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Visual Dashboards for Class Competitions at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how the class developed visual dashboards to show individual and team progress against goals in order to engage students, celebrate growth, and stay on pace.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: Purple is in the moment on that...
Class Competitions
To keep students on pace, teachers create a class competition that runs daily and by “unit.”
Working in Teams at LPS Richmond
An LPS student explains how they work with others in class.Transcript: Student: My name is Obet. Interviewer: Obet. And can you tell me about kind of working on teams in this class?Student: Well we basically – we have units. On our team we're like...
Teammates as a Source of Motivation at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how peers can be a source of support and motivation for students in setting and attaining goals.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: One cool thing I saw happening really early was that there was this really nice peer pressure...
Heterogeneous Teams at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, uses a heterogeneous teaming strategy to support student learning. Transcript: Sophia Thomas: I decided to switch after my first team competition to heterogeneous groupings. How did I make that choice? In the first...
Large Group Instruction at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how and when she uses large group instruction to support students.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: you're going to have to figure out ways to be really effective. When can I do a whole group thing? Something I want the...
Direct Instruction for Non-cognitive Skills at LPS
Walk through of how the first two units are structured as a class. LPS initially built and tested their Academic Numeracy course in Google Sheets, and many of those practices have been captured as Blended and Personalized Learning Strategies. LPS...
Peer Grading at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how peer grading is used as a strategy to deepen learning. Students use a rubric to grade their own and others' work. Transcript: Interviewer: Can you talk about grading? I noticed that students can grade their own,...
Student Perspective on Peer Grading at LPS Richmond
A student shares how peer grading through "team checks" works to help her get better grades. Transcript: Student: There are team checks. Team checks are when a partner needs to grade you. A partner needs to grade you in order for Miss Thomas to...
Gooru Navigate Math
Navigate Math is a personalized pre-algebra platform that builds foundational skills.
Creating Student Groups at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains her strategy for creating learning groups.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: When I do the group, I'm looking at a couple of things. I'm looking at the data on my teacher dashboard. I'm looking at the planner. I'm also...