{"id":1085,"date":"2019-01-07T20:35:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T20:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/?page_id=1085"},"modified":"2019-01-11T23:17:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T23:17:16","slug":"option-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/?page_id=1085","title":{"rendered":"Option 1 K-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Students are placed in their grade level ALEKS class.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Grade Level<\/td>\r\n<td>ALEKS Class<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>K-2<\/td>\r\n<td>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mheducation.com\/prek-12\/explore\/redbird\/redbird-mathematics.html\">RedBird Math<\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>3<\/td>\r\n<td>LV 3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>LV 4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>5<\/td>\r\n<td>LV 5<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>6<\/td>\r\n<td>Middle School Math 1\/LV 6<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>7<\/td>\r\n<td>Middle School Math 2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>8<\/td>\r\n<td>Middle School Math 3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sample scenario when to use this option:<\/strong> You are teaching 8th grade math and most of your students are at or near grade level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>All students are enrolled in the same ALEKS course.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>After the initial knowledge check, a teacher can readily identify any outliers, such as a student needing intervention or a student who can move more quickly through the content.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Assignment features can be used to create whole class pre-tests, assessments, exit tickets.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>As long as a large percentage of the students are at grade level, there are no negatives.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>ALEKS can be a stand-alone curriculum. Teachers may wish to include activities such as:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidemathematics.org\">Inside Mathematics&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Problem of the Month&#8221; and &#8220;Performance Assessment Tasks&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illustrativemathematics.org\/content-standards\">Illustrative Mathematics<\/a>&#8216; Content Tasks.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are placed in their grade level ALEKS class. Grade Level ALEKS Class K-2 Use RedBird Math 3 LV 3 4 LV 4 5 LV 5 6 Middle School Math 1\/LV 6 7 Middle School Math 2 8 Middle School Math 3 Sample scenario when to use this option: You are teaching 8th grade math &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/?page_id=1085\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Option 1 K-8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1085","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6zCuo-hv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280,"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1085\/revisions\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edtech4aleks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}