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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...
LPS Sample Teacher Google Dashboard
This is a sample teacher Google dashboard used for LPS's Navigate Math course. (LPS has since migrated much of this functionality online in partnership with Gooru.)
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...
Heterogeneous Teams
Students are assigned to heterogeneous teams for competitions and support.
Students' Weekly Goals at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how student set weekly goals for their learning.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: Their weekly goal is around thinking for this week I am starting the week at maybe 50 percent. Do I want my goal to be a completion goal?...
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...