Principal Meeting

Principal MeetingMay 7, 2013

Math InterventionAssisting Students Struggling wit

h Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools

What Works Clearinghouse, IES (institute of Education Sciences), NCEE (National Center for Educational Evaluation)

RTI ModelsIn Class model

◦Groups are small◦Transition time minimal, supplies available

◦Integrated within the classroom

Group A: Seat, GameGroup B: Teacher, GameGroup C: Game, Teacher

Grade level model◦Leveled groups◦Direct/Whole group

Instruction◦Prep can be shared◦Take advantage of

teacher skills and talents.

Group A: ReteachGroup B: Practice Group C: Enrich

Sample Lesson: 5.NF.7Fluency practice (5 min)Review: Direct Modeling (5 min)Partner Game (15 min)Independent Practice (5 min)

Fluency Practice (#6)iPad appTime sheetFlash cardsGameCBMProgress monitoring

Review (#3)Division:

Explicit, Systematic, Models, Cumulative Review

Dividing a whole number by a unit fraction

Guided Practice (#3, #4, #5)Division Game

◦Verbalization, guided practice, and word problems, visual models.

◦Roll the dice to create a whole number and a unit fraction.

◦Represent the division on a number line.

◦Create a situation to match the division.

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Bruce listens to music for three hours. Every ¼ hour Bruce listens to a Pink Floyd song. How many Pink Floyd songs does Bruce listen to?

AdaptationsTier One: Grade levelTier Two: Reteach, guided practice,

small group, (use number cards with 1, 2, 3, 4 if needed or adapted dice)

Tier Three Below Grade Level: Begin with a context, use adapted dice.

Tier Three Above Grade level: Write the multiplication equivalency, write a division context as well as a multiplicative context.

Summer Professional Development OpportunitiesFinal Elementary Math Core Training

Technology ClassesProgressions: Whole Number Models and Operations

Progressions: Rational Number Models and Operations