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Waggle®

Personalized practice and instruction for ELA and math

Build foundations and accelerate skill growth in Grades K–8.

NWEA MAP Growth placement available!

NWEA® is a division of HMH. Active MAP® Growth™ customers can use student assessment scores to automatically place students into Waggle.

Dynamic learning for all

Easily differentiate instruction with fun, targeted, and deliberate practice.

Personalize with precision

Waggle goes beyond right and wrong answers, using 12 distinct data points for personalized assessment, instruction, and practice.

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Cultivate SEL skills

Embedded hints and feedback foster a growth mindset and develop social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies, helping students embrace challenges while addressing skill gaps.

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Increase student engagement

Over 60 engaging, skill-based games inspire learners and make learning fun.

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Accelerate skill acquisition for all learners with AI

Waggle's skill-based artificial intelligence (AI) engine provides targeted practice to drive mastery. With an innovative approach, Waggle ensures students receive personalized and focused practice, fostering deeper understanding and expertise in each skill area.

From kindergarten through eighth grade, Waggle grows with your students.

Fortify foundational skills

Lively, animated characters ignite students’ imaginations and boost motivation and engagement.

  • Students love the highly engaging, age-appropriate lessons with customizable avatars, badges, and rewards.
  • SEL and hints are infused into each lesson.
  • Explicit, systematic phonics and phonemic awareness lessons build fluency.

Reward persistence and make learning fun

Thoughtfully-designed student engagement features help students develop a positive, "can-do" attitude.

  • Lessons begin with instructional videos with real-world application.
  • Students earn playtime by engaging in learning activities; they can enjoy educational games individually or with friends.
  • Innovative multilingual learner (ML) support and Spanish instructional lessons support ML learners.

Propel students toward proficiency

Adaptive practice moves students toward standards and skills proficiency so that they're ready for high school and beyond.

  • Lessons support long-term mastery of knowledge and skills by intermixing activities.
  • Students develop key 21st-century and critical thinking skills.
  • Precise personalization keeps students in their zones of proximal development.

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Guide students to mastery with full skills coverage.

Boost math outcomes

Present students with the right mathematical challenge at the right time to yield incredible growth in number sense, operations and algebraic thinking, geometry, and more.

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Promote success in ELA

Bolster students’ confidence and prepare them for standardized tests with a full suite of ELA assignments on foundational skills, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, language conventions, and writing.

Build on multilingual learners’ strengths

English Language Development (ELD) resources, vocabulary translations, and Spanish lessons support multilingual learners in Grades 3–8 ELA and K–8 math.

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TEACHER EXPERIENCE

Quickly align practice sessions to every section of your HMH core classroom.

Waggle with HMH Math

Teachers using any of the following math programs can quickly find and assign targeted resources in Waggle with an embedded table of contents, while students are dynamically routed to relevant practice that supports program lessons.

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Waggle with HMH English Language Arts

Teachers using the following ELA 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!

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Reporting with Waggle

Teachers get robust, real-time insight into skills mastery and student growth.

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As an instructional coach, I personally believe that Waggle is an essential tool for everyone to use because of its motivating impact on students. It engages them in their learning, making them eager to work on the platform. As teachers, it lightens our load and provides us with the necessary information to guide and tailor our instruction effectively.

Erin Bailey

Elementary Instructional Coach, Blue Springs School District, MO

Professional learning for teacher and leader success

  • Guided implementation

    Teachers starting at any time of the year can get up and running with resources in their Teacher Success Pathway that help them plan, teach, and assess learning, using their new HMH program.

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  • Teacher’s Corner

    Teacher's Corner® on HMH Ed™ supports educators with year-round PD that puts classroom videos, teaching best practices, and live online events at their fingertips.

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  • Coaching and courses

    HMH Coachly™ and professional development courses provide personalized support aligned to district needs. Teachers of all experience levels can own their professional growth through continuous partnership with an HMH instructional coach, or get year-round unlimited access to a virtual coach, using Coachly on the HMH Ed platform.

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  • Leader support

    School and district leaders partner with experts who can help them drive transformation for all learners.

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The proof is in the data.

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12+ different pieces of feedback on practice items

In order to promote productive perseverance, there can be 12 or more different pieces of feedback for any Waggle practice item.

23.4%

23.4% increase in math

The number of students who met or exceeded projected growth on the NWEA MAP math assessment increased 23.4% after using Waggle.

12.9%

12.9% improvement in reading results

Reading results for students using Waggle improved 12.9% on the NWEA MAP reading assessment.
 

Awards and accolades

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2024 SIIA CODiE Winner

Best Gamification in Learning

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Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence

Best of 2022 Winner

Irish Animation Awards 2023 Awards 1x1

Irish Animation Award

Best Animation in Apps, Games, and Interactive

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Insights and resources

Explore related research, articles, product samples, and other valuable resources to help you integrate Waggle into your curriculum.

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Overview of how Waggle meets ESSA "DEMONSTRATES A RATIONALE" evidence criteria.

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Explore the concept of productive struggle and how it elevates student outcomes. 

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Discover how digital tools can support ongoing assessment.

  • Report Type: Research Evidence Base
  • Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
  • Demonstrates a Rationale
  • Literacy Curriculum
  • Math

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