MATHNASIUM TRAINING EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

MATHNASIUM TRAINING EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS PKs (prescriptives) - ANSWER designed like typical math practice pages with increasingdifficulty ranging in length (2-22 pgs) (Don't tell them the PK level) Instructional pages - ANSWERhelp instructors refresh on techniques Masterycheck - ANSWER mini-assessment, should be done independently Focus Ons (FOs) - ANSWER extra practice, not grade related, general topics, adds depth,advanced students, code at bottom right of each page Workout Books (WOBs) - ANSWER based on student number sense evaluation, part of NSD series and Intervention series Individual instruction in a group environment - ANSWER many classes of one Team teaching - ANSWERinstructors rotate on the floor, helping students in strategicmoments, students benefit from multiple instructors, Each instructor helps students individually 10 rules of engagement - ANSWER Use mathnasium teaching constructs, try a new explanation if it isn't working, fall back on old knowledge when astudent is struggling andexpand knowledge with student is succeeding, praise and criticize constructively when appropriate, socratic vs direct teaching, use mathnasium vocabulary, use tools for visual learning, use metacognition, use mental math, master team teaching Half and half model - ANSWE R half HW, half mathnasium activity Mathnasium model - ANSWE R warmup, warm down, mathnasium activities, HW Guidelines for instruction delivery - ANSWER Sitacross from students, Supporting andencouraging voice, Be concise GENE Teaching - ANSWER help astudent for a while, allow them to be independent, helpsomeone else, then come back The Student Binder - ANSWER Contains material from student learning plan,assembledfrom assessment results Sections 1-5 of binder - ANSWERAssessments and progress info, Prescriptives in works (grade specific), A+ splits active packs and new packs, Workout books in works (developmentdependent,simple and helps with mathematical thinking), Corrected prescriptives, Correctedworkout books Student incentive - ANSWER star punches, red level 1, red 2, black 3, yellow 4, grey 5 Team roles - ANSWER TT works best when the team is coordinated to support students Rules of team teaching - ANSWER Assign team roles, Rotate and read the floor, Engage students appropriately, Interact with students effectively, Disengage and communicate, Communication and accountability for student progress, Understand team roles/accountability/communication, Gives students space to develop without instructor, Students hear multiple instructor voices, Instructors are productive and precise, Vibrant safespace Mathnasium is allabout - ANSWER custom and personalized learning, One on oneinstruction, Independent students Routine - ANSWER Students program is in their binder, Students pull binder off shelf,Scan in, Pick up where left off, Work on workout plan How to rotate and read the floor - ANSWER Look around see if students have lost focus/talking/staring into space/asking for help/stuck on one page for a long time, Use peripheral vision to see if students are raising their hands while engaged with a student How to appropriately engage students - ANSWER See how they're doing, Be inviting andnon threatening, Students will be self conscious to ease them in, See what they know to adjust your vocabulary, Scaffolding by working on easier stuff to work on what they have an issue with How to disengage and communicate - ANSWEROnce they have it figured out, let themtry it on their own and help someone else, Always leave them with a task Checking out - ANSWER Check workout plan goals and see if they've been accomplished,Make a note on issues if necessary Instruction Teams - ANSWER Separate areas or student needs, Higher levelstudents maybe sat separately from lower level, Ratio should not exceed 4:1 students to instructor Team leader - ANSWER Center director or experienced instructor, Direct students to seats, Check students in, Direct instructors, Delegate, Acknowledge students in need, Assiststruggling students Session Wheel - ANSWERUse to see student's productivity and communicate for maxproductivity