Mad Minute: Mastering Number Facts, Grades1-8

by Paul Joseph Shoecraft, Terry Clukey

When students struggle with mathematics, the problem is almost always basic-fact related, and Mad Minute is specifically designed to help students overcome this situation. Mad Minute is a 30- to 40-day sequence of speed drills on the basic number facts. It's perfect for teachers that need to supplement their regular instruction in mathematics with some systematic drill and practice on the number facts - all in as little as five minutes a day!

The quantity of basic facts are varied so that a student at a given achievement level can reasonably be expected to recall them in one minute. Level A students never work with more than 30 basic facts at a time, and Level F students work with as many as 60 basic facts at a time.

Mad Minute really encourages students to learn their basic facts and to know them as well as they know their own name!

Genres: Mathematics

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1981

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Automaticity is a must when it comes to basic computation skills. These one minute sets ranging from 30 to 50 problems quiz students on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Because each set lasts only one minute a daily dose of the kill-and-drill is less painful than most such exercises.

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been using this book daily with my fourth grade classes for about 15 years. I find it a wonderful tool to drill basic mathematical facts.