In school, 4th graders typically face new challenges and expectations. For example, 4th graders are expected to have made the shift from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." ~Mike Anderson (Educational Leadership: Vol. 68, issue 7)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Basic Math Facts

Every Friday, I will be sending home basic facts flash cards. It will be geared to each student based on the multiplication facts he or she is working on in class. Each week students take a timed multiplication test, start with multiples of 2 (2x0 through 2x12). They must get 22/25 equations correct, in 1 minute, to move on to the next level. If a student passes the multiple of 2 test, s/he will then do the division by 2 fact test. When s/he passes that test, with 22/25, s/he moves on to the multiples of 3, etc. Students are to cut the flash cards an practice. Multiplication is on one side and division is on the other side. The numbers in bold (on the division side) are the product, answer in multiplication, and the quotient, answer to a division equation, are the numbers in bold on the multiplication side. I have gone over this with the students, because it's obviously a little confusing, so each child should know this information.

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