- East Brunswick Public Schools
- enVision Math
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enVision Math Information and Resources
Department of Academics | East Brunswick Public SchoolsAlignment with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) is mandated in the State of NJ. All children in East Brunswick Public Schools participate in a rigorous standards-based mathematics program. Mathematics instruction across the grade levels includes a balanced approach, with conceptual understanding intertwined with fact fluency and problem-solving skills.
East Brunswick Public Schools adopted enVision Math for Grades K-6 in Fall 2022. enVision was created by award-winning authors and researchers - two of whom were NCTM presidents. Others have written many books and have sat on the NCTM board. enVision Math is a top-rated program on edreports and sits on an award-winning platform. The goal of enVision Math is to have every child achieve grade-level standards while developing an appreciation for mathematics reasoning and thinking. It has a range of resources to meet a large variety of learners.
There are many ways to solve a problem and one of the goals of the program is to have students use a method that is meaningful and makes sense to them - while refining approaches to move toward efficiency. The trajectory of learning generally moves from concrete to representations then abstract. In fact, every lesson moves through these stages.
The enVision Math program was fully implemented as it was created and in all grades at once to provide fidelity to the implementation and in order to provide simultaneous professional development. We are confident the enVision Math program is a better fit for our students than our previous program. The District initiative of meeting the needs of all learners can best be achieved by ensuring high-quality programs and instruction are occurring in all classrooms, every day.
How to Log into enVision Math
1. Students can use the saved bookmark on their district Chromebooks
- Open the Chrome browser
- Click on the three-dot menu in the upper-right of your screen
- select Bookmarks > EBnet Bookmarks > enVision Math
2. Login through the Clever Dashboard
- Login to Clever at https://clever.com/in/ebnet using the 'Microsoft' option.
- Students should log in with their district username and password.
3. Login through Google Classroom
- Students can log into enVision Math using the link saved on their teacher's Google classroom
- Students should log in with their district username and password
Resources for Parents and Guardians
Parents and Guardians, please watch this video to learn about the resources you can use at home to support your child.
On the Savvas website, the Savvas Parent's Corner provides additional helpful resources and guides, such as the How-To Videos for Students & Parents and Learning at Home: 7 Tips for Parents.
Teachers and parents are important partners in learning. If there are any questions, please contact your child’s teacher.
Math Screener and Diagnostic Assessment (MSDA)
Students in grades 3-6 will take a math screener and diagnostic assessment that will help their teachers determine a baseline level of math performance. The Math Screener and Diagnostic Assessment will identify skills gaps and help teachers target instruction.
Successmaker
On Sept 5th, a representative from Savvas, the company that owns enVision, trained a core group of teachers to use an intervention program aligned with enVision called Successmaker. Successmaker is research-based and designed to adapt and provide practice skills based on individual student needs, generate detailed reports on student growth, and highlight areas of intervention. The Savvas representative will continue to train and support teachers throughout the school year.
Students in grades 3-6 will take a math screener and diagnostic assessment (MSDA) that will help their teachers determine a baseline level of math performance. These results will inform Successmaker and the program will provide problems and topics that are differentiated to each student’s individual math performance and needs. A pilot group in grades 3-6 will be using Successmaker, an online practice tool for skill additional reinforcement.
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Resources for Parents and Guardians
Parents and Guardians, please watch this video to learn about the resources you can use at home to support your child.
On the Savvas website, the Savvas Parent's Corner provides additional helpful resources and guides, such as the How-To Videos for Students & Parents and Learning at Home: 7 Tips for Parents.
Teachers and parents are important partners in learning. If there are any concerns or confusion, please contact your child’s teacher.
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Classroom Instruction
Click the questions below to reveal the answers. Click 'More' to see additional questions in this category.
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How much math instructional time are the students receiving daily?
The introduction of the day’s lesson happens during the Visual Learning Bridge segment of the lesson between the introductory Solve & Share activity and prior to the Assess & Differentiate segment. Teachers will build off the day’s Solve & Share which introduces the day’s learning objective via a problem-solving and sharing approach and then use the Visual Animation Plus video to help teach through examples in the student workbook. The small group Teacher Table work then builds upon the daily lesson based on the collected student data where a differentiated approach ranging from support to enrichment is used. On average, using the Split Classroom model, students are in whole group instruction for approximately 20 minutes and then rotate between partner work and the Teacher Table for 20 minutes each for the remainder of the teaching block. For the Student Rotation Model, students are in whole group instruction for approximately 15 minutes and then rotate between individual work, partner work, and the Teacher Table for 15-minute rotations each for the remainder of the teaching block.
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How does this program help my child with special needs?
One of the great things about enVision math is the wealth of resources and activities that are available for student support. Teachers have access to a variety of resources based on individual student needs and can assign them digitally or in paper format. In addition, any enVision resource is editable which allows teachers to better tailor an activity to the particular academic needs of their students.
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How will individual student learning gaps be addressed?
As we have always done in the District, teachers collect and use classroom data to guide their daily lessons, build their student groups, and inform their instruction. Students within a classroom that require additional support to fill in any learning gaps will work with the classroom teacher during the Assess & Differentiate segment of the class to help address these gaps. In addition, since daily homework can also be differentiated, students may be given support or reteaching resources to help address any learning gaps that the classroom teacher may have observed.
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Can teachers spend more time on a lesson if the students are having difficulty?
While the District has a suggested timeline for each grade level, teachers may need to alter their plans based on collected student classroom data. This may mean spending more time on a lesson if the data shows that students need more work with its content or less time than originally planned if a lesson goes faster than originally planned. In both cases, teachers have a wealth of resources and activities to choose from within the enVision math program that allows for student academic needs ranging from support to enrichment. Teachers can choose from these resources and personalize them to their students based on the classroom data that has been collected.
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Extra Practice
There are a wealth of print and online resources and practice problems available for each grade level, many of which are available in your child’s print workbooks or online through their student account. It is always a good idea to contact your child’s classroom teacher if you are looking for additional resources or practice for your son or daughter and they can point you in the right direction. Any additional practice done will not affect your child’s grade at HUES or progress toward the grade-level standards in grades K-4.
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Will this program be supported by Kumon, Math Genie, etc.?
Any other support programs for math that are standards-based would be supported.
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Will there be summer advancement/remediation opportunities?
East Brunswick does not currently offer summer advancement opportunities at the elementary level but does have support programs in place for math and ILA for those students who qualify.
Frequently Asked Questions
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About Frequently Asked Questions
Click on the category titles to see answers to questions in each section. If you have a question that hasn't been addressed, please submit your question through the enVision Math contact form at the end of the Frequently Asked Questions section.
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If you have a question that was not addressed, please click here to submit your question on our contact form.
Please submit your question in our enVision Math contact form and a member of the East Brunswick Public Schools will contact you as soon as possible.
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enVision Math Parent Night
Video recordings of the January 3, 2023 enVision Math Parent Night are available below. In addition, links to the enVision Math slide presentation and the brochures provided at the meeting are available under 'Additional Resources'.
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enVision Math Parent Night Presentation
January 3, 2023
Grades K-4
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enVision Math Parent Night Presentation
January 3, 2023
Grades 5-6