Do this, not just when you start Rocket Math<\/strong>, but any time you see that students are NOT doing the correction procedure the right way.\u00a0 If they start to slip or zone out, the best thing to do is stop them from doing Rocket Math and spend a few days requiring them to model how to correct your errors, one at a time, while everyone listens.\u00a0 \u00a0Do it for ten minutes each day (during Rocket Math time) for several days–at least until you have had every student get a chance to “be your checker.”<\/p>\n You have to role play being a student and you have to make the ALL the errors which they have to learn how to correct.\u00a0 You have the worksheet and your students have the answer key in front of them.\u00a0 Choose one at a time to be your “checker.”<\/p>\n First<\/strong>, ask that student\u00a0WHEN<\/strong> should they should correct you.\u00a0 They should\u00a0say (in any order),<\/p>\n When you make an error.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n When you hesitate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n When you say the problem wrong.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n When you don’t say the whole problem and the answer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Stop. Interrupt the student and say the correct problem and the answer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2. Repeat.\u00a0 Have the student repeat the correct problem and answer three times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 3. Back up.\u00a0 Have the student back up three problems and begin again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Third<\/strong>, begin practicing as if you were a student and then make errors.\u00a0 Then\u00a0require the student you’ve selected to be your checker to model the three-step correction procedure.\u00a0 \u00a0They should interrupt you and say the whole problem and the answer, ask you to say it three times, and then after you’ve repeated it three times, they should tell you to back up three problems and begin again.\u00a0 You’ll end up counting together and coming to agreement about where to start and then beginning again.\u00a0 But remember, they have to know not just HOW to correct, but also WHEN to correct.<\/p>\nRequire them to model the correction procedures while you role play being a student making errors.<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Second<\/strong>, ask that student HOW<\/strong>\u00a0they should correct you.\u00a0 They should say (in order)<\/p>\n