Strategic
Math class is designed to help student improve their math skills using a
variety of researched based curriculums. This class meets daily in lieu of the
exploratory class. Students who score below 40th NPR (National
Percentile Rank) on the math portion of the Performance Series test and
confirmed by teacher recommendation, are considered for this class. Students do
not receive a grade in this class, but progress reports are sent to the parents
midterm and the end of each trimester.
The core math
resource is ALEKS, a web-based
curriculum which focuses on the most essential previously taught targets
identified through the initial assessment which customizes the learning topics.
Completion of these topics will give additional support for current concepts in
addition to remediating weakness on prior targets.
Students
will be screened to determine if the resources listed below would be an
appropriate additional support.
Fasttmath: web-based focusing on fact fluency.
Middle school students typically begin with multiplication.
Fraction Nation: web-based focusing on fraction and
decimal fluency.
Do the Math Fractions: using manipulatives to build
conceptual knowledge of fractions.