About "Ready, Set, Go" -- Independent Practice/Homework
Ready, Set Go!
Each lesson is accompanied by a set of independent practice problems called the Ready, Set, Go. The Ready, Set, Go problems focus on practicing procedural skills, refining understanding, and building fluency and agility. The Ready, Set, Go combined are the distributed practice problems for students to use to reinforce their math understanding and skills. The practice problems are divided into three groups:
- Ready problems activate specific background skills that may be helpful in making sense of new material in an upcoming lesson in the current unit or in future units of instruction. Reviewing prior learning and skills before they are needed in an upcoming lesson allows students to focus on new learning, rather than being hindered by lack of prerequisite skills.
- Set problems place emphasis on the mathematics addressed in the classroom lesson that day, giving students and opportunity to practice with a variety of representations.
- Go problems are a reminder of, and a reengagement in, previously learned mathematics. The mathematics can be from earlier in the unit, from the current course, or even from previous math courses. Therefore, the Go problems may not connect directly to the lesson or unit, but rather represent the essential skills and concepts that occur frequently in mathematical work.
This means that 2/3 of the assignment is review!
Retrieval
The Retrieval problems (done in class in the student workbooks) are provided as a preview of the Ready and Go problems and as an opportunity to review mathematical concepts, with support of student teams and the teacher, prior to working on the Ready and Go problems.
ā What if I need help with the review questions? ā
Each lesson page has a video overview that reviews the homework questions found on the Ready, Set, Go assignments. You can watch that video and take notes in your student workbook. Remember, you can use your notebook on your assignments, including the quizzes and tests!