Superspeed 100, for those of you who don't know, is like skill and drill with addition and subtraction facts, but in a way that students will beg you to practice. You need to pair students as partners first. Right now I'm calling one side of the pair "Peanut Butter" and the other side is "Jelly." You pick who will go first. The ones who go first, put their paper on the problems with no answers, while the other student checks with the answer side. You time the students for one minute. (We do this whole class, but it can be done in centers. We do it whole class because they can get pretty loud when calling out the answers.) While checking, students can either tell their partner when a mistake is made and keep track of how many mistakes or they can just keep track. After one minute, the teacher calls STOP and the partner tells the other their score letter first and number second. The problems are on the sheet like a grid: letters across the top and numbers on the left side. We've set up a special section in the back of our math journal for recording their scores. Each day we date it, and record the score. You can ask about their improvements daily or weekly. I add a star to their Super Improvers Wall if they improved over the week. After the Peanut Butters go, it' s the Jellies turn. Again, one minute on the clock. Then record their scores. For third grade, I'm only using the addition and subtraction pages and the GNARLIES. I started with two weeks of addition. Then, we worked on two weeks of subtraction facts. These two sheets have the facts in order, so that students can spout off the sums or differences quickly remembering the pattern. This is what builds their speed and accuracy. Soon, just looking at the fact brings the answer to their brain. After the students are feeling some success, you want to shake things up with the GNARLIES. The gnarlies are the same facts, but now all mixed up with the hardest ones at the beginning. I am using them like this: Monday - addition, Tuesday - subtraction, Wednesday - addition, Thursday - subtraction, and Friday - GNARLIES. There is no set rule on this though. You do what you think your students need. Every class is different. Oh, I store the sheets in sheet protectors to save them and keep them on a ring so that it's easy for me to take them off and on daily.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Superspeed 100
I don't know about everyone else, but with the new Common Core, Math is moving extremely fast this year. Thank goodness Whole Brain Teaching has the Superspeed 100 to come to the rescue. I am going to be sharing it with the other teachers on my grade level and I thought I would make a video. Most teachers learn better by seeing something in action rather than just hearing about it. You really learn by doing. I'm hoping after seeing this, it might help them to 'do' it!
Superspeed 100, for those of you who don't know, is like skill and drill with addition and subtraction facts, but in a way that students will beg you to practice. You need to pair students as partners first. Right now I'm calling one side of the pair "Peanut Butter" and the other side is "Jelly." You pick who will go first. The ones who go first, put their paper on the problems with no answers, while the other student checks with the answer side. You time the students for one minute. (We do this whole class, but it can be done in centers. We do it whole class because they can get pretty loud when calling out the answers.) While checking, students can either tell their partner when a mistake is made and keep track of how many mistakes or they can just keep track. After one minute, the teacher calls STOP and the partner tells the other their score letter first and number second. The problems are on the sheet like a grid: letters across the top and numbers on the left side. We've set up a special section in the back of our math journal for recording their scores. Each day we date it, and record the score. You can ask about their improvements daily or weekly. I add a star to their Super Improvers Wall if they improved over the week. After the Peanut Butters go, it' s the Jellies turn. Again, one minute on the clock. Then record their scores. For third grade, I'm only using the addition and subtraction pages and the GNARLIES. I started with two weeks of addition. Then, we worked on two weeks of subtraction facts. These two sheets have the facts in order, so that students can spout off the sums or differences quickly remembering the pattern. This is what builds their speed and accuracy. Soon, just looking at the fact brings the answer to their brain. After the students are feeling some success, you want to shake things up with the GNARLIES. The gnarlies are the same facts, but now all mixed up with the hardest ones at the beginning. I am using them like this: Monday - addition, Tuesday - subtraction, Wednesday - addition, Thursday - subtraction, and Friday - GNARLIES. There is no set rule on this though. You do what you think your students need. Every class is different. Oh, I store the sheets in sheet protectors to save them and keep them on a ring so that it's easy for me to take them off and on daily.
Here is a brief video to demonstrate: http://youtu.be/UgXSoxDE1ds
Superspeed 100, for those of you who don't know, is like skill and drill with addition and subtraction facts, but in a way that students will beg you to practice. You need to pair students as partners first. Right now I'm calling one side of the pair "Peanut Butter" and the other side is "Jelly." You pick who will go first. The ones who go first, put their paper on the problems with no answers, while the other student checks with the answer side. You time the students for one minute. (We do this whole class, but it can be done in centers. We do it whole class because they can get pretty loud when calling out the answers.) While checking, students can either tell their partner when a mistake is made and keep track of how many mistakes or they can just keep track. After one minute, the teacher calls STOP and the partner tells the other their score letter first and number second. The problems are on the sheet like a grid: letters across the top and numbers on the left side. We've set up a special section in the back of our math journal for recording their scores. Each day we date it, and record the score. You can ask about their improvements daily or weekly. I add a star to their Super Improvers Wall if they improved over the week. After the Peanut Butters go, it' s the Jellies turn. Again, one minute on the clock. Then record their scores. For third grade, I'm only using the addition and subtraction pages and the GNARLIES. I started with two weeks of addition. Then, we worked on two weeks of subtraction facts. These two sheets have the facts in order, so that students can spout off the sums or differences quickly remembering the pattern. This is what builds their speed and accuracy. Soon, just looking at the fact brings the answer to their brain. After the students are feeling some success, you want to shake things up with the GNARLIES. The gnarlies are the same facts, but now all mixed up with the hardest ones at the beginning. I am using them like this: Monday - addition, Tuesday - subtraction, Wednesday - addition, Thursday - subtraction, and Friday - GNARLIES. There is no set rule on this though. You do what you think your students need. Every class is different. Oh, I store the sheets in sheet protectors to save them and keep them on a ring so that it's easy for me to take them off and on daily.
Growing a Brain
So, what do you do when your students look at you with that clueless look in their eyes? Here's what we decided to do.......GROW A BRAIN! Yes, you know that Oriental Trading is a favorite teacher shopping spot already. Well now, they sell brains! So this savvy teacher bought enough brains for my whole class plus all the teachers who visit it. (We could use the extra 'brain power' too :)) Not only did this turn out to be a science activity, but also a writing activity. Since we are trying hard this year to use our WHOLE BRAIN, we thought we would start by growing one.
Watch the video to see how we did it!
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