Flocabulary FAQs

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Flocabulary users now have access to a beta version of our integration with Microsofts Immersive Reader. Microsofts Immersive Reader offers students powerful tools to support their reading needs. With this integration, your students can:

Have text read aloud to them and adjust the speed of the voice

Adjust text size, font, and color

Label the parts of speech

Translate words in a text or an entire block of text

View image references for words

And more!

Microsofts Immersive Reader is currently available on the Read & Respond and Quiz activities.It is not yet available on Vocab Cards or Vocab Game.

How does Microsofts Immersive Reader work?

When Immersive Reader is enabled you will see a speech icon next to each Read & Respond and Quiz question. Click the icon, and you will see the question text in Immersive Reader mode. Click play, and the text will be read aloud.

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Using the panel on the right, you can adjust elements like the text size, font, background color and line spacing. You can also translate the text into languages other than English, label the parts of speech, and view image references for words!

To answer the Read & Respond or Quiz question after having it read aloud, exit Immersive Reader mode.

How can I enable Microsofts Immersive Reader on my account?

You can enable this feature for your own account by going to My Profile, scrolling down to the bottom, and selecting enabled for Microsofts Immersive Reader. Then click Update Profile. When you view a Read & Respond or Quiz question, you will see the Immersive Reader icon.

How can I enable Microsofts Immersive Reader for a class?

You can enable Microsofts Immersive Reader when creating a class on Flocabulary by toggling Immersive reader to on.

To enable Microsofts Immersive Reader for any existing class, go to My Classes, click into the class, and click the Manage Class tab. Click Edit under Class Details, and toggle Immersive Reader on. When Immersive Reader is enabled for a class, the students in that class will see the Immersive Reader icon next to Read & Respond and Quiz questions when they are assigned these activities.

What if I enable Microsofts Immersive Reader for my class, and my student is in another class where its not enabled?

When a student is in one class where Immersive Reader is enabled and another class where it is not enabled, Immersive Reader will remain enabled for that student. Theyll be able to use it for all classes assignments of Read & Respond and the Quiz.

You can see whether Immersive Reader is enabled or disabled for a given student in the Students tab within a class.

What else should I know about Microsofts Immersive Reader?

Please note that any images in Read & Respond and Quiz questions will not be shown in Immersive Reader mode at this time. Additionally, special math characters like fractions, square roots and exponents may look and be read inaccurately.

Wed love to hear about your experience with Microsofts Immersive Reader! Please feel free to reach out to to share your feedback.

To support students reading needs, Flocabulary has integrated with Microsofts Immersive Reader. Microsofts Immersive Reader is s powerful tool that allows students to have text read aloud to them; change the speed, font and color of the text; translate the text; view reference images for vocabulary words; and more! Microsofts Immersive Reader replaces our previous Text-to-Speech tool.

For more information on how you can enable and use Microsofts Immersive Reader, click here.

What is a class?

At schools with schoolwide licenses to Flocabulary, classes allow teachers to organize their lesson plans and invite students to complete assignments online. Teachers then have the ability to track students individual results in order to gain insight into student comprehension.

If you would like to learn more about how to use Clever for student rostering, please refer to our guide here.

To create a class:

1. Log into your teacher Flocabulary account and navigate to the My Classes page by clicking the tab in the header, or by clicking Add a class directly from the My Classes panel on the Flocabulary.com homepage.

2. Choose to Create a class or Import a class. If youd like to learn more about rostering with Google Classroom, follow the guide here.

3. Give the class a name, grade level, and subject. Remember, students will see the class name when they sign up.

You can also enable the Text to Speech tool for your class ( click here for more information on this feature).

If you select a grade below 6th, youll also be able to enable the Elementary Filter ( click here for more information on this feature).

If you are registered at more than one school, you can also select which school this class belongs to.

Click Create a New Class to complete the step.

4. Youve finished creating your class! If at any time you misplace your class code or would like to invite students by email, you can find all information necessary to do so in the Manage Class tab. For more detailed information on how students sign up and join classes, follow our guide here.

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5. Now you're ready to explore the lesson sequence and create assignments! Learn more here.

For more information on how students can join your class, please use our student guide .

We only accept purchase orders for school-wide subscriptions anddistrict-wide subscriptions.

Request a quote here for your subscription to Flocabulary.com, and send in the purchase ordervia email, fax or mail. See our contact information here.

You can purchase an individual Lite subscription with a credit card or p-card here: https://www.flocabulary.com/signup/lite/classroom/.

When creating an account, click Sign In With Google. Youll be asked to confirm your Google account credentials, and then youll be good to go!

Both teachers and students can sign in with Google. Students can do so on the Join Class screen, and teachers can do so when they activate their account via a subscription activation link.

Google Classroom is a learning platform that integrates with schools that use the Google Apps for Education (GAFE) ecosystem, and a lot of teachers have rosters of their students set up in Classroom already.

What Does This Mean for Me?

Instead of setting up classes in both Flocabulary and Google Classroom, teachers on school-wide subscriptions can now easily create accounts for all of their students, with no need for class codes! Whats more, students can then use Google Single Sign-On to access Flocab in the future.

This meansno required account setup steps of your students, at all. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Aint that something?

How It Works

1.Go to the My Classes tab from the top navigation:

2.Select the green Import Classes button:

3.Stay with us, here: youll see two pop-ups appear (make sure pop-ups are enabled on your browser!).

3a. From the pop-up with the list of emails, select the email address associated with your Google Classroom account:

3b. Then, grantFlocabulary permission to access your Google Classroom information:

4.Select the class(es) youd like to import to Flocabulary and click Submit:

5. Give it a secwhen the import is complete, well give you the green light (or, err, box):

6. Once the class has processed, close out of the window and, voil! Your Google Class is now in Flocabulary:

Note:To sync your roster with Flocabulary again at any time, click the Sync Roster button on your class or in the Manage Class tab for that class.

Can I share Flocabulary Assignments to Google Classroom?

Teachers who import classes to Flocabulary from Google Classroom can share assignments they create on Flocabulary to these Google Classroom classes. Follow these steps to get started!

Step 1: Import your classes from Google Classroom

If you have not already, the first step is to import your classes from Google Classroom to Flocabulary. Follow the steps here to import your classes.

Step 2: Create your assignment(s) on Flocabulary

You can create assignments from Flocabulary lesson pages, from within a class in My Classes, or from the homepage.

First, ensure you have pop-ups enabled in your browser. Then, to create an assignment from a lesson page, click Assign, and select the class(es) or individual student(s) you want to get the assignment.

Select the activities youd like to include in the assignment. If youd like, you can select a visible starting date and due date, as well.

Step 3: Set the share-to-Classroom toggle on

Youll see a toggle that lets you indicate whether or not youd like to share your assignment(s) to Google Classroom. If youd like to share the assignments, keep the toggle on. If not, turn it off. If you turn it off, the assignments will not be shared to Classroom.

Well save your preference for the next time you create an assignment. You can change your preference at any time by setting the toggle on or off when creating another assignment!

Step 4: Select your email address and grant Flocabulary permission to manage coursework

Click Create Assignment. At this point, you will be asked to select the email address for your Google Classroom classes. The first time you do this, youll also have to grant Flocabulary permission to manage your Google coursework. If this does not work, make sure you have pop-ups enabled in your browser, refresh the page, and try again.

After selecting your email address and granting permission, youll see a message letting you know that the assignments are being created and shared to Classroom, and another message when the process is complete!

When you log into Google Classroom, youll then see the Flocabulary assignment posted in your classes Stream and Coursework pages. The title, scheduled date, and due date (if applicable) will be copied from Flocabulary. If you select individual student(s) for the assignment on Flocab, only those students will see the assignment on Google Classroom.

Step 5: Tell your students to log into Google Classroom to see their Flocabulary assignments!

When students log into Google Classroom, they will see the assignment in their Stream and Coursework pages on the scheduled date.

When they click the link, theyll be redirected to Flocabulary and prompted to sign in. They will then complete the assignment on Flocabulary.

Please note:

This integration supports the initial sharing and access to the assignment. There are some features that are not included:

When students complete the assignment on Flocabulary, it will not register as turned in on Google Classroom. Students can go to the assignment on Google Classroom and mark it as done when they are finished with it on Flocabulary.

Only the details included in the assignment when it is initially created on Flocabulary will be shared to Google Classroom. If you change the due date, delete, or add/remove students from the assignment on Flocabulary later, these changes will not be reflected on Google Classroom. Likewise, if you make changes to the assignment on Google Classroom, they will not be reflected on Flocabulary.

The grade field for the assignment on Google Classroom will say ungraded. Grades on activities in Flocabulary will not be passed to Google Classroom. You can always change the point value of the assignment on Google Classroom yourself.

1. Songs and Videos Menu

You can find content by searching our Subject tabs. Start by selecting the subject area, choose your subtopic, and youll find a specific video and lesson sequence that fits your lesson.

2. Search Bar

You can also find content by using the search bar (either under the Subject tabs or next to My Classes). For example, if youre starting a unit on the planets, simply type in planet and all of our videos that contain the word planet in the lyrics will pop up. From there, you can click on any video that best fits your lesson.

3. Standards Alignment

Another way to find content is by using our Standards Alignment Tool. It is the tab next to the Subject tabs and can be accessed by selecting Standards Alignment Here, you can search for videos by specific state standards, by filtering specific subject and grade level, or by selecting ELA and Math Common Core Standards tabs.

4. Favorites

You can also find content by adding Favorites. On Flocabulary home screen, youll see a carousel of all of your favorited videos. You can always easily find them here if you plan on using them in the future. If youre watching a video and want to add it your favorite Flocab videos, simply select add to favorites on the video page.

5. Flocab Month by Month

This is a great place to check once in a while for seasonal or monthly content as the school year progresses! This is located at the bottom of the page under our Current Events section.

With the Elementary Filter, teachers can ensure that Flocabularys youngest users (students in grades K-5) cannot independently discover sensitive content.

While all of Flocabularys standards-aligned units are developed for the classroom, not all content may be suited for every age. The elementary filter allows teachers to block student discovery of content that covers sensitive topics. The functionality is simple: when the elementary filter is turned on students will not see mature units (i.e. covering war, violence or literature that discusses adult themes) unless a teacher assigns one of these units. The elementary filter defaults to on with any 5th-grade class or below. Teachers have the ability to turn it off or enable it for any class grades 6 and up.

How do I use the Elementary Filter?

While creating a class: For grades 5 and below, the elementary filter will be visible and default to on, but it can be manually turned off. For grades 6 and above, the elementary filter will not appear during class creation.

While importing a class through Google Classroom: Google Classroom does not collect grade information for classes so the elementary filter defaults to off when a class is synced. You can manually turn on the elementary filter in the Manage Class panel.

Clever sync: the first time we sync a Clever class, we will turn the elementary filter on (for grades 5 and below) or off (for grades 6 and above). Adjust your settings through the Manage Class tab of your chosen class by following the steps below.

How can I enable the Elementary Filter for an existing class?

Regardless of how the class was created or the grade level of the class, the elementary filter can be turned on or off in the Manage Class view.

Step 1: Onceyou'velogged into Flocabulary, hover over your name in the top right corner and select My Classes in the drop-down menu.

Step 2: From the My Classes page, click on the class that youd like to enable the elementary filter for. Then click on the tab labeled Manage Class.

Step 3: From the Manage Class page, click on the button labeled Edit Class

Step 4: In the Edit Class view, youll see a section for Elementary Filter. You can toggle the switch to turn the setting on or off for students in this class.

How can I tell which of my students have this tool enabled?

If a student is enrolled in any class where the elementary filter is turned off, the student will be able to see all content on the site.

Step 1: Select an existing class from the My Classes page.

Step 2: From the My Classes page, click on the Students tab to see a list of all the students in your class. Theres a column labeled Elementary Filter where you can see whether a specific student has the elementary filter enabled or disabled.

Note: If a student is any class where the elementary filter is turned off, the student will be able to see all content on the site.

When getting started with Google Classroom, you may get a "Sorry, we were unable to connect" error message.

To help get this resolved, please confirm that you have pop-ups enabled on Chrome. You can find instructions for enabling pop-ups here if needed.

If pop ups are not enabled, that may be causing the error message.

If you are getting the message that only a certain number of students will sync, this is most likely due to a student creating a teacher account by mistake. Please get in touch with us so we can remove this.

The key to success with the Flocab Lesson Sequence is to explore! We offer so many resources to support student learning beyond the video. Make sure to explore the lesson sequence as you prep and see which activities are best for your students.

Pre-Lesson: Teacher Resources

Before teaching with any Flocabulary lesson, its a great idea to review the Teacher Resources section. Here youll find an overview of the lesson, including the grade level recommendations, standards alignment, and the vocabulary terms. Youll also find writing exercises, word problems, and printable passages and quizzes under Handouts.

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1. Watch the Video. Watch it again.

Flocabulary presents academic content in a highly-engaging, contemporary format. Videos let the topic speak for itself, engaging students both visually and auditorily. And videos aren't only for introducing new topics: use them to review and provide ongoing enrichment as well.

More video features

Discussdisplays prompts and questions at specific points during the video to facilitate further discussion and exploration of the content. You can skip from question to question without playing through again fully, and toggle this feature on and off as needed!

Quick Reviewquestions are a quick check for understanding after watching the video. Popcorn around the room or get competitive by splitting your students into teams to answer questions as a class.

Adjusting video speedcan be a great modification to meet various instructional needs.!

2. Vocab Cards

Vocab cards allow students to make meaning and build knowledge of the vocab words through writing and drawing. The individual cards are modeled off of the familiar Frayer Model; think of it like a digital vocabulary notebook! You can assign chosen vocab cards and students also have the ability to complete vocab cards on their own.

3. Vocab Game

The Vocab Game is an additional way for students to practice a lessons vocabulary through multiple contexts. Students build a beat by successfully identifying images, completing sentences, matching definitions and selecting synonyms for the lessons vocabulary words.You can assign the Vocab Game to a class, in addition to all our existing assignable activities.

4. Read and Respond

This assignable feature provides short reading passages and practice questions that are based on content presented in the units video and lyrics. Read & Respond passages include both fiction and nonfiction texts, giving students additional reading practice in a format that mirrors high stakes tests.

5. Quiz

Finish off the lesson with a multiple-choice formative assessment. Our questions test not only student knowledge of the video content. Theyre great state test-prep too!

6. Lyric Lab

Finally, wrap up any Flocab lessonwith some student rhyme writing! Vocab terms from the lesson are provided, encouraging students to ground their rhymes in academic vocabulary. Theres also a built-in rhyming dictionary and a beats library so students can practice rapping their rhymes over a beat. Finally, students can also download their written rhymes -- a great way showcase student learning and student voice!

How do we pick the stories we cover in the Week in Rap and Week in Rap Junior?

We cover 3 stories each weekfor Regular and 1 story for Junior. When searching for stories to cover, we look for stories that:

Spark meaningful discussion and critical thoughtWill a story provide an opportunity for a rich classroom discussion that involves critical thinking?

Relate to learning standardsDoes a story relate to something a student is already learning, or will learn about, in school?

Relate to students livesIs the story either about young people or about school? Can students relate to or react to the story? Could it have some effect on their lives or the lives of their family or peers?

Are major news itemsIs this story a major news item that most students are expected to know about or understand?

Offer a glimpse at the wider worldDoes the story offer students an understanding of something different about the world that they may not know about? Does it help us provide a mix of stories in these areas: international, national, science and technology, youth-related, sports and art, and feel good / human interest?

There are other types of news stories that we never cover in the Week in Rap Junior, and that we only occasionally cover in the Week in Rap, if the story is big enough. These are topics that relate to violence or sex. When we do cover them in The Week in Rap, we exercise extreme caution: Making sure we cover it in an age-appropriate way.

How do we cover the stories we pick in the Week in Rap and Week in Rap Junior?

Our goal with the Week in Rap is to help turn students into global citizens with a curiosity not only for what is going on in the world, but why things happen the way they do, and what they can do to take part. We take seriously the responsibility of doing that in an unbiased and grade-appropriate way. When we cover stories, we make sure that we:

Provide background informationWe make sure to provide students with enough info to understand the topic, even ifthey'renot already familiar with it.

Avoid bias and opinionWe stick to verifiable facts and scientific evidence.When we quote opinions, we present multiple points of view on topics where people disagree.

Get at the why?We dig deeper than the surface layer of the story.

Get students thinkingWe ask students challenging questions to get them thinking critically.

Use humor when appropriateWe are Flocabulary after all.

Obviously its never possible for us to fully cover any story in the song itself, which is why we provide Lyric Notes (and assignable Read & Respond) for students to learn more about any given story.

Our videos can only be streamed and are not available for embedding.

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Q: How do I include Flocabulary in my Nearpod lessons?A: Flocabulary videos can be added to your lessons in Nearpod using the link from Flocabulary and a Web Content slide.

Q: Does my Flocabulary account link to Nearpod now or visa versa?A: Nearpod and Flocabulary are currently operating as separate memberships and entities under the Nearpod umbrella. As such, you can access Flocabulary lessons from https://www.flocabulary.com. CLICK HERE to sign up for a 60 day trial through Nearpod.

Q: Can I get bundled pricing for Flocabulary and Nearpod?A: As Nearpod and Flocabulary are currently running as separate entities, bundled pricing is currently not available for single-user memberships. For details on joint site licenses, please call 718-852-0105 to speak to a representative.

Q: Where can I read or see more about how Flocabulary and Nearpod joined forces?A: More information on our histories and why Nearpod acquired Flocabulary can be found HERE.

Q: Where can I find Flocabulary lessons on Nearpod?A: Currently there is unlocked content featuring the Flocabulary and Nearpod integration HERE.Stay tuned for further collaborations that will be available as a package for School and District subscribers of both Nearpod and Flocabulary.

Yes! If your subscription gives you access to the Flocabulary quiz, you also have the ability to print the quiz and answer key. You can do so by clicking on the handouts tab Teacher Resources page and then selecting download. The quiz will download as a PDF and be printable.

Both teachers and the school's Flocabulary manager can change student account information, including resetting student passwords.

FOR TEACHERS

Teachers can edit student information for any student in their class(es).

Go to My Classes and select the class the student is in.

Go to Students and select the student you wish to edit by clicking the pencil icon

Change any student information, including first name, last name, username, and password. Please note:

The username needs to be unique in our system.

To change the password, you'll need to type it twice to confirm

Click Update Student to save the changes

If you've changed a student's username or password, be sure to tell them the new information. They will no longer be able to log in with their old username and password.

FOR MANAGERS

Managers can edit student information for any student in the school(s) they manage.

Go to My School and select the school the student is in.

Go to the Students tab and find the student you wish to edit. Hover over the student and select the Edit icon (it looks like a pencil).

Change any student information, including first name, last name, username, and password. Please note:

The username needs to be unique in our system.

To change the password, you'll need to type it twice to confirm

Click Update Student to save the changes

If you've changed a student's username or password, be sure to tell them the new information. They will no longer be able to log in with their old username and password.

Assignments allow students to engage, master and create Flocabulary content. Assignments can consist of videos, Vocab Cards, Read & Respond, Quizzes and Lyric Lab activities.

To begin, assignments can either be created from the unit page or through the My Classes dashboard:

1. Click 'Assign'

On any lesson in the library click on 'Assign' in the upper left hand corner.

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2. Select the classes or students you want to assign to

You can select one class, multiple classes, or even individual students for an assignment. For more details on assigning to multiple classes click here. For more details on assigning to individual students, .

3. Select the activities and dates

Choose the activities you want to assign (Video, Vocab Cards, Vocab Game, Read & Respond, Quiz, and/or Lyric Lab)

Note that you can customize the vocab cards by choosing specific words. You can also customize Lyric Lab by providing specific instructions for students (i.e. write four lines about the selected key terms).

Choose a due date and/or a date youd like the assignment to be visible (both optional).

Click on Create assignment. Youll see a bar saying Assignment successfully created.

You can also create an assignment from a class page in My Classes. To do this, click Create an Assignment on a class page. Then select the students you want to assign to, the lesson, and the activities.

4. Monitor the assignment

You can also monitor assignment progress and see when students submit each assigned activity in the class on your 'My Classes' dashboard.

Create assignments for multiple classes at once, instead of just one class at a time.

Step 1: Click the 'Assign' button on the lesson you would like to assign to your class.

Step 2: Choose if you would like to assign to 'All Classes' or you can select the appropriate classes to assign to. Then click 'Select Activities and Dates'.

Step 3: Select the activities you would like to assign to the classes for this lesson. You can also select when you would like the assignment to be visible, as well as a due date if appropriate.

Note:When you click 'Create Assignment,' separate, identical assignments will be created for each class selected. These assignments are still treated as separate and each housed under the appropriate class in 'My Classes'.

This feature empowers teachers to differentiate instruction with Flocabulary, enabling you to:

Assign different lessons to different students at different levels in a class

Assign different activities on a lesson to different students in a class (also promoting student choice)

Create individualized assignments to be used for makeup work or extra credit

Step 1: Click the 'Assign' button on the lesson you would like to assign to your class.

Step 2:Hover over the class that you want to pick students from and click 'Select Students'

Step 3: Select the appropriate student(s) within a class that you'd like to create an assignment for. Then click 'Save Selection'.

Step 4: Continue selecting any other students within other classes that you'd like to create an assignment for. Once done click 'Select Activities and Dates'.

Step 5:Select the activities you would like to assign to the classes for this lesson. You can also select when you would like the assignment to be visible, as well as a due date if appropriate.

Note: When you click 'Create Assignment,' separate, identical assignments will be created for each class selected. These assignments are still treated as separate and each housed under the appropriate class in 'My Classes'.

You can easily edit the name, grade level, and subject for each of your class.

1. Go to My Classes.

2. Select the class you want to edit.

3. Go to Manage Class.

4. Edit the name, grade level, and/or subject, and click the UpdateClass button.

When a class is no longer active, e.g., at the end of the school year, you can archive that class.

1. Go to My Classes.

2. Select the class you want to archive.

3. Go to the Manage Class tab.

4. Click Archive Class and then confirm that you want to archive the class.

5. Your class will now appear in the Archived Classes section of your main My Classes page. Click Showto see archived classes. When a class is archived, you cannot review rosters or results, and new students cannot sign up in the class.

6. If needed, you can Restore an archived class and then it will be active again.

You can also use the archive functionality to remove classes from your view if they were accidentally created. You cannot currently delete a class permanently.

The Comprehension Analysis tool allows you to quickly identify areas of understanding and areas that need review.Use Flocabulary quizzes as formative assessments and inform furtherinstruction by using these diagnostic tools.

Make sure to read our overview article onreviewing students' results as well.

1. Start by scanning the top section to quickly see the percentage of the class that got each question right. The height of the bars indicates the percentage correct across the class. E.g., in the example below, 90% of the class gotQuestion 5 correct, but only 60% got Question 1 correct.

2.Click on a single column to seethe question and answer choices. In the example below, only 65% of the class answered correctly about the word "dew." Scan the incorrect answers to see if there was a common wrong answer that might indicate a similar misunderstanding.

3. Use the information to reteach commonly missed concepts and differentiate instruction as needed.

Have students go back tothe video and the interactive lyrics to review the concepts they missed.

If some students understood all key concepts, while others did not, break the class into groups and have some move on to another video, while others review.

4. Re-assign the quiz to track student improvement.You can assign the same quiz again and see how student comprehension has improved.

Interactive Quizzes -- Powerful Data

Every Flocabulary video has a quiz that you can assign to your students and use assess knowledge and diagnose needs for differentiation.

The Quizzes

As students go through the Flocabulary lesson sequence, theyll take an interactive quiz to test their comprehension. The quizzes are:

Multiple-choice

Standards-aligned

Auto-graded

Printable

Each quiz has 10 questions and is intended as aformative assessment.

Assigning

In the teacher dashboard, you can set up classes or student groups then quickly assign videos and quizzes to students. Use it to:

Assign homework

Create in-class activities

Set up student groups for differentiated instruction

Support blended learning

Results Reporting

Our teacher dashboard includes several handy reports to check in on assignment progress and view students quiz performance. The teacher dashboard displays both real-time student results and aggregate class scores that give recommendations for specific areas for improvement. Teachers can review student results by class (comprehension analysis - shown below), by quiz, or by student.

With these reporting tools, you can:

Learn class strengths and weaknesses

Develop early interventions

Differentiate instruction on the individual student level

Plan targeted lessons

Who can access the quiz?

Teachers onschoolwide licensescan assign quizzes to students in order to track results.

Teachers on other paid subscription types can access quiz content to use as afront-of-classroom review tool. They can also print the quiz and hand it out to students. But they cannot assign quizzes to students online and see results.

Welcome to Flocabulary! Follow the steps below to get started using Flocabulary in your classroom today. Youll learn how to:

Create your account

Create your classes

Get students signed up

Assign videos, activities, quizzes to your students

View their results

If this is your first time using Flocabulary, we recommend that you start by watching our overview video at https://www.flocabulary.com/how-it-works/, and then return to get started.

1. Sign up or log into your account

If you are on a school or district subscription, use the activation link provided by your Flocabulary manager to connect to your account. (If you are not sure who your Flocabulary manager is, contact [email protected]).

If your school or district uses Google or Office 365 for email, click the appropriate button. If not, enter your school email and a password of your choice.

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If you are on a district subscription, choose your school.

If youre already signed up but youd like to utilize SOO through your Google email address, follow this guide. Follow a similar process to connect with your Office 365 account.

If you have a school-wide or district-wide subscription, follow the steps below to create classes and have your students sign up.

2. Create a Class

Create as many classes and you need to get organized with Flocabulary before adding students.

Log in and click on My Classes, then click Create a Class.

Enter a class name, grade, and subject. Select whether youd like to turn on the Text to Speech tool for your class. Click on Create New Class to finish.

Youll get a success message that includes a unique class code, which your students will use to join your class. For information about importing your class with Google Classroom, please see this guide.

3. Student sign-up

Students can use Flocabulary independent of their teacher. Use student accounts to assign homework, in-class activities, and more.

Have students sign up using the unique class code generated when you created a class. Students can go to www.flocabulary.com and click Join a Class. They will then enter the class code generated when you created the class followed by selectingI'mnew to Flocabulary or I already have an account. Create a username and password if needed, andthey'rein! See the Student Quick Start Guide for more information about student sign-up.

4. Assign Videos, Activities, and Quizzes

Assign videos, activities, and assessments to measure student progress and determine next steps for teaching. To assign a video, activity, or assessment to your students, go to any unit, and click on Assign. Then, select a class for the assignment.

In the pop-up box that appears, from the list including Video, Vocab Cards, Vocab Game, Read & Respond, Quiz, and Lyric Lab, choose any you would like to assign. Note that Vocab Cards and Lyric Lab are customizable, so you can select certain words to assign or include a special note to your students for writing a rhyme. You can also optionally select a visible starting date to choose when the assignment will appear under students assignments as well as a due date. When all desired activities have been selected, click Create Assignment.

5. Review Results

Review your students results individually and as a class. See for detailed information about reviewing results. Access results by selecting your class under My Classes.You will then be able to view current & upcoming as well as past assignment. Click View to access results.

There are three ways to review class results:

View the Summary to see your whole class and who has completed the assignments.

Click on Individual Review to see individual student results.

Navigate to the Comprehension Analysis to see a birds eye view of how your class scored on the Quiz and Read and Respond.

Once an assignment is createdyou can edit the due date,or un-assign it, by viewing the details of an assignment and then clicking the dots next to "Export Scores". ( See how to create assignmentshere.)

There you can edit the due date or deletean assignment. Please also note that if a student has already started one of the activities, you will not be able to un-assign or update it. Once an assignment is unchecked as pictured below, students will not be able to complete it. Students are able to submit assignments up until 11:59 pm on the selected due date.

A student can attempt a quiz more than once.This feature will allow teachers to offer students multiple tries on activities, and it will allow them to see growth if the student scores better on a subsequent try.

When you assign the Vocab Game, Read & Respond and/or Quiz to students and students complete them, you will then have the option to click to reassign each of those activities.

Step 1:

Navigate to the assignment you wish to re-assign clicking on the My Classes tab. Next click on the assignment.

Step 2:

Once a student has submitted an assignment an arrow will appear next to the score which allows you to reassign.

Step 3:

Select a due date. If the original assignment had a due date, you must put in a due date for the retake. If the original assignment didnt have a due date, you won't have the option to put in a due date for the retake.

If you give the student a personal due date that is different than the assignments, it will appear under the students name in blue:

An open bubble will replace that students score to indicate that the activity has been reassigned. The students original score is viewable via the dropdown arrow that appears next to the open bubble:

Before the student has begun the retake, you can delete the reassignment in case you made a mistake, by hovering over the open bubble and clicking the X that appears. Once the student has begun the retake, it cannot be deleted.

Welcome to your Flocabulary account! This guide will help you:

Sign up or join a new class

Find your way around the website

Complete your assignments

Sign Up or Join a New Class

To create your Flocabulary account, you need to get a class code from your teacher. It is 6 digits long and your teacher will know what it is!

Once you have the class code, visit www.flocabulary.com and click Join a Class on the top of the page:

3. Enter your class code

4. Next, you have two options:

If you've NEVER had your own Flocabulary account before, click "I'm new to Flocabulary." This will let you create a student account.

If you have joined a class before (meaning you've seen this page already at some point), select "I already have a Flocabulary account." If you pick this, in Step 3 you will enter your username and password from the last time you signed up for a class.

You're in! If you have more than one teacher using Flocabulary, you'll need to fill out this form for EACH class. Remember: You only need one username and password for Flocabulary.com and you can use it to join all your classes. Now that you have your account, you can log in to Flocab on any device by visiting Flocabulary.com and clicking "Log In" in the top right corner of the page.

Find Your Way Around the Website

Now that you have a Flocabulary account, you can watch any video you'd like on any device at any time. Find videos you're interested in by:

Clicking on a Subject

Selecting a Topic

Selecting a Video

Hitting play!

You can also search for a video on the top of the page using the magnifying glass!

Complete Your Assignments

1. You'll know you have an assignment when you see a number next to Assignments at the top of the page, or in a list down the right side. (You have to be logged in to see this!)

2. Click on Assignments, and then click on your assignment in To Do list.

3. Here you will see all of the activitiesyou'vebeen assigned, and the order in which you should complete them. Click Start to get working! (There might be a due date attached to each assignment if your teacher added one.)

Remember! You can leave assignments youre working on and come back to them later by clicking on your To Do list and selecting Continue.

4. You can review all your completed assignments by selecting the Done tab.

Thats it! Have fun learning with Flocabulary!

Wed be happy to help you. Contact us.

Welcome to Flocabulary! This guide covers the following:

Setting up your manager account

Inviting teachers to sign up

Resources for teachers to create classrooms and students to join Flocab

If this is your first time at Flocabulary.com, we recommend that you start by watching our overview video at www.flocabulary.com/how-to-use/ and then return to get started.

1. Set up your Flocabulary manager account

Once we process your payment, we'll set up your school or district subscription. You'll receive an email from Flocabulary with instructions for setting up your personal account as a manager. Follow these instructions.

2. Invite Teachers

Invite teachers to sign up for Flocabulary. Once you have set up your account and logged in, go to the My School section (find it by clicking your name in the upper right corner).

Student Quick Start Guide

Click on your school. You should see the Invite Teachers tab. You can choose between 3 options:

Type in your teachers email addresses or your listserv

Select Gmail or Office 365 to pull in your contacts

Copy your activation link and email it to teachers on your own

3.Monitor Teacher Adoption and Student, Classroom Creation

You can monitor teacher sign-up in the Manage Teachers tab. Here you can add other teachers as managers or remove them from the subscription. You can also see your student roster by clicking Students, view Classes created, and also create an LTI integration with your LMS, if youd like.

4.Class and Student Set Up

With a schoolwide subscription, you can get all your students using Flocabulary as well. Instruct teachers to set up classes and have students create accounts (and refer them to the Teacher Quick Start Guide ). If you are a teacher, you can also follow these instructions to set up your classes.

Students only need one account and can be enrolled in multiple classes. Note: if you set up an LTI integration with your LMS, students do not need to create accounts. They can then simply join your teachers classes via a class code.

5. Create a Class

Create as many classes and you need to get organized with Flocabulary before adding students.Log in and click on My Classes, then click Create a Class.

Enter a class name, grade, and subject. Select whether youd like to turn on the Text to Speech tool for your class. Click on Create New Class to finish.

Youll get a success message that includes a unique class code, which your students will use to join your class. For information about importing your class with Google Classroom, please see this guide.

6.Student sign-up

Students can use Flocabulary independent of their teacher. Use student accounts to assign homework, in-class activities, and more.

Have students sign up using the unique class code generated when you created a class. Students can go to www.flocabulary.com and click Join a Class. They will then enter the class code generated when you created the class followed by selectingI'mnew to Flocabulary or I already have an account. Create a username and password if needed, andthey'rein! See the for more information about student sign-up.

7. Assign Videos, Activities, and Quizzes

Assign videos, activities, and assessments to measure student progress and determine next steps for teaching. To assign a video, activity, or assessment to your students, go to any unit, and click on Assign. Then, select a class for the assignment.

In the pop-up box that appears, from the list including Video, Vocab Cards, Vocab Game, Read & Respond, Quiz, and Lyric Lab, choose any you would like to assign. Note that Vocab Cards and Lyric Lab are customizable, so you can select certain words to assign or include a special note to your students for writing a rhyme. You can also optionally select a visible starting date to choose when the assignment will appear under students assignments as well as a due date. When all desired activities have been selected, click Create Assignment.

Use this toolkit to help plan your next Flocab training!

Flocab 101 Webinar Recording

This webinar recording offers a 30-min overview of Flocabulary and how it works. Its a great share if you have a teacher whocan'tmake a training.

Flocabulary Training Presentation Slides

Make a copy and use these slides when you share Flocabulary with your teachers. This presentation deck is meant to be flexible for different training purposes.. Feel free to delete slides that are not relevant when you make a copy for your training!

Guided Notes For Teacher Set-Up

Use this handout if youre training teachers with access to Flocabulary about setting up their accounts and creating student accounts and assignments.

WRAP Rhyme Writing Template

Implementation Guides for Various Instructional Objectives

Pick and choose whats relevant for you and your school!

Support ELLs

Current Events Instruction

Lower Elementary (K-2) Implementation

Summer Implementation

Learning Differences

Test Prep

Vocabulary Development

Certificate of Completion Template

Make a copy of this certificate and fill in your details to recognize your attendees once theyve completed your training!

Why Hip-Hop? Infographic

Use this graphic to share stats on why hip-hop is such a powerful learning tool. Feel free to print and share this resource at your presentations!

Parent Letter ( in Spanish too! )

If youd like to communicate with parents and guardians about how they can use Flocab at home with their child, make a copy of this parent letter, add in your own edits, and distribute at your school(s) to be sent home with students.

We often get the question, "How do I use Flocab for X?" Since Flocabulary is very a flexible learning resource with content and tools for almost every teacher, we've put together a collection of implementation guides for our most requested topics. We'll keep adding to this list as we receive more requests, so please let us know what you'd like to see!

Like everything you see below? Download our full implementation guidebook here.

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Description

Lower Elementary (K-2)

Many educators working with early learners lack age-appropriate resources that will help students develop the vocabulary, reading comprehension and math skills that will help them succeed alongside essential social emotional skills. With Flocabulary, academic vocabulary, content knowledge and social emotional skills are incorporated across the curriculum to help students develop these skills through the school day.

English Language Learners (ELLs)

Flocabularys approach to standards-based material makes content engaging and accessible for ELLsregardless of setting (self-contained, push-in/pull-out, or general classrooms). Through multisensory exposures (auditory and visual) and diverse instructional activities, Flocabulary reinforces content area knowledge and essential Tier II and Tier III vocabulary development.

Learning Differences (SpEd)

Flocabulary's multimodal approach to standards-based instruction (hip-hop songs, compelling visuals and opportunities for interaction and creativity) offers a variety of entry points to teaching the relevant curriculum. Music provides a powerful foundation for learners of all abilities to access and connect with academically rigorous content. Flocabularys scaffolded and supportive structure ensures all students are able to learn, and are motivated to create. Educators who employ Universal Design for Learning (UDL) will also find all three UDL principles well-supported with Flocabulary.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

The qualitative and quantitative impact SEL instruction has led to a large emphasis of its inclusion across the curriculum, with some states incorporating the tenets into their standards. Yet many educators struggle to find the time and resources to adequately incorporate it. Flocabulary gives educators 25 explicit SEL lessons (with more to come) as well as features across all 1,000 lessons aimed to cultivate SEL skills in every grade level and subject area.

Test Prep

While test prep season may be in the weeks leading up to a high-stake tests, many educators find that test prep is a year-long endeavor. For example, the size of a students vocabulary has one of the highest impacts on their achievement and a year-long approach to vocabulary development across the curriculum helps students build word knowledge that sticks with them on high-stakes tests and beyond. Flocabulary use weaves vocabulary and common test question formats throughout the year, allowing educators to focus the weeks leading up to a high-stakes test on reinforcing knowledge, building student confidence and reducing stress.

Vocabulary

For teachers who want to make an investment in direct vocabulary instruction, Flocabulary developed a targeted vocabulary program, Word Up. Word Up is a research-based approach that teaches interdisciplinary, Tier-II, vocabulary to help students with reading and literacy. With close to 140 instructional units for grades K-8, Word Up teaches 1,445 words that were taken directly from state tests.

Current Events

Flocabulary's Week in Rap is an interdisciplinary resource that can be used to practice non-fiction reading skills, learn relevant vocabulary and inspire discussion, all standards-based skills. Published every Thursday evening, the video, discussion prompts and activities can be incorporated flexibly over the course of each week and across subjects. The Week in Rap Junior (recommended for grades 3-5) and the Week in Rap (recommended for grades 6-12).

Summer Activities

The end of the school year is about celebrating achievement. It's also an important time to ensure students can take ownership over their learning during the summer break. While this can come in many forms from reading programs to summer camps, Flocabulary can provide a cornerstone for a positive summer routine.

Student sign-up

See this help article on how students can sign up with a class code or email invitation given to them by their teacher(s). Note that you cannot add a student account manually; the student either needs to sign up using the class code, or be added through an integration like Google Classroom or Clever.

Student removal

The subscription manager can remove a student account if a student has left the school or for any other reason, e.g., at parent request.

Go to My School.

Select the school you want to manage.

Go to Students.

Hover over the student you want to delete and click the red remove symbol.

5. Confirm that you want to deletethe student and all associated data and information.

At schools with schoolwide licenses to Flocabulary, students can sign up and join classes. Students only need one account, but they can join multiple classes with that account.

Note that teachers need to create a class before students can sign up. Then teachers should share their class codes with students or invite them to join using the email invitation form under the Manage Class tab of their chosen class.

If you'd like, you can distribute this handout to students with directions on how to join the class. Be sure to write in your class code before you copy it.

Are you using Google Classroom? Please check out this article for details on how to get started.

Students can use a class code to join a class by following these instructions:

1. Go to the Join a Class page.

To access this page, visit the Flocabulary homepage (www.flocabulary.com) and click Join a Class in the upper right corner. You must be logged out to see this option.

www.flocabulary.com/join-class/

Or, you can visit this page directly at . Note that visiting this page will automatically log you out.

If a student is already logged in, they can click Assignments, and then select Join a Class in the upper right of this section.

2. Enter the class code and click Submit.

3. Select the appropriate option depending on whether the student is new to Flocabulary or already has an account.

Remember, students only need one account but can be in multiple classes. They should not create a new account each time they join a class.

4a. If the student is new to Flocabulary, they should then enter a username, password, first name, and last name.

(If teachers and administrators don't want students to enter their full names, they can instruct them to enter initials or X's as desired. Just make sure that teachers and administrators will have enough information to identify students.)

4b. If the student already has a Flocabulary account, they should log in as usual. They will be added to the proper class when they finish logging in.

If your students use Google or Office 365 accounts, they should click the appropriate icon. A popup will appear so that they can provide their login credentials. This will create their account and put them in the appropriate class in one step.

Students that already have accounts and are logged in can expedite this process by hovering over their name at the top right corner and choosing My Classes. They can then click the "Join Class" button, where they will be prompted to enter the class code and join.

1. Make sure you typed in your email address correctly, and also confirm that the email address you're typing in is the one you used to set up your Flocabulary account.

2. Check your spam or junk folder, since these emails can sometimes end up there.

If you're still having trouble resetting your password, contact us.

Note: If you have a student account, you did not enter your email address when you signed up. If you're a student, ask your teacher to reset your password.

We're sorry that you're having trouble viewing Flocabulary videos. Click here for video troubleshooting information.

If your student attempts to join your class and you run into an error stating only students can join, please contact us. It is likely your student mistakingly registered as a teacher at some point in the past on our website. Please reach out to us and we can delete the account so they can start over and join as a student.

Yes. All curricular content in Flocabulary materials is drawn from published state and Common Core standards, and supporting lesson elements are modeled after exercises and activities found on state assessments. Flocabulary team members work with teachers and researchers to develop materials that are closely correlated to standards and best practices for instruction.

You can see how Flocabulary videos are aligned to Common Core standards, and search for videos by standard, by viewing our CCSS finder: www.flocabulary.com/standards/all/

New email address? No problem.

Log in to Flocabulary.com with your old emailand password. Then click on your name and then "My Profile."

Click "Change my email address."

Type in your new email address--twice just to make sure! You'll also need to confirm your password.After you make this change, you will log in with your new email address, and WILL NOT be able to log in with your old email address.

Each week we hold a Shout Out contest and encourage classes to participate. Complete details of our current contest can be found here: http://www.flocabulary.com/week-in-rap-contest/

Best of luck!

Users on school and district subscriptions can now sign into Flocabulary using their Google accounts.

Existing Flocabulary users can switch their accounts to use Google Sign In as long as the email address they used to sign up for Flocabulary matches the email address of their Google account. See Can I sign in with Google if I already have a Flocabulary account? below.

contact us

You can reset your password by clicking "Log In" in the upper corner of any page. Then click "Forgot your password?" You will be prompted to enter your email address. If you've forgotten your email address and password, .

We love hearing ideas and suggestions, and often use them to inform what we'll be working on next. Email them to [email protected] and we will send them to our creative team.

Use these images to decorate your classroom with some of the Flocab characters your students love. Please click the links to download. When you get to Dropbox click "Download" in the upper-right hand corner. Then click "No thanks, continue to download" if you wish to download without creating an account.

Week In Rap

Week In Rap Junior

Word Up

Week In Rap

Flocabulary

Galileo Portrait

Science

Kids (Color)

Kids (Black & White)

Source Evaluation

PEMDAS (Color)

PEMDAS (Black & White)

Word Up

If you are a subscription manager, you can invite teachers to register their Flocabulary accounts by following these steps:

Go to My School by clicking your name at the top right of the page.

click here

Select the school subscription you want to invite teachers to.

Click the Invite Teachers tab and you'll see two ways to invite teachers. You can either add teachers email addresses and send a generic invitation straight from the Flocab site, or you can copy and paste your schools unique activation link into an email of your own. Clicking the activation link circled below will automatically copy the URL to your clipboard.

If you use the email invitation option, you can check the status of the invitations and see whether teachers have signed up. Go to the Manage Teachers tab and toggle to Pending. This will show teachers that have not yet signed up or accepted the invitation. If you go to the Active tab, you will see confirmed teachers who have signed up.

Once teachers have been invited, they'll be taken to a registration page and guided through the following steps of the signup process:

Enter email address

Enter additional account information and set their password

Note that if a teacher already has a Flocabulary login, they should still follow the registration process to join their school's subscription. Instead of creating a new account, they'll be prompted to enter their existing password.

If you're a teacher and would like to invite other teachers at your school to join, .

No. Quizzesand answer keys can only be viewed by paid Teacher, Admin or Parent accounts.

Yes, Flocabulary quizzes are writtento meet Common Core standards, and the questions were written in the style of these tests.

Learn more about how different videos are aligned to the Common Core, and also search for a video by Common Core standard.

Quizzes are only available to paid subscribers with Admin, Teacher or Parent accounts. If youd like to upgrade to a paid account, click here.

All of the quizzes have 10 multiple-choice questions, with the exception of vocabulary quizzes for grades 6-8. Those have20 questions.