign in. 

Now you've assigned your lesson you can manage and track assigned lessons from the Assigned Lesson Center. 

 Sharing Lessons

To share assigned lessons, click Manage and Assigned Lessons.


Here you can manage access,  see student view or share via url, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Teams. 

To share lessons, click Choose then Assign and Share.
You will now see three sharing options. 

5. Tracking and Grading Lessons

To track Lessons click Manage in the main navigation menu, and then click Assigned Lesson Center.

The Assigned Lessons Center provides teachers with a management system for all assigned lessons. You can share lessons, revoke lessons, view students' progression and access the Twig Book, and grade lessons all in one place.

 

How do I know when a student has turned in an assignment?

To see the progress of assigned lessons, navigate to the Assigned Lessons Center, by clicking Manage and Assigned Lessons

Progress of each assessment can be accessed by clicking the Progress icons.
You'll now see the status of each assigned lesson. 

Here's an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2370608/Twig-Science-Elementary---How-leave-feedback-and-grade-lessons