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Module Introduction5 Topics
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Overview20 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Direct Instruction Overview
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Distar Arithmetic 1 Overview
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Video: Introduction of the Distar Arithemetic 1 Module
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Distar Arithmetic Materials
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Time Requirements
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Placement Testing
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Video: Administering Placement Test
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Check Your Understanding
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Grouping and Seating
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STAR Rules
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Achieving Smooth Transitions
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Video: Routines and Transition
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Script Features
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Matching and Rote Counting21 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening The Lesson
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Auditory Signal
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Video: Matching Cards Exercise and Auditory Signal
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Matching Single Cards
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Matching Rows
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Matching Single Cards and Rows Correction
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Video: Matching Single Cards and Rows Error Correction Procedure
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Check Your Understanding
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Hand-drop Signal
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Rote Counting
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Video: Rote Counting with Hand-Drop Signal
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Get It Going Signal
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Video: Get it Going Signal Model Explained
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Get It Going and Count
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Video: Get it Going and Count
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Counting Events and Objects20 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Point–Touch Signal
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Video: Point–Touch Signal Explained
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Counting Events and Objects
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Counting Events and Objects Correction
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Check your understanding
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Counting Events: Coins
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Counting Events: Two Groups of Claps
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Individual Turns
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Counting Two Groups of Lines
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Counting Two Groups of Lines Correction
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Video: Counting Two Groups of Lines and Individual Turns
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Students Touch and Count
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Students Touch and Count Correction
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Check your understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Symbol Identification, Numerals and Lines18 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Symbol Identification
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Symbol Identification Writing Teen Numbers
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Check Your Understanding
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Symbol Identification Writing Multiples of Ten
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Symbol Identification Counting by Tens
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Symbol Identification Place Value
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Symbol Identification Place Value Corrections
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Video: Symbol Identification Place Value Corrections
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Numerals and Lines: Drawing Lines
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Numerals and Lines: The Empty Box
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Numerals and Lines: Writing Numerals When Lines Are Given
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Equality and Addition25 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Equality Explained
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Teaching Same Number: Group Activity A
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Teaching Same Number: Group Activity B
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Video: Teaching Same Number – Group Activity A
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Other Side
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Video: Reading This Side and the Other Side of the Problem
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Equality Rule Explained
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Teaching the Equality Rule
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The Equality Rule Track Correction Procedure
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Video: Equality Rule Explained with Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Ringing the Side You Start Counting on
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Rationale for Counting on the Other Side
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Ringing the Side and Counting on the Other Side Corrections
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Addition
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Teaching How to Work a Problem
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Video: On Teaching How to Work a Problem
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How to Work a Problem Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Algebra Addition19 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Algebra Addition Explained
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Teaching Algebra Counting
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Video: Alegbra Addition: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 61, task 2
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Algebra Counting Correction
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Lines Under a Box Explained
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Video: Algebra Addition Line Under a Box
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Check Your Understanding
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Get it Going, Draw Lines Under a Box
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Video: Draw Lines Under a Box with Individual Turns
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Teaching Algebra Addition
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Algebra Addition Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Algebra Addition Lesson 80 Task 3 With Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Counting Backward, Subtraction and Dictation19 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Teaching Counting Forward and Backward
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Counting Backward and Forward Corrections
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Video: Counting Backwards Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Subtraction Explained
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Counting Backward for Every Minus
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Writing Minuses and Counting Backward
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Working a Subtraction Problem Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 89, Task 1 Work with a Subtraction Problem with Error Correction
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Dictation Explained
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Dictation Corrections
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1 Lesson 142 Written Story Problem with Error Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Cover
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Story Problems and Facts23 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Story Problems: Writing and Working a Problem
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Story Problems: Plus or Minus
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Story Problems Correction Procedure
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1, Lesson 105 Story Problems Group Activity A with Correction
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Check Your Understanding
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Facts Plus Zero
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Tell Me the Next Number
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Video: Addition – Tell the Next Number with Error Correction
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Getting It Going and Plussing One
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Plus Zero, Next Number and Plus One Corrections
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Check Your Understanding
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Figuring Out Facts Explained
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Split Counting
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Figuring Out Facts
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Video: Figuring Out Facts Split Counting
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Completing Statements
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Saying Statements to Figure Out a Problem
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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More or Less, Written Story Problems, Ordinal Counting and Consolidation18 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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More or Less
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More or Less: Students Make the Sign
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More or Less with Error Correction
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Video: More or Less with Sign
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Check Your Understanding
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Written Story Problems
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Written Story Problems: Corrections
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Video: Written Story Problems with Error Correction
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Ordinal Counting
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Consolidation
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Video: Distar Arithmetic 1, Lesson 148, Ordinal Counting
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Independent Work, Motivating and Assessing Students17 Topics|3 Tests
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Cover
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Lesson Objective
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Opening the Lesson
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Independent Work
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The Teacher’s Role in Motivation
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The Teacher/Student Game and Specific Praise
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Video: Teacher/Student Game Video
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Check Your Understanding
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Assessing Students and Mastery Tests
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Mastery Tests Continued
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Video: Mastery Test
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Remediating and Retesting
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Video: Remediating and Retesting
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Check Your Understanding
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Test Your Understanding
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Review
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Lesson Completed
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Cover
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Time Requirements
Distar Arithmetic 1 lessons are scheduled for every school day. Students are divided into small, homogeneous groups. In a Distar Arithmetic 1 classroom students move between maths with the teacher to independent work.
Lesson Components | Required Time Per Group |
Group instruction | 30-35 minutes per group |
Independent work | 20-30 minutes per group |
Work check | 25 minutes per group |