Sometimes the right answer is to move on. Sometimes it is a two-minute conversation. The smallest response that works is the one that actually happens.
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Data does not automatically mean reteach
Data does not automatically mean reteach
Response When it fits Rough Cost
Response When it fits Rough Cost
Move on They have it. 0 minutes
Extend Ready for more About 10 minutes
Feedback A question on their paper About 2 min. each
Quick correction One warm-up About 10 min
Small group Four students, not 24 15 min, a few days
Prerequisite work The gap is upstream 15 min, two weeks
Different representations Same idea, new way in One lesson
Full reteach Rarely first Several lessons
Start at the top. Stop at the first one that matches the cause.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Five groups, five responses
Five groups, five responses
Who Cause Response Cost
Who Cause Response Cost
Whole class 46% added denominators Fraction strip warm-ups 10 min a day, 2 weeks
Students 11, 15, 22 Fraction as two whole numbers Small group, fraction strips 15 min, 4 days
Student 09 Computes, cannot explain Feedback question 2 min
Student 18 Reading load Chunk the problem One warm-up
Student 04 Has it Extend: a rule for any denominator 10 min
Ten minutes a day, plus one small group. Not a reteach of the unit.
TRY IT IN 10 MINUTES
Build your plan
Build your plan
Write your cause in one sentence.
Pick the cheapest response that matches it.
Write mintues per day, days and a start date.
Plan for students who already have it.
Plan the check now.
Frames and Templates
Your plan, six lines
Your plan, six lines
Students: ___
Cause: ___
Response: ___
Minutes: ___ a day, ___ days
Start Date: ___
Check: ___
Bring students in: show them the item, let them argue the choices, and set one goal they can check.
COMMON TRAPS
What trips people up
What trips people up
Reteach first
Start at the top of the menu of options
No minutes
If you cannot say how many, it is not planned.
Forgetting who has it
Move on or extend. Sitting through a reteach is a cost.
No check planned
Moving on without a plan
Sharing with your principal? Share your question, cause and plan. Not scores by student.
WATCH IT
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