Mad+Minutes

=**FYI**=
 * Remember that basic facts are 15% of the total math grade.**
 * Check out the math facts games in the games section of this wiki.**

===**Mad minute quizzes are administered every Friday. The class can earn an opportunity to take an additional mad minute on Wednesday. They accomplish this by being "signed off" in all of their special classes the following week. Mr. Forrey administers the Friday quizzes and the teacher administers the Wednesday reward mad minutes. Wednesday reward mad minutes give students the ability to proceed through the grade level requirements at a faster pace than by only testing on Friday.**===
 * //When are mad minutes administered?// **

When students reach automaticity with their math facts, they can concentrate on complex algorithms and problem solving strategies. In other words, it frees up their brain. Mad minutes alone can be counterproductive. Students need to be involved in the thinking of math to learn it. Mad minute assessment is simply that, an assessment; it is accountability for the learning of math facts. Without assessment of fact acquisition, students can slide through school without attaining mastery in this necessary skill.
 * //Why do we give mad minutes?// **

Here are a couple of resources and some research information that you may want to look at:
 * //What is considered passing?// **
 * For most math facts, students need to perform 50 in a minute accurately. They can have up to one error but in this case, they must have produced more than 50 facts in a minute. Students who have more than one error can not pass no matter how many facts they produce within the minute.
 * The requirement for mixed facts is forty in a minute
 * Mad minutes that are not math facts are not timed but must be completed that day in class.
 * //What mad minutes are required for my student's grade level and what order are they given in:// **
 * //What is "Famous"?// **
 * When a student is famous, they have completed all of the grade level requirements. They will receive a plaque for their achievements at a special assembly in May. After mastering a homonym test, they then can choose from several Famous mad minutes. Students can receive an additional plaque for completing each Famous set. This is quite challenging and we usually only have a couple of students accomplish this challenge each year.**
 * //How are mad minutes evaluated?// **
 * This changes through the year. Here is a quarter-by-quarter breakdown:**

**Quarter One:**

 * 5th grade**
 * 100% || Pass division and multiplication ||
 * 90% || Pass division, and produces 35 facts or more facts in a minute on a multiplication probe ||
 * 80% || Pass division, and produces less than 35 facts in a minute on multiplication ||
 * || Students who have not passed division will receive the average percentage of the last four weeks of the quarter. ||
 * 6th grade**
 * 100% || Pass mixed facts, division, and multiplication ||
 * 90% || Pass mixed facts and division ||
 * 80% || Pass mixed facts, and produces 35 facts or more on a division probe ||
 * 70% || Pass mixed facts, and produces less than 35 facts on a division probe ||
 * || Students who have not passed mixed facts will receive their weekly average on the last four weeks of the quarter ||

**Quarter Two:**

 * 5th grade**
 * 100% || Pass division, multiplication, and subtraction ||
 * 90% || Pass division and multiplication ||
 * 80% || Pass division ||
 * 70% || Produces 35 facts or more as a weekly average throughout the quarter on their division probe ||
 * || Students who have not passed division will receive their weekly average ||
 * 6th grade**
 * 100% || Pass mixed facts,division, multiplication, state map, and capitals t states ||
 * 90% || Pass state map ||
 * 80% || Pass up through multiplication ||
 * 70% || Pass mixed facts and division ||

**Quarter Three**
=**Quarter Four**=
 * 5th grade**
 * 100% || Passed all grade level mad minutes ||
 * 90% || Passed through state map ||
 * 80% || Passed up to state map ||
 * 70% || Passed division and multiplication ||
 * 6th grade**
 * 100% || Passed all mad minutes and is working on a famous packet ||
 * 90% || Passed through capitals to states ||
 * 80% || Passed through state map ||
 * 70% || Passed division and multiplication ||
 * Fifth and Sixth Grade**
 * 100% || Passed all grade level mad minutes and at least two famous quizzes ||
 * 90% || Passed grade level mad minutes and homonym packet ||
 * 80% || Passed through mad minutes ||
 * 70% || Passed through state map ||