Dear Parents,
Mobymax is an online learning tool that Georgetown utilizes to support math facts, math skills, reading, and much more. Mobymax can be used on a laptop, desktop, tablet/ipad or smartphone.
LOGIN Instructions for LAPTOP or home computer:
Open browser (safari, firefox or google chrome. Type one of the following into the browser address bar:
- Go to www.mobymax.com/mi1457
- Go to mobymax.com and enter mi1457 in for the school code.
- Go to mobymax.com and select Georgetown Elementary — scroll to Hudsonville, MI.
- Go to the blog and click on the MOBYMAX whale.
LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS for tablets/smartphones:
- Open safari
- Type www.MobyMax.com/signin in the URL address bar.
- Select student. Type mi1457 into the school code box.
- Click the “Action Icon.” This is the box with the arrow icon pointing up at the bottom of the window.
- Click “Add to Home Screen.” This is a grey square icon with plus sign.
- Enter the name “MobyMax” and click “Add.”
- A MobyMax icon will now appear on your home screen.
Once you are onto the MOBYMAX site, there are three view options that pop up.
- Star: Incentives, goals that MOBYMAX is offering.
- Books: Learning Area (Number Sense, Fact Fluency, Reading Trio, etc.)
- Arrow: Progress icon (purple), Messages from the teacher, Vibes – good messages from the teacher, etc.
FACT FLUENCY: First time on, each child takes a placement test. Addition is the first fact to be tested and mastered, followed by subtraction, followed by multiplication and then division. Each child should spend 5 minutes a day on MATH FACT practice.
- Each fact appears for six seconds.
- If the right answer is entered, a new problem appears.
- If the wrong answer is entered, time is allowed for a correction.
- The five minute fact test is broken into 5 one minute sprints.
- At the end of each sprint, a progress update is provided.
- Overall progress can be checked via the PROGRESS ICON.
Green = mastered. Yellow = Tricky Fact.
Reading Lessons: MOBYMAX also has an reading modules that work together to reinforce reading skills. Your child’s teacher will tell you which area should be the focus for your child.
Content Lessons: MOBYMAX also has other learning modules for your child to keep active as a learner over the summer.