As we prepare to complete our course, we also look at mastery of the content. We have 14 lessons left in the book, meaning we will finish in mid May. While we are finishing up the end of the book, we are also checking of skills that may not have been mastered the first time around.
On Thursday I gave each student a math progress report. This report shows the objectives that the student has not yet demonstrated mastery on. The key word is YET. They have an entire month to work on demonstrating mastery. While we are finishing course material, students may make appointments at lunch, before school, or after school to take a quiz on a specific objective. If they demonstrate mastery on that quiz, the objective will be signed off, allowing them to move on to others. Once we finish the course material (mid May), they may use class time to take these quizzes. If a student takes the quiz and does not demonstrate mastery, they must get help with it (from me, a peer, or a parent) before trying again. Quizzes may not be repeated within 48 hours.
Once we finish the course materials and students have demonstrated mastery on all objectives, they will work on a applied mathematics hands on project.
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