MAP Growth study plan
MAP Growth · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.