success maker overview
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An overview of Success Maker from Vanguard Community School's August PD.TRANSCRIPT
Success Maker Overview
August 2008
Math Concepts and Skills
• K-8 course
• 16 content areas called “strands.”
• Strands are divided into computation and application strands.
• The course covers 1600 skill objectives.
Computation Strands
• Addition• Decimals• Division• Equations• Fractions• Multiplication• Speed Games• Subtraction
Application Strands
• Applications• Geometry• Measurement• Number Concepts• Probability and Statistics• Problem Solving• Science Applications• Word Problems
Features of MCS
• Teachers can customize the course for EACH student or Group of students to meet specific goals and objectives.
Features of MCS
• Individualized Instruction– Course is individualized according to
performance.– Mastery or Intervention
Features of MCS
• Customizing Capability– Teachers can create a custom course that
includes only selected strands at a given grade level to provide work in one or more content areas.
– You can assign a custom course to a student in addition to assigning the full course.
Features of MCS
• Error Analysis – System responds IMMEDIATELY to a breakdown in algorithmic exercises.
• Delayed Presentation – A skill that is not mastered is marked for delayed presentation.
• IPM
• Worksheets
Using MCS
• Default Enrolment Options
• Starting level
Student Progress Reports
• Course Reports
• Cumulative Gains Reports
Ideas for Classroom Use
• Whole Course Presentation – student progresses throughout the course having all strands presented as per default.
• Single Strand - Using the reference manual, match the objectives in MCS with what is being taught in class. Shut all other strands off.
Ideas for Classroom use
• Creating an Alias – Students can have two logins. One login can take them through course eclectically, and another can focus on one strand at a time.
• Speed Games - Strands can be turned on or off, but if a strand is set as inactive, then no speed games exercises involving that operation are presented.
Ideas For Classroom Use
• Math Groups - using an alias login, sets of students can be grouped according to strand, or level.
Reading Readiness
• Covers Grade Level K-1
• Six content areas or strands
• 36 skill objectives
Reading Readiness
• Strands– Letter Identification– Visual Discrimination– Auditory Discrimination– Vocabulary Building– Comprehension Skills– Special Activities
Reading Readiness
• Letter Identification– Develops the ability to recognize the upper
and lowercase form of each letter of the alphabet, its letter name, and a picture associated with each letter.
Reading Readiness
• Visual Discrimination– Develops the ability to recognize similarities
and differences in letters, words, and pictures.
Reading Readiness
• Auditory Discrimination– Builds students’ phonemic awareness.
• Vocabulary Building– Improves students’ ability to understand oral
language.
Reading Readiness
• Comprehension Skills– Develops literal and interpretive
comprehension skills associated with understanding spoken language.
• Special Activities– Problem solving, riddles, nursery rhyme
activities
Classroom Incorporation
• Whole Course
• Single Strand
• Alias
• Reading Groups
• Activity Sheets