Supplies and Materials. In addition to the curriculum materials for Success for All, Roots and Wings schools use instructional materials that support the WorldLab and MathWings curricula described above. Scheduling and Grouping . As with Success for All, schools implementing Roots and Wings group students by achievement level for reading. According to the developers, students work in heterogeneous homerooms during Math Wings and World Lab.
Students also stay in homeroom groups of mixed achievement levels for other subjects.
In addition, the schedule of a Roots and Wings school is structured. The developers require schools to set aside 90 minutes for reading, one hour for math, and 60 to 90 minutes for WorldLab each day. Monitoring Student Progress and Performance. In addition to Success for All reading assessments, which are administered every eight weeks, Roots and Wings has ongoing informal assessments built into the math and WorldLab curricula. Family and Community Involvement.