I do 100 question multiplication timed test every Friday. I try to make it fun for the kids and not stressful. I remember being so stressed out about learning my facts and dreading the timed test! So to do this I tell them that they are competing against the other 4th grade classes to see which class can get the most students with a 100 on the 100 timed test. When a student gets a 100...and I mean a 100%...not "oh you only missed one I'll get it to you"...100% on 100 questions in 5 minutes, they get their name outside in the hallway. I color coded each class a different color and since our school is the wolves, their name will go on a wolf that is the color of there class. I told the students that which ever class has the most names outside the door will get a prize before Christmas break! The students are SO excited about it, and it's only been the 2nd week of school and the kids are working together to study and help each other reach this prize!
For the students that pass the test early, I give them a 100 question division timed test, if they pass that with a 100 I give them a paper with about 30 two digit by 1 digit multiplication test, and if they pass THAT before December, I give them a double digit multiplication page to do in 5 minutes! I promise the kids get SO excited about this! I just find these timed tests on line...there are a whole bunch of them that are free to print off!
So...to help them study and check their progress, I like to use the free website called Fact Dash. The kids simply type in Fact Dash in to google and it is the first link.
When they click the go button they have the option of choosing which operation to practice.
They can also choose the length of the drill. I tell my students to do no more than 3 minutes at a time.
When the students get done with their drill they record their results on the Fact Dash Data chart I created for them! I usually tell them to practice a few times and the record their best time on the chart! The most questions they will be asked is 30, so they simply just shade in up to the number of the total they got correct. It will be up to you when you want them to move on to the next set of facts to practice! : ) Make sure to tell them that when they have this chart, if they are setting the timer, then they are to write the time on the data sheet on the top right hand side and continue to use that time for the duration of recording on that sheet. If they want to change the time to 2 or 1 minute, they will need another recording sheet from you!
I made these charts for all the operations on this site so you can have students use the same data recording with out looking too different from their peers!
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Check out my other 4th grade math items! My favorite are my task cards I made for ALL 4th grade math standards!
Hope this helps you easily hold your students accountable to studying and tracking their progress and it doesn't require you do do a nights worth of grading or printing off drill for the different operations!!!!
