FACTS

Expectations:

-10-15 minutes (during a school day), 4 days a week is spent on Facts.

- Three of the four days students work at an individualized pace.

-Once a week, all students will be given a two-minute timing which will monitor progress.

-Parents will be notified after a student misses a set of facts for the third consecutive try.

What math facts does my child need to master at each grade level?
The chart below shows how mastery of math facts has been spread across the grade levels. The levels of mastery listed are used in every classroom and reflect an increased expectation for not only which facts need to be known, but also how quickly the child can recall them.

Year	Mastery Expected by the End of the 2nd Quarter	Mastery Expected by the END of the School Year
Grade 1	Uses strategies and manipulatives to figure sums and differences.	Adds and subtracts numbers 0-9.
Grade 2	Addition Facts 0-12 Starts subtraction	Knows basic addition and subtraction facts 0-12. Starts multiplication 0-9
Grade 3	Has already mastered addition and subtraction facts. Knows multiplication 0-9.	Starts division 0-9. Working on multiplication and division facts (10-12).
Grade 4	Has already mastered basic addition, subtraction, multiplication facts (0-9). Working on multiplication (10-12) and division facts (0-9).	Knows multiplication and division facts (0-12).
Grade 5	All facts should already be mastered (with accuracy and efficiency) and used to solve problems.	All facts should already be mastered (with accuracy and efficiency) and used to solve problems.

How do I know that my child has "mastered" his or her facts?
Recall of math facts needs to be automatic. The phrase used throughout themathematics world in reference to computation is "accurately and efficiently." Therefore, mastery at each level includes both 100% accuracy and efficiency (1-2 seconds per problem).

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