MS442 is a Mastery-Based Grading school. MBG supports a growth mindset. It allows teachers, parents, and students to get meaningful feedback about progress. Mastery of learning outcomes is assessed through multiple assessments, in multiple formats, at multiple times in the year.
The best way to keep track of a student's progress during the year is to review the assessments for each learning outcome on MasteryConnect, and to disregard the "donut" chart.
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Help! How can I improve in math? Mastery-based grading means that you have the opportunity to improve your learning throughout the entire year. If you didn’t master a skill when it was first taught, that’s ok! You can review and practice on your own and then show that you have mastered the skill at any point during the rest of the school year.
Identify learning outcomes you need to work on, watch videos, and complete the connected practice activities. Printable worksheets are also attached for some outcomes.
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The best way to keep track of a student's progress during the year is to review the assessments for each learning outcome on MasteryConnect, and to disregard the "donut" chart.
A student receives...
- Not Yet when there is not evidence of progress toward mastery the learning outcome
- Approaching when they have shown progress toward mastery of a learning outcome by receiving at least one (1) Meeting/Exceeding score OR three (3) Approaching scores
- Meeting when they have received three (3) Meeting/Exceeding scores with at least one coming after of the unit
- Exceeding when they reach the previous condition with at least two assessments rated Exceeding (above grade level)
Upgrade!
Help! How can I improve in math? Mastery-based grading means that you have the opportunity to improve your learning throughout the entire year. If you didn’t master a skill when it was first taught, that’s ok! You can review and practice on your own and then show that you have mastered the skill at any point during the rest of the school year.
Identify learning outcomes you need to work on, watch videos, and complete the connected practice activities. Printable worksheets are also attached for some outcomes.
Upgrade Reflection and Practice Tracker
Unit 1 - Growing, Growing, Growing: Patterns with Exponents
Unit 1 Mastery Tracker
1) I can apply the properties of integer exponents
Videos (1, 2, 3) Practice Past Exit Tickets
2) I can express numbers in scientific notation
Video Practice Past Exit Tickets
Video Practice Past ExitTickets
3*) I can perform arithmetic operations on numbers expressed in scientific notation
Videos (1, 2, 3) Practice Past Exit Tickets
4) I can understand scientific notation form on a calculator
Practice Past Exit Tickets
Unit 2 - Butterflies, Pinwheels, and Wallpaper: Geometric Transformations
Unit 2 Mastery Tracker
5) I can find the measures of interior and exterior angles of triangles
Videos (1, 2) Practice Exit Ticket
6) I can identify the measures of angles created when a set of parallel lines is cut by a transversal
Video Practice
7) I can apply the Angle-Angle criterion to determine if two triangles are similar
Video Practice Exit Ticket
8) I can verify experimentally the properties of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations
Videos (1, 2, 3, 4) Practice Exit Tickets
9) I can describe a sequence of geometric transformations that will exhibit congruence or similarity
Video Practice Exit Tickets
Videos (1, 2, 3) Practice Exit Tickets
10) I can describe what happens when two-dimensional figures are transformed using coordinates
Videos (1, 2, 3, 4) Practice Exit Tickets
Unit 3 - Thinking with Mathematical Models: Relationships and Functions
Unit 3 Mastery Tracker
11) I can graph proportional relationships and interpret unit rate as the slope
Video Practice
Video Practice (1, 2)
12) I can compare proportional relationships given in different formats
Video Practice
13) I can use similar triangles to find slope between two points
Video Practice
14) I can derive linear equations
Video Practice
Video Practice (1, 2)
15) I can define and identify functions
Video Practice (1, 2)
16) I can compare functions represented in different ways
Video Practice
17) I can describe a function as linear, nonlinear, increasing, or decreasing for a given interval
Video Practice
18) I can construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities
Video Practice
19) I can identify and draw a graph from a verbal description
Video Practice (1, 2)
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Unit 4 - Zero, One, or Infinite: Solving Linear Equations
21) I can identify equations with one solution, no solution, or infinite solutions
Video Practice
22) I can solve equations that require combining like terms
Video Practice
23) I can solve equations using the distributive property
Video Practice
24) I can solve linear equations with rational number coefficients
Video Practice (1, 2)
Unit 5 - It’s in the System: Linear Systems
25) I can find the solution to a system of two linear equations using the point of intersection on their graphs
Video Practice
26) I can solve systems of two linear equations in two variables algebraically
Video Substitution / Elimination
27) I can solve simple cases of systems of equations by inspection
Video Practice
28) I can solve real-world and mathematical problems leading to two linear equations in two variables
Video Practice