What do you set as a time goal for math drill. We are doing the addition with MUS and I don't know when to move on. Ds knows the facts, but it takes him a little while to get it out. He isn't count, and he gets them all right. We did an online drill game and he got 36 problems in 2 minutes, I did 88 in 2 minutes. Should I wait and keep working on those same ones until he speeds up? or move on? Thanks for the suggestions
Dd10 in public school has to do 30 multiplication problems in a minute to move on to the next group, but even that is review for her so it isn't difficult. I would say that as long as he isn't counting or thinking for a few seconds about it, then he knows it and you can move on. If it is taking him several seconds to think of the answer, I would continue to work on that group until he can think of it instantly. That isn't to say that he is quick on the draw, just that he begins his answer right after he sees it.
Are you using the MUS online drill? Take this for what it's worth since we're not doing MUS anymore. When he could get the 20 under a minute, I'd move on....BUT...every day, I had him do three sets of drill and I made a little box in the corner of his worksheet that had two columns # correct, and time and then three lines for him to do it three times. When I'd set up the online drill, I'd have him practice ALL the facts, not just the section he was working on. Maybe moving on would be okay, as long as you continue to drill the facts every day? Just a thought.
Aggie, the speed drills in CLE for second grade are 36 in 2 minutes. So that sounds right on target to me!
AHH Thanks. My dh said he had to do 30 in a minute to move on to the next set as well. I think we will shoot for some where around there. Then we will move on. On the MUS did you really just do those facts over and over again until they get it? Without adding anything else in. I mean we have been doing drill (like a pretest) then flash cards, then a game or something using the blocks. It feels like we aren't doing anything. We could very easily be doing something like shapes etc while working on facts too, and staying under 30 minutes a day. Maybe this is why they say MUS isn't as "advanced" as say singapore?
At the Jr. High where I work they have timed multiplication tests. They are allowed 5 minutes but are to try for the goal of 2 minutes. Last year a student wanted to challenge me and I finished in 2min. 10 sec.. It was a struggle just to write that fast but easily could have done it in under 3 minutes. They also have a program they use for addition & multiplication in the resource rooms and today when I looked at the addition and they are expected to do 30 problems in 1 minute. Many of the kids in these resource rooms are below average IQ or have other disabilities and many are able to achieve this goal with practice. Based on this, I'd say that 36 in 2 minutes can be improved. Although, I never memorized addition and many students can beat me in time addition tests
Ok, my son couldn't do a drill if his life depended on it! He is so NOT the "Let's see how fast I can go" type of kid. In fact, he was just telling me the other day how worried is is about college (he's 12) because he knows he's on his own timeline when it comes to most things. Thankfully, he's an artsy fartsy guy and I doubt he'll be taking lots of timed tests. So, I gave up on timed drills back in the 3rd grade. :wink:
