Rational Numbers and Square Roots

Strand: Number
Outcomes: 3, 4, 5 and 6

Step 5: Follow-up on Assessment

Guiding Questions

What conclusions can be made from assessment information?
How effective have instructional approaches been?
What are the next steps in instruction?

A. Addressing Gaps in Learning

Review the operations with integers, fractions and decimals; students should be comfortable with estimating answers.
Provide time for students to reflect on their learning by using graphic organizers, such as the Frayer Models or Concept Definition Map.
Make sure that students are solving problems by drawing pictures and providing explanations to justify their thinking.
Remind students to use divisibility rules to find factor pairs. Encourage students to write the factor pairs in an organized list to help determine the square root. If students are having difficulty identifying factors, you may want to provide them with multiplication tables.
Provide opportunities for students to develop number sense by encouraging them to refine their estimates of square roots of non-perfect squares.

B. Reinforcing and Extending Learning

Students who have achieved or exceeded the outcomes will benefit from ongoing opportunities to apply and extend their learning. These activities should support students in developing a deeper understanding of the concept and should not progress to the outcomes in subsequent grades.

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