Free Math Intervention Curriculum | Primary Numeracy

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The Primary Numeracy Assessment is a standards-based criterion-referenced assessment designed for students in grades K-3.  The assessment aligns with US state standards. It does much more than just measure a student's ability to do computation. The assessment measures two types of skills: rote basic skills like counting, numeral identification, and place value, as well as how a student solves problems by assessing their mathematical reasoning skills. This assessment system is free and part of the Primary Numeracy Intervention Program. For training on how to administer this assessment and utilize the other components of the program, please view the free Primary Numeracy Program Webinar/Training. 

Once the Primary Numeracy Assessment is administered, its outcomes are promptly documented onto the 'Student Progress Monitoring' sheet, where the scores for each skill serve as the foundational data reflecting students' abilities. The assessment covers critical developmental areas such as counting , numeral identification, place value, and addition and subtraction strategies. All curriculum decisions will stem from this vital information. 

The progress monitoring sheet stands out as the optimal resource for  recording classroom interventions or accommodations, particularly for students requiring special education support.

 Once the data from the Primary Numeracy Assessment has been recorded, the next step is to plot each student’s skills on the Primary Numeracy Framework. The framework provides both vertical and horizontal alignment of essential standards across grades K through 3.

This curriculum resource allows teachers to clearly visualize student strengths and areas of need. By seeing where students fall within the framework, teachers can identify missing skills and target instruction toward the most critical areas.

The Primary Numeracy Framework acts as an instructional map, helping teachers make informed decisions about what concepts to teach next and how to best support student learning.

 The  eLibrary is designed to directly support classroom instruction and respond to the results of the Primary Numeracy Assessment. After assessment data has been recorded and student skills have been plotted on the Primary Numeracy Framework, teachers can use the eLibrary to access targeted instructional resources that address the specific skills students need to develop.

The elibrary provides a structured, ready to use learning resources that align with effective numeracy teaching practices. It includes lessons, practice materials, visual models, and workbooks that help teachers introduce concepts clearly, build student understanding, and provide meaningful practice. Materials are organized so teachers can easily integrate them into daily instruction and use them for whole group teaching, small group work, or intervention.

All Counting Units are available free of charge, allowing teachers immediate access to foundational number sense instruction. Additional instructional units and resources across other areas of numeracy are available for purchase through the eLibrary, giving schools the ability to expand their instructional toolkit with targeted, research informed materials that directly support the instructional needs identified through assessment data.

The  Leveled Activities Guide and Instant Intervention resources serve as powerful supplemental supports to the Numeracy Consultants eLibrary. While the eLibrary provides structured instructional materials and lessons, these resources extend learning through hands on, engaging activities that allow students to apply and deepen their understanding of key numeracy concepts. 

 The Leveled Activities Guide organizes tasks by level so teachers can easily match activities to student readiness, making it ideal for differentiation and small group instruction. The guide provides a wide range of hands on activities that help students practice and deepen their understanding of key numeracy concepts.

Instant Intervention takes the activities from the Leveled Activities Guide and transforms them into ready made lessons that require less than two minutes of teacher preparation. Each lesson is pre planned and structured so teachers can quickly implement targeted support when students need additional help.

Together, these resources complement the eLibrary by providing practical, hands on instructional tools that reinforce core instruction and help students build understanding through active participation.

 The final step is to provide instruction and reassess as needed. As the teacher observes growth in each student, reassessment can occur at any time to document continued progress and determine when students are ready to move on to new concepts. Progress monitoring can be done using built in resources in the eLibrary 2.0, or teachers can administer Version 1 or Version 2 of the Primary Numeracy Assessment to formally measure student growth. 

*The Multiplicative Thinking Assessment (3-5) follows the same steps, but uses a different assessment and framework. 

*Fractional Reasoning Program (3-6)  follows the same steps, but uses a different assessment and framework.