Edol 562 project
- 1. By: Marjorie Layne Allen EDOL 562 Spring 1: 2015
- 2. According to the new Common Core State Standard Initiative, third grade students must master multiplication facts within 100 by the end of the school year. ◦ 3.OA.C.7 Peaks Mill’s third grade students in the past have failed to meet this expectation. ◦ A title 1 schoolwide school that has 66.4% free/reduced lunch Students need to know their math facts in order to be successful in future grades. As students age, they must be able to recall their basic math facts since the math curriculum is progressing into higher-levels of thinking (Wong & Evans, 2007).
- 3. Rocket Math ◦ A program used to help improve math fact fluency. ◦ The program has several components Daily partner practice Daily 1-minute assessment End of the week 2-minute assessment ◦ Students work at their own level, strive to reach individual goals, and self-monitor their progress. Rave and Golightly (2014) concluded that the Rocket Math program was effective in improving the multiplication fluency of fifth grade students. Their findings resulted in 93% of the participating students showing growth in the amount of multiplication facts they could answer in two-minutes.
- 4. Writing Speed Test Time Goal Sheet
- 5. Materials Needed: Leveled Daily Practice Page, Answer Key, Timer, and a partner!
- 6. Rocket Chart Classroom Sticker Chart
- 7. End of the week assessment Classroom data chart with results
- 8. Mid- Year Assessment Outcomes: Classroom Data • Pre-Assessment Average: • 4.12% • Mid-Year Assessment: Average • 65.96% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pre-Assessment Mid-Year Assessment
- 10. Third grade students at PME will continue to use the Rocket Math program throughout the school year. ◦ End of the year assessment data will be submitted to the district. Third grade teachers will continue using the Rocket Math program next year! Share data results with second grade teachers at PME. Since students must be able to fluently add and subtract with 100 in second grade, this program would be great for them to implement next year!
- 11. As you can see, Rocket Math has proven to be successful with improving students’ fluency of multiplication facts in third grade students at a Title 1 school. By incorporating the components of the Rocket Math program, students have raised scores from their pre-assessments and are performing above all other third grade classrooms in the district. Rocket Math is a program that I would highly recommend to other third grade teachers that are not currently using the program. I would also recommend it to second grade teachers that are required to have students memorize addition and subtraction facts within 100 by the end of the school year.
- 12. Crawford, D. (2009). Rocket Math. Baltimore, MD: R&D Instructional Solutions. Rave, K. R., Golightly, A.F. (2014). The effectiveness of the Rocket Math program for improving basic multiplication fact fluency in fifth grade students: A case study. Education, 134(4), 537-547. Wong, M., & Evans, D. (2007). Improving basic multiplication fact recall for primary school students. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 19(1), 89-106. doi: 10.1007/bf03217451