What is NoRedInk Practice?
NoRedInk Practice allows students to master writing and grammar skills to apply in their own writing. Students answer questions that target specific grammar and writing skills (topics). Practice questions are based directly on a student’s mastery level in a given topic.
As students answer questions in a Practice assignment, they’ll progress through 4 levels of mastery, with each level increasing in difficulty. Curious to learn more about mastery? Head to this article to learn how mastery works!
Assigning a Practice
You can browse topics from any of our skill categories or search for a specific topic with our Assignment Library's search bar at the top. You can filter topics by grade level to help fine-tune your search. Ready to assign? Check out this article to learn how to create a Practice!
Not only can you create an individual practice assignment, but you can also create a skills practice assignment that is connected to a Unit Diagnostic. Practice assignments created in a unit will include the same topics included in the original Unit Diagnostic. Want to learn more? You can read more information in our article on Units!
Student experience
Practices are adaptive exercises, challenging students with harder practice questions as they answer correctly and remediating with lessons, hints, and extra questions when they answer incorrectly. You can find out more in our article about the student experience during Practice!
If a student answers incorrectly, they’ll need to get two questions correct in a row to show an understanding of the skill and continue earning progress. When students answer 7 questions in a row incorrectly, you will receive a notification on your My Assignments page that they are stuck and may need additional direct support. Check out this article to learn how to help students who are stuck!
View student mastery progress and Practice results
As students work through the topics, teachers can track where they are in their progress toward mastering each skill.
Once the student earns full mastery in each of the assigned topics, the Practice is complete, and you will be able to view how students progressed during the assignment. Check out this article to learn how to track mastery progress and view Practice results!
Best practices and tips
- Pre-teach concepts before students start practicing, and then use assignment results to inform additional instruction and flexible learning groups. Check out this article to learn how to show students lessons and sample practice questions.
- Celebrate students' accomplishments as they master topics. Be sure to read this article to learn about Leaderboards.
- Combine skills practice with NoRedInk writing activities to meet different learning objectives. Head here to assign pre-made skill-building Quick Write prompts from the Assignment Library!