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Class Competitions
To keep students on pace, teachers create a class competition that runs daily and by “unit.”
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...
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,...
Example: Goals for the Week at LPS Richmond
An LPS student explains her process for setting her goals for the week.Transcript: Student: Interviewer: What's your name? Student: My name is Janelly. Interviewer: What are your goals for this week? Student: My goal is to complete at least 12...
Teacher Discusses How She Uses Data to Monitor Progress at LPS Richmond
Navigate Math provides teachers with dashboards where they can see student progress. Sophia Thomas, teacher, shares how she uses this dashboard during class to monitor where each student is in their progress against objectives and units.Transcript:...
Data Dashboard for Progress Monitoring
Teachers use a dashboard to monitor goal-setting and progress.
Diagnostics to Help Students See Academic Growth at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, asks students to reflect on their growth by looking back at their starting point.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: There's also a diagnostic at the start. We make them take a diagnostic to identify the foundation. This is where...
Diagnostics to Identify Student Mastery at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how she and students use diagnostics to make sure students don't waste time on topics they've mastered.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: When students start, I give a diagnostic. The algebra teacher gives a diagnostic....
Benefits of Student-Initiated Assessments at LPS
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how students at LPS are able to choose when they take a mastery assessment.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: The biggest thing is they choose when they take their summative assessment. With this model, every single kid is...
Assessment Initiated by Student
Students have responsibility for determining when and requesting to take a mastery assessment.