I encourage collaboration by allowing my students to become my “Student Helpers.” Student Helpers are students who are on track to complete their work on time and would like to provide more examples or guided practice for a classmate who needs to do some revision before moving on. I usually assign one Student Helper per week. My students absolutely love being Student Helpers!
One-on-one instruction: I use a whole-class tracker to track progress and provide feedback. If a student needs to revise a task, I will click the purple “revise” tab to let them know they must check in with me before moving on. I use this data to determine who I check in with daily. I provide one-on-one support with extra examples and guided practice if students need to revise. I then create a new mastery check for completion the following day.
Small-group instruction: Essentially, with my diverse learners, all instruction is provided either in small groups (my groups consist of 3-8 students) or one-on-one. If my students share the same goals, I use small group instruction to help with revision and provide additional support. Often, my students have very different goals, so one-on-one instruction happens most often in my classroom.
Whole-group instruction: I use whole-group instruction to cover fundamental math skills or to teach a topic that data has shown to be something that all or most students lack mastery on.
One tip is to keep your trackers updated and review them daily. Your trackers contain everything you and your students need to guide daily instruction.