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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Math teacher:

It's kind of both. I preteach remedial skills necessary to access grade level skills. 
 [b]Suppose next week's lesson is solving multistep equations in algebra 1[/b]. Then with my double block kids, I'm spending this week reviewing 1 and 2 step equations, the distributive property, and combining like terms (remediation) so that they are ready to hit the ground running with multistep.  In class, they will spend 20 minutes reviewing that, but we will spend 2-3 blocks.

When we are going to hit factoring, I spend 2-3 blocks reviewing multiplying binomials, multiplication facts, and exponent laws so that when factoring is introduced they can keep up with the class.

This is not AAP though. If this level of support is needed in AAP, the student is severely misplaced.

It makes zero sense to dive into material that they don't have the foundational knowledge to access.[/quote]
In your class, before you introduced the [b]new lesson[/b] in solving multistep equations, would a remedial bound student benefit from getting a prelesson in that topic, so that your class is not the first time they encounter that new topic?  Many "successful students" in your class who attend outside enrichment centers appear to be benefiting from that sort of pre-learning.    [/quote]

#1) A remedial student would not be in AAP math. They would be moved into general education math in middle school.  I have moved several such students.
#2) In gen ed, kids who truly need that much extra support that they can't access in class/advisory/after school support get double blocked at my school and I treat it as explained prior. I [b]cannot[/b] preteach multistep equations to a student who cannot combine like terms. We split tomorrow's skill into pieces and review those individual pieces, so that they have a hope of keeping up with the current material.  I am not wasting their time or mine reviewing 4th grade decimal addition even though they probably can't do that because it has no bearing on the current material.  I [i]am[/i] however, spending time reteaching the skills from last year that they clearly don't understand that are necessary to access tomorrow's lesson.

If you want to give me unlimited math support time with these kids, ideally we'd have time to go through last year's prerequisite skills AND tomorrow's lesson, but that would take an extra 2-3 blocks with the majority of these kids.  There isn't time.

And FWIW, no, the majority of kids aren't doing outside enrichment. Not even close. I'm at a "strong" school and maybe 3-4 each class (so 10%ish) do math outside of school, whether kumon or private tutors or enrichment classes.[/quote]

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