Fourth Grade — H.O.C.
Multiplication
Pledge-a-Thon
To help your child’s transition to fourth grade go as
smoothly as possible we’d like to make sure every student has mastery of the multiplication facts up
to the 12s. To inspire the class to memorize their facts, we’re going to build
an incentive into our timed tests. The class will look for friends and family
to pledge a donation for each math fact s/he gets correct in a final timed test
and the money will be put towards our
Hulbert Outdoor Center fundraising effort.
There are seventy-eight math facts fourth graders are
responsible for. Several students know many of these already so we can
eliminate the 1s, 2s, 10s and many of the 5s and 11s. That leaves only a
handful of facts yet to be mastered! Most of these are clustered around the 4s,
6s, 7s, 8s, 9s and 12s.
Each student has a different level of comfort with the times
table. The work of mastering these facts
to automaticity will be done at home over the course of the next month. Please work with your child on this task
for ten minutes per night as an ongoing homework assignment. Target efforts
around facts that are less familiar to your student.
Pledge-a-Thon Schedule
·
Friday, September 11 — Pledge sheets due
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Friday, September 11 — First practice test
on 1s – 7s
·
Friday, September 18 — Second practice
test on 1s – 7s
·
Friday, September 25 — First practice test
on 8s – 12s
·
Tuesday, September 29 — Second practice test on
8s – 12s
·
Friday, October 9 — First
practice test on 1s – 12s
·
Friday, October 16 — Pledge-a-Thon Test on 1s – 12s! Test
sent home with pledge
sheet
·
Friday, October 30 — PLEDGE MONEY DUE!
Online Resources:
Please remove, sign and return the slip below. Thank you for
your support during this class project!
I have read the above letter and understand our
responsibilities.
Comments:
Parent Signature Student
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