Proactive Mathematics Intervention, Grades 6-8
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Description
Shifting from remediation to preparation so all students can thrive in mathematics
Middle school math interventions often rely on remediation, addressing gaps only after students have already fallen behind. What if we shifted to a proactive, humanizing approach? By using “priming”—a strengths-based strategy that prepares students before they encounter new grade-level material—educators can address flawed structures in the system rather than trying to “fix” students. This welcoming guide empowers teachers to help students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction fortify their foundational skills and conceptual understanding, reduce anxiety, and still actively engage with their peers in learning the grade-level concepts and skills of middle school.
Grounded in the latest research, the book tackles critical challenges such as systemic inequities, disengagement, and gaps in student readiness. By integrating formative assessment, asset-based strategies, and practical and engaging intervention tasks, this comprehensive guide supports teachers, math coaches, interventionists, and school leaders to create proactive systems that meet every learner where they are.
Features include:
- A plethora of ready-to-use multimodal intervention tasks on the book and the companion website, designed with low floors and high ceilings so every student can engage
- Practical guidance on using the concrete, semiconcrete, and abstract (CSA) approach to build deep, lasting understanding
- Formative assessment tools tailored for intervention settings to monitor growth and individualize instruction
- Classroom vignettes, student work samples, and reflection questions for professional learning communities
Discover how to transform math intervention—systematically and systemically—from a space of remediation to one of genuine empowerment. By embracing priming, educators will be able to cultivate positive mathematical identities and ensure all students are confident, prepared, and ready to learn.
Contents
About the Authors
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
Preface
Preface
PART I: Introduction to Priming
PART I: Introduction to Priming
Chapter 1: Introduction: Proactive Intervention: Fixing Structures, Not Students
Chapter 1: Introduction: Proactive Intervention: Fixing Structures, Not Students
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Effective Strengths-Based Interventions
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Effective Strengths-Based Interventions
Chapter 3: Formative Assessment: Targeting and Monitoring Interventions
Chapter 3: Formative Assessment: Targeting and Monitoring Interventions
Chapter 4: Your Turn: A Proactive Preventative Mathematics Intervention Model in Action
Chapter 4: Your Turn: A Proactive Preventative Mathematics Intervention Model in Action
PART II: Putting Priming Into Action
PART II: Putting Priming Into Action
Chapter 5: Intervention Task
Chapter 5: Intervention Task
Task 1: Picture This
Task 1: Picture This
Task 2: Food trucks
Task 2: Food trucks
Task 3: Power of Paper
Task 3: Power of Paper
Task 4: Mind Reader
Task 4: Mind Reader
Task 5: When Opposites Meet
Task 5: When Opposites Meet
Task 6: Ancient Shipwreck
Task 6: Ancient Shipwreck
Task 7: At Arms Length
Task 7: At Arms Length
Task 8: School Mural
Task 8: School Mural
Task 9: Farm to Market
Task 9: Farm to Market
Task 10: How Far is it to New York City
Task 10: How Far is it to New York City
Task 11: Escape Room
Task 11: Escape Room
Task 12: Alert Missing Kitchen Tools
Task 12: Alert Missing Kitchen Tools
Task 13: Community Greenspaces
Task 13: Community Greenspaces
Task 14: Tenths Hundredths More
Task 14: Tenths Hundredths More
Task 15: Find a Place Decimals
Task 15: Find a Place Decimals
Task 16: Decimals Builders: Sums and Differences
Task 16: Decimals Builders: Sums and Differences
Task 17: Mosaic Math
Task 17: Mosaic Math
Task 18: Mystery Towers
Task 18: Mystery Towers
Task 19: Clay Color Creation
Task 19: Clay Color Creation
Task 20: Friendship Necklaces
Task 20: Friendship Necklaces
Task 21: Stringing Along
Task 21: Stringing Along
Task 22: Tile it
Task 22: Tile it
Task 23: Cortneys Number Line
Task 23: Cortneys Number Line
Task 24: Secret Rule
Task 24: Secret Rule
Task 25: More to the Point
Task 25: More to the Point
Task 26: Missing Measures
Task 26: Missing Measures
Task 27: Triangle Strong
Task 27: Triangle Strong
Task 28: Layer it
Task 28: Layer it
Task 29: School Store
Task 29: School Store
Task 30: Level it Out
Task 30: Level it Out
Appendix A
Appendix A
Description
Shifting from remediation to preparation so all students can thrive in mathematics
Middle school math interventions often rely on remediation, addressing gaps only after students have already fallen behind. What if we shifted to a proactive, humanizing approach? By using “priming”—a strengths-based strategy that prepares students before they encounter new grade-level material—educators can address flawed structures in the system rather than trying to “fix” students. This welcoming guide empowers teachers to help students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction fortify their foundational skills and conceptual understanding, reduce anxiety, and still actively engage with their peers in learning the grade-level concepts and skills of middle school.
Grounded in the latest research, the book tackles critical challenges such as systemic inequities, disengagement, and gaps in student readiness. By integrating formative assessment, asset-based strategies, and practical and engaging intervention tasks, this comprehensive guide supports teachers, math coaches, interventionists, and school leaders to create proactive systems that meet every learner where they are.
Features include:
- A plethora of ready-to-use multimodal intervention tasks on the book and the companion website, designed with low floors and high ceilings so every student can engage
- Practical guidance on using the concrete, semiconcrete, and abstract (CSA) approach to build deep, lasting understanding
- Formative assessment tools tailored for intervention settings to monitor growth and individualize instruction
- Classroom vignettes, student work samples, and reflection questions for professional learning communities
Discover how to transform math intervention—systematically and systemically—from a space of remediation to one of genuine empowerment. By embracing priming, educators will be able to cultivate positive mathematical identities and ensure all students are confident, prepared, and ready to learn.
Contents
About the Authors
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
Preface
Preface
PART I: Introduction to Priming
PART I: Introduction to Priming
Chapter 1: Introduction: Proactive Intervention: Fixing Structures, Not Students
Chapter 1: Introduction: Proactive Intervention: Fixing Structures, Not Students
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Effective Strengths-Based Interventions
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Effective Strengths-Based Interventions
Chapter 3: Formative Assessment: Targeting and Monitoring Interventions
Chapter 3: Formative Assessment: Targeting and Monitoring Interventions
Chapter 4: Your Turn: A Proactive Preventative Mathematics Intervention Model in Action
Chapter 4: Your Turn: A Proactive Preventative Mathematics Intervention Model in Action
PART II: Putting Priming Into Action
PART II: Putting Priming Into Action
Chapter 5: Intervention Task
Chapter 5: Intervention Task
Task 1: Picture This
Task 1: Picture This
Task 2: Food trucks
Task 2: Food trucks
Task 3: Power of Paper
Task 3: Power of Paper
Task 4: Mind Reader
Task 4: Mind Reader
Task 5: When Opposites Meet
Task 5: When Opposites Meet
Task 6: Ancient Shipwreck
Task 6: Ancient Shipwreck
Task 7: At Arms Length
Task 7: At Arms Length
Task 8: School Mural
Task 8: School Mural
Task 9: Farm to Market
Task 9: Farm to Market
Task 10: How Far is it to New York City
Task 10: How Far is it to New York City
Task 11: Escape Room
Task 11: Escape Room
Task 12: Alert Missing Kitchen Tools
Task 12: Alert Missing Kitchen Tools
Task 13: Community Greenspaces
Task 13: Community Greenspaces
Task 14: Tenths Hundredths More
Task 14: Tenths Hundredths More
Task 15: Find a Place Decimals
Task 15: Find a Place Decimals
Task 16: Decimals Builders: Sums and Differences
Task 16: Decimals Builders: Sums and Differences
Task 17: Mosaic Math
Task 17: Mosaic Math
Task 18: Mystery Towers
Task 18: Mystery Towers
Task 19: Clay Color Creation
Task 19: Clay Color Creation
Task 20: Friendship Necklaces
Task 20: Friendship Necklaces
Task 21: Stringing Along
Task 21: Stringing Along
Task 22: Tile it
Task 22: Tile it
Task 23: Cortneys Number Line
Task 23: Cortneys Number Line
Task 24: Secret Rule
Task 24: Secret Rule
Task 25: More to the Point
Task 25: More to the Point
Task 26: Missing Measures
Task 26: Missing Measures
Task 27: Triangle Strong
Task 27: Triangle Strong
Task 28: Layer it
Task 28: Layer it
Task 29: School Store
Task 29: School Store
Task 30: Level it Out
Task 30: Level it Out
Appendix A
Appendix A
Proactive Mathematics Intervention, Grades 6-8
Priming for Success Through Engaging Tasks and Purposeful Design
October 2026 | 432 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 13/04/2026 | 9798348838188 | $40.95 |
| Lifetime | 17/07/2026 | 9798348867768 | $37.00 |
Shifting from remediation to preparation so all students can thrive in mathematics
Middle school math interventions often rely on remediation, addressing gaps only after students have already fallen behind. What if we shifted to a proactive, humanizing approach? By using “priming”—a strengths-based strategy that prepares students before they encounter new grade-level material—educators can address flawed structures in the system rather than trying to “fix” students. This welcoming guide empowers teachers to help students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction fortify their foundational skills and conceptual understanding, reduce anxiety, and still actively engage with their peers in learning the grade-level concepts and skills of middle school.
Grounded in the latest research, the book tackles critical challenges such as systemic inequities, disengagement, and gaps in student readiness. By integrating formative assessment, asset-based strategies, and practical and engaging intervention tasks, this comprehensive guide supports teachers, math coaches, interventionists, and school leaders to create proactive systems that meet every learner where they are.
Features include:
- A plethora of ready-to-use multimodal intervention tasks on the book and the companion website, designed with low floors and high ceilings so every student can engage
- Practical guidance on using the concrete, semiconcrete, and abstract (CSA) approach to build deep, lasting understanding
- Formative assessment tools tailored for intervention settings to monitor growth and individualize instruction
- Classroom vignettes, student work samples, and reflection questions for professional learning communities
Discover how to transform math intervention—systematically and systemically—from a space of remediation to one of genuine empowerment. By embracing priming, educators will be able to cultivate positive mathematical identities and ensure all students are confident, prepared, and ready to learn.
Table Of Contents:
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Publisher’s Acknowledgements
- Preface
- PART I: Introduction to Priming
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Proactive Intervention: Fixing Structures, Not Students
- Chapter 2: Characteristics of Effective Strengths-Based Interventions
- Chapter 3: Formative Assessment: Targeting and Monitoring Interventions
- Chapter 4: Your Turn: A Proactive Preventative Mathematics Intervention Model in Action
- PART II: Putting Priming Into Action
- Chapter 5: Intervention Task
- Task 1: Picture This
- Task 2: Food trucks
- Task 3: Power of Paper
- Task 4: Mind Reader
- Task 5: When Opposites Meet
- Task 6: Ancient Shipwreck
- Task 7: At Arms Length
- Task 8: School Mural
- Task 9: Farm to Market
- Task 10: How Far is it to New York City
- Task 11: Escape Room
- Task 12: Alert Missing Kitchen Tools
- Task 13: Community Greenspaces
- Task 14: Tenths Hundredths More
- Task 15: Find a Place Decimals
- Task 16: Decimals Builders: Sums and Differences
- Task 17: Mosaic Math
- Task 18: Mystery Towers
- Task 19: Clay Color Creation
- Task 20: Friendship Necklaces
- Task 21: Stringing Along
- Task 22: Tile it
- Task 23: Cortneys Number Line
- Task 24: Secret Rule
- Task 25: More to the Point
- Task 26: Missing Measures
- Task 27: Triangle Strong
- Task 28: Layer it
- Task 29: School Store
- Task 30: Level it Out
- Appendix A