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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FACT MASTERY AND WHY THIS 10 DAYS PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT, HEAD OVER TO THIS PAGE FIRST. 10 DAY INFORMATION LINK

If you are ready to get started, here we go.

Here is the challenge.      

1️⃣ Order the student booklet  and Wrap-Ups Combo in red below. (68-72 pages depending on the operation, with everything prepared and ready to use).

2️⃣ Follow the 10-day plan, focusing on the areas of need, and practice time needed.

3️⃣ Use the daily charts and pages given in the workbook to show progress, speed, and accuracy, that is improving each round. (Consider rewards and goals for completed elements)

4️⃣Celebrate mastery of the facts, and allow additional practice pages for to maintain that mastery.

BELOW ARE THE SPECIAL LINKS – USE THIS CODE FOR 10% OFF. “nana”

Addition 

Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

If you have an active learner, they will LOVE the Wrap-ups! They will use them all YEAR, looking at the correct answers rather than guessing and learning them wrong. So, mastery is solid, fast, and accurate. The Wrap-ups will be used with the “10 Days” booklet for even better transfer and mastery of the facts.

Just think, in less than 2 weeks, facts could be mastered this YEAR.

We hope you join us and see a major difference in math understanding because of the mastery of their facts.

Don’t forget to use the code, “nana” every 10% helps.

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The cards can be used for ordering and comparing fractions or added to the Percent & Decimal set for more advanced matching, comparing, ordering, and finding equivalents.

The spinners can be used to vary the games and increase the levels for the players.

Head over to my store to check out this game set and the other two.

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THE FRACTION – DECIMAL – PERCENT GAMES

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 MORPHUN (MORE FUN) BLOCKS – Just a few weeks ago we stumbled on to these amazing blocks.

They are STEM certified and you can build with them both vertically and horizontally. They connect on the side, top and bottom.

They can make curves, circles, and all the letters of the alphabet (See Freebie below) with the Junior Xtra 100+ Model set.

It has over 200 pieces, wheels, connectors, squares, triangles and more.

BENEFITS & FEATURES

• Eye-hand coordination
• Sequential thought
• Spatial relationships
• Creativity
• Fine motor skills
• Visual processing
• Color identification
• Visual and Tactile Learning Styles
• Develops Counting Skills
• Sorting Skills
• Patterning
• Matching
• Problem Solving
• Cause and effect
• Critical thinking

GEARS, PULLEYS, and MORE

Plus, the more advanced sets offer so many creative options with gears, pulleys, and chains. There are science and math skills applied in many of the directions as well as in the discovery of creating their own endless options for designing various objects.

One aspect that we loved was the “T” bars that allow the blocks to take a 3-D effect moving the direction of the blocks in a totally different direction. This allowed us to make a dinosaur with a tail that curves around the front.

GET YOUR SET TODAY!  LINK TO ORDER

Just to say thank you, check out our freebie site, for the complete set of the Morphun Blocks,  Alphabet Letters.

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1. Less and less we had trivial complaining
2. More students were watching how they spoke and acted towards others
3. We had fewer problems in and out of the classroom overall.

I know, I know what you are thinking, yeah right. Well, here is how the classroom (and family) meetings work.

• There was a format for the meeting
• During the meeting, respect was required, from each participant
• We always start with good things to share and complements
• People took turns speaking so everyone was heard and all comments are welcome as long as they are respectfully said
• The group/attendees/class/family decide on the punishments rather than the teacher/parent alone
• The family/classroom rules and bylaws are evolving but they are posted for all to see and abide by each week
• Everyone had a say in the rules and therefore valued them even more

So, this is what happened in the first meeting. We had an agenda and set out the rules of participation above.

The kids were brutal on one another, deciding that someone had to sit out their recess for the week because he or she was not fun to be around and was disrespectful on the playground. Another child needed to eat lunch alone for a week because he/she was too loud and mean at lunch and got the others in trouble.

Wow, I would have never given out such stiff punishments, but the classroom/family was quick to nip those bad behaviors in the bud. Plus, they were honest and open about how the other person’s behavior impacted others and how it made them feel. I saw children sticking up for others, children demanding accountability, and children finally having a voice against the children that needed to hear how their behavior made others feel. Those first three meetings were a lot about complaining and setting rules.

But by week four the magic started to happen. Kids were slowing down their trivial complaining and tattling, because right after the complaint, I would say, “Oh is this something we need to put on the agenda for the class to discuss, or can you all work something out among yourselves?” And quickly they decided they would work it out on their own, they did not want to get the class involved. Also, since they had set new rules themselves, they were now following the rules more and communicating with each other better, less fighting, and less tattling.

So, at our meetings we started to hear more and more about the good things happening, more compliments were coming and even more, people were being included rather than excluded because the class/family started to realize how the other person felt. There was more and more empathy, compassion, and seeing that consequences were based on your actions. Amazingly, we even saw a reduction or complete elimination of any type of bullying because they knew it would end up on the agenda, and the others were standing up for one another more, seeing one another situation more, taking responsibility for others more and these were all results from our meetings.

Finally, after about six weeks of meetings and refining the rules, we started to work on some fun things and projects we wanted to do because the class was now working together more, and fewer and fewer issues were coming up and communication overall was better. They started to feel pride and accomplishment and now wanted to help others and enjoy more fun time together. So, if you have a family, especially with children you might consider, especially right now to start a family meeting. I promise if you focus on the good and set a positive tone, this action can change a family or a classroom for the better.

Here are the basic rules but remember, this can evolve based on what your family wants to do each week.

Attached is a two-page guide to help you get started with your first family or classroom meeting. I would encourage you to create your own with your own rules book involving the meeting members in the process. They can refer to the book, rules, plans at any time for review or verification.

family-meeting-agenda

Format

• Set a time to meet on the calendar so that everyone can attend
• The meeting must be respectful at all times (I usually teach about respect in the first meeting)
• The agenda items for discussion that week must be posted the night before the meeting
• Open the meeting with the “good things” happening. If you have a compliment jar, read one or two compliments from that week. Even some of the toughest kids like to be told what positive things they are doing and get some praise. This action of giving compliments can bring out shy children as well, especially when they are talking about others.
• Then, set the ground rules for talking, one at a time (some people like to have a ball or microphone to use so that the person holding the item is clearly the person talking.)
• Document and discuss consequences and solutions to issues on the agenda. It is so funny when a family grounds a family member it is so much more powerful than when a  parent has to decide. It is a family thing, no longer the “mean” parent thing.
• Finally. discuss something fun that you could do after the next week or as a family project and end on a positive, or a fun note by doing the fun event from the planning at the last meeting.
• Do that activity together as a family; movie. play a game, play video games, dance, outside events, and more. Start a list suggested by each family member so that all have a say.
• The overall goal of the meeting is to clear the air, teach respect, and let everyone have a role in the rules, consequences, and deciding on the fun. When people young or old feel a part of something, and feel heard and respected they want to participate and support more of this behavior…they feel more a part of the family.
• The last and most important outcome of the meeting is communication. You will find out more and more from others as they see that they are not being judged. Problems will be discussed, questions will be answered, people will develop their own sense of self, and you will feel a part of the family, rather than always being the enforcer and rule maker. Be prepared, communication breeds more communication and creative ideas. I can’t wait to hear about your meetings and positive experiences.

Good luck with your FAMILY or CLASSROOM meeting!

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Grade PreK – 5 access through the entire year, free. Math and Reading Skills/Preskills are available anytime. Check out these great online resources today.

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Let’s talk Fact Mastery.

You know the ones; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

The facts that everyone needs to master to function in upper-level math. We all know that students need to learn them to automaticity to be effective in more complex mathematics, but students sometimes struggle with true mastery. The best, most efficient, easiest fact mastery method I have ever seen or used is what I am going to share today.

For decades we have used flash cards and fact sheets, games, and more. These are all great tools, but they have one major flaw that went overlooked for a long time until Marion Stuart created a smart invention called, “Learning Wrap Ups.”

Now think about this for a minute, if we are only giving flash cards, playing games and fact sheets that show number sentences to solve, we are setting some of our students up for failure. Here is what I discovered as the math lead teacher in my school, and later confirmed on a larger scale as the math supervisor in my district. Consistently, three issues occur with just using cards and sheets.

1. Students with fine motor skills (printing or writing issues) have a hard time completing the sheets with any speed.
2. Students with reoccurring incorrect answers MASTER the problems WRONG, building a schematic understanding in their brains for the wrong answer connected to that problem. Remember, they are writing the answers or calling them out, what happens if they LEARN it wrong? We all know how hard it is to correct an error in learning.
3. The kinesthetic child has a hard time with mastery because they are not moving during this restrictive process. Their best learning happens when they are moving and engaged.

All three of these lead to frustration, and rarely are the students fast and effective in their accurate mastery of the facts.

I am reintroducing an old idea (with over 30 years of success) that you may have even used, but never considered WHY it was so effective or WHY it should be a key element in your fact mastery toolkit. I am talking about Wrap ups by Learning Wrap ups company. These boards(new ones look like keys) are fun, addictive (especially to kinesthetic, and oral learners) and very effective in fact mastery.

Imagine for a minute what happens when the child that has trouble staying in their chair or writing on paper is given a Wrap Up board or key. They can move and even see the correct answers on the boards. So, they are moving, and they are either mentally and/or auditorily saying the problem, seeing the problem, and always getting a correct answer. This format is success oriented and gives students confidence and encouragement to continue.

All of that is enough to make you want to run out and buy a class set right now, but there is more! When using this method, students start to want you to record and improve their time or even have you race them, they are excited to do it faster, and faster. When is the last time ANY child asked to be timed for a fact test if they were not the fastest in the class? They start to fill in the gaps in their learning by seeing the products and factors they can start to visualize the fact sets and multiples based on what they see on the board.

For example, many students know several facts on the board already even for the x 7s board that seems to be a challenge along with the x 8s facts. It is just the ones in the middle that give them so much trouble (hint – I will show you why and how to fix that later in this post). The board helps them to see that multiplying by 7 has the same multiples every time. They start to realize that the two facts they did not know so well falls between 7 x 6, and 7 x 9. So, if they know the surrounding facts, they can deduce what 7 x 7 and 7 x 8 would be. The board or key contains the correct answers, preventing mistakes from forming or a need to unlearn any facts. Also, it reinforces speed and accuracy while building a strong mastery of the facts for the 7s.

I have seen students complete all of the 1-12 fact boards in less than 2 minutes so just seconds per board. Now, some of my MOST effective learners were struggling students with paper and pencil facts and practice. All of my students mastered the boards and wanted to practice.

If we now know that a well-rounded fact mastery toolkit needs Wrap ups, and then we combine it with some practice pages, games, fact sheets as well as recording and encouragement forms that can be used in 10 days for a concentrated focus you should have the best possible solution for your students.

Need more information? Or are you ready to order? If you are ready to order, here are the LINKS. 

One last point I promised to make in the post was about how when you get to the facts for the 7s and 8s. So, when a student gets to this day, they already know most of the facts from earlier mastery. But, these few facts are the most missed facts on state and standardized tests and even College Boards and the GRE. So, they need a string focus and a strong method to help them master these. 

Using this chart, (there is a different color for each day) you can see that the student only needs to master a few facts to master the whole board, but if they understand communitive property, they only need to learn three new facts (blue) for the 7s day and the 8s only two facts(green). There is power in a student understanding this along with other insights included in the program.

If you want your child, or your student to perform at their highest level, and to be able to move fluidly to advanced math and problem solving, fact master, true mastery is needed. 

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