REDESIGNED USERS: Find the paper in your box that tells you about The Loom.  If your information page about The Loom is not in your box, click here to find brief instructions.)

YEAR 1 REDESIGNED USERS:  Open each unit you've received and put it into a 1.5" binder.  Start to browse the unit you'll use first, noting the pages with yellow bars at the top.  These are your Reading Assignment Charts and Weekly Overviews.  They give you a summary of each week-plan.  Take out the Order Form and start shopping for books. 

• Note: on each two-page Reading Assignment Chart, those on the left page are sold by The Bookshelf; those on the right page are optional extra choices. 
• On The Loom disk, access the Excel-based Resource List.  You can sort it and print it!  There are two pages to it (see tabs at the bottom), corresponding to the two pages of each chart.)
• Also, located on The Loom disk, print (or read onscreen) the Introductory Notes to your year-plan.  These will really help you to get started!

YEAR 2 REDESIGNED USERS: Open each unit you've received and put it into a 1.5" binder.  Start to browse the unit you'll use first, noting the pages with yellow bars at the top.  These are your Reading Assignment Charts and Weekly Overviews.  They give you a summary of each week-plan.  Take out the Order Form and start shopping for books. 

• Note: on each two-page Reading Assignment Chart, those on the left page are sold by The Bookshelf; those on the right page are optional extra choices. 
• Note: You should have received working Reading Assignment Charts for the units still in production.
• As soon as The Loom is activated for you, access the Excel-based Resource List.  You can sort it and print it!  There are two pages to it (see tabs at the bottom), corresponding to the two pages of each chart.)
• Also, when The Loom is activated, print (or read onscreen) the Introductory Notes to your year-plan.  These will really help you to get started!

Note: you might want to know about our online digital aids as well.  Click here to read more about these!

CLASSIC USERS: Your entire Writing Component (teacher planning tools, student assignments, and supplements) are found in that BASE Unit you started with on white, purple, coral, and green colored sheets.  Teacher materials are on purple and white paper.  Student assignments are on coral.  Supplements on green.

REDESIGNED USERS: You will find the actual Writing assignments arranged by level each week in your week-plan (they have a red bar at the top and are always on pages 8-10 in each week-plan).  There is a Writing Teacher's Manual available on The Loom, and there are Supplements there for you to print down, as well as guides to choosing the right writing level for your student.

All Tapestry users will benefit from our new eProduct: Writing Aids!

Now, sit down and read through the first complete week-plan that you are going to implement.  Browse the Threads (goals for the week), look through the activities suggested, and read the Teacher's Notes.  Begin to think about how you will choose to implement Tapestry with your unique family.  Want some pointers on doing that?  To read another short tutorial, click HERE!!!