{"id":30335,"date":"2017-03-22T10:23:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/?p=30335"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:23:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:23:41","slug":"rush-help-to-those-who-need-it-with-an-aimline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/rush-help-to-those-who-need-it-with-an-aimline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush help to those who need it with an aimline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sooner you provide extra help the easier it will be to catch them up. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How can\u00a0you know when students need help to meet expectations? \u00a0Use the graph above, which is available from the Educator’s Resources page or here: One Semester Aimline<\/span><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0It\u00a0is also available in the basic subscription site, Forms and Information Drawer as an optional form. It is an “aimline” for finishing an operation (Sets A-Z) in one semester. \u00a0Schools that don’t start Rocket Math in first grade need students to finish addition in the first semester of 2nd grade and subtraction in the second semester. \u00a0This means that students who get stuck on a level for even a week need to be helped.<\/p>\n

If you indicate on this graph the week in which the student finishes each set in Rocket Math you can tell if the student is making enough progress, or if he\/she needs to be getting extra practice sessions each day. If the student is working on a set above the line of gray boxes or on the line then progress is adequate–they are on track to finish the operation by the end of 18 weeks of the semester.\u00a0 But if the student is working on a set that is below the line that means he\/she needs intervention.<\/p>\n

In the example above the student whose progress is shown in red is above the aimline. \u00a0That student has been passing at a rate that means he or she will finish the operation by completing Level Z by the end of the semester. \u00a0That student does not need any extra intervention. \u00a0In the example above the student in blue is falling behind. \u00a0By the fourth week that student has only\u00a0passed Level C and so he needs to have extra help.<\/p>\n

The first step would be to ensure this student has a good partner and is practicing the right way. \u00a0Sometimes students don’t stay on task or do not listen and correct their partner. \u00a0If hesitations are allowed (while the student figures out the answer) and not corrected the student will not improve. \u00a0Fix the practice in class first and see if the rate of passing improves and the student starts to get up to the aimline.<\/p>\n

The second step is to include this student in a group of students who get a second practice session each day. \u00a0They would work in pairs and do another Rocket Math session each day. \u00a0Whether or not they take tests is unimportant. \u00a0What is important is that they do the oral practice with a partner who corrects their hesitations as well as their errors. \u00a0This could be done by a Title One teacher or assistant or a special education teacher or assistant. \u00a0It should only take ten minutes.<\/p>\n

Another step is to involve parents if that’s possible. \u00a0Another practice session (or two) at home each evening would make a big difference. \u00a0Parents will need to know how to correct hesitations, but there’s a parent letter in the Forms and Information drawer for that. \u00a0Also note that siblings can do this practice as well, as long as they have an answer key.<\/p>\n

You will be pleasantly surprised at how an extra few minutes a day of good quality practice can help students progress much faster at Rocket Math. \u00a0The sooner you intervene, the easier it will be for the student to catch up.<\/p>\n

NOTE: There is an aimline for finishing one operation in a year. \u00a0It is also in the Forms and Information drawer and on the Educator’s Resources page of our website. \u00a0If you follow recommendations and do addition in first grade, subtraction in second, and multiplication in third you can use that aimline. \u00a0It won’t require intervening on so many students.<\/p>\n

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The sooner you provide extra help the easier it will be to catch them up. \u00a0 How can\u00a0you know when students need help to meet expectations? \u00a0Use the graph above, which is available from the Educator’s Resources page or here: One Semester Aimline. \u00a0It\u00a0is also available in the basic subscription site, Forms and Information Drawer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":30343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0},"categories":[44,46],"tags":[35,43,47,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30346,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30335\/revisions\/30346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}