{"id":38548,"date":"2019-02-07T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/?p=38548"},"modified":"2019-05-08T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:08:21","slug":"grade-1-minute-math-fluency-practice-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/grade-1-minute-math-fluency-practice-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Grade 1-Minute Math Fluency Practice Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katy L from Wilson Elementary asks: How can I keep up with everyday Rocket Math grading? Do you teach students to grade their own 1-minute math fluency practice tests? <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Don answers: <\/span><\/p>\n

Only grade 1-minute math fluency practice tests if students pass<\/b><\/h2>\n

An integral part of the Rocket Math Worksheet Program<\/a> is the 1-minute math fluency practice test. One-minute fluency practice tests are administered every day, to the whole class, and only after students practice in pairs for two to three minutes each. Check out the\u00a0FAQs<\/a> page to learn more about conducting\u00a01-minute math fluency practice tests<\/a> in class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teachers do NOT need to grade, score, or check daily Rocket Math 1-minute math fluency practice tests unless the student has met their goal. Students do NOT need to grade their own daily Rocket Math fact fluency tests either.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why grading each math test is not important<\/b><\/h2>\n

The important part of math fluency practice is the oral practice with the partner before the test–what’s going on in this picture. Because the students are orally practicing every day and getting corrections from their partners, there should be VERY FEW errors on the 1-minute math fluency written<\/em> tests. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Correcting written<\/em> tests doesn\u2019t help students learn anyway. Corrections are only helpful if they are immediate, the student has to acknowledge the correct answer, and remember it for a few seconds\u2013all of which is part of the oral correction procedure. \u201cCorrecting\u201d what\u2019s on the paper takes a lot of time and does not help students learn more, so it shouldn\u2019t be done. But you have to check them before declaring that the student has passed a level.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do you know if a student passes?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Students should have a packet of 6 sheets math fact fluency sheets at their level. Each Rocket Math student has an individual goal. For example, if a student has a goal of 32 (based on their Writing Speed Test) and they only do 31, they know they did not pass. If the student does 32 or more, they pass!<\/span><\/p>\n

What to do when a student beats their goal (passes)\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

If a student meets or beats their goal, then have them stand up, take a bow, and then turn their folder into a place where you check to see that all problems were answered correctly. When YOU check (after school?), make sure all of the completed problems were correct and the student met their goal. If so, then you put the unused sheets in that packet back into the filing crate and re-fill the student\u2019s folder with a packet of 6 worksheets at the next level and hand the folder back the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n

When students receive the new packet of worksheets, they know to color in another letter on the Rocket Chart (and maybe put a star on the Wall Chart).<\/span><\/p>\n

What to do if a student doesn\u2019t pass?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Students who don\u2019t meet their goals, don\u2019t pass. These students should put the non-passing sheet into their backpacks and take the sheet home for more practice. <\/span><\/p>\n

The next day they will use the next sheet in their packet of 6. If you want to give them points, do that the next day after they bring back their worksheet where they did a session at home (signature of helper should be there) and all items on the test are completed. If that\u2019s done, they get full points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes you\u2019ll catch errors on sheets that students turn in as \u201cpasses.\u201d If you see an error, the student doesn\u2019t pass. As a result, the student keeps the old packet and has to continue with that same level worksheet.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about conducting\u00a01-minute math fluency practice tests<\/a> in class and how to implement the Rocket Math worksheet program, visit the FAQs page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katy L from Wilson Elementary asks: How can I keep up with everyday Rocket Math grading? Do you teach students to grade their own 1-minute math fluency practice tests? Dr. Don answers: Only grade 1-minute math fluency practice tests if students pass An integral part of the Rocket Math Worksheet Program is the 1-minute math […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":38580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0},"categories":[44,46,123],"tags":[126,35,125,43,124,36,47,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38548"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39166,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38548\/revisions\/39166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}