CLASSWORKS

I had the pleasure of being the Classworks Champion at my former school and must say I am a fan Classworks! Here's why....

The 411 on Classworks!  

Why you should get excited about or advocate for your district to get Classworks?

Reasons to be WILD about Classworks:

* Differentiated Instruction

* Allows student to monitor progress (Students have responsibility/ownership)

* Provides instruction for all learners (audio, visual, & kinesthetic)

* Animated Instruction & Game Activities

* Creates Individual Learning Plans for students with academic deficiencies and automatically generates assignments
* Generates reports of students' progress and emails them to teachers

* Gives ideas for Lesson Plans

* Can be a great center activity

* Units are centered around COMMON CORE

Classworks Overview 

Once students log in content will be as followed:

~Mini Lesson: Introduce specific concepts and provide skills instruction

~Instructional Lesson: Students learn subjects and perspectives that support each leaning style

~Quiz: A 10 question quiz that determines each student’s achievement with the specific skill.

~Review Activities: If student does not achieve 70% or higher on quiz “Classworks” generates activities to approach the objective from a new perspective.

~Projects: Provides opportunity for students to use real world activities to demonstrate MASTERY

FYI: Some units do not have Mini Lessons or Quizzes; they only have Practice Activities

Reminders for Students

·      Time spent on all material is recorded

·      No playing in Computer Lab

·      Goal is 70% or higher

Reminders for Teachers

1.  60-90 minutes a week

2.  Please follow Lab Schedule

3.  If a student has to end a test prior to finishing they cannot start off where they stopped. 

4.  Please provide pencil and paper for students to work math problems.

Go Math! Common Core Addition

 Go Math! 

I have wanted to do a review of this product for a while, but just never had the time. I also wanted to give an honest review of this product based off my experience.  Now, to get to it, I love GO MATH!
  

Why?

In my opinion it provides everything a teacher needs to be effective and provides opportunities to view content outside of the traditional algorithm.  Go Math played a vital role in helping me understand what Common Core actually is. 

Go Math provides students with a study guide that includes examples and strategies; this is helpful as it assists them with their home learning activities. It can also serve as a guide for parents that may need reminders or work samples to better assist their child with their home learning.  The beauty of Go Math does not stop there; it provides an “Essential Question” for all activities/lessons, as well as “Share & Show” (Think Pair Share) activities,   “On Your Own” (Independent Practice) activities, “H.O.T” activities (Higher Order Thinking), “Test Prep” & “Write Math” (students are required to explain their reasoning via writing) This allows for lessons to run smoothly as teachers and students have everything they need for success.   Oh, and another thing I love about Go Math is that it provides opportunities for interdisciplinary lessons (this is when you combine two subjects in one).  See pictures below.

                                                                (Guide)

(Share & Show)

                                                              (On Your Own)

                                             (H.O.T, Test Prep, & Writing in Math)

                                                     (Interdisciplinary Lesson)

            Drawing conclusions requires the learner to apply their ELA knowledge to the lesson. 

In my Christina Aguilera voice, “It keeps getting better!”  Go Math provides “Enrich” activities (For those who comprehend the skill) and “Reteach” activities (For those who need extra support).  Voila, differentiation! See pictures below.

Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it à Go Math has a complete RTI packet!  Yes. It has Tier 1, Tier 2, & Tier 3 intervention activities for each standard. Teachers do not have to look for material it is already provided.  Tier 1 (for students not comprehending standard taught), Tier 2 (students who still need support after Tier 1 activities) Tier 3 (students who are still in need of support after Tier 2 activities). Tier 2 & 3 includes diagnostic practice for prerequisite skills and alternative teaching strategies. See pictures below.

Go Math has an Assessment Guide that offers a Beginning, Middle, and End, of year assessments as well as chapter assessments.  Chapter assessments include multiple choice, showing work, and constructed response. I love the variety of ways the chapter test assess students.

I also love the teacher manuals as they are not big and bulky.  Each methodology has its own chapter.  As a teacher I often feel like the bag lady and this manual distribution allowed me to go down to one bag! Go Math also has a planning guide and is small in size as well and great for planning and projecting. 

In summary I think Go Math is a great resource that promotes rigor and accommodates the needs of all learners while making planning for teachers less stressful and time consuming. Like any resource the teacher can modify and enhance material for their learning environment. 

Please view the below video of Nina Nelson a teacher in Florida using Go Math!  Ms. Nelson has a variety of videos. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQJp2w16uY

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