1. MSTAR Intervention Lessons: The Hidden Treasure
Susan Hemphill
Middle School Math Specialist
Region XIII ESC

2. MSTAR Intervention Lessons
Tier II Interventions for Mathematics
Grades 7-8 were targeted
Based on IES recommendations

4. A Quick Look on Project Share

6. Lesson Features Overview Timed Fact Practice
Engage Prior/Informal Knowledge
Preview
Demonstrate
Practice
Independent Practice
Closure
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Briefly discuss each feature:
Overview connects lessons to the Texas Response to Curriculum Focal Points and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills; summarizes the outcomes and key ideas as well as the preskills needed for success; and provides scaffolding ideas and common misconceptions associated with the content.
Timed Fact Practice includes directions and an accompanying graph for students to graph their own progress toward fact mastery.
Engage Prior/Informal Knowledge gives students an opportunity to talk about what they know and provides a platform for the new content to be connected.
Preview lets students know what is coming and establishes a purpose for learning.
Demonstrate leads students through the lesson concepts in an explicit manner with direct guidance from the teacher.
Practice outlines several activities that promote interaction with the teacher, as well as small-group collaboration and peer interaction. These activities provide teachers with opportunities to give immediate feedback and additional instruction to students who need it.
Independent Practice gives students an opportunity to show what they have learned individually. The content closely follows that of the guided practice; however, students work without assistance so that knowledge can be accurately assessed.
Closure provides an opportunity to review, tie in the new content, and make final connections about what was learned.

7. The following MSTAR Multiplication and Division Fact Intervention lessons target struggling Tier 2 students. The intervention lessons provide a concrete structure to help students learn the foundational skills necessary for success in increasingly complex mathematics curricula.  
TIER 2

9. Project Share Courses
MSTAR INTV: Facts & Patterns: Mult. & Div MSTAR INTV: Equivalent Fractions MSTAR INTV: Proportionality MSTAR INTV: Ratios and Rates

10. Texas public school educators may reproduce and use MSTAR Intervention materials, without fee, for the benefit of the students of Texas.
TIER 2

11. Contact
Susan Hemphill