Reading

 We assess students reading in two ways- Their comprehension- how much do they
understand the story, and their fluency- how quickly and correctly they read words
 Your students do a good job with comprehension, so we want to focus on their fluency
 The way we test fluency at school is by having students read a passage for a minute. We
circle all of the words that are wrong and then count up the number of words that are
right.
 The fluency score on your data sheets show the most recent test. Students were given a
fourth-grade level passage and had one minute to read the words. This score is how many
words they read in a minute
 Look at data
 The expectation in Fourth Grade is for students to read 103 words correctly in a minute.
Some of your students are really close and we know by practicing at home they can reach
this goal
At Home:
 One of the best ways for students to improve their fluency is to practice reading the same
passage over and over again- we call this repeated reading.
 First students will do a “first read” where they will have one minute to read as many
words in a minute. You will follow along in your passage and mark the last word. Student
will count how many words were read correctly. Do not count incorrect words. Then let
students graph it if they want
 Now, If you can, correct your students on words they read incorrectly.
 Now have them read the passage two more times- this time they can practice saying the
words with more expression, correcting more words etc.
 The Fourth(last) time they read you will time them again and not help them. Count up the
number of words

Math
(example: 25 multiplicactiones en un minuto)

 In fourth grade math, being able to fluently multiply is an important skill.

 Being fluent means you multiply quickly without thinking and accurately (you’ve
memorized the facts)
 Soon we will be working with fractions and decimals which are difficult concepts, and
we don’t want students to struggle with the concept AND the multiplication that goes
along with it
 We gave a mad minute, which sees how many facts students can do in one minute.
 Students who can multiply accurately, should be able to do 20-25 facts correct in one
minute (show them the mad minute here)
 Explain data sheet. The math section shows how many multiplication facts students could
do in a minute last week
 Students who already can do 25 or more are going to practice division at home. The rest
will practice multiplication.)

At home:
1. At the beginning of the week take a mad minute with the dry erase marker and plastic
sheet protector. Put one minute on the timer and they have 60 seconds to do as many as
possible. Use cell phone, clock, microwave, etc. They are in order from easiest to most
difficult.

2. Cut out the facts that correspond to the multiplication table for the week. Use time to
practice (model with another teacher)

3. At the end of the week take a mad minute with dry erase marker and plastic sheet
protector. Put one minute on the timer and they have 60 seconds to do as many as
possible. Use cell phone, clock, microwave, etc. They are in order from easiest to most
difficult.