Many students are struggling to get their skills to grade-level after the pandemic. Most schools are trying tutoring to provide extra help. However, this feels like a "punishment" for the child.
Instead of trying to teach ALL of the past year's skills, teaching skills the same way they've been taught before, and lots of worksheets and practice, try:
ACCELERATION:
Identify the ESSENTIAL skills (those that will help students move forward to work on grade-level material)
Introduce grade-level skills to all students during core instruction (Tier 1)
Have students apply their skills immediately (and, hopefully, in real-world contexts)
Teach the skills in a variety of ways--auditory, visual, and kinesthetic
Provide "just-in-time" supports (only as needed, as students are working on challenging material)
One way to grasp the difference between acceleration and remediation: Think of the “previously on” segments that play before new episodes of your favorite television drama. Those quick catch-ups help you understand enough about the show's characters and plot to follow the upcoming episode. But viewers wouldn’t get nearly as much of the backstory as they would if they binge-watched the past few seasons.

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