Ideas for using Khan Academy in your classroom

• Students in the bottom 25% as measured by benchmark standardized exams: These students likely have significant gaps so we recommend that you set a mastery goal that is two to three grade levels lower than their current grade level.
• Students in the 25th to 50th percentiles: These student likely also have significant gaps so we recommend that you set a mastery goal one to two grade levels below their current grade level.
• Students in the 50th-75th percentile: These students likely have some gaps and could benefit from reviewing earlier material. We recommend setting a mastery goal one grade level earlier than the grade level you are teaching.
• Students in the top 25%: We recommend setting a grade level mastery goal.
• If a student completes their grade level mastery goals, you can always assign a new mastery goal in another course for either review or acceleration.

First day and week

• Introduce your students to some of your favorite topics on Khan Academy.
• Allow your students to explore Khan Academy on their own for 30min to build excitement about learning.
• Introduce the idea of mastery-based learning and self-paced practice.
• Establish your grading policy for Khan Academy self-paced practice.
• If applicable, note the differences between practice exercises, quizzes, unit tests and course challenges.

Ongoing use

• Scan the student portion of Progress tab for opportunities to celebrate or encourage specific students.
• Use the skill mastery portion of Progress tab to identify potential peer tutoring pairs and/or identify topics for in-class review for small groups or the entire class.

• Communicate peer tutoring pairs with clear topics.
• Work with small groups or the entire class on review topics.
• Encourage students to use supporting videos and hints when they are stuck.
• Circulate throughout the room and provide 1-on-1 help while students are practicing.

• Enter grades or notes into gradebook
• Use students' practice results to inform lesson plans and classroom activities.

• In this model, teachers use Khan Academy as a regular practice tool to build student’s procedural fluency and concept development.
• Khan Academy is often used as part of the guided and independent practice portions of the lesson cycle.

• During class for 15-30 minutes multiple times each week

• Teachers identify the content that is most useful for their students by either topic or standard.
• Exercises are generally aligned with year-long pacing guide

• Many teachers assign work 2-3 times per week before class so it is ready for practice during class.
• For example, some teachers like to assign one exercise and one video every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• The due date for assignments is typically 1-2 days after the teacher posts the assignments.
• Students complete the practice in class, either the same day or the following class.

• Assignment reports may be useful to initiate group discussion about 1-2 problems that were most challenging for their students. Reports are sorted to show most challenging items first.
• Exercise completion reports can be helpful when identifying students for tutoring or in-class small-group instruction.
• Video and article reports are commonly checked for completion during class to see if any students seem to be systematically lacking engagement.

• With the day's lesson in mind, spend 5-10 minutes browsing content, then assign relevant articles, videos and exercises to your entire class.

• Teach/introduce the new concept. Note: Some teachers find it helpful on occasion to introduce new concepts by sharing and discussing Khan Academy videos with the entire class
• Have your students practice on Khan Academy for approximately 20 minutes.
• During that time, most students complete 1 required exercise. Some students complete a 2nd exercise that the teacher has mentioned is recommended. Other students get stuck on the first exercise and decide to view a hint or watch a video to review the concept.
• Monitor the Activity tab for the class to make sure your students are staying focused during this practice portion.
• You might notice that one student is particularly struggling to complete problems and decides to spend 3-5 minutes working 1-on-1 with him.
• You might notice that several students are stuck on a question; you could review that question with the entire class or with a small group.
• After the work session, you might notice that one problem was answered correctly by just 7 out of 20 students. The class spends several minutes discussing that problem, with students discussing the correct solution in groups and also brainstorming why it may have been the most challenging problem.

• You scan the exercise and item report one more time to see if any other trends stand out.
• If your students tended to score 70% or higher, you might decided to move on to a new concept to practice in the next class.
• If your students tended to score below 70%, then you might decide to use more time to continue practicing this concept in a subsequent class.

• Remediation content
• On-grade-level content from the past unit
• Enrichment content

• Five videos
• Two articles
• Five exercises

• During the in-class review period, you can browse the exercise report (updated in real time) to see if any of your students appear to be struggling with a specific skill or exercise.
• During the class time while students are working on assignments, you can monitor the report to evaluate progress and plan appropriate interventions such as 1:1 coaching, peer partnering, small group work or full class instruction.

Before the lesson

• Approximately twice a month, you'll spend 30-45 minutes browsing resources and assigning review material.

During the lesson

• After taking attendance or any other beginning-of-class procedures, teacher takes class to computer lab or has students open devices in class to spend the period practicing their assigned review topics on Khan Academy.
• At the very start of the session, make sure that all of your students are correctly signed into their Khan Academy accounts!
• Students work independently to complete their assignments.
• You might spend time giving small-group instruction to a group of students whom you've identified for more intensive personal remediation. You might choose to avoid assigning as much Khan Academy review to these students, to free up their time and take some pressure off.
• You might also monitor the Activity tab. The Activity tab shows time spent on task for each student and raises steadily throughout the period, which provides teachers with evidence that students are remaining on task without having to monitor their screens.
• During the last five minutes of class, you can do one last scan of assignment completion and ask students to complete a reflection on their assignments for the day.
• Example prompt for individual or group reflection: "Which topic did you find most challenging, and what did you do when you were feeling stuck?"

After the lesson

• Many teachers like to monitor their students' assignment results 1-2 times before the assignment due date, so they can identify early on which students are struggling and which topics are proving most challenging for the group.
• Then, plan your interventions! The reports can inform your choice of appropriate problems to review in class or in 1:1 or small group sessions.

When the assignment is due

• You might choose to schedule a mid-unit quiz or a unit test around the same time an assignment is due, to assess the skills practiced on Khan Academy with an assessment designed by you or your grade-level team.

• Remediation content
• On-grade level content

• Before class begins on the day a homework assignment is due, you can check to see whether your students have completed their video and article assignments.
• You might choose to project the assignment reports for in-class review of the previous night’s homework.

1. Is there a group of students who did not meet the performance expectation of 70% correct who may need support during class?
2. Are there problems in the exercise item bank with a low success rate that would be worthwhile to discuss during class?