Strategies and Tips
Maxine McCormick
MH/Contemporary
1. Create a System for Prescribing Individual
Needs.
2. Build Vocabulary
3. Analyze Class Prior Knowledge/Needs
4. Use Materials Appropriate to Assessment
5. Practice – Practice - Practice
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Use the pre or post tests in CC Basics to help
prescribe individual needs
Pre-test is 25 questions long / post-test is 50
questions. Use the one that works best for your
program
Correlation becomes the student individual guide
Compare the results across the entire class and
determine which areas need group lessons and
which areas need small group instruction
Tip – 96% chance of completing project with a
system verses 4% without – Use 20/80 Rule
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Vocabulary has 3 Tiers
Tier 2 – Formal language is on most standardized
assessments and used in the workplace.
App – for 99cents McGraw-Hill Words to Learn By
– 300 words – 3 levels – starts 4-5 grade
Tier 3 – Academic Words – Ex. Gravitational –
Important for building knowledge especially in
Science and Social Studies
Tip- Brain learns in chunks of 5-7 bits of
information
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Take the Correlation sheets of all students
and breakdown which skills are missed by
most of the students – This becomes your
daily group instruction
Determine which small groups of students
are missing similar skills and design small
group activities
Each student has their own individual plan
Use your Instructor’s Resource Binder for
planning each activity. ELL activities and
Extension Activities are included
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NEW – Build upon the
Common Core Standards
College and Career Readiness Standards
21st Century Skills
Webb’s DOK
Evidence Based Reading (Alphabetics, Vocabulary,
Comprehension, Fluency)
Print – Digital – Can be used as blended or
individually
Full Curriculum with Teacher Resource Guide
Digital allows – student pace or full teacher led mode
Tip – Use a variety of resources to match student
learning styles
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Reading Basics
Words To Learn By
Number Power Series
Empower Math
Reading For Information
Locating Information
Applied Mathematics
Achieving TABE Success
TABE Skill Books
Tools for Workplace Success
Instruction Targeted For TABE Success (ITTS) 980
hours of instruction – Online
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Before anyone can practice – there needs to be
instruction and the building of student knowledge
Begins with Teacher Resources – Large Group – Small
Group – Individual
Lesson Review
Chapter Review
Post Test
Blend your Learning – Print and Digital
LearnSmart Test Prep – Mini Lesson – Adaptive
Format
Count 5 Resources for Practice before taking the
TASC Readiness Assessment – Basics – Achieve Print –
TASC Ex Books- Achieve Online – Achieve LearnSmart
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Website - maxinemccormick.com
Email –
maxine.mccormick@mheducation.com
Phone – 609-234-9603