Basic facts are calculations that we should all be able to do very quickly in our heads. To help with learning and instilling these facts in our memories, 5G will be doing weekly Personal Best Tests (PB's) in multiplication and division to the 12 times table. For the tests, the students are given 132 basic facts. They are given ten minutes to do as many of them as they can with the greatest accuracy. They achieve a personal best if they do the same number of questions in less time than previously or if they get more questions correct. Their goal is to get better each time, thus, setting a new personal best!
In the first term, the questions are listed in their number families in order. In second term, the questions are listed in their number families in mixed order. And, in third term, all of the questions are mixed.
I encourage the students to work on their basic facts at home or in the car on the way to school, whenever they can fit it in, to increase their speed and accuracy with basic facts.
