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Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Groups
Students are assigned to both homogeneous and heterogeneous groups to support learning.
Roots Executive Director Provides an Overview of Creation of Schedules
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, shares the process for scheduling student and teacher time.Transcript: Jon Hanover: we built an app that basically allows our habits of success coaches in partnership with scholars to basically plan out their...
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...
Roots' Mastery-Based Reporting
Students receive "growth reports" after every 6-8 week assessment period.
LPS's Academic Numeracy Specialist Role
The Navigate Math role requires comfort with blended learning as well as deep content expertise. For this reason, it is staffed as a specialist role across the LPS network.
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....
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...
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?...
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...