registering with veritas 1. go to games.veritaslearninglabs.com 2. click on “register”
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Registering with Veritas
1. Go to games.veritaslearninglabs.com2. Click on “Register”
Registering on Veritas
Fill in all boxes and click “Register”.*Be sure to use a password you’ll remember!*
Registering on Veritas
Click on “Reports”, then “View Leaderboard”
Registering for Veritas
- You and other students will be in competition with one another on readings!- You earn points for your team towards the IKIC Team Challenge—for each HW assignment (article reading and vocabulary deck) you complete, you earn 2 point for your team.
Registering for Veritas
Select “SAT Reading 1” and click “View”
Screenshot your HW to receive credit. • PC: Press Alt+Print Screen by holding down the Alt key
and then pressing the Print Screen key. (The Print Screen key is near the upper-right corner of your keyboard.)
• Mac: Press Command ( )-Shift-4. ...⌘1. Move the crosshair pointer to where you want to
start the screenshot.2. Drag to select an area. ...3. When you've selected the area you want, release
your mouse or trackpad button. ...4. Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
• I will sometimes assign readings for HW! You will see them appear under the “Articles” section with a number (usually 1).
• If you want to work on specific skills, you can search based on Veritas Skills. Feel free to ask Sima, Alison, or Radha if you have questions about how to do this.
Transition! (3 minutes)
• The class able to get back to class fastest earns a point for their team!
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
• What comes to mind when you hear the word “root”?
What do you think a “root word” means?
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
• We will be using the following handout as a guide for determining the meaning of words over the next four weeks.
• You don’t need to know dictionary definitions! A smart, metacognitive reader looks at the parts of a word and uses those clues to figure out their meaning…
• In pairs, define the following words:
bondagedismissalamorphousaccountable
Exit Slip
• On your own, write down two words using the prefix, suffix, or root words listed.
Make sure to provide a definition of that word
Homework
• Homework: - Complete (1) READING QUIZ and (1) VOCABULARY DECK on Veritas (http://games.veritaslearninglabs.com).- E-mail screenshots of (1) COMPLETED READING QUIZ and (1) COMPLETED VOCABULARY DECK to [email protected] by Monday, July 27th at 9:59AM.