Middle School Mathematics Intervention Plan

Why: This Mathematics Intervention Plan serves as a guide for teachers to support data-driven instruction in math classes.  As part of the plan, Robbinsdale Area Schools has to identify a common resource for teachers to use as a diagnostic tool to identify categories of need for students struggling in Mathematics.      

What: Khan Academy is used as a diagnostic assessment to provide more information to help teachers identify a category of need for students struggling in mathematics.  It also provides supplemental practice for students to work toward mastery.  It is intended to be used supplemental to core instruction and used to strengthen foundational mathematics skills that are necessary for success on grade level.

How: Teachers should use the Khan Academy Course Challenge assessment to determine the category of need for students demonstrating risk on the FAST aMath universal screener.  The process for identifying appropriate lessons in Khan Academy for each student is articulated in the flowchart and explained in the Instructions for Teachers.

Teacher Implementation Support: C&I staff are available to support implementation with individual or groups of teachers.  

**For non-mathematics teachers or sections outside of the core mathematics in Infinite Campus to utilize Khan Academy as an intervention tool, a school must contact their technology integrationist to have custom sections built within Clever. (i.e. Targeted Services)

Instructions for Teachers to log in to Khan Academy:

Video explanation

1. Go to www.clever.com/in/rdale (Bookmark this page)
2. Click on Khan Academy
3. View your students (students may need to login through their Clever account first to populate your list)

Instructions for Students to log in to Khan Academy and begin their work:

1. Click on Rdale Bookmarks
2. Login using Google
3. Click on Khan Academy

1. When prompted regarding whether they have an account, select “no” **Important**
2. When prompted for parent email, click “I don’t know”

4. Have all students select the grade level 1 grade below the grade they are in

5. The teacher will select which course will be the initial COURSE CHALLENGE and guide the student to that Course Challenge online for completion (see the linked video for where to find this)

1. If a student has MCA data of “Does not Meet” or aMath of “High Risk” have them take the COURSE CHALLENGE two grade levels below
2. If a student has MCA data of “Partially Meets” or aMath of “Some Risk” have them take the COURSE CHALLENGE one grade level below

1. If students score below 30% on this initial assessment, have them attempt the next lower grade level the next day.

Once a grade level has been decided on, students should go back to the first Unit on their list

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The Quiz can allow students to demonstrate mastery/proficiency in the skills that preceded it.

• Depending on how they do on a quiz, students can earn points in each skill shown above it.

The Unit Test allows students to demonstrate mastery/proficiency in all skills of the unit.

• Students should reach proficiency in every skill prior to moving to the next unit.

• To achieve mastery students must achieve proficiency by completing practice problems and/or quizzes prior to completing the unit test

Within each skill, students can attempt practice problems with or without watching (and taking notes from) a video explanation. Some skills present students with multiple options for a video to watch.

• Recommendation: have students use a Cornell Notes template to take their notes. Focus on the reflection part of those notes and writing quality questions in the left column
• Students should be working problems on paper or whiteboards or another surface. They should not be working in their heads.

As the teacher, you should Assign the mastery goal for that grade level for all your students. You can set a different grade level goal for each student (or many at once) (HELP DOCUMENT)

The teacher reports on your dashboard provide you with data showing students who could be grouped together for collaborative work. You can directly assign content to specific students (small group or individual) to work on based on the needs of students.

Recommendations:

• Have students set a daily goal. Have them email you what that goal is as well as when they complete it.