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Teacher Discusses Small Group Instruction at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, explains the scheduling and sizing of small groups.Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: But the other part of the day, for me, is small groups. So, I – I'm scheduled groups of kids based on very specific needs, based on data that...
Roots One-on-One Conferencing Spreadsheet
Roots uses one-on-one conferencing spreadsheets so that students are able to benchmark their progress and set goals in a tangible manner. Teachers walk through the tool with students, with updates made in different colors to track change over time.
Teacher Discusses Leveraging Student Feedback at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, explains how teachers are able to elicit and integrate student feedback to give them more choice and ownership over learning plans.Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: I think right now, I think as the technology is new, and as our...
Teacher Discusses Student Choice at Roots
Roots teacher, Samantha Gambino, explains how choice is integrated into the student day, particularly during independent learning time.Transcript: Samantha Gambino: say okay, we have these four authors. Let's all choose which author we all as a...
MAP Data Use
Roots uses NWEA's MAP Assessment to measure students' progress against national norms.
Roots Executive Director Provides an Overview of Micro-Standards
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, provides an overview of how the school has broken Common Core State Standards into micro-objectives to deeply diagnose needs as well as understand student mastery progressions. Transcript: Jon...
Teacher Discusses Students Moving Beyond Grade Level at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, explains the school's philosophy for letting students move with mastery across grade levels rather than seat-time.Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: We move them to the next grade. So ST Math doesn't necessarily recommend that,...
Common Launch
While Navigate Math is a self-paced course, the class always opens with a common learning experience.
Class Competitions at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how class competitions are used to motivate students.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: I can set competitions for however long I choose. I started out with two week competitions. Then I switched to three week competitions....
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...