Personalized Skill Practice
Students that take the 2-5 MAP Math assessment (grades 3-5) can generate personalized practice through Khan Academy. By entering a student’s math RIT scores, he/she can receive a personalized math practice plan. Check it out at:
Hot off the Press: NWEA Student Profile Report!
Check out NWEA’s new Student Profile Report for individualized learning statements. You can customize the report and view suggested learning statements to reinforce, develop and/or introduce standards or topics based on a student’s performance on the latest NWEA MAP assessment.
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Putting The Learning Continuum to Work for You
During strategy groups we note strengths and gaps in our student’s reading foundational skills. We diligently build upon these strengths and focus our explicit instruction on the gaps. What happens when we note similar gaps in the majority of our students? We quickly address the skill(s) during Daily 5 whole group mini-lessons to ensure our students’ reading success. The question that sometimes begged to be asked is, “How do we know what to focus on?” Using assessments to determine this answer will give us a more definitive answer and focus our instruction.
While co-teaching with a 2nd grade teacher, it became evident to us both that many students were struggling with blends and digraphs. Instead of covering all blends and digraphs or only covering them as students struggled, we decided to use a MAP Checklist to assess which blends and digraphs needed to be explicitly taught in both whole and small group instruction. After less than 13 minutes, all students in the class had completed the MAP Skills Checklist for Reading Consonant Blends-Digraphs. The next day it was clear to us which initial or final blends/digraphs we needed to focus on in both whole and small group instruction.
Resource that breaks down RIT band Measures of Academic Progress:
Progress Monitoring Resources: