LRG – MTSS & Math: Elementary Essentials

Multi-Tiered System of Supports is a proven, research-based, problem-solving process to help all learners succeed. It is a comprehensive approach for maximizing student achievement by providing additional instruction to struggling students through increasing levels of intensity based on progress monitoring and data analysis. The process is most effectively applied in elementary schools and is based on the premise that educators need to dialogue early and often about how to best teach every student the essentials of reading and math. This 6-page, quick-reference laminated guide provides elementary educators with critical information about teaching math within an MTSS framework, as well as practical techniques to address the foundational components of math within the general education classroom setting.

Based on the findings of the National Math Panel, this guide provides research-based instruction and intervention strategies in the key areas of mathematical literacy:

• Language and concepts
• Number sense
• Computational fluency
• Problem solving

In addition to Tier 1 interventions to use with the entire class, the guide provides recommendations of programs that can be used for Tier 2 and 3 interventions to assist students performing below grade level in math.

The guide also reviews and provides examples of best practices in structured math instruction, which includes a gradual release framework of instruction that incorporates  practical solutions in this guide are presented in a straightforward, easy-to-read format that gives teachers easy access to the tools they need to help students succeed at math.explicit modeling, scaffolding, and corrective feedback. 

The practical solutions in this guide are presented in a straightforward, easy-to-read format that gives elementary teachers easy access to the tools they need to help students succeed at math.