Implement: Stage 5

Personalized Math Prototype

Objectives:

Create a Playlist handout for a 2-4 week unit.
Have students set learning goals each week and manage their own time in completing the Playlist.
Upon satisfactory completion of mastery tasks, allow students to move onto the next week's obectives of their playlist.

Suggested Timeline: 2 weeks

Step 1: Create a “playlist” handout that lays out all the learning objectives for a 2-4 week unit; this should include objectives, links to activities, as well as links to exit tickets and mastery tasks (similar to a semester exam review packet). See the sample playlist.

Step 2: Distribute the playlist (digitally or printed) and clearly convey your expectations for performance and behavior.

Considerations for More Personalized Learning:

Learning Space: Consider your physical space and make it supportive of student driven learning. You will need:
- A table for the teacher to work with a small group of 4-6 students
- A group performance task area where students can collaborate on projects, word problems, or make use of manipulatives
- An area for students to work independently on their devices

Performance Expectations to Be Met Before Proceeding to a Mastery Task

Khan Academy
- Students should be at the Practiced level or above for each assigned learning objective.
Matific
- Students must earn at least 4 of 5 stars but games may be played more than once to level up their scores. If students continue to struggle after two tries on a game, they should request teacher or peer tutoring.
Mastery Tasks
- Students must complete a single Mastery Task with 80% proficiency prior to moving to the next set of learning objectives in the unit.

Step 3: While students work on their playlist, continue pulling small groups as you did in Stage 2.

Step 4: Create a classroom tracking chart for students to report their progress daily, checking off playlist activities they have completed.

Step 1: Review with students how to examine their weekly data in Khan Academy, as well as their performance on group and mastery tasks, and facilitate their learner reflections:
- What are my strengths? Are their areas in math I would like to move ahead with and accelerate? Which activities did I struggle with? Do I need extra help? Did I use my class time to the best of my ability? If not, what will I do differently?
- Have them write their learner reflections in their Math Notebooks each week.

Step 3: Use a digital or paper form for students to submit weekly goals and request teacher assistance.
- Google Forms work really well for this. See this sample Goal Submission Form. To get started with google forms, see this helpful google forms cheat sheet.

Considerations for More Personalized Learning:

Motivation: If you didn't create a poster in Stage 1 to track Khan Academy, you may want to do so now. Example Poster to download.
Growth Mindset: Use this lesson plan to set the tone in your classroom, with the idea that intelligence is not just something you are born with but something you can build (20-35 minutes).
Badges: Gamification can be motivating for students. Badges and energy points are built into Khan Academy (Using Badges). Incorporate additional teacher-created badges for other activities, like Mastery Tasks and collaboration skills using the Makebadges website.

Step 1: Continue to create Mastery Tasks as you did in stage 4, but have students take the Mastery Task/assessment at any time during the week that they are ready.
- On the tracking chart, students can indicate if they will be ready for a Mastery Task the next class period so that you can distribute.
- Create a system for quickly scoring Mastery Tasks.

Step 2: When they've scored at least 80% on the Mastery Task, allow students to work on the next set of objectives in the Playlist.

Stage 5