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Hansen School teachers credit Foursquare routine and coaching for higher fifth‑grade MCAS growth
Summary
Hansen School teachers told the Stoughton School Committee that a four‑part graphic organizer and sustained classroom coaching helped students break down multi‑step word problems; presenters said fifth grade showed notable MCAS open‑response gains and emphasized literacy, small‑group instruction and scaffolds for English learners.
Christine Feeney, introduced as the principal of the Hansen School, and Hansen math staff described a four‑square ("Foursquare") routine to help students solve multi‑step word problems and produce written explanations on MCAS open response items. The routine asks students to identify the situation (operation), model the quantities, write the equation and explain their reasoning using a TTQA (turn the question around) sentence frame, presenters said.
"We broke it down into very small steps," said one presenter, describing daily small‑group lessons and…
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