accelerate math learning recovery

Accelerate math learning recoveryA research-backed approach to math acceleration: closing the gap and moving forward

Overview 2Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series with essential contentYear-long grade-level digital math lessons with built-in Tier 1 interventionKickstart math lessons for every unit with upfront foundational supportTargeted intervention lesson recommendations for each studentComprehensive materials for extended-time math tutoring programs

Summer 2021 4Schedule A: Summer SchoolSchedule B: At Home or Outside of SchoolMath Intensive Series: Rising 1st GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 2nd GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 3rd GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 4th GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 5th GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 6th GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 7th GradersMath Intensive Series: Rising 8th Graders

2021–22 Math Learning Recovery 21Schedule A: Zearn as Core CurriculumSchedule B: Zearn as Complement to HQIM CurriculumGrade 1 Math AccelerationGrade 2 Math AccelerationGrade 3 Math AccelerationGrade 4 Math AccelerationGrade 5 Math AccelerationGrade 6 Math AccelerationGrade 7 Math AccelerationGrade 8 Math AccelerationApproach to Kindergarten

Zearn is a nonprofit online math platform that combines research-backed curriculum and immersive digital math lessonsto help every kid love learning math. Zearn is used by 1 in 4 elementary students nationwide. Zearn qualifies for ESSER IIfunding and meets the Every Student Succeeds Act’s (ESSA) criteria for “evidence-based” programs, with multiple studiesshowing that learning with Zearn increases student achievement and engagement with math. Access to Zearn is free forall individual classrooms and families. For local and state education agencies, Zearn offers school & district wide-licenses.

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OverviewAcademic recovery in math, especially in K–8 and algebra, is essential for national recovery from thepandemic. Throughout the pandemic, every indicator has shown that low-income students missedmore learning than their higher income peers; as a country, the pandemic has widened the alreadysubstantial opportunity gap in this country. Zearn partnered with Opportunity Insights to streamreal-time data from Zearn’s online math platform, which highlights this missed learning by incomestatus and geography (cited by the New York Times, ABC News, and the Economist, among others).Dating back to school closures in March 2020, cumulative participation has been stable for schools inhigh-income ZIP codes. For schools in low-income areas, however, participation is down 25% relativeto pre-pandemic levels.

While this learning is missed, it is not lost. The U.S. can collectively seize the opportunity the crisispresents to reduce the opportunity gap and accelerate all students to catch up, move forward, andreach grade-level proficiency. While historically the U.S. K–12 system has not successfully caught kidsup who fall behind, there are lessons about how to accelerate learning in math. These lessons must be1

applied now:

● Using high-quality, coherent instructional materials during core math2

● Providing just-in-time, purposeful interventions when the need arises and is clearlydemonstrated3

● Ensuring intervention content is mathematically connected to what kids are learning duringcore math time.4

● Providing students with extra time to do foundational work that is in addition to, not inreplacement of, core math time. Numerous extra-time strategies can be effective, including5

summer acceleration programs, in-school intervention intentionally connected to core math6

time, and high-dosage tutoring.7 8

8 Annenberg Institute at Brown University and University of Virginia. (2021). Accelerating Student Learning with High-Dosage Tutoring.

7 Institute of Education Sciences. (2009). Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary andMiddle Schools.

6 Brookings. (2017). Summer Learning Loss: What Is It, and What Can We Do About It?

5 “Tutoring is most likely to be effective when delivered in high doses through tutoring programs with three or more sessions per week orintensive, week-long, small-group programs taught by talented teachers.” Annenberg Institute at Brown University and University of Virginia.(2021). Accelerating Student Learning with High-Dosage Tutoring.

4 “Students with mathematics difficulties may make progress in intervention but still struggle in core because there is o�en not a bridge orsupport to show how the intervention connects to core.” i3 Intensive Intervention in Mathematics. (2019). Connecting Intervention and CoreInstruction. Instructional Strategies to Bridge Skills that Lead to Success: Middle School Level.

3 “Teachers should provide students the support they need to access grade-level work, regardless of their starting point, and do so as quicklyas possible during the school year.” TNTP. (2018). The Opportunity Myth: What Students Can Show Us About How School Is Letting ThemDown—and How to Fix It.

2 “Using high-quality instructional materials that are aligned with classroom content allows tutors to reinforce and support teachers’classroom instruction.” Annenberg Institute at Brown University and University of Virginia. (2021). Accelerating Student Learning withHigh-Dosage Tutoring.

1 NAEP Mathematics data shows that proficiency rates drop over time. 41% of U.S. students score proficient in 4th grade, 34% in 8th grade,and just 24% in 12th grade.

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https://tracktherecovery.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/coronavirus-education-lost-learning.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/students-fared-coronavirus-pandemic-data-sheds-light/story?id=73346272

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/27/the-pandemic-is-widening-educational-inequality

https://annenberg.brown.edu/sites/default/files/EdResearch_for_Recovery_Design_Principles_1.pdf

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/rti_math_pg_042109.pdf

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/rti_math_pg_042109.pdf

https://www.brookings.edu/research/summer-learning-loss-what-is-it-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/


https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/connecting-intervention-and-core-instruction-instructional-strategies-bridge-skills-lead

https://intensiveintervention.org/resource/connecting-intervention-and-core-instruction-instructional-strategies-bridge-skills-lead

https://tntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_The-Opportunity-Myth_Web.pdf

https://tntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_The-Opportunity-Myth_Web.pdf



https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE

Zearn’s 2021–22 program applies these lessons in a comprehensive, top-rated math program that stateand local education agencies can use to accelerate math recovery for all students. With Zearn,educators can help students efficiently catch up while moving forward in their grade-level learning.Zearn includes:

Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series with Essential ContentA daily summer math program with the essential math content that students should master beforestarting the 2021–22 academic year. Each Zearn Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series includes a curatedset of digital math on lessons in a prioritized sequence, starting with the most critical content requiredto ensure a strong start to 2021-22 grade-level learning. For each grade, additional recommendedcontent is provided should time allow. All content aligns to Student Achievement Partners 2020-21Priority Instructional Content. Materials can be used flexibly across summer school models, tutoringprograms, or outside of school summer learning.

Year-Long Grade-Level Digital Math Lessons with Built-in Tier 1 Intervention400 hours of digital math lessons that work alongside another curriculum, with personalized Booststhat address unfinished learning in the context of new learning, integrating new information and theneeded prior knowledge. A quasi-experimental design study covering 140,000 3rd–5th graders inLouisiana demonstrates that schools whose students consistently complete 2–3 Zearn Math digitallessons weekly alongside daily instruction exhibited 1.5–2.5x higher academic growth relative toschools that used high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) alone. Achievement gains grew in linewith lesson completion—more grade-level lessons correlated with more growth. Most importantly,achievement gains were highest for struggling students who worked on grade-level lessons.

Kickstart Math Lessons for Every Unit with Upfront Foundational Support"Kickstart Lessons" offer 10–15 foundational lessons placed strategically throughout each grade thatoffer an opportunity to re-engage students with discrete concepts critical to grade-level learning.Kickstart Lesson guidance is intentionally hyper-targeted; a recent analysis showed that students thatlearned with targeted foundational content before grade-level learning during the 2020–21 school yearexhibited less struggle compared to students who learned with foundational content only.

Targeted Intervention Lesson Recommendations for Each StudentAs students work through grade-level content on Zearn’s platform, an embedded daily diagnosticassesses learning and automatically launches digital Tier 1 intervention. If students need additionalsupport, teachers are given individualized intervention recommendations, assignable to students witha single click. Students can see both their intervention and grade-level assignments in Zearn’s onlinemath platform.

Comprehensive Materials for Extended-Time Math Tutoring ProgramsZearn offers materials that can be used by tutors with a range of teaching experience to accelerategrade-level learning for all students. Materials include Zearn Reports to identify and support eachstudent’s specific needs as well as mini-lessons designed to accelerate understanding of grade-levelcontent. All materials are aligned to the content students are learning with their teacher during coremath time.

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Summer 2021A daily summer math program with the essential math content that students should engage withbefore starting the 2021–22 academic year. Each Zearn Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series includes acurated set of digital math lessons in a prioritized sequence, starting with the most critical contentrequired to ensure a strong start to 2021-22 grade-level learning. For each grade, additionalrecommended content is provided should time allow. All content aligns to Student AchievementPartners 2020-21 Priority Instructional Content. Materials can be used flexibly across summer schoolmodels, tutoring programs, or outside of school summer learning. Below are two example schedulesof how state and local education agencies are using the Intensive Series.

Schedule A: Summer SchoolSummer school: In-person or hybrid30-60 minutes daily | Each series includes up to 12 weeks of summer programmingAll content follows a prioritized sequence that starts with the most critical content of the grade

Independent Zearn time30 minutes, 5x weekly

Students log in to Zearn’s online mathplatform and complete digital math lessonsfrom Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series,starting with the first priority Mission foreach grade. Lessons include fluency,concept development, and independentpractice with built-in math help. All lessonsinclude embedded accessibility features tosupport English Language Learners andstudents with learning differences

Tutoring time30 minutes, 2x-5x weeklyOptions depending on teaching experience

Tutors with teaching experience teach theconcept development lessons thatcorrespond to the Summer 2021 MathIntensive Series content, starting with the firstpriority Mission for each grade. Tutors withless teaching experience lead students indiscussion of fluency and word problemsfrom Summer 2021 Math Intensive Series.Materials can be accessed from Zearn lessonmaterials.

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Schedule B: At Home or Outside of SchoolHome or outside of school30 minutes, 5x weekly, 8–12 weeks

Independent Zearn time30 minutes, 5x weekly

Students log in to Zearn’s online math platform and complete digital math lessons from SummerIntensive Series, starting with the first priority Mission for each grade. Lessons include fluency,concept development, and independent practice. All lessons include embedded accessibilityfeatures to support English Language Learners and students with learning differences.

Current teachers assign students to the first lesson in the first priority Mission for each grade.Parents and caregivers can support learning by using tips provides on Zearn’s website, available inboth English and Spanish.

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Math Intensive Series: Rising 1st Graders

Content for Rising 1st Graders

K Digital Activities Complete all KindergartenDigital Activities

Kindergarten is all aboutlearning to count with deepunderstanding. Completing allKindergarten Digital Activitieswill enable students to practicecounting, addition, embeddednumbers, and decomposingand composing numbers up to20 using interactive fiveframes, ten frames, numberbonds, and more.

Kindergarten Digital Activitiesare short and engaging, andthey’re designed to buildnumber sense. Each Activitytakes ~10 minutes.

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Math Intensive Series: Rising 2nd Graders

Content for Rising 2nd Graders

Mission Mission Title Standards Lessons* Topics

G1M1 Add and Subtract SmallNumbers

PRIORITY |

First grade is all aboutcounting! Zearn Math kicks offfirst grade by moving studentsfrom counting all (3+2 is solvedby counting one, two,three...four, five) to countingon (3+2 is solved by countingthreeee...four, five) and byteaching students differentways to break apart numbers.As tempting as it might be,don’t rush through these ideas.Students will come back tothem throughout this year (andin the future)!

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32 Topic A: Embedded Numbers andDecompositionsTopic B: Counting On fromEmbedded NumbersTopic C: Addition Word ProblemsTopic D: Strategies for Counting OnTopic E: The Commutative Propertyof Addition and the Equal SignTopic F: Development of AdditionFluency Within 10Topic G: Subtraction as an UnknownAddend ProblemTopic H: Subtraction Word ProblemsTopic I: Decomposition Strategies forSubtractionTopic J: Development of SubtractionFluency Within 10

G1M2 Meet Place ValuePRIORITY |

Mission 2 tackles largernumbers—all the way up to100. To be able to work withsuch large numbers, two keythings happen in Mission 2.First, students move fromcounting on to moresophisticated decompositionand composition strategies(meaning students learn howto make problems easier forthemselves). Second, studentswill identify a 10 as one unit.This signals a shi� towardworking with numbersthemselves, rather thanrepresenting them concretely(e.g., linking cubes) or withpictures (e.g., drawing circles).

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23 Topic A: Counting On or Making Tento Solve Result Unknown and TotalUnknown ProblemsTopic B: Counting On or Taking fromTen to Solve Result Unknown andTotal Unknown ProblemsTopic C: Strategies for Solving Changeor Addend Unknown ProblemsTopic D: Varied Problems withDecompositions of Teen Numbers as1 Ten and Some Ones

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G1M4 Add and Subtract BiggerNumbers

This Mission builds on thefoundations of counting on,decomposing, and countingstrategies that wereestablished in Mission 1 andMission 2. This gives studentsthe opportunity to work withnumbers up to 40. Studentswill learn many new strategiesto identify tens and ones, andthey’ll compare, add, andsubtract numbers up to 40.Reinforce this new content byusing the provided wordproblem each day.

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23 Topic A: Tens and OnesTopic B: Comparison of Pairs ofTwo-Digit NumbersTopic C: Addition and Subtraction ofTensTopic D: Addition of Tens or Ones to aTwo-Digit NumberTopic E: Varied Problem Types Within20Topic F: Addition of Tens and Ones toa Two-Digit Number

Lessons: Intensive Summer Series PRIORITY :Complete Summer Series:

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https://webassets.zearn.org/resources/G01M04_Mission_Overview_CC_2019.pdf

Math Intensive Series: Rising 3rd Graders

Content for Rising 3rd Graders


G2M3 Counting and Place ValuePRIORITY |

Most children begin tounderstand place value usingphysical objects that can becounted (like grapes orfingers). This Mission expandsthat understanding to moreabstract concepts, likecentimeters, ones, and tens.Students will also expand theirunderstanding of the base tensystem with hundreds andlearn counting up to 1,000.

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19 Topic A: Forming Base Ten Units ofTen, a Hundred, and a ThousandTopic B: Understanding Place ValueUnits of One, Ten, and a HundredTopic C: Three-Digit Numbers in Unit,Standard, Expanded, and WordFormsTopic D: Modeling Base Ten NumbersWithin 1,000 with MoneyTopic E: Modeling Numbers Within1,000 with Place Value DisksTopic F: Comparing Two Three-DigitNumbersTopic G: Finding 1, 10, and 100 Moreor Less than a Number

G2M4 Add, Subtract, and SolvePRIORITY |

Equipped with a solidunderstanding of base tenfrom Mission 3, students willdive into decomposing andcomposing in addition andsubtraction for numbers up to200.

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29 Topic A: Sums and Differences Within100Topic B: Strategies for Composing aTenTopic C: Strategies for Decomposing aTenTopic D: Strategies for ComposingTens and HundredsTopic E: Strategies for DecomposingTens and HundredsTopic F: Student Explanations ofWritten Methods

G2M5 Add and Subtract BigNumbers

Students are now well on theirway to mastering flexibleaddition and subtraction. ThisMission builds on those skills,now using numbers up to 1,000and increasing the focus onefficiency and checking theirwork.

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20 Topic A: Strategies for Adding andSubtracting Within 1,000Topic B: Strategies for ComposingTens and Hundreds Within 1,000Topic C: Strategies for DecomposingTens and Hundreds Within 1,000Topic D: Student Explanations forChoice of Solution Methods

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Math Intensive Series: Rising 4th Graders

Content for Rising 4th Graders


G3M3 Multiply and Divide TrickyNumbers

PRIORITY |

This Mission extendsmultiplication and division toall factors between 0 and 10.Students work deeply with thecommutative, distributive, andassociative properties, andthey’ll have problem-solvingopportunities at the close ofeach topic.

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21 Topic A: The Properties ofMultiplication and DivisionTopic B: Multiplication and DivisionUsing Units of 6 and 7Topic C: Multiplication and DivisionUsing Units up to 8Topic D: Multiplication and DivisionUsing Units of 9

Topic E: Analysis of Patterns andProblem Solving Including Units of 0and 1Topic F: Multiplication of Single-DigitFactors and Multiples of 10

G3M5 Fractions as NumbersPRIORITY |

This Mission builds a deepunderstanding of fractions as asingle number. Students beginconcretely interacting withfractions by folding strips ofpaper to create equal parts. Bythe end of the Mission,students will be able toevaluate equivalence andcompare size pictorially.

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29 Topic A: Partitioning a Whole intoEqual PartsTopic B: Unit Fractions and TheirRelation to the WholeTopic C: Comparing Unit Fractionsand Specifying the WholeTopic D: Fractions on the NumberLineTopic E: Equivalent FractionsTopic F: Comparison, Order, and Sizeof Fractions

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G3M1 Multiply and Divide FriendlyNumbers

This Mission introducesmultiplication and divisionwith friendly numbers, 2–5 and10. Students move graduallyfrom skip-counting and arraysto using the distributiveproperty as a strategy formultiplying and dividing largerfactors.

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21 Topic A: Multiplication and theMeaning of FactorsTopic B: Division as an UnknownFactor ProblemTopic C: Multiplication Using Units of2 and 3Topic D: Division Using Units of 2 and3Topic E: Multiplication and DivisionUsing Units of 4Topic F: Distributive Property andProblem Solving Using Units of 2–5and 10


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G4M3 Multiply and Divide BigNumbers

PRIORITY |

This Mission teaches studentsthe lifelong skills of multiplyingand dividing big numbers.Students learn strategies thatwill allow them to multiply anddivide on paper and in theirheads.

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34 Topic A: Multiplicative ComparisonWord ProblemsTopic B: Multiplication by 10, 100,and 1,000Topic C: Multiplication of up to FourDigits by Single-Digit NumbersTopic D: Multiplication WordProblems

Topic E: Division of Tens and Oneswith Successive RemaindersTopic F: Reasoning with DivisibilityTopic G: Division of Thousands,Hundreds, Tens, and OnesTopic H: Multiplication of Two-Digitby Two-Digit Numbers

G4M5 Equivalent FractionsPRIORITY |

This Mission teaches studentshow to manipulate fractions.Students compare fractions,evaluate equivalence, andlearn that the same methodsthey used for whole numberoperations can be used to add,subtract, and multiplyfractions.

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38 Topic A: Decomposition and FractionEquivalenceTopic B: Fraction Equivalence UsingMultiplication and DivisionTopic C: Fraction ComparisonTopic D: Fraction Addition andSubtractionTopic E: Extending FractionEquivalence to Fractions GreaterThan 1Topic F: Addition and Subtraction ofFractions by DecompositionTopic G: Repeated Addition ofFractions as MultiplicationTopic H: Exploring a Fraction Pattern

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G4M1 Add, Subtract, & Round

This Mission takes numbersense and place valueunderstanding from 2nd and3rd grade a step further.Students start by noticingpatterns when bundling andunbundling groups of 10s,100s, and 1,000s, and theyconclude by estimating andfinding precise answers toaddition and subtractionproblems using the standardalgorithm.

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18 Topic A: Place Value of Multi-DigitWhole NumbersTopic B: Comparing Multi-Digit WholeNumbersTopic C: Rounding Multi-Digit WholeNumbersTopic D: Multi-Digit Whole NumberAdditionTopic E: Multi-Digit Whole NumberSubtractionTopic F: Addition and SubtractionWord Problems


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G5M2 Base Ten OperationsPRIORITY |

Mission 1 introduced studentsto decimal fractions, andMission 2 will introduce themto similar conceptual work(mental math, reasoning,conceptual models, andalgorithms), but with wholenumbers. Students willmultiply multi-digit wholenumbers in the first part of theMission and divide them in theend. Each operation concludeswith application work andmeasurement word problems.

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29 Topic A: Mental Strategies forMulti-Digit Whole NumberMultiplicationTopic B: The Standard Algorithm forMulti-Digit Whole NumberMultiplicationTopic C: Decimal Multi-DigitMultiplication

Topic D: Measurement WordProblems with Whole Number andDecimal MultiplicationTopic E: Mental Strategies forMulti-Digit Whole Number DivisionTopic F: Partial Quotients andMulti-Digit Whole Number DivisionTopic G: Partial Quotients andMulti-Digit Decimal DivisionTopic H: Measurement WordProblems with Multi-Digit Division

G5M4 Multiply and Divide Fractionsand Decimals

PRIORITY |

Students tackled equivalencyin adding and subtractingfractions in Mission 3, and nowthey’re ready to focus onmultiplying and dividingfractions. Their understandingwill be deeply rooted inmultiple concrete examplesand pictures before theygeneralize to more abstractmethods.

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32 Topic A: Line Plots of FractionMeasurementsTopic B: Fractions as DivisionTopic C: Multiplication of a WholeNumber by a FractionTopic D: Fraction Expressions andWord ProblemsTopic E: Multiplication of a Fractionby a FractionTopic F: Multiplication with Fractionsand Decimals as Scaling and WordProblemsTopic G: Division of Fractions andDecimal FractionsTopic H: Interpretation of NumericalExpressions

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G5M3 Add and Subtract Fractions

In this Mission, students willdevelop flexibility withaddition and subtraction offractions so they can mentallyor numerically solve, reason,and estimate theircalculations. The Missionbegins with concrete andpictorial work (using areamodels and number lines) andmoves to numeric work withword problems by the end.

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16 Topic A: Equivalent FractionsTopic B: Making Like Units PictoriallyTopic C: Making Like UnitsNumericallyTopic D: Further Applications


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G6M2 Introducing RatiosPRIORITY |

In this mission, students areintroduced to the concept of aratio, and they study ratiorelationships through variousvisual models, includingdouble number line diagrams.Students extend their workwith basic arithmetic torecognize and createequivalent ratios in variousreal-world contexts.

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16 Topic A: What are ratios?Topic B: Equivalent RatiosTopic C: Representing EquivalentRatiosTopic D: Solving Ratio and RateProblemsTopic E: Part-Part-Whole Ratios

Topic F: Equivalent Ratios

G6M3 Unit Rates and PercentagesPRIORITY |

In this Mission, students extendtheir developingunderstanding of ratios to digdeeper into ratio relationshipsand learn about rates and unitrates. Students are introducedto the idea of a percentage,which allows them to solve avariety of real-world problems.

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14 Topic A: Using Unit Rate to SolveProblemsTopic B: Unit ConversionTopic C: RatesTopic D: PercentagesTopic E: Let’s Put It to Work

G6M4 Dividing Fractions

In this Mission, studentsculminate their study offractions as they learn to dividea fraction by a fraction, usingconcrete examples andreal-world contexts to helpthem make sense of themathematics.

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16 Topic A: Making Sense of DivisionTopic B: Meanings of Fraction DivisionTopic C: Algorithm for FractionDivisionTopic D: Fractions in Lengths, Areas,and VolumesTopic E: Let’s Put It to Work

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G6M5 Arithmetic in Base Ten

In this Mission, students usevarious models andrepresentations to add,subtract, multiply, and dividedecimals and formalize theirwork with the appropriatestandard algorithms.

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14 Topic A: Warming up to DecimalsTopic B: Adding and SubtractingDecimalsTopic C: Multiplying DecimalsTopic D: Dividing DecimalsTopic E: Let’s Put It to Work


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G7M2 Introducing ProportionalRelationships

PRIORITY |

In this Mission, students extendtheir understanding of ratios toestablish proportionalrelationships and recognizewhen a relationship is or is notproportional. Students usetables, equations, and graphsin reasoning about situationsthat involve constant speed,unit pricing, and measurementconversions.

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14 Topic A: Representing ProportionalRelationships with TablesTopic B: Representing ProportionalRelationships with EquationsTopic C: Comparing Proportional andNonproportional RelationshipsTopic D: Representing ProportionalRelationships with Graphs

Topic E: Let’s Put It To Work

G7M5 Rational Number ArithmeticPRIORITY |

In this Mission, students usetables and number linediagrams to represent sumsand differences of signednumbers or changes inquantities represented bysigned numbers such astemperature or elevation,becoming more fluent inwriting different numericaladdition and subtractionequations that express thesame relationship.

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15 Topic A: Interpreting NegativeNumbersTopic B: Adding and SubtractingRational NumbersTopic C: Multiplying and DividingRational NumbersTopic D: Four Operations withRational NumbersTopic E: Solving Equations WhereThere are Negative NumbersTopic F: Let’s Put It to Work

G7M6 Expressions, Equations, andInequalities

PRIORITY |

In this Mission, Students learnalgebraic methods for solvingequations. Students solvelinear inequalities in onevariable and represent theirsolutions on the number line.

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16 Topic A: Representing Situations ofthe Form px + q = r and p(x + q) = rTopic B: Solving Equations of theForm px + q = r and p(x + q) = r andProblems That Lead to ThoseEquationsTopic C: InequalitiesTopic D: Writing EquivalentExpressions

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They understand and use theterms “less than or equal to”and “greater than or equal to,”and the correspondingsymbols.

G7M4 Proportional Relationshipsand Percentages

In this Mission, Students useratios, scale factors, unit rates,and proportional relationshipsto solve multi-step, real-worldproblems that involve fractionsand percentages. Studentsrepresent amounts andcorresponding percent rateswith double number linediagrams and tables.

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14 Topic A: Proportional Relationshipswith FractionsTopic B: Percent Increase andDecreaseTopic C: Applying PercentagesTopic D: Let’s Put It to Work


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2021–22 Math Learning RecoveryZearn accelerates math recovery by integrating intervention support into the context of new learning.Zearn can be used standalone or alongside other high-quality instructional materials (HQIM). Zearn’s2021-22 program includes:

Year-Long Grade-Level Digital Math Lessons with Built-in Tier 1 Intervention400 hours of digital math lessons that work alongside another curriculum, with personalized Booststhat address unfinished learning in the context of new learning, integrating new information and theneeded prior knowledge. A quasi-experimental design study covering 140,000 3rd–5th graders inLouisiana demonstrates that schools whose students consistently complete 2–3 Zearn Math digitallessons weekly alongside daily instruction exhibited 1.5–2.5x higher academic growth relative toschools that used high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) alone. Achievement gains grew in linewith lesson completion—more grade-level lessons correlated with more growth. Most importantly,achievement gains were highest for struggling students who worked on grade-level lessons.

Kickstart Math Lessons for Every Unit with Upfront Foundational Support"Kickstart Lessons" offer 10–15 foundational lessons placed strategically throughout each grade thatoffer an opportunity to re-engage students with discrete concepts critical to grade-level learning.Kickstart Lesson guidance is intentionally hyper-targeted; a recent analysis showed that students thatlearned with targeted foundational content before grade-level learning during the 2020–21 school yearexhibited less struggle compared to students who learned with foundational content only.

Targeted Intervention Lesson Recommendations for Each StudentAs students work through grade-level content on Zearn’s platform, an embedded daily diagnosticassesses learning and automatically launches digital Tier 1 intervention. If students need additionalsupport, teachers are given individualized intervention recommendations, assignable to students witha single click. Students can see both their intervention and grade-level assignments in Zearn’s onlinemath platform.

Comprehensive Materials for Extended-Time Math Tutoring ProgramsZearn offers materials that can be used by tutors with a range of teaching experience to accelerategrade-level learning for all students. Materials include Zearn Reports to identify and support eachstudent’s specific needs as well as mini-lessons designed to accelerate understanding of grade-levelcontent. All materials are aligned to the content students are learning with their teacher during coremath time.

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Schedule A: Zearn as Core CurriculumCore math instruction | 75 minutes daily

Teacher-led instruction with Zearn (whole group) / 15 minutes daily

Teachers lead instruction using Zearn materials, starting with word problems and fluency. Thenstudents split into two groups and rotate between two stations to learn new grade-level content.

Zearn digital math lessons(independent learning)30 minutes daily*

Students log in to Zearn’s online mathplatform and complete grade-level Zearndigital math lessons mathematicallyaligned to what their teachers are teaching.Each digital math lesson includes built-inTier 1 intervention support.

*Students do not complete digital lessons ondays when unit-level assessments are given

Teacher-led instruction with Zearn(small group)30 minutes daily

Teachers teach lessons in small groups;students work with concrete manipulatives,represent their math, and explain theirreasoning to their teacher and peers.Teachers use Zearn Reports to tailor eachlesson for the specific needs of each student.

Extended time / tutoring | 60 minutes, 5x weekly

Zearn digital math lessons(independent learning)30 minutes, 3x weekly

Students log in to Zearn’s online mathplatform and have extra time to completetheir weekly grade-level digital lessonassignments. Students can also work onfoundational digital math lessons that theirteacher has assigned.

Tutoring with Zearn(1:1 or small groups)30 minutes, 2x weekly

Tutors with teaching experience lead wordproblems provided in Zearn lesson materials.Tutors with less teaching experience workside-by-side with students through digitallessons, supporting productivity and lessoncompletion using tips provided by Zearn.Tutors use Zearn Reports to identify andsupport each student’s specific needs.

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Schedule B:Zearn as Complement to HQIM CurriculumCore math instruction | 75 minutes daily

Teacher-led instruction with HQIM45 minutes dailyTeachers lead instruction using a HQIM curriculum.

Zearn digital math lessons (independent learning)30 minutes daily*Each day, students work independently on Zearn’s online math platform for independentasynchronous practice. Students complete grade-level Zearn digital math lessons mathematicallyaligned to what their teachers are teaching. Each digital math lesson includes built-in Tier 1intervention support and provides notifications to teachers when students need additional support.*Students do not complete digital lessons on days when unit-level assessments are given

Extended time / tutoring | 60 minutes, 5x weekly

Zearn digital math lessons(independent learning)30 minutes, 3x weekly

Students log in to Zearn’s online mathplatform and have extra time to completetheir weekly grade-level digital lessonassignments. Students can also work onfoundational digital math lessons that theirteacher has assigned.

Tutoring time with Zearn(1:1 or small groups)30 minutes, 2x weeklyOptions depending on teaching experience

Tutors with teaching experience lead wordproblems provided in Zearn lesson materials.Tutors with less teaching experience workside-by-side with students through digitallessons, supporting productivity and lessoncompletion using tips provided by Zearn.Tutors use Zearn Reports to identify andsupport each student’s specific needs.

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Grade 1 Math AccelerationZearn’s 2021–22 Grade 1 math learning recovery program accelerates recovery for all students byintegrating intervention support into the context of new learning. With Zearn, teachers can ensure allstudents are ready to engage with grade-level content. Zearn’s program includes:

Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 1st graders, the K Summer Intensive Series focuses on the essentials of kindergartencontent: counting! The Summer Intensive Series can be tackled digitally and is intended to build thenumber sense that rising 1st graders need: fluency with addition and subtraction within 5,understanding how to decompose and compose 10 in multiple ways, and understanding numbers11–19 as ten ones and some further ones.

Grade-Level Lessons With Tier 1 Intervention SupportDuring the academic year, G1 grade-level lessons connect unfinished learning in the context of newlearning, integrating new information and the needed prior knowledge. Each digital lesson includesbuilt-in Tier 1 supports that provide on-ramps into grade-level learning by heavily leveraging concreteideas and pictorial representations that students are already familiar with from kindergarten.

For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, Zearn stillrecommends that 1st grade students start the year on grade-level digital lessons. Students are fullysupported with these grade-level supports because Zearn’s G1 lessons immediately use on-ramps andsupportive remediation. Students count all (3+2 is solved by counting one, two, three...four, five) andthen gradually move students to more sophisticated strategies, like counting on (3+2 is solved bycounting three...four, five) and by teaching students different ways to break apart numbers.

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 1 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 2 in Mission 2, which focuses on using the associativeand commutative properties to make ten with three addends, teachers are notified in their reports andcan take action to provide a targeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical interventioncontent for every objective of Grade 1 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 1 Mission1 Lesson 20, which will enable the student to work through key foundational content: apply thecommutative property to count on from a larger addend. Students can see both their intervention andgrade-level assignments when logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Grade 2 Math AccelerationZearn’s 2021–22 Grade 2 math learning recovery program accelerates recovery for all students byintegrating intervention support into the context of new learning. With Zearn, educators can ensure allstudents are ready to engage with grade-level content. Zearn’s program includes the SummerIntensive Series, grade-level lessons with Tier 1 intervention support, and intervention lessonrecommendations.

Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 2nd graders, the G1 Summer Intensive Series focuses on counting, composing, anddecomposing, starting with small numbers and working with large enough numbers to prepare themfor 2nd grade. Students will do the critical work of identifying a 10 as one unit and then use thislearning to identify tens and ones and compare, add, and subtract numbers up to 40. The G1 SummerIntensive Series is intended to build a strong foundation of flexible strategies for all students to fallback on as they engage with Grade 2 content and beyond.

Grade-Level Lessons With Tier 1 Intervention SupportDuring the academic year, G2 grade-level lessons connect unfinished learning in the context of newlearning, integrating new information and the needed prior knowledge. Each digital lesson includesbuilt-in Tier 1 supports that provide on-ramps into grade-level learning by leveraging concrete ideasand pictorial representations that students are already familiar with from work in earlier grades.Additionally, an embedded daily diagnostic assesses each student’s understanding and automaticallylaunches a Boost exactly when students need it, with support and scaffolding from K–1 content orprior G2 units.

For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G2 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons focus on building astrong base of flexible addition and subtraction strategies to ensure that all 2nd grade students canlean on these strategies (e.g., adding 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, and 10 less concretely; decomposing andcomposing; relating counting on and subtraction) in future grades—including through middle school!Additionally, in order to tackle Grade 2 Mission 2, data from Zearn’s 50 million completed 2nd gradelessons show that students will need support with measurement concepts that were introduced in 1stgrade.

G2 Kickstart Lessons Foundational Content Covered

Mission 1Add and SubtractFriendly Numbers

Grade 1 Mission 2Lessons 14–18

Count on and take from ten to solve result unknownand total unknown problems.

Mission 2Explore Length


Measure the length of objects using the standard unitname of centimeters.

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Mission 3Add and SubtractBigger Numbers


Represent and manipulate numbers to 40 in variousways. Use a place value chart to organize units.

Mission 4Add, Subtract,and Solve


Interpret two-digit numbers to 100 as addition. Identify10 more, 10 less, 1 more, and 1 less than a number.

* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Missions 5, 6, 7, and 8

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 2 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 3 in Mission 4, which focuses on adding and subtractingmultiples of 10 and some ones within 100, teachers are notified in their reports and can take action toprovide a targeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical intervention content for everyobjective of Grade 2 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 1 Mission 6 Lesson 11, whichwill enable the student to work through key foundational content: adding a multiple of 10 to anytwo-digit number within 100. Students can see both their intervention and grade-level assignmentswhen logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 3rd graders, the G2 Summer Intensive Series focuses on the capstone content of K–2: a deepunderstanding of the base ten system and flexibly being able to add and subtract. This is content that3rd grade standards assume kids can access. The Summer Intensive Series is intended to build a deepunderstanding of one or two core ideas, and it can be tackled only digitally.


For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G3 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons come just-in-time beforethe first two missions of 3rd grade. The first Mission of 3rd grade offers a fresh start with multiplicationand division, and we’ve identified three lessons from Grade 2 that will give kids a longer on-ramp toequal groups and arrays, to ease into this big new idea. Additionally, in order to tackle Grade 3 Mission2, data from Zearn’s 50 million completed 3rd grade lessons show that students will need support withthe number line and telling time.


Mission 1Multiply and DivideFriendly Numbers


Compose and decompose arrays, relating arrays torepeated addition and counting to find the total.

Mission 2Measure It

Grade 2 Mission 7Lesson 21

Grade 2 Mission 8Lessons 13, 15–16

Identify unknown numbers on a number line diagram.

Tell time to the nearest five minutes. Solve elapsedtime problems involving whole hours and a half hour.

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* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Missions 3–5

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 3 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 4 in Mission 1, which focuses on understanding themeaning of the unknown as the size of the group in division, teachers are notified in their reports andcan take action to provide a targeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical interventioncontent for every objective of Grade 3 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 2 Mission6 Lesson 15, which will enable the student to work through key foundational content: using mathdrawings to partition rectangles with square tiles and relate them to repeated addition. Students cansee both their intervention and grade-level assignments when logging in to Zearn’s online mathplatform.

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Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 4th graders, the G3 Summer Intensive Series focuses on multiplication and division of wholenumbers within 100 and ensures students get their first exposure to fractions as numbers, which isessential for their mathematics understanding in upper grades. A strong understanding of fractions in3rd and 4th grade highly correlates to a mastery of Algebra I in the future.


For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G4 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons focus on very specificideas that were introduced in 3rd grade to give students access to 4th grade content. For example, in3rd grade, students applied properties of operations to multiplying by 10s. Students have tounderstand these properties in order to truly understand patterns in the base ten system, the openingMission of 4th grade.


Mission 1Add, Subtract,and Round


Use the place value chart and place value strategies tomultiply by multiples of 10.

Mission 3Multiply and DivideBig Numbers

Grade 3 Mission 4Lesson 5–10

Explore area measurement by drawing area models,completing rows and columns, and discovering thearea formula for a rectangle. Reason about the area ofdifferent rectangles to connect the concept of areameasurement to the operation of multiplication.

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Mission 5Equivalent Fractions

Grade 3 Mission 5Lesson 5–7

Understand fractions as numbers and unit fractions asthe basic building blocks that compose other fractions.Build non-unit fractions from unit fractions andidentify parts of a whole as fractions.

* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Missions 2, 4, 6, or 7

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 4 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 7 in Mission 5, which focuses on using the area model toshow the equivalence of two fractions, teachers are notified in their reports and can take action toprovide a targeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical intervention content for everyobjective of Grade 3 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 3 Mission 5 Lesson 23, whichwill enable the student to work through key foundational content: using visual fraction models andthe number line to generate simple equivalent fractions. Students can see both their intervention andgrade-level assignments when logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 5th graders, the G4 Summer Intensive Series focuses on the capstone content of Grades 3 to5: a deep understanding of multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions. Withmulti-digit multiplication and division, students learn strategies that will allow them to multiply anddivide on paper and in their heads. With fractions, students evaluate equivalence, and they learn thatthe same methods they used for whole number operations can be used to add, subtract, and multiplyfractions. The Summer Intensive Series is intended to ensure students have a solid grasp of these ideasto close out 5th grade successfully.


For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G5 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons enable students to startthe year with a few concrete lessons to extend fractions to decimals before tackling them in the 5thgrade content. (In 4th grade, students learn about decimals as an extension of fractions for the firsttime in their mathematical careers!) G5 Kickstart Lessons also include a few quick recaps of 4th grademultiplication, division, and fractions: how to multiply by multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000 andunderstanding fraction equivalence.


Mission 1Place Value withDecimal Fractions


Model the equivalence of tenths and hundredths.Model mixed numbers with tenths and hundredthsusing expanded form, area models, number lines, andthe place value chart.

Mission 2Base Ten Operations


Represent patterns when multiplying by 10, 100,and 1,000. Multiply multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000.

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Mission 3Add and SubtractFractions


Use the area model, multiplication, and division toshow the equivalence of two fractions.

Mission 4Multiply and DivideFractions andDecimals

Grade 4 Mission 5Lessons 28


Solve word problems with line plots.

Solve division problems with remainders.

* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Missions 5–6

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 5 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 13 in Mission 4, which focuses on multiplying unitfractions by unit fractions, teachers are notified in their reports and can take action to provide atargeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical intervention content for every objective ofGrade 3 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 4 Mission 5 Lesson 39, which will enablethe student to work through key foundational content: solving multiplicative comparison wordproblems involving fractions. Students can see both their intervention and grade-level assignmentswhen logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 6th graders, the G5 Summer Intensive Series focuses on essential fractions and decimaloperations work. This series starts with decimals to help students solidify and connect theirunderstanding of the base ten system and properties of operations to perform sophisticatedarithmetic. Students then extend their understanding of multiplication and division of whole numbersand fraction equivalence to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. The Summer Intensive Seriesis intended to ensure students are prepared for 6th grade math to be an extension of elementaryschool work.


For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G6 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons come just-in-time beforeMissions 4 and 5 of 6th grade to support students with revisiting decimal operations, especiallydivision of fractions and decimals.


Mission 4Dividing Fractions


Divide a whole number by a unit fraction. Divide a unitfraction by a whole number.

Mission 5Arithmetic in BaseTen


Add and subtract decimals. Multiply a decimal fractionby single-digit whole numbers.

* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Missions 1–3 or Missions 6–9

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Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 6 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 5 in Mission 3, which focuses on comparing speeds andprices by calculating rates per 1, teachers are notified in their reports and can take action to provide atargeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical intervention content for every objective ofGrade 6 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 5 Mission 4 Lesson 5, which will enablethe student to work through key foundational content: solving word problems involving the division ofwhole numbers with answers in the form of fractions. Students can see both their intervention andgrade-level assignments when logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 7th graders, the G6 Summer Intensive Series focuses on ratios and rates so that students canrepresent and think about them in multiple, flexible ways. This is important because these conceptswill be the foundations of proportional relationships and linear equations. The Summer IntensiveSeries also includes additional Missions that bridge arithmetic from 3rd to 5th grade to the 7th gradearithmetic that requires students to deeply understand and have a higher fluency with operations.


For schools and districts that experienced significant disrupted learning in the pandemic, G7 KickstartLessons offer additional Tier 1 support. These foundational Kickstart Lessons come just-in-time beforekey Missions of 7th grade to support students with ideas that were introduced for the first time in 6thgrade: ratios, rates, negative numbers, and the foundations of equations.


Mission 1Scale Drawings


Solve ratio and rate problems.

Mission 2IntroducingProportionalRelationships

Grade 6 Mission 3Lessons 1, 3–4

Reason about “rate per 1” to solve problems. Convertmeasurement units.

Mission 4ProportionalRelationships andPercentages


Find percentages. Solve problems about percentages.Relate benchmark percentages to fractions.

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Mission 5Rational NumberArithmetic

Grade 6 Mission 7Lessons 1–2, 5–6

Explore and interpret negative numbers. Plot positiveand negative numbers on a number line. Use absolutevalue notation.

Mission 6Expressions,Equations, andInequalities


Use tape diagrams and balanced hangers to write andsolve equations. Use given values to see if an equationis true or false.

* No Kickstart Lessons are included for Mission 3 or Missions 7–9

Intervention Lesson RecommendationsIf a student or group of students continues to repeatedly struggle on Grade 7 lessons throughout theyear, teachers can leverage Zearn’s searchable database of recommended intervention lessons. Forexample, if a student is struggling with lesson 4 in Mission 2, which focuses on writing two equationsthat represent the same proportional relationship, teachers are notified in their reports and can takeaction to provide a targeted intervention lesson. Zearn has identified critical intervention content forevery objective of Grade 7 math. In this case, teachers would “bookmark” Grade 6 Mission 3 Lesson 7,which will enable the student to work through key foundational content: identifying a unit rate andusing it to solve ratio problems. Students can see both their intervention and grade-level assignmentswhen logging in to Zearn’s online math platform.

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Grade 8 Math AccelerationZearn’s 2021–22 Grade 8 math learning recovery program accelerates recovery for all students byintegrating intervention support into the context of new learning. With Zearn, educators can ensure allstudents are ready to engage with grade-level content. Zearn’s program includes the SummerIntensive Series and grade-level lessons with Tier 1 Intervention Support.

Summer Intensive SeriesFor rising 8th graders, the G7 Summer Intensive Series focuses on exploring proportionalrelationships, which is a critical foundation of linear relationships in 8th grade. This series starts withhaving students work concretely with proportional relationships to set students up to think deeplyabout linear relationships. Students then work with several other concepts—ranging from engagingwith expressions and equations to operating with rational numbers—that are essential foundations for8th grade.

Grade-Level Lessons With Tier 1 Intervention SupportZearn is building and piloting Grade 8 lessons throughout the 2021–22 academic school year. Eachdigital lesson will include built-in Tier 1 supports that provide on-ramps into grade-level learning byleveraging concrete ideas and pictorial representations that students are already familiar with fromwork in earlier grades. Additionally, an embedded daily diagnostic assesses each student’sunderstanding and automatically launches a Boost exactly when students need it, with support andscaffolding from K–7 content or prior G8 Missions.

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Approach to KindergartenZearn Math for Kindergarten builds strong math foundations for students, with developmentallyappropriate curricular materials grounded in concept exploration, concrete and pictorialrepresentations, and math discussion. Zearn’s kindergarten curriculum creates access for all studentsinto grade-level content, regardless of their preK experience. Students’ daily learning with theirteacher and peers is enhanced by so�ware-based activities that further personalize learning anddevelop number sense.

Teacher MaterialsEvery day, teachers lead Fluency, Word Problems, and Lessons to build number sense with concretemanipulatives, pictorial representations, and discussion. A�er daily Fluency, students solve WordProblems independently and then share their work with peers to provide opportunities forstudent-to-student math discussion. In each Lesson, teachers facilitate thoughtful mathematicaldiscussions between students that allow learners to refer to and build on each other’s ideas.

Digital Activities in KindergartenZearn Math for Kindergarten includes developmentally appropriate Digital Activities, which are shortand engaging, and they are designed to build number sense. During the Digital Activities, studentsbuild number sense at their own pace through an intentional progression from Numbers to 5 toNumbers to 20, and they receive precise digital feedback at the moment of misconception.

Embedded supports in Digital Activities precisely address misconceptions in real time and give allstudents opportunities to try again. The concrete to pictorial to abstract learning approach serves asthe foundation for all Digital Activities, in order to create access by visually supporting developingunderstanding. Each Mission Overview has specific guiding questions for teachers to support students’mathematical development in the Digital Activity station.

K Digital Activities are intended to build the number sense that rising 1st graders need: fluency withaddition and subtraction within 5, understanding how to decompose and compose 10 in multipleways, and understanding numbers 11–19 as ten ones and some further ones.

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