• Category: Uncategorized
• Published Dated: July 31, 2017
• Written by: Susan

First of all, to Lisa, thank you for your 5-star review on Two Plus Two Is Not Five. I am glad you like the workbook. In reply to her question, and to anyone else who wonders about measuring success using timed math fact tests, I’d ask first, how many problems are on a page for a two-minute test, and how many should students typically get correct in that 2 minute time period?

I am not in favor of timed math facts tests unless the children have already mastered the facts, otherwise it can be frustrating, and they wind up taking the time to count answers. Other students write slower than others. See my comments on timed tests on this website.

If, you use one of the cumulative pages from my book, Cumulative Practice 2+2 then that would be a good way to measure progress. There are usually 56 problems on one of those pages, so now sure how many are on the pages you have used in the past for timed math fact tests. Also, tell your students to only answer the ones that they know and to skip over the ones they don’t know. If you are using my book, then most likely there will be very few that they think they don’t know.

Another way to check students is to use flash cards. The instructions in the workbook talk about assigning math cards for the newly taught math facts.

If you have more questions, please do contact me by email from this website.