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4th grade ela spiral review8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() I don’t recommend teaching or introducing concepts through spiral instruction, because students need time to master concepts. It keeps challenging skills and concepts fresh in students’ minds and prevents them from forgetting content taught early in the year. This is why I like to add a mix of spiral review into my daily instruction. It significantly reduces the amount of class time needed for test prep. When students are able to review and practice material over long periods of time, they are more likely able to store and receive that information and content from their long-term memory. Spiral review provides students with a chance to strengthen areas they might not have completely mastered early in the school year. Spiral review is when skills that have been previously introduced and taught are reviewed throughout the school year. The book shares how students’ minds work and how to review to promote concepts being stored in students’ long term memories. If you’re like me and need to see the research behind the practice, I highly recommend the book Why Don’t Students Like School by Daniel Willingham. This is why consistent spiral review is so important for students. We’ve spent time thoroughly teaching a concept, but once we leave that concept, students begin forgetting what they have learned. Then a few weeks after your fraction unit you have a student ask, “What’s a denominator?” Head meets wall. I imagine we’ve all been there in one way or another. You also have students writing about fractions in their math journals. ![]() ![]() Your students complete a variety of problem solving tasks in authentic situations. You incorporate hands-on activities, multiple models and visual representations. Who has ever experienced this scenario? You spend weeks conceptually teaching fractions. ![]()
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