second math test

The results were mixed- good news/bad news. the good news- seventeen students made A's or B's which is good BUT TOO MANY failed the multiplication test, not knowing the concept. This is especially disappointing because we have relentlessly been practicing each day for 8 school days which should be more than enough--ask the seventeen students that did well! I will be reinforcing multiplication again sometime next week because now they have to learn "when do I divide" which is perhaps a more difficult skill. I will go over and over these skills (mult/div.) prior to the test BUT the class needs to start paying more attention. In addition, we are studying factors and sometime next week probably thursday (9/11) they will have to find the factors of a number, write the number sentence, draw the arrays and correctly label the arrays.I will most likely give homework on this-so be on the watch for it. We have already worked on this starting on last Thursday 9/4 and about half the class seems to have it already. In order to do this students need to be able to SKIP COUNT which as I've said before is CRUCIAL for sucess in third grade.I remind the class EACH DAY to practice skip counting at home for 5-10 minutes each night. The last thing- the Social Studies test---it was HORRIBLE!!!!! Too many F's. A study guide was given which was just like the test and students had 2 days to study 7 questions plus I gave them time before the test to study and we still had too many F's. Science will be the same procedure and the grades must improve. Please check this site often as I will notify you of study guides and test that are upcoming. thanks AG