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20 Aug

Posted at 19:48h in Factivation Training Tutorials by
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Learn how to use Factivation!® in under 20 minutes!

Want to know how to effectively put Factivation!® to work for you and your school? This Teacher Training video takes the highlights of our full-day Multiplication workshop and condenses them into a 15-minute presentation to be viewed by individual teachers, grade level teams, or an entire faculty.

Student engagement is high with Factivation! What IS Factivation?

Factivation!® is a complete program that not only addresses fact fluency, but also teaches students the concept, vocabulary, application, and reciprocity of operations.

25 Jul

Posted at 20:10h in Factivation Training Tutorials by
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[caption id="attachment_14830" align="alignnone" width="765"]chants bulletin board Login to the Members' Site to print this Multiplication Chants Bulletin Board Set![/caption]

Here's a nearly effortless way to build fact fluency!

Watch the video tutorial below for a demonstration of how to utilize the Factivation!® chants as your daily class attention getters. Teachers use attention getters multiple times throughout the day. If I had to estimate the number of times I would use an attention getter with my class, I would have to say it would be in the range of 20-30 times a day. Just imagine 20-30 daily exposures to Multiplication facts like 6x3, 8x7, 7x7, etc! This is a powerful, but little-known secret

26 Jun

Posted at 19:52h in Factivation Training Tutorials, Teaching Addition Facts, Teaching Multiplication Facts by
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Factivation fluency builders

A Fluency Builder a day keeps low test scores away!

Not only does it keep low test scores away, but giving students this concentrated five minutes/day of targeted fluency practice builds Mathematical confidence as they see their own improvement from Challenge 1 to Challenge 4. If your goal is to build fact fluency (and we would assume that is is!), this is THE printable for your students.

26 Jun

Posted at 19:49h in Factivation Training Tutorials by
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condense the times tables

We simplify the times table into small, brain-friendly groups!

How does Factivation!® make Multiplication facts so simple for students? It starts with condensing the times table into logical, manageable groups. Most Factivation!® lessons only contain three focus facts! Let's take a quick trip down memory lane: Think back to your elementary days when YOU were learning the (often dreaded) times tables.

21 Aug

Posted at 12:03h in Research by
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RTI, or Response to Intervention, is a multi-tiered approach used by schools nationwide to identify and support the educational needs of all students.  Learn More. The tiers are as follows:
  • Tier 1: High-Quality Classroom Instruction, Screening, and Group Interventions
  • Tier 2: Targeted Interventions
  • Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Comprehensive Evaluation

Factivation!® can be used at all tiers to deliver effective Math fact instruction and/or intervention.

At Tier 1, teachers use Factivation!® in a whole group setting for their "first, best" Math fact instruction.

21 Aug

Posted at 11:29h in Research, RTI by
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Factivation!® uses researched, high-yield strategies to deliver results.

You may be familiar with the work of Dr. Robert Marzano, a leading researcher in the field of education. Dr. Marzano's learning map, outlines 41 elements of effective classroom instruction, divided into 9 design questions (DQ).  Each falls under one of the following three lesson segments: Involving Routine Events, Addressing Content, Enacted on the Spot. Factivation!® correlates to many of the 41 identified classroom strategies

23 Jan

Posted at 15:48h in Factivation Training Tutorials by
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implement Factivation for Math Fact Fluency Promoting a Successful Schoolwide Implementation

“Not another program!” “I already have enough on my plate…now this too!” “This may be 'the thing’ this year, but next year it will be out the window like everything else.”
  Having spent 15+ years as an elementary classroom teacher, I've had the opportunity to eat lunch daily in the teacher’s lounge (although there never was much lounging!) and attend weekly grade level and/or faculty meetings. I have heard it all (and have probably even said it all myself) when it comes to administrative mandates that seem to be ever-changing.

03 Nov

Posted at 23:31h in Developing Math Fact Fluency, Multiplication Strategies by
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Multiplication strategies

STEP 1: Start with Strategies to Create a Mental Hook

Why use strategies (like Rule, Trick, Chant, and Connection™) to teach Math facts rather than just having students memorize in a traditional rote manner? The Factivation!® strategies utilize existing schema. They apply meaning to each fact, thereby increasing a students' ability to recall the product.