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MAP Growth study plan

MAP Growth · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Mathematics & Reading

  • Diagnose current Mathematics and Reading RIT-band strengths by completing one full timed practice section in each domain and logging every missed item by skill.

  • Build a personal error log with columns for skill, error type, and corrective step, and enter at least 20 Mathematics entries.

  • Rehearse fraction, decimal, and percent conversion drills until 25 consecutive items are correct without a calculator.

  • Read two grade-level informational passages and annotate main idea, supporting evidence, and vocabulary in context for each.

Your checkpoint

A dated diagnostic report listing Mathematics and Reading baseline scores plus a 20-entry error log sorted by weakest skill.

Week 2

Mathematics

  • Solve multi-step ratio, proportion, and unit-rate word problems and justify each step in writing.

  • Compute area, perimeter, surface area, and volume for composite figures drawn from scratch on blank paper.

  • Translate verbal relationships into algebraic expressions and equations, then solve and check each one.

  • Explain the difference between mean, median, mode, and range using a data set you construct yourself.

Your checkpoint

A one-page formula and concept sheet in your own words covering ratios, geometry measurement, expressions, and statistics, with one worked example per concept.

Week 3

Mathematics & Science

  • Graph linear relationships from tables and equations and interpret slope and intercept in context.

  • Classify organisms and trace energy flow through a food web you draw from memory.

  • Describe the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles and identify one human impact on each.

  • Design a controlled experiment that names independent, dependent, and controlled variables.

Your checkpoint

A lab-style write-up of your designed experiment plus a hand-drawn food web with at least eight organisms and labeled trophic levels.

Week 4

Reading & Language Arts

  • Identify main idea, theme, and author's purpose in six passages of mixed genre and cite the sentence that supports each answer.

  • Distinguish fact from opinion and detect bias, loaded language, and unsupported claims in persuasive texts.

  • Apply grammar and usage rules for subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, and verb tense consistency across 30 practice sentences.

  • Revise three of your own paragraphs to remove vague wording and combine choppy sentences.

Your checkpoint

A reading-response portfolio of six annotated passages with cited evidence plus three before-and-after revised paragraphs.

Week 5

Science & Mathematics

  • Explain plate tectonics, rock types, and weathering and erosion using diagrams you draw yourself.

  • Describe properties of matter, states of matter, and physical versus chemical changes with two examples each.

  • Trace electricity through a simple series and parallel circuit and predict the effect of removing one component.

  • Solve two-step equations and inequalities and graph solutions on a number line.

Your checkpoint

A science notebook section with three original labeled diagrams (rock cycle, states of matter, circuit) and ten solved two-step equation problems.

Week 6

Reading & Language Arts

  • Analyze how an author develops an argument and evaluate whether the evidence is sufficient and relevant.

  • Infer character motivation and explain how a plot event changes a character across a short story.

  • Write a five-paragraph explanatory essay with a clear thesis, two cited text supports, and a conclusion that restates the claim.

  • Edit the essay for capitalization, punctuation, and sentence variety, and label every correction.

Your checkpoint

A finished five-paragraph explanatory essay with an annotated revision pass showing at least 12 labeled edits.

Week 7

Mathematics & Science

  • Solve mixed Mathematics items across all strands under a 40-minute timed block and log remaining weak skills.

  • Interpret tables, graphs, and charts and identify misleading presentations of data.

  • Explain the difference between weather and climate and describe one measurement tool for each.

  • Review Earth, life, and physical science vocabulary cards until 90 percent recall on a self-quiz.

Your checkpoint

A timed mixed Mathematics score report with a three-item priority list of remaining weak skills and a completed science vocabulary self-quiz score.

Week 8

Reading & Language Arts & Science

  • Complete one full timed practice section in Reading, Language Arts, and Science and compare results to your week 1 baseline.

  • Re-teach your three weakest skills from the error log to an imaginary student in writing.

  • Reduce the error log to a one-page final review sheet of rules, formulas, and test-taking moves.

  • Practice pacing by completing 20 mixed items in 25 minutes without review.

Your checkpoint

A final comparison chart of week 1 versus week 8 scores in all four domains, plus a one-page review sheet and a written list of the three skills still needing work.

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the Mathematics concept sheet and score at least 80 percent on a 20-item self-made quiz covering ratios, geometry, and expressions.

Week 4: Reading and Language Arts error log shows cited-evidence answers for at least six passages, and the three revised paragraphs show measurable sentence-combining improvement.

Week 6: The five-paragraph essay contains a defensible thesis, two cited supports, and at least 12 labeled edits; Science diagram work from week 5 is complete and self-checked.

Week 8: Week 8 timed scores exceed week 1 baselines in at least three of four domains, and the one-page review sheet is finished.