i-Ready Instruction

i-Ready Online Instruction is a powerful tool that supports your teaching and provides targeted instruction to every student’s strengths and needs. It also provides you with real-time data and insights into student learning. Based on Diagnostic performance, students are automatically placed into their personalized lesson paths. While you do not need to do anything to make sure your students are assigned the lessons they need, you play a critical role in their online learning.

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Get the Most from Online Instruction

The time between Diagnostics is when learning and growth happen. i-Ready Online Instruction is a powerful tool that supports your teaching and provides targeted instruction to every student’s strengths and needs. It also provides you with real-time data and insights into student learning. Based on Diagnostic performance, students are automatically placed into their personalized lesson paths. While you do not need to do anything to make sure your students are assigned the lessons they need, you play a critical role in their online learning.

i-ReadyCentral.com/LearningIn2020 for tips and tools specifically developed to support you this school year.

To get the most from Online Instruction:

Schedule Time for students to engage in online lessons
Prepare Your Students for Online Instruction
Monitor and Plan
Share Results and Engage Students
Respond to Students’ Needs

Plan Small Group Instruction

Differentiating instruction to meet students’ needs is a powerful and impactful instructional practice. With i-Ready, students begin by taking the Diagnostic, which informs their personalized online lesson path. Data from Diagnostics and Online Instruction should be used to plan for teacher-led small group instruction, individualized instruction, and data chats. To do this effectively, it’s important to establish a method for planning, such as the one pictured here.

To plan effective small group instruction:

Monitor and Analyze Student Data
Plan Routines and Instruction
Select Resources
Teach and Facilitate the Teacher-Led Station
Engage Students

Kindergarten - Elementary

At the start of a new school year, you are welcoming a whole new kindergarten class and will be getting to know students with a broad range of experiences. Within your class, you may have early readers with one to two years of formal pre-K behind them, and you may have students encountering the alphabet for the very first time. To engage kindergarten students in i‑Ready and use the program to its full potential:

For more information, review the tips and tools outlined below.

Three key resources to help get you started:

Digital Readiness Kit Touchpad
Introduction to Online Instruction Lesson
Ideas from Other Educators

Middle School

Middle schools have their own unique needs, such as diverse master schedules, more students and classes for each teacher, and variability in student needs. Middle school students are also unique, and motivating them can sometimes feel extra challenging. That’s why you need to implement every program, including i‑Ready, with a middle school “twist.” To support middle school students with i-Ready:

For more information, review the additional tips and tools outlined below. Download this Kit: Engaging Your Students with i-Ready for a printer-friendly version.

Three key resources to help you get started:

Engage Families

Family engagement can enhance student success in the classroom. Helping families understand i-Ready and encouraging them to talk with their child about strengths or areas for growth support a growth mindset and student success.

To engage families: