Waggle®
Guided by Dr. Anne Cunningham and Dr. Juli Dixon, Waggle builds foundations and accelerates growth for ELA and Math skills in Grades K–8.
Students and teachers thrive with Waggle's personalized practice and instruction. Innovative multilingual learner supports and Spanish instructional lessons are combined with social-emotional learning to engage all learners and drive skill growth.
Waggle provides flexible use in and out of the classroom by enabling teachers to assign practice and lessons or ask Waggle to auto-assign for them.
Only Waggle measures 13 different data points to precisely personalize each student's experience, keeping students engaged with relevant content.
Waggle makes it easy for teachers to differentiate instruction by connecting with HMH Growth Measure results that recommend targeted practice for each student.
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Overview
Waggle goes beyond adaptive learning to truly personalize practice and instruction, providing support for students at all proficiency levels.
What the Experts Say
Research-backed Waggle provides a proven approach to student growth in reading and math.
In order to promote productive perseverance, there can be 12 or more different pieces of feedback for any Waggle practice item.
The number of students who met or exceeded projected growth on the NWEA MAP math assessment increased 23.4% after using Waggle.
Reading results for students using Waggle improved 12.9% on the NWEA® MAP® reading assessment.
Use Waggle to make the most of eligible ESSER funding.
Only HMH combines embedded benchmark assessment with personalized math and ELA instruction to automatically assign relevant practice that targets skill gaps and proficiency standards. With Waggle and HMH Growth Measure, teachers have the option to use auto-assign functionality to save time and extend their classroom.
Empower multilingual learners with in-text support and audio prompts that clarify idioms, culture references, and more. Spanish learners benefit from transadapted lessons in Grades 3 through 8.
Waggle helps students develop a "can-do" attitude through approachable challenges within their zone of proximal development and social-emotional learning hints.
Waggle supports long-term mastery of knowledge and skills by intermixing skill activities and practicing retrievals multiple times, as well as over a period of time.
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Student Experience
Critical thinking, flexibility, technology literacy: Waggle addresses key 21st-century skills—and is eligible for 21st Century Grant funding!
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Friendly characters help build a foundation through lessons and skill boosts in Grades K–2.
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Starting at Grade 3, games are introduced to challenge learners in a fun environment.
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Adaptive practice moves students toward standards and skills proficiency so that they're ready for High School and beyond.
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From day one, students get invested by selecting avatars that reflect their own personalities.
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The Student Dashboard gives students immediate insights into their mission progress and world exploration.
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Precise personalization keeps students in their zones of proximal development, with the feeling of “I’m almost there” propelling them toward mastery of new skills.
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From natural wonders to science-fiction-infused environments, student exploration includes new worlds and embedded mindset tasks.
Teacher Experience
Waggle provides teachers with actionable data insights in real time, so there's no need to wait for a test to assess each student’s knowledge.
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Designed to flexibly support core instruction, Waggle can be used in and out of the classroom.
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Waggle provides personalized support and ongoing dynamic assessment during time traditionally used for worksheets, stations, or homework.
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Teachers and administrators can quickly and precisely quantify students' strengths and weaknesses to provide each student with the right resources at the right time.
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The leaderboard provides teachers with concise student information that can power daily, weekly, or monthly contests and awards.
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Waggle dynamically routes students to relevant practice and instructional content while providing teachers with skills-specific insights every step of the way, eliminating end-of-unit surprises.
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Waggle's flexibility makes it ideal for multiple settings, including before and after school, study hall, computer lab, 1:1 device time, and more.
"Waggle has truly been a game-changer in my classroom this year! This program lit the spark in my students . . . to review and practice the skills we'll see in our spring assessments."
- Getting Started Sessions
- Follow-up Sessions
- On-demand Support from Teacher’s Corner
- Family Resources
- Leader Learning*
*Additional coaching membership, modules, and leader learning are available.
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HMH Professional Services has been nationally recognized for our ability to support implementation and provide ongoing teacher and leader professional development?
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Program Pairings
With Waggle, students benefit from relevant practice determined by HMH Growth Measure’s reliable benchmark assessments, while teachers easily make meaningful connections to HMH core programs that help tailor instruction and advance students toward critical skill acquisition.
Extend Classroom Instruction
Teachers using any of the following programs can quickly find and assign targeted resources in Waggle with embedded table of contents, while students are dynamically routed to relevant practice that supports program lessons.
- HMH Into Math (Grades K–8)
- Go Math! (Grades K–8)
- Math Expressions (K–6)
- Math in Focus (K–8)
Teachers using the following programs will find the program’s Table of Contents directly embedded within Waggle with recommended lessons and practice assignments to reinforce skills in your weekly lessons!
- HMH Into Reading (Grades K–6)
- HMH Into Literature (Grades 6–8)
Into Reading’s comprehensive approach to literacy for Grades K–6 cultivates readers, writers, and lifelong learners.
HMH Into Literature™ is a 6–12 literacy curriculum designed to inspire students to love reading, hone their speaking and writing voices, and communicate with the world.
Into Math's comprehensive core program for students in Grades K–8 was built to monitor, predict, and propel growth using a student-centered, outcomes-driven approach.
Students in Grades 6–8 continue to build and reinforce foundational math skills and seamlessly transition to GO Math! Middle School.
Based on research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Math Expressions is a proven Pre-K–6 curriculum that helps children make sense of math by exploring, discussing, and demonstrating their understanding of key concepts.
Math in Focus®: Singapore Math® by Marshall Cavendish® for grades K–8 helps students learn the language of math. Through hands-on learning, visualization, and pictorial representations, their understanding, confidence, and love of math grows
Summer School
Meet the diverse needs of all summer school students by providing personalized skills-based math and ELA practice with embedded support and ongoing dynamic assessment.
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Simplifies summer school instruction with embedded support
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Dynamically assesses both growth and proficiency
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Measures students' understanding during practice—eliminating the need for repeated testing
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Keeps students in their Zones of Proximal Development by personalizing their learning
Learn more about Waggle for summer school.
Research & Results
Research-based and results-driven, Waggle leverages the latest findings in educational research to provide a proven approach to student growth.
Authors & Advisors
Our researchers, practitioners, and thought leaders applied their decades of experience and expertise to develop a solution that ensures your learning community does more than perform—it thrives!