Essential Skills: Foundations—Mathematics provides a wealth of supplemental lesson plans that build the core skills needed for academic success in elementary school. Teachers can use the lessons throughout the school year to provide remediation, review, and support. The lessons are perfect for classroom review sessions, resource room pullout programs, or student tutorials. The lessons are:
- Modular—teachers may use them in any order they choose.
- Self-contained—teachers are given everything they need for successful delivery.
- Scaffolded—instruction leads students step-by-step towards mastery.
- Supportive to any curriculum—they reflect the underlying, foundational skills and concepts students need to be successful at any level of secondary school.
Two-step approach to building skills
The program's lessons use a two-step pedagogy that starts with a SkillBuilder lesson to introduce concepts, and continues with a SkillTivity lesson to reinforce the concept and deepen students' understanding through application of knowledge and skills.
Comprehensive Teacher Support
A comprehensive Teacher's Edition includes:
- KAPtips give new teachers suggestions for best practices
- Answers to all SkillQuizzes
- Step-by-step instructions to support each of the six progressive sections of each lesson, helping less experienced teachers implement the program's research-based methods
- Suggestions for assessment and extension
- Teacher Resource pages to support selected lessons, minimizing the need for teachers to collect outside resources and materials
Flexibility
Foundations is fully modular, so teachers can present any lesson or series of lessons at any time. The Kaplan K12 Professional Services Team can help schools tailor a delivery plan for a program that fits:
- After-school programs
- Summer school programs
- Tutoring and small group instructional programs
- Turnkey courses taught by Kaplan education professionals
- Classroom use to supplement core curriculum