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Plan and review a whole unit

You're planning a multi-week unit across several standards — and you want steady practice as you teach, not a scramble at the end. Here's how to build the practice materials and then review what stuck, so your data reflects the whole unit.

Build a practice pack at the start of the unit: a study set makes a separate worksheet for each standard, which you spread out as you teach each skill — spaced practice sticks better than cramming. When it's time to review, combine several standards onto one page with "Mix in" for an end-of-unit quiz. After the unit test, log it so the scores land in your class report and Class Mastery, showing exactly which standards stuck and which need a spiral-review return later.

The 'Mix in standards' and 'Generate study set' buttons in the Lessonpress worksheet tools.

How it fits together

  1. Make a worksheet for the first standard in the unit

    Start with the first skill you'll teach. From that worksheet, generate a study set to build a pack — one page per standard — so you have practice ready for the whole unit.

    Make a worksheet
  2. Build a cumulative review or end-of-unit quiz

    When it's time to review, use "Mix in standards" to combine several of the unit's standards onto one page — up to four together, with one answer key. That's your end-of-unit review sheet or quiz.

    Put multiple standards on one worksheet
  3. Log the unit test and see what stuck

    After the unit assessment, score it in Lessonpress. Those scores flow into the class report and Class Mastery — showing which standards your class has down and which need another pass.

    Track class progress by standard

Common questions

What's the difference between a study set and mix-in?

A study set is a pack of separate worksheets, one per standard — good for spaced practice as you teach. Mix-in puts several standards together on a single page with one answer key — good for a cumulative review or quiz.

How is spiral review different from end-of-unit review?

Spiral review is a short, regular routine that revisits earlier skills all year so they don't fade. End-of-unit (cumulative) review pulls a unit's standards together right before the test. Mix-in works for both.

Do I have to build my unit test in Lessonpress?

No. Build it in Lessonpress if you like, or give a paper test and use "Log an assessment" to record the scores — either way it feeds your class report and Class Mastery.

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