Content Site
URL: https://content.grapeseed.com
The Content site hosts materials such as the Teacher Manual, Lesson Planning, Phonics Files, Unit Newsletters, and more. This site can be accessed by users with a Teacher, Coach, or Region Admin role.
Select a region and product version from the top-right drop-down list. The product version lists are abbreviated (first two characters) and appended by version (example: v1 or v4):
- GS - GrapeSEED
- LS - LittleSEED
Home
This is the default section of the site, and it includes search functionality. Use the Search Bar to search by keywords and list the materials based on those keywords. For example, keywords like zoo or country list all available materials with those keywords.
Refine your search using the content category filter box to the left of the Search Bar.
Click the filter box, and a drop-down list appears with a list of content categories:
Select one or more (maximum is five) content categories, for example, Transition Guide, Activity Pages, Big Book, and Chant. Note that if you click a category that was previously selected, it becomes deselected.
Enter an item to search for in the Search Bar.
Search results are displayed in a grid showing the content 'Type', 'Unit' (GrapeSEED) or 'Set' (LittleSEED), 'Title', and buttons to view, play, or download.
General
The General section contains guides for REP and Migration for teachers. These materials can be viewed online or can be downloaded to the local computer.
Refer to the Icon Reference for a description of what the icons displayed with the material mean.
Unit
The Unit (GrapeSEED) or Set (LittleSEED) section lists all materials associated with unit(s) or set(s) selected. The materials are categorized as:
- Manual
- Lesson Planning
- Support Materials, including Phonic Audio Files
- Classroom Materials
- Student Materials
- Unit Newsletters - Under 'For Parents'
The materials can be filtered based upon units or sets, too. Select a unit or set to list the materials for that unit or set. Clicking the same unit or set number twice unselects it.
Teacher Manual
The Manual section lists all the teacher manuals for the selected unit(s) or set(s). The manuals can be downloaded or viewed within the browser by clicking the appropriate icon displayed beside the manual's title.
Lesson Planning
The Lesson Planning section lists all lesson plans for the selected unit(s) or set(s). Lesson plans are further categorized as:
- Individual Lesson Plan
- Transition Guides (applicable to Unit 2 onwards)
- Unit Lesson Plan
Refer to About the Viewers to become familiar with the viewers used to show and play various materials.
Support Materials
The Support Materials section lists materials like phonics audio and other resources helpful for the teacher for the selected unit(s) or set(s), if applicable.
Phonic Audio Files
Phonic Audio Files are listed under Support Materials and include all audio files associated with the selected unit(s) or set(s), which can be played using the audio player.
Classroom Materials
The Classroom Materials section lists all materials for a selected unit(s) or set(s). Materials are categorized as songs, stories, action activities, vocab cards, phonograms, shared reading, and chants.
Student Materials
The Student Materials section lists all materials that can be used by students in the classroom as well as at home to practice. There are three types:
- Activity Pages
- Comprised of the coloring and writing fun pages found in the back of the REP books.
- Student
- Lists all materials in the unit for the unit(s) or set(s) selected.
- Contains materials which can be viewed and played by clicking their respective icons.
- Writer
- Lists the Writer book(s) associated with the unit(s) selected. This starts from Unit 3 onwards.
- Contains the Answer Key book along with the Writer book starting with Unit 8.
Unit Newsletters
The Unit Newsletters section under For Parents lists all parent newsletters associated with the selected unit(s). Parents can access unit newsletters from the Parents Website, too.
References
Icon Reference
View classroom materials Play Song Play Video View REP PDF file View Teacher Manual PDF Download PDF
About the Viewers
The materials can be viewed within the browser window. There are three types of viewers to view the content: the video player, the audio player, and the file viewer.
Video Player
The video player allows a user to play the video material. Clicking the Play Video icon launches the player:
- The title bar displays the video name.
- The player can be closed by clicking the [X] button on the top-right of the dialog box.
- The status bar at the bottom has:
- A Start/Pause button on the left.
- Video length/current position information in the center.
- An option to select the video quality.
- The right-most option is to view the video in full screen mode (press ESC key to return to the normal view).
Audio Player
The audio player is similar to the video player; however, it plays audio clips, including songs, chants, and stories, while a still image of the material is shown. Audio clips for support materials can also be played, but no image is shown.
Clicking the Play Song icon launches the audio player:
- The title bar displays the audio clip name.
- The player can be closed by clicking the [X] button on the top-right of the dialog box.
- The status bar at the bottom has:
- A Start/Pause button on left.
- Audio clip length/current position information in the center.
- The right-most option in the status bar is to open the viewer in full screen mode (press ESC key to return to the normal view).
File Viewer
The file viewer displays selected classroom material or a PDF within the browser. The content can also be printed from within this viewer. Clicking a View classroom material or View PDF icon opens the material in the file viewer.
- The title bar displays:
- Page information (current page/total pages) in the top center.
- Zoom in/out icons on the right (as - / + signs).
- The viewer can be closed by clicking the [X] button on the top-right of the dialog box.
- Navigate through pages by clicking:
- Right/Left arrow keys on the keyboard.
- Click the Next or Previous icon on the right/left side of the viewer.
- The status bar displays the thumbnail view of pages within the document.
- Jump to a specific page by clicking the thumbnail of that page.