Fairy Tales Tutorial

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Fairy Tales TutorialNote: This tutorial requires that you have installed IntelliTalk 3. Authoring featuresnecessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using IntelliTalk 3 Player.Copyright 2003, IntelliTools, Inc.Copyright Notice© 2003, IntelliTools, Inc. All rights reserved. The distribution and sale of this software and manual are authorized forthe original purchaser only. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of federal copyright law. Images that appear inClassroom Suite may not be used in any commercial application without the prior consent of IntelliTools, Inc.Trademarks and AcknowledgmentsIntelliTools (and logo), IntelliKeys, IntelliMathics, IntelliPics, IntelliTalk (and logo), Overlay Maker (and logo),SwitchIt!, and ClickIt! are registered trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. All other IntelliTools product names and logosare trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. Other companies’ brand names, product names (including Windows, Macintosh,QuickTime, and Adobe Reader), and logos mentioned herein are registered trademarks, trademarks, or brandnames of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.CreditsClassroom Suite was produced through the collaborative efforts of many staff members at IntelliTools, including(alphabetically): Kacey Arnold, Jeremy Bolan, Ann Brundige, Virginia Burt, Ben Cushman, Beth Davis, Erik Eisen,Suzanne Feit, Chris Finley, Linda Finley, Dale Goetsch, Michelle Graham, Sean Hamilton, Paula Irons, Bobbi Keene,Arjan ...

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Fairy Tales Tutorial

Copyright 2003, IntelliTools, Inc.

Note

: This tutorial requires that you have installed

IntelliTalk 3. A

uthoring features

necessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using

IntelliTalk 3 Player

.

Fairy Tales Tutorial

Copyright Notice

© 2003, IntelliTools, Inc. All rights reserved. The distribution and sale of this software and manual are authorized for

the original purchaser only. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of federal copyright law. Images that appear in

Classroom Suite may not be used in any commercial application without the prior consent of IntelliTools, Inc.

Trademarks and Acknowledgments

IntelliTools (and logo), IntelliKeys, IntelliMathics, IntelliPics, IntelliTalk (and logo), Overlay Maker (and logo),

SwitchIt!, and ClickIt! are registered trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. All other IntelliTools product names and logos

are trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. Other companies’ brand names, product names (including Windows, Macintosh,

QuickTime, and Adobe Reader), and logos mentioned herein are registered trademarks, trademarks, or brand

names of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.

Credits

Classroom Suite

was produced through the collaborative efforts of many staff members at IntelliTools, including

(alphabetically): Kacey Arnold, Jeremy Bolan, Ann Brundige, Virginia Burt, Ben Cushman, Beth Davis, Erik Eisen,

Suzanne Feit, Chris Finley, Linda Finley, Dale Goetsch, Michelle Graham, Sean Hamilton, Paula Irons, Bobbi Keene,

Arjan Khalsa, Patty Kilroy, Jez Lickter, Dave Magliocco, Kathie Maltby, Ed Murphy, Philip Nittenberg, Ann Olsen,

Meida Pang, Aakash Patel, Kathleen Post, Jennifer Ray, Lucinda Ray, Alan Rhody, David Robertshaw, Fred Ross-

Perry, Chris Santeramo, Scott Schafer, Lisa Sheean, Karen Sheehan, Michelle Shelfer, Caroline Van Howe, John Van

Straalen, Byron Wilkes, Mary Ann Zapalac.

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Instant-Activity Kits

Classroom Suite

includes 30 instant-activity kits. Each

kit includes an Activity ready for students to use, a

Template ready for teachers to create additional similar

activities quickly, and a PDF file of this tutorial.

Fairy Tales

The Fairy Tales instant-activity kit includes the Fairy

Tales Goldilocks activity, the Fairy Tales Template, and

a PDF file of this tutorial. You can find these

components by opening the Language Arts Templates

folder and then the Fairy Tales folder in the New area

of

Classroom Suite

.

The Fairy Tales Template enables you to create

sequencing and writing activities based on well known

fairy tales: Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Riding

Hood, Three Little Pigs, and a story of your own

choice. The activities you create can be used as the

focus for a class discussion, as a stimulus for writing

and sequencing, or as a quiz.

In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the Fairy

Tales Goldilocks activity. Later in the tutorial, you will

learn to create customized spelling activities, using the

Fairy Tales Template.

Universal Design

The activities you create using the Fairy Tales

Template and

Classroom Suite

are designed for all

students, including those with physical or cognitive

disabilities.

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Introduction

Create a Folder for Your New

Activities

When you use this template, you will be creating new

activities for your students to use. To organize these

activities, you will want to create your own folder in the

Activities area of

Classroom Suite.

1. At the Navigation Screen, click the Activities

button. Click the New Folder button on the right

side of the screen. A dialog box will ask you to

name the folder. Give it the name of one of your

classes (e.g., Mrs. Smith’s Class).

2. Open the Fairy Tales Template (see page 3).

3. When you complete your work with the template

and click the Finish Activity button, the Save As

Activity dialog appears. Name your new activity,

select the folder in which you want to place your

work, and click OK. Your new activity will now be

available for you to assign to students.

This tutorial requires that you have installed

IntelliTalk 3

. Authoring features necessary to

complete this tutorial are not available when using the

IntelliTalk 3 Player

.

Note

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Part 1: Exploring the Fairy Tales Goldilocks Activity

Students complete sequencing and writing activities

based on

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

. This activity

can be used as the focus for a class discussion, as a

stimulus for writing and sequencing, or as a quiz.

Opening Fairy Tales Goldilocks

1. Sign in to

Classroom Suite

as a Teacher (see

Getting Started in the

Classroom Suite

binder). The

Navigation Screen displays.

2. Click the New button, if it is not already selected.

Open the Language Arts Templates folder.

3. Open the Fairy Tales folder and Fairy Tales

Goldilocks. The Fairy Tales Goldilocks activity

displays.

Exploring Fairy Tales Goldilocks

1. Click the green Directions button. The directions

are read aloud and typed on the screen.

2. Click the yellow Tell Story button. New directions

are read aloud, and a toolbar showing parts of the

story of Goldilocks displays at the left of the page.

3. The page now has 9 numbered answer fields, one

for each story segment at the left. The student’s

task is to sequence the parts of the story of

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

.

4. Click the Once upon a time button. The opening

part of the story appears in the first answer field

and the cursor moves to the next answer field.

5. Repeat step 4, putting the story in sequence.

6. Click the Check Work button to check your

sequencing work.

7. Click the blue Write button. The story elements

toolbar at the left is replaced by word banks

appropriate for writing about Goldilocks. Notice the

comparative words: big, small, hard, soft, hot, cold.

8. Use the word banks to write sentences telling what

Goldilocks said about chairs, beds, and porridge.

9. Close this activity without saving.

You can use this Fairy Tales Goldilocks activity

immediately with students.

In the next part of this tutorial, you will learn to use the

Fairy Tales Template to create additional sequencing

and writing activities about favorite fairy tales.

The Fairy Tales Template enables you to create

language arts activities that are suitable for early

readers and writers. This template includes three

different sets of fairy tale sequences (Little Red Riding

Hood, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Three Little Pigs),

customizable word banks for writing, and an

opportunity for you to add a story of your own choice

for sequencing and writing.

Opening the Fairy Tales Template

1. From the Navigation Screen, click the New button.

2. Open the Language Arts Templates folder.

3. Open the Fairy Tales folder and choose the Fairy

Tales Template. The Fairy Tales Template displays.

4. See the instructions on page 1 of this tutorial to

learn how to create a special folder to store the new

activities you make with this and other templates in

Classroom Suite

.

5. From the File menu, select Save As Activity. Save

your activity as

Fairy Tales Pigs

. It will now be

saved into the Activities folder.

Selecting a Story

1. The first page of the template displays. It has a

toolbar with authoring instructions at the top.

2. Click one of the story buttons in the toolbar at the

right, for example Three Little Pigs.

3. If you want to change your selection, click the Start

Over item. This will enable you to make another

choice. For this tutorial, after you have looked at

the other choices, click Start Over again and select

Three Little Pigs.

4. A new toolbar displays at the top of the page, with

Tell Story and Write buttons.

5. Correct answers have already been specified for

each of the 9 answer fields for Three Little Pigs, so

you do not need to enter any answers.

Correct answers have also been specified for

Three Billy Goats Gruff and for Little Red Riding

Hood.

In the next part of the tutorial, you will create a custom

word bank for students to write about the story of

Three Little Pigs.

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Part 2: Using the Fairy Tales Template

Note

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Customizing the Word Bank

1. Click the blue Write button at the top of the page.

2. Two blue word bank toolbars display at the left of

the page.

3. Each button says

word

. You will be changing the

text on each button to provide word banks for

students to write about Three Little Pigs.

4. From the Edit menu, select Custom Toolbar and

Buttons. Yellow and blue dialog boxes display

beside the toolbar.

5. Click the top left button (word) to select it.

6. Click the Button Properties button in the blue

Selected Button dialog box.

7. In the Button Name box, change the name of the

button from

word

to

I

. Click OK.

8. Repeat steps 5–7, so that the word buttons say

will,

huff, puff, build, of straw, of sticks, of brick,

blow, your, house, down, a, he

, and other

words of your choice.

9. When you have finished editing the word banks,

click the Done button at the top right of the page to

close the Custom Toolbar and Buttons dialog box.

Because students can create a great variety of

correct sentences, it is not possible to capture

answers or check work. To assess this part of the

activity, have students print their work.

Finishing the Activity

1. Click the purple Finish Activity button.

2. When prompted, replace the previous version of

this activity by clicking the Replace button.

3. Your new activity is automatically saved into the

Activities folder.

4. Close the activity.

Congratulations! You have just created a new Fairy

Tales activity. You can assign this to your students

whenever you are ready.

In the next section of the tutorial, you will create your

own fairy tales activity, if you wish to do so.

Part 2: Using the Fairy Tales Template

Note

5

Creating Your Own Story

You can create your own story sequencing activity.

Select a favorite story your students know well, such as

Hansel and Gretel.

1. Open the Fairy Tales Template (see page 3).

2. From the File menu, select Save As Activity. Save

your new activity as

Fairy Tales Hansel

.

3. Click the New Story button at the bottom of the

right toolbar. Notice that a new set of on-screen

instructions displays at the top of the page.

4.

[Ctrl]+click

the green Directions button at the top

left corner of the page. The Button Properties

dialog box displays.

5. Click the Actions tab. Select the Type Text action

in the actions at the bottom half of the dialog box.

Click the Edit button. Edit the text to include the

name of the story for this activity (e.g., Hansel and

Gretel). Click OK to close this dialog box.

6.

[Ctrl]+click

the yellow Tell Story button and

repeat step 4.

Creating New Story Sequence Segments

1. Click the yellow Tell Story button. You will be

adding a picture and brief sentence to each of the

yellow buttons at the left of the page.

There are two ways to edit each button. You can

use either step 2 or step 3. Then continue at step 4.

2. a.

From the Edit menu, scroll down and

select Custom Toolbars and Buttons.

b.

Click the first button.

c.

In the blue Selected Button dialog box, click

the Button Properties button.

d.

Then follow steps 4–8 below.

OR

3. a.

Hold down the Control key and simultaneously

click one of the yellow buttons in the toolbar at

the left of the page (

[Ctrl]+click

).

b.

The Button Properties dialog displays.

c.

Follow steps 4–8 below.

4. Change the button name to whatever brief

sentence you want students to sequence. (30

characters are all that will fit on the button.)

5. Click the Insert Picture From Library button.

Part 3: Customizing the Fairy Tales Template

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6. When the Picture Library dialog box displays, use

the Category drop down list to select a picture that

will support the story segment you have chosen.

7. Click Insert when you have selected a picture.

Then click OK.

8. Change each other yellow button on the toolbar

using steps 2–7.

9. When you have finished creating all the buttons,

you will want to make sure they appear out of

sequence on the page. From the Edit menu, select

Custom Toolbars and Buttons. Select the button

you wish to move. Hold down the Shift key and

drag the button up or down on the toolbar to

change the order. Repeat for other buttons.

10. Click the Done button to close the Custom

Toolbars and Buttons dialog box.

Capturing Answers for Story Sequence

In this section of the tutorial, you will add answers to

the answer fields in the correct story sequence.

1. Place the new story elements you have just created

in the answer blanks, in the order that you want

students to retell the story.

2. Once you have entered all the segments, click the

Capture Answers button.

3. Click OK and Yes in the two dialog boxes that

display.

4. To verify that your new answers have been

correctly captured,

[Ctrl]+click

an answer field.

The Properties of Answer Field dialog box

displays, showing the answer you specified.

Customizing the Word Bank

1. Click the blue Write button at the top of the page.

2. Follow steps 2–9 on page 4 to provide appropriate

words in the word banks for your new story.

Finishing the Activity

1. Click the purple Finish Activity button.

2. When prompted, replace the previous version of

this activity by clicking the Replace button.

3. Your new activity is automatically saved into the

Activities folder. Close the activity

Congratulations! You have just created a customized

Fairy Tales activity. You can assign this to your

students whenever you are ready.

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Part 3: Customizing the Fairy Tales Template