What is it?
Motivation Math is a supplemental math program that prepares
students for state assessments. The Student Edition provides
many learning opportunities to build student confidence and
success in mathematics. Motivation Math is developed by
educators and is available in English and Spanish.
Benefits
• Supports standards-based mathematics curricula and
complements existing mathematics programs
• Offers test-formatted and open-ended practice
• Builds mathematics vocabulary
• Incorporates problem-solving strategies
Benefits
• Motivates and challenges students
• Allows students to self-monitor progress
• Addresses all levels of critical thinking
• Provides ongoing assessment of skills
Benefits
• Reinforces and extends skills in mathematics
• Offers suggestions for parent involvement
• Allows instruction to be driven by individual student needs
Benefits
• Bridges the gap from concrete to abstract
• Offers a framework of systematic instruction
• Engages students in active learning experiences
Layout and Organization
Teacher Edition
• Provides teaching resources that promote effective, engaging
direct instruction
Layout and Organization
• Identifies mathematics strand, the objective, and the student
expectation
• Suggests manipulatives for each lesson
• Provides literature that corresponds to each lesson
• Offers hands-on student activities to build student conceptual
understanding
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• Identifies key mathematics vocabulary for each lesson
• Features a motivational quote
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Student Edition
Contains 6 pages of practice for each targeted
student expectation
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Introduction Page
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Assessment
Critical Thinking
Homework with Parent Activities
Layout and Organization
Introduction Page
• Introduce lesson by working
together
• Use to bridge the
gap from concrete
to abstract
Layout and Organization
Guided Practice
• Have students practice
independently with
teacher supervision
and support
Layout and Organization
Independent Practice
• Have students work
independently to check
individual understanding
of skill
Layout and Organization
Assessment
• Use to assess the level
of student success on
targeted skill
• Have student chart progress
using “Chart Your Success”
graph
Layout and Organization
Critical Thinking
• Provides open-ended practice
• Addresses higher levels of
Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Incorporates problem-solving
strategies
Layout and Organization
Homework with
Parent Activities
• Reinforces and extends skills
• Offers suggestions for parent
involvement
Layout and Organization
Chart Your Success
• Have students track success and
progress
• Use assessment page results to
color Motivation Mike or Molly
green for correct answers and red
for incorrect answers
Layout and Organization
Math Glossary
• Identifies and defines key
vocabulary
Suggestions for Use
• Utilize as a planning tool by teachers and grade-level teams to
improve and deliver effective instruction
• Use suggested ideas and activities to offer multiple and varied
learning opportunities
• Diversify instruction to meet the unique needs of learners
through the use of assessment
Suggestions for Use
• Use Motivation Math with individual learners in small-groups,
or with whole groups to develop, review, or extend skill
mastery
• Utilize Motivation Math as an intervention tool to address
deficit skills for identified students
• Use Motivation Math as an instructional tool in tutorials or for
extended day programs
Suggestions for Use
• Maximize use of instructional time by following the
organization and structure of the Teacher and Student
Editions
• Use research-based instructional practices to increase student
achievement
• Use Motivation Math to support the successful
implementation of state mathematical standards
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