TISS Web Site Notes

Site Map Notes

The information contained in this web site is mirrored in PDF file format. Those files are all available under the "Downloads" link. While all of the content is present in the web site, many of the documents look and print better in that format.
There are many references to using StarOffice in the lesson plans. Some may not be aware of StarOffice and its benefits. First, Sun Microsystems is making it available to educational institutions worldwide for the cost of the media. This is a huge gift! It is a very functional replacement for the more costly Microsoft Office. It presently runs on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. There is a beta version for Macintosh OS X at www.openoffice.org. OpenOffice is the open source verison of StarOffice and is entirely free to all.
When reviewing the lesson plans, it is helpful to use the the BACK button to return to the Itinerary (list of lessons).
This web site displays correctly under the following browsers:
- Solaris Netscape 7
- Solaris Mozilla (current build April 2003)
- Macintosh Internet Explorer 5
- Macintosh Netscape 7
- Maintosh Safari
- Macintosh Mozilla (current build April 2003)
- Windows Internet Explorer 6
- Windows Netscape 7
As of April 1, 2003, the official updated copy of the TISS project is this live web site located at: mountain.adams12.org/TISS
- The StarOffice, Microsoft Office, and PDF files will not be updated.
- Noted Changes:
  - 04-02-03
    Additions made to the "Possible Side Trips" section in Grades 2, 3, 4, and 5.
  - 04-09-03
    Site Map added to Web Site Notes Page
  - 04-11-03
    Extra directions added to Biography Acrostic Poem
  - 04-23-03
    Typos fixed on 4th, 5th grade pages, Writing Process/Word Processing Skills lesson plan, Graphics/Text Integration lesson plan, Introduction to Ed. Support Software lesson plan, Explorer's Report and Presentation lesson plan, Similies-Metaphors Database lesson plan, Keyboarding Unit lesson plan
    Keyboarding rubrics added to Keyboarding Unit Lesson Plan
    A new reflection was added to the Story Problem Presentation lesson plan
  - 04-24-03
    Research Internet Activiity was added as a "Possible Side Trip" for 4th and 5th grade.
  - 04-30-03
    Typos fixed on 2nd Grade Itinerary, Author's Page lesson plan, Friendly Letter to E-mail lesson plan, Muscles, Bones, Joints Electronic Book lesson plan, Sound Words - One way to Start a Story lesson plan, A Plethora of Poems lesson plan, Intro. to the Internet lesson plan, Graphics/Text Integration lesson plan.
    Oxford Authors was removed as a resource from Author's Page lesson plan. Yahooligans! was added.
  - 05-02-03
    Wording change to Readable Document lesson plan.
    Typos fixed in Readable Document lesson plan, Graphics/Text Integration lesson plan, Conventions #3 lesson plan, Conventions #1 lesson plan, Moon Phases lesson plan.
  - 05-22-03
    Possible Side Trips added to Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

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