Math Racers Progress Track {FREEBIE}

Hi there! Hope you're having a great weekend (and Thanksgiving break if you're off this week too!)!

 Years ago I started using Math Racers in my classroom, and over the years they evolved and changed and grew to fit the needs of my students. This was one of the first things I ever shared on my TpT journey and it's been so incredibly neat to see so many teachers and students benefitting from something I created for my classroom. 

You can read my posts about the Math Racers by clicking HERE. 

And here's what they look like. 

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Math Racers Revisited

Ahhhh! Where does the time go!???!?! I have so many things I want to post about and share, but not enough time in the day to get there! Eeeeek! Needless to say I am so excited for Christmas vacation coming up!!! So excited!!! 

Congratulations to Lori & Karyn! They were the winners of the Holiday Party Pack! 

A while back, I posted about the Math Racers my students do everyday in class to practice math fact fluency. You can read about it HERE! It's a quick process, taking less than 5 minutes each day. The kids love it, and are really motivated by it! Kids start on their addition +1s and as they pass, move through all of their addition facts, their doubles, doubles plus one, mixed addition, and then on to subtraction. I even have some kids who have made it all the way to their multiplication facts and it's not even Christmas break yet!!!

My hubby used to I used to collect every single student's math racer every single day, correct every single one, and staple a new one on top for the next day. This not only took me a lot of time (when I could have been watching reality TV at home ;), but it was also kind of a waste of paper (however this really did work for me the first three years of doing math racers!).

Over the summer, I gave my Math Racers a little make over and posted them on TPT. I printed out the answer keys, laminated them, and used a binder ring to connect them together...

And we had an idea!!!

Why not create a ring for EACH student!?!?! So....I printed and laminated (I heart my laminator!) a class set of math racers. Each student started off the year with Addition +1s on their ring. Since they're laminated, the kids are able to use a dry erase marker on them:

{ And there's even an eraser on top!!! And they were pretty inexpensive- 6 markers for $4.00- from Target! We're still using the ones I started the year off with in September, so they've endured 27 second graders thus far!!! }

Kids write their answers each day on their math racer with a marker. After the minute and 30 seconds is up, ONLY the students who think they passed (answered ALL of the math facts correctly) turn them in to me to the basket on the right.

This has cut my grading in HALF (because not every student passes every day!!!). The kids who did not finish, simply erase their answers and hang them on their hook and they are ready to try again tomorrow (without wasting ANY paper!!!).

I drilled little hooks into the kids desks, and that's where they keep their math racers!

A wonderful friend created this for me to hold all of the laminated math racers:

That way, when a kiddo does pass, I can quickly and easily find the next math racer, hand it to the kid, and they hook it onto their ring!

If a student passes all of their addition facts, I give them two of these:

(one to take home and hang on the fridge and one to attach to their math racer ring.) Then I collect all of their addition math racers from their ring, erase them all- so they're ready for the next user, and they start on subtraction -1s!

I love this new system because:

1. I am only grading the students who passed- not every single one!
2. After I printed off the class set of math racers and laminated them, there is NO prep or copies for me!
3. We're wasting much less paper!
4. The kids are more in charge of it them I am!
5. It just makes sense to me! :-) 

If you're interested in checking out my math racers, click the picture to take you over to TPT!

Also, if you've already purchased the addition or subtraction math racers, make sure to redownload it because I added a few things to the file!

Thank goodness the weekend is almost here!!!!! Have a great one! 

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More Math Racers!!!

Hi!!!!!!

I am so happy to have my final math racers division unit posted and ready to go on TPT! You can read all about math racers and how I use them in my classroom { HERE }. 

Click the picture to take you to TPT! 

I will give this unit to the first three people who comment with their email address and tell me what you're doing to stay cool on this hot summer day! :) 


I put the pool out for the dogs!!!.....

:-)

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Multiplication Math Racers & Happy Summer!

Happy SUMMER VACATION!!! I know many of you have been on summer vacation for a while now, but Friday was our last day!!! And I am already LOVING summer vacation!!! Just the feeling of not having to worry about school tomorrow is the BEST! I am looking forward to lots of beach trips and spending time with family and friends!!! 

                                                                                       Source: indulgy.com via Sandy on Pinterest

I am happy to have my Math Racers Multiplication unit posted on TPT today! You can read about my math racers { here } and how I use them in my classroom. :) Here is a preview of the multiplication unit: 

Click the picture to take you to TPT!
I will give this multiplication unit to the first three friends that leave a comment and tell me your favorite thing about summer vacation. :) 
Tomorrow I am off to an amazing three day technology conference with a group of amazing teachers! I am so excited to learn how to incorporate more technology into my classroom next year! Have a wonderful day! And, don't forget!...

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:)

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Math Racers Subtraction Facts

Happy weekend everyone!!!

I am so excited to have my Math Racers Subtraction Facts unit available on TPT today! This is a follow up to the Addition Facts unit I posted a few weeks ago. You can read more about Math Racers in my classroom here!

Click on the pic to check them out!

And I would love to give them to my first two bloggy buddies to leave a comment with their email address! 

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!! :)

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Math Racers

I was having the.hardest.time getting my kiddos to memorize their math facts. Anyone else have the same problem???

Enter Math Racers!!!

We do math racers every day in our classroom. And once the kids are trained how to do them, it takes less than 2 minutes each day from start to finish.

Here's what they look like: 

Here's how it goes in my classroom.


1. Our teacher assistants pass out math racers to each kiddo. 
2. Kiddos go back to their seat and GET READY!
3. I say go and they start madly working on completing their math racer.
4. They have 1 minute and 30 second to complete 20 problems. 
5. Timer goes off and they drop their pencils.
6. The teacher assistants collect them and put them in the designated math racer bag to be sent home with a volunteer I begged pleaded with bribed asked to prep them for the next day. I have four wonderful parents who each take them home one night a week to grade and get ready. (This means I only have to prep them once a week! Yipee! This also allows me to see how the kiddos are doing and their progress. :)  

The bag contains everything they'll need to prep them for the next day: 

Each kiddo starts off on their 1s. If they miss even one, or don't finish in the given time, they have to repeat it. Once they've completed it and gotten 100%, they move on to the next math racer... 2s, then 3s, then 4s and so on. After they finish 12, they do three sets of doubles, then three sets of doubles plus one, then three sets of mixed practice! 

I have a bulletin board in our classroom just for math racers. It looks like this:

When a kiddo moves onto their next math racer, we move their race car to the next one. This is very exciting for them. And I hear all about it when we forget to change one...

I am so excited to offer my whole math racers addition pack on TPT! 

The unit includes:

• Addition facts 1-12
• Three sets of doubles
• Three sets of doubles plus one
• Three sets of mixed practice
• Answer keys
• Directions on how to prepare them (to send home with volunteers) 
• Ideas for how to implement them in your classroom 

Click the picture to check it out! And please let me know what you think!!! :) I will give it to the first two friends to comment with their email address!

I hope you can use them to help your students memorize their math facts!!!


Also, it's not to late to hop on over to A Cupcake for the Teacher and enter her awesome 1,000 followers giveaway!!!! :) 

Now I'm off to a baseball game with the fam! :) And you know what baseball season means...summer is near!!!!

:)

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