Creating Your First Worksheet

These steps will help guide you through your first practice page creation. For more detailed instructions consult the digital help file which can be accessed from any screen on the application.

1. Select a Skill Building Tab

The Computations Tab has the most features, so let’s begin there.

2. Select New Document,choose your layout.
3. Select the number of problems, choose which operation your students need to practice, then choose the format for your problems.
4. There are two ways to select numbers for your practice page:          
1. Place Value – choose the length of digits for each numeral
2. Range – select a maximum and minimum value for each numeral
5. If you are creating an addition, subtraction, or multiplication page you may select to control whether or not your problems will regroup. If you are making a division page you may select the format in which your answers will appear.
6. You’re almost finished! Preview your practice page, if it doesn’t exactly meet your needs try clicking Regenerate to get a new set of problems, or go back a step and make adjustments to your parameters. You may also modify the student directions by simply clicking the page’s title. 
7. You may choose to add artwork to your page by using the drop down menu in the top right corner.
8. Now print your page, turn the answers on to create a key for yourself and click print again.
9. You are finished with your first customized worksheet! You may save documents created in the Computations Tab.
10. Before you quit the application you may want to try out some of the other Tabs.
1.  Comparing/Ordering functions similarly to Computations with the exception of number selecting, only Place Value is available.
2. Timed Tests is meant to test knowledge of fact families, therefore you will be selecting a multiplier, dividend, addend, or subtrahend for all the problems. You may also select Mixed Review which will include all numerals less than the one selected.
3. Instructional Aides provides you with printable materials to assist with your instruction.

These are just the basics. As you use the program you will quickly learn to maneuver through and select just the right features to meet your classroom needs.