STAAR Readiness Getting Started Guide Welcome! STAAR Readiness is a TEKS-aligned program for grades 3-5 that includes interactive lessons and adaptive practice problems covering all Readiness and Supporting standards across all reporting categories on the STAAR. Contents Getting Started Guide... 1 Welcome!... 1 Suggested Use... 3 Introduction... 3 Benchmark Progress... 3 Analyze Student Data... 3 Individualize Instruction... 3 The Teacher Interface... 5 Introduction... 5 Teacher Login Screen... 5 Print Student Login Cards... 5 Content Catalogs... 5 Managing Assignments...7 Logging Out...7 The Student Interface... 9 Student Login Screen... 9 TEKS Tracker... 9 To-Do List... 11 Other Buildings... 11 Logging Out... 13 The STAAR Readiness Report... 15 Report Overview... 15 Accessing the Report... 15 Customizing the Report... 15 Built-in Help... 16 How to Assign Practice Tests... 17 Overview... 17 Step 1... 17 Step 2... 17 Reasoning Mind Getting Started Guide STAAR Readiness 3-5 1
Step 3... 18 Step 4... 19 Step 5... 19 How to Unassign Practice Tests... 20 What Students See... 21 How to Assign Problem Practice... 23 Overview... 23 Step 1... 23 Step 2... 23 Step 3... 24 Step 4... 24 Step 5... 25 Step 6... 25 How to Unassign Problem Practice... 26 What Students See... 27 How to Assign Readiness Modules... 31 Overview... 31 Step 1... 31 Step 2... 31 Step 3... 32 Step 4... 33 How to Unassign Readiness Modules... 33 What Students See... 34 Next Steps... 39 Find Help & Support... 39 Create a Plan to Meet Your Goals... 39 Introduce the Program to Students... 39 Implement with Best Practices... 39 Use the Features and Content Strategically... 39 Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 2
STAAR Readiness Suggested Use Introduction There are many ways to use the program effectively, but this guidance is designed to help you get the program up and running with students as quickly and efficiently as possible. Benchmark Progress Your first step to getting the most out of STAAR Readiness is to determine how students are performing on each standard. The most efficient way to get this information is by assigning a STAAR Practice Test. Learn how to assign a STAAR Practice Test on page 15. If your students are not ready for a practice assessment, you can let them work in TEKS Tracker mode or assign Readiness Modules to target specific standards. Learn more about the TEKS Tracker on page 9 and assigning Readiness Modules on page 31. Analyze Student Data Rich data is collected and aggregated by standard in the STAAR Readiness Report, which is the first thing you see when logging in as a teacher. This makes it easy to identify the standards each student should practice. Learn more about the STAAR Readiness Report on page 15. Individualize Instruction With a clear picture of how students are doing, it is easy to create customized assignments that target the standards each student needs. Problem Practice provides targeted problem practice. You choose the standards to cover, how many problems, and set the number of chances a student receives on each problem. If the student misses a problem, he or she will complete an interactive solution before receiving another attempt at a similar problem. Learn more about assigning Problem Practice on page 23. Readiness Modules can be assigned for students who need a little more support with a particular standard. These interactive mini-lessons review the skill or concept and walk students through all of the problem types they are likely to see on the STAAR. Learn more about assigning Readiness Modules on page 31. Reasoning Mind Suggested Use STAAR Readiness 3-5 3
STAAR Readiness The Teacher Interface Introduction The STAAR Readiness teacher interface is a powerful tool with many features and settings. This Getting Started Guide is designed to help you learn the basic functions necessary to launch the program in your classroom. You can use the in-system help feature or visit the Reasoning Mind Community website, community.reasoningmind.org, to learn more when you are ready. Teacher Login Screen Login with your teacher username and password at my.reasoningmind.org. Do not add www. to the beginning of the URLs for the login screen or the Reasoning Mind Community. The student interface has been designed to work on tablets, but the teacher interface requires a desktop or laptop computer. The population counter shows the total number of students who have logged on across the country since the beginning of the school year. Print Student Login Cards Go to Main > Print Login Cards to download a printable PDF with student usernames and passwords. Content Catalogs Your teacher account has access to a Content Catalog with all of the problems and online lessons. Go to Main > Content Catalogs. Reasoning Mind The Teacher Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 5
Navigate through the folder structure on the left side to find a Theory material, indicated by the symbol. Theory screens are teaching screens, and the Content Catalog displays the content on the right side exactly as it will appear to students. Problems are indicated with the symbols. When viewing a problem in the Content Catalog, you can switch between the problem Statement (as it is presented to students) and the Solution using the tabs above the content display area. There are multiple versions of each problem, called Datasets, which you can access using the dropdown above the content display area. Datasets are used to make sure students don t see the same problem over and over again. They may see the same problem type, but the system will pull a fresh dataset for each new attempt before recycling previously-viewed datasets. Check the box above the content display area when viewing a problem s solution to see what it looks like for a student who answered the problem incorrectly. When solutions are displayed, students will only see the Step-by-step version after an incorrect response. They are designed to coach the student through the proper way to solve the problem so they won t make a similar mistake in the future. Use the tabs at the bottom of your screen to return to the STAAR Readiness Report or close the Content Catalog. Reasoning Mind The Teacher Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 6
Managing Assignments You can assign and unassign practice activities for students using the buttons at the bottom of your screen. The assignment buttons will change based on the student(s) you select. Remember to select students first when you want to create an assignment. Step-by-step directions for each assignment type can be found on the following pages: For more on Practice Tests, see page 17. For more on Problem Practice, see page 23. For more on Readiness Modules, see page 31. Logging Out Log out of your teacher account using by clicking screen, or go to Main > Log out. in the top right corner of your Your teacher account will automatically log out after a period of inactivity to protect student privacy. Reasoning Mind The Teacher Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 7
STAAR Readiness The Student Interface Student Login Screen Students use the same login screen as adults. If your students will be using STAAR Readiness on a laptop or desktop computer, have them navigate to my.reasoningmind.org with an updated web browser. Do not add www. to the beginning of the URL for the login screen. Consider saving a short cut to the log in screen on the student computer desktops. TEKS Tracker The default home screen for STAAR Readiness is the TEKS Tracker. Students will see this screen if they do not have any teacher-created assignments, or after they have completed all teacher-created assignments. Students may click on any of the tiles to work on practice problems for the corresponding standard. Reasoning Mind The Student Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 9
The first three spaces on the TEKS Tracker are reserved for system-recommended objectives, which are indicated with a label. Unless othwerwise directed by you, students should study these objectives first. Recommendations are based on previously-studied standards that are below 75% accuracy. If no standards meet these criteria, the system selects standards according to a predetermined default order. The stars on each tile indicate how well the student is performing on the standard within all modes and assignments of STAAR Readiness. These stars align to the overall accuracy for a standard viewable in the teacher s STAAR Readiness Report, with each star representing 20%. (For example, a student with 60% overall accuracy for a standard would display 3 stars.) A pulsing yellow tile indicates that the student began work on a block of problems but did not complete all problems (Most standards have 5-7 problems). A green tile indicates the student received 75% or higher on the problem set. The TEKS Tracker is a great way for students to show their progress to parents. Consider incorporating this idea into your next parent night. Reasoning Mind The Student Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 10
To-Do List Students with teacher-created assignments in their queue will see the To-Do List instead of the TEKS Tracker when they log in. Tasks must be completed in the order assigned by the teacher; students do not have the ability to complete assignments out of order. Students should click on the first assignment s title or the hot air balloon to continue. The To-Do List screen corresponds to the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness Report in your teacher account. The student in the example above has a Readiness Module assignment, a Practice Test, and a Problem Practice assignment. The same queue is reflected in the teacher interface. Notice that you can see the Readiness Module assignment for this student consists of three different modules. This is indicated on the STAAR Report as. Other Buildings There are three buildings at the bottom of the student home page. Students can click on each building to access the contents. You will want to set clear expectations for your students so they will know when it is appropriate to use these buildings. Reasoning Mind The Student Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 11
The Library building is full resources to help students learn. For example, the How To book contains step-by-step directions for how to use the keyboard and on-screen digital tools to input answers. Students can browse Readiness Module content in the STAAR Textbook to help them solve a problem while practicing. Click the button to return to the student home screen. Students can visit My Place to track their progress, view performance metrics, and see personal records. Here is a quick explanation of the metrics in this building. Accuracy Today Percent of problems solved correctly from the current day only Two Weeks Accuracy Percent of problems solved correctly from last two weeks Correct Problems Cumulative count of the number of problems answered correctly Highest Streak Personal record for the number of consecutive correct answers Total Points Cumulative count of all points earned all year Consider setting goals to motivate your students based on these metrics. Click the button to return to the student home screen. Reasoning Mind The Student Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 12
Students earn points for solving problems, and those points can be spent in the Shopping Mall. Three different stores offer digital prizes, short stories, and animated video clips in exchange for points. Purchased items appear in the student s My Place building. Think about how you will use the Shopping Mall to incentivize student performance. Click the button to return to the student home screen. Logging Out Log out of your teacher account using by clicking of the screen. button in the top right corner Student accounts are automatically logged out after a period of inactivity. Reasoning Mind The Student Interface STAAR Readiness 3-5 13
STAAR Readiness The STAAR Readiness Report Report Overview The STAAR Readiness Report is the control center for everything you need to know about your students preparedness for the STAAR. You can even take action directly from the report by creating assignments to target weak objectives or additional practice to bolster strong ones. Accessing the Report Log in with your teacher username and password at my.reasoningmind.org. The STAAR Readiness Report is the first thing you see after logging in. Customizing the Report You can control a variety of settings to customize the STAAR Report. Remember to click the button to apply new settings and refresh the data table. The STAAR Readiness Report will only display one class at a time. Use the Class dropdown to switch between groups of students if you are using the program with more than one class. You can also filter the data displayed by assignment type. Use the Materials dropdown to switch between the following options: All Materials Includes data from every assignment type Readiness Modules Reports data from teacher-assigned Readiness Modules only Practice Test Reports data from teacher-assigned Practice Tests only Problem Practice Reports data from teacher-assigned Problem Practice only TEKS Tracker Reports data from TEKS Tracker study (non-assignment) Reasoning Mind The STAAR Readiness Report STAAR Readiness 3-5 15
The default setting is All Material, which is ideal for most situations. You may find it useful, however, to use the Practice Test filter to review data from a recent benchmark or diagnostic assessment if you use the assignment in that way. In addition to controlling from which assignments the data is sourced, you can also use the Range settings to view student data from a specific number of days or problems in the past. Consider using the custom date range option to build reports that will help you see how far your students have come by comparing data from early in the year to the now. Use the Display value as options to display student data as percentages or fractions. Using fractions gives additional insight because it shows how many problems the student solved or missed to earn the percentage score. For example, 100% can be misleading if the student only solved 3/3 problems. Click the button to export the current view as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Built-in Help You can click on the With help turned on, simply click on any button to display help hot-spots in the teacher interface. to learn more about a particular feature. Additional help is also available on the Reasoning Mind Community website. Use the Community button at the top of your teacher page or navigate to community.reasoningmind.org and log in with your Reasoning Mind username and password. Reasoning Mind The STAAR Readiness Report STAAR Readiness 3-5 16
STAAR Readiness How to Assign Practice Tests Overview The STAAR Practice Test assignments simulate the STAAR as closely as possible with an online system. Students will solve a series of STAAR-formatted problems over the standards you select. And the test results are instantaneous, so you ll be able to take action right away! Step 1 Log in to your teacher account. Log in with your teacher username and password at my.reasoningmind.org. Step 2 Select students and the assignment type. Select the students who will receive the assignment by checking the box next to individual names. Use the check/uncheck all box at the top of the first column to quickly select all students or clear your selection. Click to display the assignment settings. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 17
Step 3 Select which TEKS to include. Click to open the standard selection settings. Browse the folders on the left to highlight a standard and click the button to add it to the assignment. You can quickly add all standards from the same reporting category by selecting the folder instead of individual standards. Readiness and Supporting standards are marked with and respectively. Practice Test assignment are best for periodic benchmarking and diagnostics over a wide range of TEKS. If your goal is to practice a small set of standards, then the Problem Practice assignment is a better choice. You can remove an unwanted standard by selecting it from the list on the right and clicking the button. If you ve added too many standards and want to start over, click and start again. Click when you have finished selecting standards. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 18
Step 4 Customize assignment settings. Set the total number of problems to include in the assignment. All students will have the same total number of problems on the Practice Test, but the specific items will vary. Still, the number of problems from each standard will be proportional to the real STAAR based on the blueprint for your grade level s test. Select a time option. If you choose the Proportional option for this setting, the system will automatically calculate the length of time students should have for the number problems you set so that the time limit is proportional to the real STAAR based on the your grade level s blueprint. Decide if you want students to receive correct/incorrect feedback on problems during the assessment. Changing this setting to yes is not recommended if you are using the time limit feature since the feedback will slow students down. Otherwise, students will have to wait until they have completed the Practice Test to see how they did. Set the priority level for this assignment. Check this box to place the assignment at the top of each student s assignment queue. Otherwise, students complete assignments in the order given. Step 5 Save and assign. Click to create the assignment. Click the button to abandon the current settings and start over. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 19
The assignment is added to each student s assignment queue and indicated by a small in the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness Report. How to Unassign Practice Tests Select the student(s) for whom you wish to remove the assignment and click the button. You will be asked to confirm your decision. Click to proceed or to leave the assignment in place. Notice that the icon has been removed from the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness report to indicate that the assignment has been removed from the selected student s assignment queue. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 20
What Students See The To-Do List appears for students who have unfinished teacher-created assignments. Students should click on the hot air balloon or the first item on their list to begin. Students must click on the bubble that corresponds with their desired answer and click the button to move on to the next problem. Consider providing scratch paper and pencil for students to show their work as you would expect on the real STAAR. The system will display the results as soon as an answer has been submitted for the last problem. Clicking Close will dismiss the results and complete the assignment. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 21
If there are no additional teacher-created assignments, the student is returned to the TEKS Tracker on their home screen where they can self-select a standard to study until it is time to log off. If there are more assignments in the student s queue, then he or she will be redirected back to the To-Do List to complete the next assignment. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Practice Tests STAAR Readiness 3-5 22
STAAR Readiness How to Assign Problem Practice Overview Problem Practice assignments give students targeted practice on teacher-selected standards with feedback. The system intervenes with a step-by-step solution when students get a problem wrong much like a personal tutor would. Then, students immediately receive another chance on a different version of the same problem. Step 1 Log in to your teacher account. Log in with your teacher username and password at my.reasoningmind.org. Step 2 Select students and the assignment type. Select the students who will receive the assignment by checking the box next to individual names. Use the check/uncheck all box at the top of the first column to quickly select all students or clear your selection. Click to display the assignment settings. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 23
Step 3 Customize required assignment settings. Set the number of rounds (1-3) and how many problems to include (1-20). Students receive correct/incorrect feedback only after answering all items in each round. You can enable up to three rounds. Subsequent rounds include only problems the student did not get right. The goal is to answer all problems correctly before you run out of rounds. Step 4 Select which TEKS to include. Click to open the standard selection settings. Browse the folders on the left to highlight a standard and click the to the assignment. button to add it Readiness and Supporting standards are marked with and respectively. You can remove an unwanted standard by selecting it from the list on the right and clicking the button. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 24
Click when you have finished selecting standards. Step 5 Customize optional assignment settings. Indicate whether or not students should see problems from standards for which they have completed a Readiness Module. Change this option to yes to only show students problems from standards that are both included in the assignment and were previously studied by the student in a Readiness Module assignment. When enabled, the system does this on an individual basis for each student. Decide whether or not all students should receive the same problems. Change this option to yes to force all students to receive the same set of problems. Otherwise, the computer will present problems a student has not seen before recycling previously-viewed problems. Set the priority level for this assignment. Change this option to yes to place the assignment at the top of each student s assignment queue. Otherwise, students complete assignments in the order they were created. Step 6 Save and assign. Click to create the assignment. Click the button to abandon the current settings and start over. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 25
The assignment is added to each student s assignment queue and indicated by a small in the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness Report. How to Unassign Problem Practice Select the student(s) for whom you wish to remove the assignment and click the button. You will be asked to confirm your decision. Click to proceed or to leave the assignment in place. Notice that the icon has been removed from the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness report to indicate that the assignment has been removed from the selected student s assignment queue. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 26
What Students See The To-Do List appears for students who have unfinished teacher-created assignments. Students should click on the hot air balloon or the first item on their list to begin. In this example, the student will have up to three chances, or rounds, to solve all five problems. Students may select any of the buttons to view the problem. To solve a problem, students should click on the bubble that corresponds with their desired answer and click the button to return to the problem list. Consider providing scratch paper and pencil for students to show their work as you would expect on the real STAAR. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 27
Students will not receive correct/incorrect feedback until all of the problems have been answered. Students may work the problems in any order. They can also revisit problems for which they have already entered an answer to check their work. Once an answer has been entered for all problems, the student should click the button to complete the first round. The system scores the answers entered during the first round. Correct responses are indicated by a symbol, and incorrect responses are indicated by a symbol. Students should always click on the orange symbols to review solutions for missed problems. It is highly recommended to set this as an expectation before starting the next round. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 28
Consider requiring your students to check in with you between rounds so that you can help them review the problems they missed. This kind of procedure is particularly useful when students are getting used to the Problem Practice assignment. Students should continue reviewing solutions and reattempting missed problems until they run out of rounds. When all problems have been answered correctly (or when all rounds have been completed), the student will receive points and a message from the Genie. Solving a problem correctly in Round 1 is worth more points than solving it in subsequent rounds. Consider using the points to make this assignment into a friendly class competition to engage students. Clicking will dismiss the results and complete the assignment If there are no additional teacher-created assignments, the student is returned to the TEKS Tracker home screen where they can self-select a standard to study until it is time to log off. If there are more assignments in the student s queue, then he or she will be redirected back to the To-Do List to complete the next assignment. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Problem Practice STAAR Readiness 3-5 29
STAAR Readiness How to Assign Readiness Modules Overview Readiness Modules are interactive lessons covering all Readiness and Supporting standards assessed by the STAAR. These self-paced lessons help students develop deep conceptual understanding of each standard while building problem-solving skills. Step 1 Log in to your teacher account. Log in with your teacher username and password at my.reasoningmind.org. Step 2 Select students and the assignment type. Select students who will receive the assignment by checking the box next to individual names. Use the check/uncheck all box at the top of the first column to quickly select all students or clear your selection. Click to display the assignment settings. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 31
Step 3 Select which TEKS to include. Browse the folders on the left to highlight a standard and click the to the assignment. button to add it If multiple Readiness Modules are assigned during this step, students will complete them in the order displayed on the right side. It is not possible to reorder them once the assignment has been given. If one of the selected students has an unfinished Readiness Module assignment, the standards you select during this step will be appended to the existing assignment. Readiness and Supporting standards are marked with and respectively. You can remove an unwanted standard by selecting it from the list on the right and clicking the button. Avoid assigning more than 1-2 Readiness Modules at a time. You can always add modules to a student s existing assignment, but you can t remove one without removing them all for a single student once the assignment has been given. Use the Performance History tab see how the selected students are doing on each standard. You can even click on the Percentage column header to sort standards from low to high based on performance. If you need help figuring out where to start when assigning Readiness Modules, Reasoning Mind s expert teachers and mathematicians have prepared a suggested order of study for the state-assessed standards in each grade level. Find the default order for your grade on page Error! Bookmark not defined.. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 32
Step 4 Save and assign. Mark this assignment highest-priority if you want the selected students to work on it before other assignments. Checking the make highest priority checkbox will place the current assignment at the top of each student s to-do list once assigned. Otherwise, students will complete assignments in the order assigned. Click to create the assignment. Click the button to abandon the current settings and start over. An assignment including all selected Readiness Modules is added to each student s assignment queue. The assignment is indicated by a small column on the STAAR Readiness Report. in the Assignments How to Unassign Readiness Modules Select the student(s) for whom you wish to remove the assignment and click the Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 33
button. You will be asked to confirm your decision to unassign all STAAR Readiness Modules. Removing this assignment type unassigns all Readiness Modules for the selected students. It is not possible to remove a single Readiness Module from a student s queue, but you can easily rebuild the assignment, if necessary, without the undesired standards. Click to proceed or to leave the assignment in place. Notice that the icon has been removed from the Assignments column on the STAAR Readiness report to indicate that the assignment has been removed from the selected student s assignment queue. What Students See The To-Do List appears for students who have unfinished teacher-created assignments. Students should click on the hot air balloon or the first item on their list to begin. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 34
During Readiness Modules, students will encounter Theory screens like the one pictured above. Theory screens are teaching screens. Students may be presented with a rule or a definition. Important information is highlighted in call-out boxes like the one pictured above. Consider building in note-taking procedures by having your students write information in these boxes in a notebook for future reference. Theory screens often require the student to participate in an instructional task or sample exercise, and the lesson content will differentiate based on their inputs. There is a progress tracker in the bottom right corner of the screen to show the student s position in the current module. Students may select any of the buttons to view the problem. In addition to Theory screens, students will also encounter Problem screens like the one pictured above. Problem screens are practice screens. Students can see how many points each problem is worth on the coin pictured in the bottom left corner of the screen. A correct response will earn five points in this case. Students must select the bubble that corresponds with their desired answer and click the button to move on to the next screen. Consider providing scratch paper and pencil for students to show their work as you would expect on the real STAAR. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 35
When students get a problem wrong, they must complete a step-by-step solution that will guide them through the proper way to solve similar problems in the future. During the step-by-step solution, the student must answer a series of questions much like a live tutorial. It is normal for students to see the Genie s solution after correctly solving a problem. These basic solutions are not the same as a step-by-step solution, and the student may skip past it quickly to move forward. The in-depth step-by-step solutions are only displayed after incorrect responses. Each Readiness Module is different, and you can preview all of the lessons using the Content Catalog in your teacher account. To access the Content Catalogs, log in as a teacher and select Content Catalog from the Main menu in the top left corner of the screen. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 36
Students should continue working through Theory and Problems until the Readiness Module is complete. If additional Readiness Modules have been assigned, the next module will begin immediately. If there are no additional teacher-created assignments, the student is returned to the TEKS Tracker home screen where they can self-select a standard to study until it is time to log off. If there are more assignments in the student s queue, then he or she will be redirected back to the To-Do List to complete the next assignment. Reasoning Mind How to Assign Readiness Modules STAAR Readiness 3-5 37
STAAR Readiness Next Steps Find Help & Support Reasoning Mind is here to support you every step of the way! In your teacher interface, you can access chat support and help text or enter the STAAR Readiness community through the Help & Support menu: The Community provides helpful resources, videos, and articles, as well as the ability to connect with other teachers and track performance data. You can even submit questions and ideas to Reasoning Mind! All resources provided on this Next Steps page can be found in the Community. Create a Plan to Meet Your Goals Introduce the Program to Students Implement with Best Practices Use the Features and Content Strategically After you ve explored how to use the student and teacher functionality, it s time to design an implementation that will support your goals. See a tutorial on recommended implementation models for meeting your curriculum, test readiness, and individual student needs at gettingstarted.reasoningmind.org. Familiarize your class with the student account, teach routines and expectations, and lay a foundation for productive, independent learning before your students begin to use the program. Find tutorials at gettingstarted.reasoningmind.org, and download classroom resources (including a video and powerpoint) here: Introduce Students to STAAR Readiness 3-5. Get the most out of STAAR Readiness by using best practices provided by the program designers and schools that have used Reasoning Mind blended learning programs successfully. Find these tips for scheduling, instruction, independent learning and more at STAAR Readiness 3-5 Best Practices. After you and your students are comfortable with the basics of STAAR Readiness, learn more about how to use the assignments and features strategically here: Implementation Strategies STAAR Readiness 3-8. Reasoning Mind s team of expert teachers and mathematicians analyzed the stateassessed TEKS for grades 3-5 to determine the ideal order of review when preparing students for the STAAR. Find this standards prioritization, as well as templates and planners at STAAR Readiness Strategy Resources Grades 3-8. Reasoning Mind Suggested Order of Study STAAR Readiness 3-5 39