Fact Fluency Interview

Fact FluencyInterview

Fact Interview...What is it?

  • Similar to a running record
  • Not timed, however, you notice a student's cadence and mark to show "wait" time (3 seconds or more)
  • Allows you to see HOW students are solving problems
  • Administered 1:1
  • Targeted practice based on "known facts"
  • Opens discussion of strategies

Sample Interview

multiplication interview.mov

Sample Teacher Recording Sheet & Recording Table

NOTE: You can stop the interview when student has 3 consecutive errors and/or wait time in one column.

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Materials:

Fact Fluency Expectations

AFTER THE INTERVIEW

Teacher Responsibilities

  • Prepare baggies & flashcards
  • Monitor progress thru conferencing
  • Re-assess benchmark (every month, 9 weeks, 3 x's a year)
  • Communicate to parents

Student Responsibilities

  • Practice targeted facts (4-6 flashcards)
  • Learn new strategies
  • Communicate with teacher
  • Continue to move forward with facts

ORGANIZATION

Example from 3rd Grade Teacher @ PGES

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Teacher Binder

  • Class Composite
  • Teacher Interview for each Student
  • Recording Table- track progress of facts
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Student Materials

  • baggie for "known facts"
  • baggie for "not yet" facts
  • set of flashcards for each student to pull from for baggies
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Flashcard Storage

  • student sets are banded together


NOTE: Teacher sends master copy of flashcards to the Copy Center to be collated and cut into sets.

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Progress Monitoring Conference

Students place their baggies into the tub to let the teacher know they are ready to be checked on their facts.
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Teacher Conference Chart

The teacher keeps track of the student conferences with a spreadsheet. This helps to see which students she has met with and the time interval between conferences.

Example from 4th Grade Teacher @ CGES

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Teacher Conference Chart

The teacher has a daily schedule of the students she is going to conference with over their facts.
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Teacher Binder

  • Class Composite for each operation
  • tab for each student with their interview and recording table
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Student Materials

  • baggies with flashcards for the different operations
PRACTICE Addition B Interview
Click to view a video to practice scoring a student on the Addition B Interview.
Timed Tests and the Development of Math Anxiety
Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University and the author of What’s Math Got To Do With It? How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject. (Penguin, 2009).