Default Settings Based on Grade Level
To help make MathFactLab more accessible for our youngest students, some of our default fluency rates vary by grade level.
- Teachers can always override our default settings to better meet student needs.
- If a student in K-3 has demonstrated fluency at our default rate, we encourage teachers/parents to lower the rate by a second and reassess the student.
Default Fluency Rates by Grade Level
Grade Level | Default Fluency Rate |
K, 1, 2 | 6 seconds |
3 | 5 seconds |
4+ | 4 seconds |
Default Strategy View for Students in Kindergarten and First Grade
To keep things simple for our youngest students, by default, students in kindergarten and first grade practice basic addition and subtraction facts only with our ten frames activities: Ten Frames addition, Ten Frames subtraction, and Missing Addend. Activities using other models, such a number lines, number racks (Beads), and double-bar diagrams, are hidden by default.
To override this default setting, please see Hiding and Restoring Addition and Subtraction Activities.