Khan Academy

TLDR

Khan's Mastery Learning is closely aligned to the Common Core, giving students another option to show they exceed one or more standards (what I call "Go For 4"). If you are willing to put in the time and effort, Khan Academy will help you learn.

Khan links in Standards Progress Report don't work!

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Mastery in Khan Academy

Khan assigns three performance levels for skills. If you get a few wrong, it will rank you as "Familiar." If I see you as Familiar in a skill, I will give you a 2.5 rating - starting to get the idea, but not all the way there. Getting all the questions right bumps you up to "Proficient." Proficient means that you meet grade-level understanding for the concept or skill. The highest level in Khan Academy is called Mastery. Achieving mastery of a skill

standards found this in the Courses section of your KA home page, where it was called "Getting Ready for 6th Grade" (I like my name better). You may have noticed another course called simply "6th Grade." By the end of this year, I want every student to rule BOTH these courses...or more

Khan Academy on your iPad has two main areas - Classes and Courses.

Classes You can ignore assignments in your Class section UNLESS I also assign them in Google Classroom. The other "assignments" are there because they might help you level up in your Standards Progress Report.

Courses

UPDATE: Several students have exceeded my expectations by achieving mastery for 6th, Getting Ready for 7th Grade, and 7th Grade!

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