40Day Math Countdown to FCAT

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40-Day Math Countdown to FCAT
NORTH REGIONAL CENTER Dr. Marcos M. Moran,
Regional Superintendent
Michèle S. Weiner Assistant Principal Sunny Isles
Beach K-8 Shelley Werner Curriculum Support
Specialist, North Regional Center
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Grades 3-10 Core Math Courses
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Coming Soon!
Countdown Review Materials for Elementary
Tutoring sessions and Secondary Intensive Math
classes! Grades 3-10
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Daily Countdown

• Daily focus on five benchmark questions covering
  each tested strand.
• Benchmark review items compiled from replicated
  released
• FCAT tests, Item Specifications Examples and the
  Examview
• Benchmark Aligned Item Bank.
• Daily 20 minute review lessons for the beginning
  of each class period.
• Multiple re-teaching opportunities to meet the
  needs of students.

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Daily Countdown

• Repeated exposure and review in CORE mathematics
  classes of
• the types of problems students will encounter on
  the FCAT exam.
• Math problems are introduced the first day
  followed by repeated problems presented in
  subsequent days with different
• numbers and values to promote practice and
  content application.
• Practice and review without interfering with the
  scope and sequence of district pacing guides.

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Daily Countdown

• Ideal review for secondary students currently
• taking Algebra, Geometry, and advanced
• courses to provide exposure to benchmarks
• tested at their grade level.
• Retakers will benefit from this resource.

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Daily Countdown
The same or similar problem is practiced for 5
days.
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Daily Countdown

• How to manage the countdown
• Teach daily for 40 days
• Begin on January 12th ending the first week in
  March.
• Students keep countdown worksheets in a folder
• or teacher can collect the packets after
  review session.

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BLOCK SCHEDULING
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Daily Countdown

• How to teach the countdown
• Teach daily for 40 days as a 20 minute Do Now.
• Explain in detail how to solve every problem
• (use pictures, tables, number representations)
• Identify the problem solving strategy used
• Model how to solve the problem (make sure
  students take
• notes)
• Ask students to write or explain how they found
• their answers.
• Use every 5th day as a quiz to assess.
• Use as classroom instructional resource and do
  not post
• as a website resource.

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Materials and Procedures

• Packet for each student with reference sheet
• Calculators for Grades 7-10
• Instruct first day of each week - teacher
  directed
• whole class instruction.
• Second through fourth day of each week,
  students work independently for approximately
  10 minutes
• and then review answers as a class.
• Collect the packets from the students. This
  will prevent loss of materials.
• Note PDF files will be sent to all school
  sites.

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EXAMPLES
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Example Grade 5 Week 2 - Days 6 and 7
Day 7 - 1
Day 6 - 1
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Example Grade 5 Week 2 - Days 8 and 9
Day 8 - 1
Day 9 - 1
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Example Grade 5 Week 2- Day 10
Day 10 - 1
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Example Grade 9 Week 1 - Days 1 and 2
Day 1 - 2
Day 2 - 2
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Example Grade 9 Week 1 - Days 3 and 4
Day 3 - 2
Day 4 - 2
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Example Grade 9 Week 1 - Day 5
Day 5 - 2
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Answer Key
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Reference Sheet Grades 6-10 Calculator Grades
7-10 and Retakers
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COMING SOON!

Countdown Review materials for grades 3-10 to be
used with

• Elementary Tutoring sessions.
• Secondary Intensive Math classes.
• Review materials will be available upon
• return from winter break!

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Questions ?
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Email all questions and comments to Shelley
Werner e-mail wernersr_at_dadeschools.net Michè
le S. Weiner e-mail mweiner2_at_dadeschools.net
North Regional Center