Wednesday Weekly Multiplication Quizzes will begin next week. The class voted on which day of the week they preferred to have the quizzes and the majority picked Wednesday! The quizzes will consist of 100 facts up to 12x12. Students will be given 5 minutes to finish as many as they can. At the bottom of this letter are links to flash cards and websites your child can use to study. Students will keep track of their progress throughout the trimester. A few minutes of practice each day will help strengthen your child’s fact fluency.
The Fourth Grade Team
What is Fact Fluency?
The Grafton Public School District defines math fact fluency as the ability to recall from memory basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts automatically, effortlessly, and accurately. Students who are mathematically fluent are able to quickly and successfully learn and understand higher-order concepts. When facts are automatic, students are not slowed down by having to put energy into figuring out the fact and can instead put that energy into the other skills involved in learning math concepts.
Expectations for Fact Fluency
Practice is necessary to develop fluency with math facts. This is a skill that students practice during school, but research shows that additional practice outside of the school day is essential in supporting students to meet this goal. Teachers measure fact fluency throughout the school year by requiring that students recall the solution to each math fact within 3 seconds.
- Kindergarten: Add and Subtract within 5 (combinations to 5; differences of 5 and below)
- Grade 1: Add and Subtract within 10 (combinations to 10; differences of 10 and below)
- Grade 2: Add and Subtract within 20 (combinations to 20; differences of 20 and below)
- Grade 3: Multiply within 100 (0 to 10 times tables)
- Grade 4: Multiply and Divide within 144 (0 to 12 times tables)
- Grade 5: Multiply and Divide within 144 (0 to 12 times tables)
- Grade 6: Multiply and Divide within 169 (0 to 13 times tables)
Note: The standards listed above are what students learn during the academic year; students should work towards mastering the facts for the grade level they just completed. With each subsequent grade level, the expectation still includes the previous grades’ facts.
Resources for Practice
Try practicing with traditional flash cards, reciting facts aloud, writing them out, playing computer games, homemade games, and more to develop fact fluency! The following are some online resources that teachers have recommended.
Download and Print Flash Cards:
OnLine Fact Practice:
