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POWER STUDENT

OLYMPICS

WATCH STUDENTS BREAK PERSONAL RECORDS

IN READING, MATH, WRITING AND ART!

Chris BiffleCrafton Hills CollegeYucaipa, California

[email protected]



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Introduction 4

Power Student Olympics Overview 5

Events 7

Weekly Schedule 11Power Student Olympics Awards 12

Power Student Olympics Advantages 16

Additional Resources 17

Appendix A: SuperSpeed 100 18

Appendix B: SuperSpeed 1000 58

Appendix C: SuperSpeed Math 75

All materials in this book are copyright, 2008 by their author, Chris Biffle. Materials

in this book can be duplicated, provided the author is provided notice of their use.

However, materials in this book cannot be sold without the author’s permission. Tonotify Chris Biffle of the duplication of materials in this book, send an email to

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Imagine that every day a slow runner and a fastrunner compete against each other. Before long the slow

runner, who always loses, stops trying; the fast runner, who always wins,loafs to victory. In many ways, our school system mirrors this contest.Bright students often do as little work as possible to win the academiccompetition; weak students opt out of the race.

If an administrator announced that grades would be given tostudents based on family stability, income, and students’ geneticheritage, there would be an uproar. “Outrageous!”, critics wouldexclaim. “We’re grading children, based on nonacademic issues! Howcan we punish kids who are poor, come from broken homes and do nothave the intellectual aptitude of their peers? UnAmerican!” But that is

what is happening in our schools. Though there are wonderfulexceptions, if students live in poverty, have an unstable family and are

slow learners, those students will, almost certainly, receive low grades ...through no fault of their own! And the more low grades these kids get,

the less interested they are in running our race.Hey! If you’re a really slow runner, come on over here and let us

hang some heavy baggage around your neck. Now, run harder, because

you’re way behind!

Not only does the grade system work to the disadvantage of our weakest students, but also it often fails to motivate our brightest. As wetry to adapt lessons to the needs of struggling learners, our mostintelligent kids spend too much time staring out the window. Often bright children use their gifts to discover the least challenging path togood grades. The race is short, the competition is slow, too many gifted

students lope to the finish line.



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But what is the alternative?We’d like to propose abandoning the grade system.

But we know that won’t happen.Instead, let’s introduce, as often as possible, a new set of learning

exercises, with a highly motivating goal for all students no matter their

ability.

What if there was an Olympics for everyone ... and what if gold

medals were not given for breaking international marks, but for breaking personal records? This would be an Olympics for the masses, not theelite. If the goal was breaking personal records, the slowest runnerscould compete with human jackrabbits! In the Power Student Olympics,students race in a variety of academic, artistic and physical events,against themselves. Juan has to beat Juan. No one cares if he beatsLaTasha.

The only fair race, perfectly fair race, is the one you run againstyourself. Who are you more equally matched against, than you? In thePower Student Olympics, we don’t care if you beat Juan and LaTasha.They don’t care either. Juan’s racing Juan; LaTasha is desperately

trying to outstrip herself. You win a prize this week, only if beat your best effort from last week.

As you’ll see, the weakest learners in the Power Student Olympicscan earn as many rewards as the strongest. In fact, our experience has

been that it is easier for students at the bottom of the academic scale to break personal records than it is for kids at the top. If you read 30 words per minute aloud, it is possible to double your reading speed after a fewweeks of practice; if you read 160 words per minute aloud you can’t

double your reading speed, because your lips won’t move any faster! Inthe Power Student Olympics, Special Ed kids can compete, on a level playing field, with students bound for Harvard. Now that’s Americanway.



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The international success of the Special Olympicsand Academic Decathlon indicates the widespread appeal of

olympics style competitions. Everyone loves to win prizes, receiverecognition from peers, family and the community, feel like a winner.

One of the unique features of the Power Student Olympics (PSO) is thatit is not designed for unique populations, elite athletes, top students or students with special needs; the PSO welcomes everyone, no matter their skills.

The goal of the PSO is for students to set and break personalrecords in academic, athletic and artistic events. Here is a description of core events (materials described below are in Appendix A, B and C.).

1. Power Speed Reading: Using SuperSpeed 100 (Appendix A)

and SuperSpeed 1000 (Appendix B), classroom tested, K-12 learninggames designed by Power Teachers of Southern California,students strive to break personal records for the number of sight wordsread in 60 seconds. Every personal record scores a PSO point.

2. Power Comprehension Reading: Students silently read aselection chosen by their teacher for five minutes (or longer if theteacher wishes.) Students are then paired up in teams of two. One teammember is the Player, the other is the Scorekeeper. When the teacher

says “Go!”, every Player stands and speaks as many sentences as

possible in a minute about the reading selection. Players pause briefly between each sentence, so that the Scorekeeper can make a tally mark.The total number of tally marks after 60 seconds is the Player’s personalrecord. Players are then given a second chance to beat their records;then teams switch roles. Players become Scorekeepers; Scorekeepers



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become Players. To add additional excitement, the teacher may chooseto add any of the following options:

-- Players cannot begin a sentence with “and”-- Players cannot begin a sentence with “then”

-- Players must use an explanatory, graphic gesture with eachsentence.

-- Players can make notes about the reading material before they begin.

-- Players can, or cannot, look at the reading selection as theyspeak.

3. Power Math: Using SuperSpeed Math (Appendix C) students break personal records for the number of addition, subtraction,multiplication and division problems they can solve in a minute. Every personal record scores a PSO point.

4. Power Writing: The teacher creates a set of writing rules.These rules might include the following:

-- Every sentence must begin with a capital letter.-- Every sentence must end with a period, question mark or

exclamation mark.

-- Every word must be spelled correctly.-- Every letter must be easily readable.-- No sentence can be shorter than five words or longer than 12

words (these limits can be adjusted for grade levels.)

-- Consecutive sentences cannot begin with the same word.-- Singular and plural possessives are used with the correct

placement of apostrophes.And so forth. Depending upon the students’ skill, the rules can be

introduced all at once, or only a few at a time.Students then are given a writing assignment to complete (in or outof class). The finished writing assignments are handed to peers to check and annotate for violations of the writing rules. The teacher reads the

peers’ annotations. Students’ personal record score is determined by thenumber of error free sentences they write consecutively, counting from



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the first sentence. For example, if Juan makes no mistakes on a 15sentence essay except for a spelling error in sentence four, then his

personal record is three. He only wrote three, consecutive, error freesentences, counting from the first sentence.

5. Power Spelling: Students are given a spelling test. Their personal record is determined by the number of words they spellcorrectly. Thus, if Juan spells 15 out of 20 words correctly, his personalrecord is 15. He receives one PSO point. If on the next test he spells all

20 words correctly, his new personal record is 20 and he receivesanother PSO point. However, now that he has made a perfect score, heonly receives PSO points for perfect scores on each succeeding spellingtests.

6. Power Drawing: Students make two drawings of any subject.They strive to make the second drawing more detailed, more colorful,more energetic, “better” than the first drawing. If the teacher can easily judge which drawing was second, then the student wins a PSO point.Students are encouraged to make multiple drawings of the same subject,each one visibly superior to the last. The teacher gives instructionsabout how students can improve their artwork. This process can continue

until both teacher and student agree a “masterpiece” has been completedwhich leaves little or no room for improvement. A new subject is thenselected.

7. Power P.E.: Physical education teachers set up fitness,

coordination and athletic events in which students set and break personalrecords. At lower grades, these events might be as simple as the number of times a basketball can be bounced in a minute, or the number of timesa jump rope can be skipped in a minute. At higher grades, events might

include total number of pull-ups, total number of consecutive freethrows made, one mile timed run, etc. Every personal record scores aPSO point.

8. Power Silence: The teacher brings in a timer and tells the class

that they will begin working quietly. The goal is to see how long





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In general, students train in class and at home fromMonday-Thursday on PSO events chosen by their instructors. In-

class training (game) time, which students will, of course, work hard toearn, should be determined by teachers based upon class behavior. Awell behaved class might earn five minutes per hour of training (i.e. playing any of the games listed above.) Disorderly classes receive no

training time all day, and are encouraged to groan miserably. Then theyare told to energetically instruct their neighbors to behave better the nextday.

Friday is Game Day. PSO events are played “for real.” Studentsrecord their achievements on Personal Record Cards (for durability,these should be printed on card stock.) Players celebrate, shout, holler,

whistle, when they break their own records ... and cheer even louder when teachers introduce participants who have smashed, crushed,

destroyed their personal records. A rowdy, merry time is had by all ... asrowdy as neighboring teachers who aren’t involved in the PSO will

permit!



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It is entirely possible, and should be seriouslycontemplated by a teaching staff, to give no awards for any event in

the PSO, except the accumulation of PSO points. Students are thrilled by setting and breaking personal records. Greek victors in the originalOlympics received nothing but an olive wreath and an “acclamation”, aloud, sustained cheer by the audience.

In addition, giving awards can set up substantial bookkeeping andadministration problems. Who should get the awards? How and whenare awards handed out? How accurate are student records? Whatawards would provide the most motivation for students? Where does themoney come from for the awards?

Nonetheless, students love winning small mementos that mark

their triumphs. Setting and breaking personal records is truly awonderful achievement and might be worth the staff’s efforts to provide

additional recognition.Here are several, inexpensive awards suggestions.

1. Plastic wrist bands: Bought in bulk, plastic wrist bands (whichstudents love) cost about 35 cents apiece. The bands can have amessage or logo. We suggest the PSO motto (Stronger! Faster!Smarter!)

Wrist bands should be awarded in the following denominations:White: 5 Personal Record PointsLight Blue: 10 Personal Record PointsRed: 15 Personal Record PointsDark Blue or Pink (student’s choice ... guess which the girls and

boys will pick): 20 Personal Record Points ... this level is quite



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important because players get to “become” a boy or a girl based on their wristband

Camo or Rainbow: 30 Personal Record PointsMetal (silver looking): 50 Personal Record Points

Metal (gold looking): 100 Personal Record Points

2. Alphabet Beads (with bookkeeping): Alphabet beads, and other varieties of beads are incredibly cheap, 300 for $4.95 (on the Internet, go

to: Oriental Trading Company). Students are awarded one bead per personal record point. It is suggested for convenience that the beads be placed in small baggies, 5 per baggie and only handed out when astudent has broken 5 new records. Beads can be worn as bracelets,necklaces, hung from key chains, backpacks, etc. If the beads aredistributed at the end of the period, then the problem of students playingwith their beads, instead of attending to lessons, will be reduced.

Alphabet beads, used creatively, could have a remarkableeducational, even moral, power. Teachers could use the beads toconstruct their own motto, or a message they are going to give to one of their family members and show the message to their class. Students

become intensely interested when teachers talk about their own lives.Instructors could share what the message/motto means to them. Ateacher whose mother survived cancer might make a message, “You’re awinner” Another teacher with a son or daughter graduating from high

school might even make a Latin message, “Ad astra, per astera.” (To thestars, despite hardships.) Pupils would see that alphabet beads could beused for more important purposes than merely spelling out their name.

Students should have their message okayed by the teacher before

they string their beads; this is to keep beads from being used as profanityor as a gang slogan. In addition , requiring students to have their

message approved provides an excellent opportunity for one on one

counseling. “Do you want to talk a little more about the problems your

brother is having? How do you feel about what he is doing with hislife?” Too often we don’t know enough about our pupils’ experience



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outside of school; letting them know that we care about their personallives, and that they always have someone they can talk to, will help

many students cope with emotional difficulties.As a final feature of alphabet beads, clear, plastic “jewel beads”

without letters could be called Morphin’ Power Beads. To makeMorphin’ Power Beads valuable, they should be distributed in a ratio of approximately one to 15 alphabet beads. When pupils receive aMorphin’ Power Beads, they can go to the office (or wherever), turn it in

and receive back any letter they ask for politely, “Please, thank you...”etc. Without Morphin’ Power Beads students may have to wait too longto complete their bead strings.

To see the effect of students creating messages with their beads,imagine a child whose older brother is in prison. The child makes a bead message to give to his brother that says, “I will always love you”and tells the brother that the beads represent personal records the childhas won in school. Beads that are used to construct messages could become one of the most effective ways students have of responding tofamily chaos. Imagine our child thinking, “My brother is in prison, butI’m going to work hard in school and give him a present I have made

from my personal records. He’s going to love it ... and I’m going to lovegiving it to him.”

3. Alphabet beads (without bookkeeping): After students

understand the general idea of the PSO, teachers present their own beadmessages/mottos as described above. Then the instructor sayssomething like the following, “When I see you working really hard inthe Power Student Olympics, when you’re making real progress in

breaking your records, or even when you’re being very attentive in class,I’ll give you from 1 to 3 Power Beads. If you complain about thenumber of beads I give you, I’ll take them back!” The teacher thenrehearses handing out beads for good behavior and taking them back

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that no bookkeeping is necessary. The beads are distributed when andhow the instructor wishes. Very bright students who are loafing might

get fewer beads; weaker students who are striving energetically mightget more beads. On days when the class is unruly, no one wins

anything. On days when the class is hardworking, everyone winssomething. Thus, beads could be awarded not only for the PSO but alsofor any behavior the teacher wishes to reinforce. If you have a largenumber of students or don’t have time for complex record keeping, this

system of rewards for the PSO is ideal.

4. YouTube Video: Our students love YouTube. Let’s use it toeducation’s advantage. As a collective reward for success (say, the entireclass amasses 100 PSO points) students could begin creating a video of their PSO experiences and post it on YouTube (and TeacherTube). Of course, taping could only take place if the class was well behaved. Onan excellent day, five minutes might be shot; other days only a fewseconds might be recorded. If several classes at a school submit a video,a wonderfully exciting competition could result.

Students in each video would be encouraged to contact family,

friends, use MySpace, FaceBook, text messaging. to generate as manyhits on the video as possible. The tape with the most hits by the end of the school year wins. The prize for winning, or coming in second, third,fourth, etc., will be determined by school staff.



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There are several obvious advantages to the PSO.First, unlike the grade system, students compete on a level playing

field. Everyone can set and break personal records. Weaker students,who are the ones most likely to be “left behind”, can often competemore successfully than gifted students. Second, students love contests, but have a special passion for surpassing their own previous best effort.The PSO provides pupils with a continuous record of their own

wonderful achievements. Third, because the PSO is focused only onindividual achievement, no student can lord it over another; no studentneeds to feel cowed by the ability of classmates. Fourth, the PSO is

extremely flexible. Teachers can use as many or few events as theywish. Rewards can be used, ignored, or saved for later in thecompetition. One teacher, a grade level or an entire school can create aPSO.

We would be delighted to hear about your experiences with thisnew olympics. Contact me, Chris Biffle at:

[email protected]



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Free copies of materials to use in the Power StudentOlympics are available in the appendices of this book. Other

materials are available at:http://homepage.mac.com/chrisbiffle/Menu38.html

To find out more about Power Teaching visit our website:

www.powerteachers.org

View our YouTube videos athttp://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisBiffle

Or see the same videos on TeacherTube

http://www.teachertube.com/uprofile.php?UID=32259



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Appendix A

SuperSpeed 100A Game That Teaches Students To Rapidly Read

100 of the Most Common Sight Words



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Introduction 21

How To Play SuperSpeed 100 23

SuperSpeed 100 Sample Page 26

SuperSpeed 100 For One on One Tutorials 28

SuperSpeed 100 29

SuperSpeed Personal Record Stars 55



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SuperSpeed 100 is a lively, entertaining game

designed to teach beginning readers of any age 100 of the most

common sight words. Versions of this game have been successfully

classroom tested by thousands of students since 1999.

Sight words, like “the, to, and, of”, are the most common words in

English. Only 100 sight words make up over 50% of all the words

students read! If these words cannot be read quickly, at a rate of at least90 words per minute by the end of 3rd grade, students’ odds of success

in the rest of their education are significantly diminished. The more

rapidly students can read sight words, the greater their reading fluency

and pleasure.

SuperSpeed 100 is appropriate for readers from kindergarten

through 3rd grade, and can be used in remedial work at higher levels. In

addition, the game adapts superbly to the needs of English learners,

including adults who are taking a beginning reading course.Though it is not meant to replace, but only supplement, traditional

phonics based reading systems, students can successfully play

SuperSpeed 100 even if they have no knowledge of letter sounds ... or

the alphabet!

As you will see, the pedagogical structure of the game teaches

reading by recognition of word shapes.

If your students play SuperSpeed 100 for only a few minutes,

several times a week, you’ll see substantial improvements in overall

reading speed; gains of 20% -40% within a month are not uncommon.

SuperSpeed 100 is so entertaining that teachers have used it as a

reward for good behavior! Students work hard in class, to gain the

privilege of playing SuperSpeed!! The game is especially powerful if

used the context of the Power Student Olympics (see details above.)



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The words in SuperSpeed 100 are arranged in order of frequency.

“The” is the most common word in English, and thus it is the first word

learned. “To” is the next most common word in English and is thesecond word learned, and so forth. The 100 words in SuperSpeed 100

are a combination of the well known Dolch and Frye lists, but, for

copyright purposes, are not arranged in an order identical to either.

SuperSpeed 100 contains 100 levels. One new word is added in

each level from 1-100; previously learned words are frequently repeated.

Every 10 levels, there is a Challenge. The Challenge contains all the

words from previous levels. If you want your students to completely

master all the words in the game, they should not advance beyond any

Challenge they can’t perfectly complete.

Level 100 contains all 100 of the words used in the game; for

mastery, Level 100 must be completed in 60 seconds or less.

When students have mastered Level 100, they can go on to

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Playing SuperSpeed 100 is simple.First, decide what word you want your students to begin with.

Below are the 100 words in SuperSpeed 100. (It is recommended that

kindergartners begin at word 1, “the”.) If you want your students to

begin with “up”, word 24 below, then they will start at Level 24. If you

want your students to begin with “so”, word 50 below, then they will

start with Level 50 and so forth.

the1, to2, and3, he4, a5, I6, you7, it8, of 9, in10, was11, said12, his13,that14, she15, for16, on17, they18, but19, had20, at21, him22, with23, up24,

see25, all26, look27, is28, her29, there30, some31, word32, out33, as34, be35,

each36, have37, go38, we39, am40, then41, little42, down43, do44, can45,

could46, when47, did48, what49, so50, not51, were52, get53, them54,

like55, one56, this57, my58, would59, me60, will61, yes62, big63, more64,

went65, are66, come67, if 68, number69, now70, long71, no72, way73,

came74, too75, ask76, very77, than78, an79, over80, yours81, its82, ride83,

into84, just85, blue86, red87, from88, good89, any90, about91, around92,

want93, don’t94, how95, know96, part97, right98, put99, sound100

Arrange your class in groups of twos. If you have an odd number

of students, you will pair with the extra student. Without telling your

pupils, be sure that a weaker reader is always paired with a stronger

reader.

Begin by saying something like the following, “We’re going to

play SuperSpeed, a game you’ll love! When I say ‘go!’, one person on

your team reads the first word, then the other person on the team reads

the next word, and so on. Keep taking turns. If your partner doesn’t

know a word, or mispronounces it, ‘helpsies’ is allowed. Say the word

for him or her. Keep taking turns, reading as fast as you can. I’ll say

‘stop!’ after a minute. Mark your team’s record on the page and then I’ll



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give you another try for a minute. Start over with the first word you

read, but whoever started goes second and whoever went second, now

goes first. You’ll be trying to beat your previous record. Tell yourteammate right now how badly the two of you want to keep breaking

your records!”

Conclude by telling your class what level they will all begin with.

Only two additional rules need to be added.

1. Every time the game is replayed, the team starts at the

beginning of whatever level (or Challenge) they ended in.

For example, the first time Jane and Juana play, Jane, starting for

her team, begins at Level 1, and the team, taking turns, reads to the 5th

word in Level 3. Juana then starts for her team and the team, taking

turns, reads to the 10th word in Level 3. The next time Jane and Juana

play, they begin at the first word in Level 3. This assures you that teams

receive plenty of repetitions on the most common sight words.

Whenever students achieve a new starting level, and they will

frequently, you should encourage them to give themselves a merry

cheer.

2. When players break personal records, they should place a

checkmark inside a new personal record star on page 55. You may besurprised at how much your students enjoy creating, and sharing!, a

visual record of their own achievements. If SuperSpeed 100 is used in

the context of the Power Student Olympics, other awards are described

on page 12.

Now, here is a very important point. Students love to play

SuperSpeed 100 because they love to set and break personal records.

Teams are never competing against each other, but against their ownprevious best effort. Thus, the learning goal is set at exactly the right

level, no matter the team’s ability. The only standard they must exceed

is the one they set for themselves the last time they played the game.

Until you try SuperSpeed 100 in class, you won’t believe the enthusiasm

your students will have while playing. Students love the feeling of being



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record breakers, and the unique structure of SuperSpeed 100 gives them

this feeling over and over.

Now, let’s look at the unique pedagogical structure of SuperSpeed100. The first three levels are on the following page.



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Level 1: thethe, the, the, the, the

Level 2: the, tothe, to, the, to, to, the, the, to, to, thethe, to, to, the, the, to, to, the, to, the

the, to, the, to, to, the, the, to, to, the

Level 3: the, to, andthe, to, and, and, to, the, and, the, to, toto, to, the, and, the, to, and, and, to, the

the, to, and, and, to, the, and, the, to, to

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Challenge: Read these 10 words perfectly!the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in

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the first line identifies all

the words in a level.

the last word, always highlighted,

is the new word for the level.

the new word is repeated more frequently

than any other word on the level.

Every 10 levels, a Challenge reviews the words learned on

all previous levels.



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And that’s all there is to it!Playing SuperSpeed 100 is an ideal reward for good behavior in

class. Wouldn’t you rather see your students eagerly mastering sight

words than giving them candy? The game literally takes a few minutes

... and the most common comment we hear from teachers is “My class

loves it!”

Students, effortlessly, receive hundreds of repetitions reading the

most common sight words while setting and breaking team records. The

goal is not to break another team’s record, but to surpass your own

team’s previous best mark. Even better than increasing reading speed,

players of SuperSpeed 100 are rewarded with one of the most deeply

powerful lessons in education: I can set and break personal records. I

can always do better than my own previous best.

If you want to make the game easier for your students, limit the

timed sessions to 30 seconds; if you want to move the game along more

quickly for higher grade students (3rd-6th) , change the timed sessions to

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You can easily adapt SuperSpeed 100 to the special

needs of individual students. Simply have your students read the list of

100 words on page 7. Note the first word a student misses, and then

start him/her at that level in SuperSpeed 100. For example, if Joe misses

“could”, word 46, then he would start at Level 46. You can then fill the

role of his partner, as described above and take turns reading words. Or,

for variety, simply have Joe read the words on his own, as fast as

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Level 1: thethe, the, the, the, the

Level 2: the, tothe, to, the, to, to, the, the, to, to, the

the, to, to, the, the, to, to, the, to, the

the, to, the, to, to, the, the, to, to, the

Level 3:

the, to, andthe, to, and, and, to, the, and, the, to, to

to, to, the, and, the, to, and, and, to, the

the, to, and, and, to, the, and, the, to, to

Level 4: the, to, and, hethe, to, and, he, he, and, to, the, and, hehe, and, the, to, and, he, he, and, to, the

the, to, and, he, he, and, to, the, and, he



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Level 5: the, to, and, he, athe, to, and, he, a, a, he, and, to, aa, to, and, he, a, a, he, and, to, the

the, to, and, he, a, a, he, and, to, a

Level 6: the, to, and, he, a, Ithe, to, and, he, a, I, I, a, he, and

and, he, a, I, I, a, he, and, to, thethe, to, and, he, a, I, I, a, he, and

Level 7: to, and, he, a, I, youto, and, he, a, I, you, you, I, a, he

he, a, I, you, you, I, a, he, and, a

to, and, he, a, I, you, you, I, a, he

Level 8: and, he, a, I, you, itand, he, a, I, you, it, it, you, I, a

a, I, you, it, it, you, I, a, he, and

and, he, a, I, you, it, it, you, I, a

Level 9: he, a, I, you, it, of he, a, I, you, it, of , of, it, you, I



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I, you, it, of, of, it, you, I, a, he

he, a, I, you, it, of, of, it, you, I

Level 10: a, I, you, it, of, ina, I, you, it, of, in, in, of, it, you

you, it, of, in, in, of, it, you, I, a

a, I, you, it, of, in, in, of, it, you

---------------------------------Challenge: Read these 10 words perfectly!

the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in

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Level 11: I, you, it of, in, wasI, you, it, of, in, was, was, in, of, itIt, of, in, was, was, in, of, it, you, I

I, you, it, of, in, was, was, in, of, it

Level 12: you, it, of, in was, saidyou, it, of, in, was, said, said, was, in, of

of, in, was, said, said, was, in, of, it, you

you, it, of, in, was, said, said, was, in, of

Level 13: it, of, in, was, said, his



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it, of, in, was, said, his, his, said, was, in

in, was, said, his, his, said, was, in, of, it

it, of, in, was, said, his, his, said, was, in

Level 14: of, in, was, said, his, thatof, in, was, said, his, that, that, his, said, was

was, said, his, that, that, his, said, was, in, of

of, in, was, said, his, that, that, his, said, was

Level 15: in, was, said, his, that, shein, was, said, his, that, she, she, that, his, said

said, his, that, she, she, that, his, said, was, in

in, was, said, his, that, she, she, that, his, said

Level 16: was, said, his, that, she, forwas, said, his, that, she, for, for, she, that, his

his, that, she, for, for, she, that, his, said, was

was, said, his, that, she, for, for, she, that, his

Level 17: said, his, that, she, for, onsaid, his, that, she, for, on, on, for, she, that

that, she, for, on, on, for, she, that, his, said

said, his, that, she, for, on, on, for, she, that



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Level 18:

his, that, she, for, on, theyhis, that, she, for, on, they, they, on, for, she

she, for, on, they, they, on, for, she, that, his

his, that, she, for, on, they, they, on, for, she

Level 19: that, she, for, on, they, but

that, she, for, on, they, but, but, they, on, forfor, on, they, but, but, they, on, for, she, that

that, she, for, on, they, but, but, they, on, for

Level 20: she, for, on, they, but, had

she, for, on, they, but, had, had, but, they, onon, they, but, had, had, but, they, on, for, she

she, for, on, they, but, had, had, but, they, on

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Challenge: Read these 20 words perfectly!

the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in,was, said, his,that, she, for, on, they, but, had

---------------------------------Level 21: for, on, they, but, had, at



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for, on, they, but, had, at, at, had, but, they

they, but, had, at, at, had,but, they, on

for, on, they, but, had, at, at, had, but, they

Level 22: on, they, but, had, at, himon, they, but, had, at, him, him, at, had, but

but, had, at, him, him, at, had, but, they, on

on, they, but, had, at, him, him, at, had, but

Level 23: they, but, had, at, him, withthey, but, had, at, him, with, with, him, at, had

had, at, him, with, with, him, at, had, but, they

they, but, had, at, him, with, with, him, at, had

Level 24: but, had, at, him, with, upbut, had, at, him, with, up, up, with, him, at

at, him, with, up, up, with, him, at, had, but

but, had, at, him, with, up, up, with, him, at

Level 25: had, at, him, with, up, seehad, at, him, with, up, see, see, up, with, him

him, with, up, see, see, up, with, him, at, had



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had, at, him, with, up, see, see, up, with, him

Level 26: at, him, with, up, see, allat, him, with, up, see, all, all, see, up, with

with, up, see, all, all, see, up, with, him, at

at, him, with, up, see, all, all, see, up, with

Level 27: him, with, up, see, all, lookhim, with, up, see, all, look, look, all, see, up

up, see, all, look, look, all, see, up, with, him

him, with, up, see, all, look, look, all, see, up

Level 28: with, up, see, all, look, iswith, up, see, all, look, is, is, look, all, seesee, all, look, is, is, look, all, see, up, with

with, up, see, all, look, is, is, look, all, see

Level 29: up, see, all, look, is, herup, see, all, look, is, her, her, is, look, allall, look, is, her, her, is, look, all, see, up

up, see, all, look, is, her, her, is, look, all



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Level 30: see, all, look, is, her, there

see, all, look, is, her, there, there, her, is, looklook, is, her, there, there, her, is, look, all, see

see, all, look, is, her, there, there, her, is, look

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the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in, was, said, his,

that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, with,up, see, all, look, is, her, there

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Level 31: all, look, is, her, there, someall, look, is, her, there, some, some, there, her, is

is, her, there, some, some, there, her, is, look, allall, look, is, her, there, some, some, there, her, is

Level 32: look, is, her, there, some, wordlook, is, her, there, some, word, word, some, there, her

her, there, some, word, word, some, there, her, is, look

look, is, her, there, some, word, word, some, there, her

Level 33: is, her, there, some, word, outis, her, there, some, word, out, out, word, some, there

there, some, word, out, out, word, some, there, her, is



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is, her, there, some, word, out, out, word, some, there

Level 34: her, there, some, word, out, asher, there, some, word, out, as, as, out, word, some

some, word, out, as, as, out, word, some, there, her

her, there, some, word, out, as, as, out, word, some

Level 35: there, some, word, out, as, bethere, some, word, out, as, be, be, as, out, word

word, out, as, be, be, as, out, word, some, there

there, some, word, out, as, be, be, as, out, word

Level 36: some, word, out, as, be, each

some, word, out, as, be, each, each, be, as, outout, as, be. each, each, be, as, out, word, some

some, word, out, as, be, each, each, be, as, out

Level 37: word, out, as, be, each, haveword, out, as, be, each, have, have, each, be, as

as, be, each, have, have, each, be, as, out, wordword, out, as, be, each, have, have, each, be, as



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Level 38: out, as, be, each, have, go

out, as, be, each, have, go, go, have, each, bebe, each, have, go, go, have, each, be, as, out

out, as, be, each, have, go, go, have, each, be

Level 39: as, be, each, have, go, weas, be, each, have, go, we, we, go, have, each

each, have, go, we, we, go, have, each, be, asas, be, each, have, go, we, we, go, have, each

Level 40: be, each, have, go, we, ambe, each, have, go, we, am, am, we, go, have

have, go, we, am, am, we, go, have, each, be

be, each, have, go, we, am, am, we, go, have

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that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, with,up, see, all, look, is, her, there, some, word, out,

as, be, each, have, go, we, am

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Level 41: each, have, go, we, am, then

each, have, go, we, am, then, then, am, we, gogo, we, am, then, then, am, we, go, have, each

each, have, go, we, am, then, then, am, we, go

Level 42: have, go, we, am, then, littlehave, go, we, am, then, little, little, then, am, we

we, am, then, little, little, then, am, we, go, havehave, go, we, am, then, little, little, then, am, we

Level 43: go, we, am, then, little, downgo, we, am, then, little, down, down, little, then, am

am, then, little, down, down, little, then, am, we, go

go, we, am, then, little, down, down, little, then, am

Level 44: we, am, then, little, down, dowe, am, then, little, down, do, do, down, little, then

then, little, down, do, do, down, little, then, am, we

we, am, then, little, down, do, do, down, little, then

Level 45: am, then, little, down, do, canam, then, little, down, do, can, can, do, down, little

little, down, do, can, can, do, down, little, then, am

am, then, little, down, do, can, can, do, down, little



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Level 46: then, little, down, do, can, couldthen, little, down, do, can, could, could, can, do, down

down, do, can, could, could, can, do, down, little, then

then, little, down, do, can, could, could, can, do, down

Level 47: little, down, do, can, could, whenlittle, down, do, can, could, when, when, could, can, do

do, can, could, when, when, could, can, do, down, little

little, down, do, can, could, when, when, could, can, do

Level 48: down, do, can, could, when, diddown, do, can, could, when, did, did, when, could, can

can, could, when, did, did, when, could, can, do, down

down, do, can, could, when, did, did, when, could, can

Level 49: do, can, could, when, did, whatdo, can, could, when, did, what, what, did, when, could

could, when, did, what, what, did, when, could, can, do

do, can, could, when, did, what, what, did, when, could

Level 50: can, could, when, did, what, socan, could, when, did, what, so, so, what, did, when

when, did, what, so, so, what, did, when, could, can

can, could, when, did, what, so, so, what, did, when



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Challenge: Read these 50 words perfectly!the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in, was, said, his,

that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, with,

up, see, all, look, is, her, there, some, word, out,

as, be, each, have, go, we, am, then, little, down,

do, can, could, when, did, what, so

---------------------------------Level 51: could, when, did, what, so, notcould, when, did, what, so, not, not, so, what, did

did, what, so, not, not, so, what, did, when, could

could, when, did, what, so, not, not, so, what, did

Level 52: when, did, what, so, not, werewhen, did, what, so, not, were, were, not, so, what

what, so, not, were, were, not, so, what, did, when

when, did, what, so, not, were, were, not, so, what

Level 53: did, what, so, not, were, get

did, what, so, not, were, get, get, were, not, soso, not, were, get, get, were, not, so, what, did

did, what, so, not, were, get, get, were, not, so



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Level 54: what, so, not, were, get, themwhat, so, not, were, get, them, them, get, were, not

not, were, get, them, them, get, were, not, so, what

what, so, not, were, get, them, them, get, were, not

Level 55: so, not, were, get, them, likeso, not, were, get, them, like, like, them, get, were

were, get, them, like, like, them, get, were, not, so

so, not, were, get, them, like, like, them, get, were

Level 56: not, were, get, them, like, onenot, were, get, them, like, one, one, like, them, get

get, them, like, one, one, like, them, get, were, not

not, were, get, them, like, one, one, like, them, get

Level 57: were, get, them, like, one, thiswere, get, them, like, one, this, this, one, like, them

them, like, one, this, this, one, like, them, get, were

were, get, them, like, one, this, this, one, like, them

Level 58: get, them, like, one, this, myget, them, like, one, this, my, my, this, one, likelike, one, this, my, my, this, one, like, them, get

get, them, like, one, this, my, my, this, one, like



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Level 59: them, like, one, this, my, wouldthem, like, one, this, my, would, would, my, this, one

one, this, my, would, would, my, this, one, like, them

them, like, one, this, my, would, would, my, this, one

Level 60: like, one, this, my, would, melike, one, this my, would, me, me, would, my, this

this, my, would, me, me, would, my, this, one, like

like, one, this, my, would, me, me, would, my, this

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the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in, was, said, his,that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, with,



do, can, could, when, did, what, so, not, were,

get, them, like, one, this, my, would, me

---------------------------------Level 61: one, this, my, would, me, willone, this, my, would, me, will, will, me, would, my

my, would, me, will, will, me, would, my, this, one



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one, this, my, would, me, will, will, me, would, my

Level 62: this, my, would, me, will, yesthis, my, would, me, will, yes, yes, will, me, would

would, me, will, yes, yes, will, me, would, my, this

this, my, would, me, will, yes, yes, will, me, would

Level 63: my, would, me, will, yes, big

my, would, me, will, yes, big, big, yes, will, meme, will, yes, big, big, yes, will, me, would, my

my, would, me, will, yes, big, big, yes, will, me

Level 64: would, me, will, yes, big, morewould, me, will, yes, big, more, more, big, yes, will

will, yes, big, more, more, big, yes, will, me, wouldwould, me, will, yes, big, more, more, big, yes, will

Level 65: me, will, yes, big, more, wentme, will, yes, big, more, went, went, more, big, yes

yes, big, more, went, went, more, big, yes, will, me

me, will, yes, big, more, went, went, more, big, yes

Level 66: will, yes, big, more, went, arewill, yes, big, more, went, are, are, went, more, big

big, more, went, are, are, went, more, big, yes, will



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will, yes, big, more, went, are, are, went, more, big

Level 67: yes, big, more, went, are, comeyes, big, more, went, are, come, come, are, went, more

more, went, are, come, come, are, went, more, big, yes

yes, big, more, went, are, come, come, are, went, more

Level 68: big, more, went, are, come, if

big, more, went, are, come, if , if , come, are, wentwent, are, come, if , if , come, are, went, more, big

big, more, went, are, come, if , if , come, are, went

Level 69: more, went, are, come, if, numbermore, went, are, come, if, number, number,come, are,

went

went, are, come,number, number, if, come, are, went,

more

more, went, are, come, if, number, number,come, are,

went

Level 70: went, are, come, if, number, nowwent, are, come, if, number, now, now, number, if, come

come, if, number, now, now, number, if, come, are, went

went, are, come, if, number, now, now, number, if, come



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get, them, like, one, this, my, would, me, will,

yes, big, more, went, are, come, if, number, now

---------------------------------Level 71: are, come, if, number, now, longare, come, if, number, now, long, long, now, number, if

if, number, now, long, long, now, number, if, come, areare, come, if, number, now, long, long, now, number, if

Level 72: come, if, number, now, long, nocome, if, number, now, long, no, no, long, now, number

number, now, long, no, no, long, now, number, if, come

come, if, number, now, long, no, no, long, now, number

Level 73: if, number, now, long, no, wayif, number, now, long, no, way, way, no, long, now

now, long, no, way, way, no, long, now, number, if



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if, number, now, long, no, way, way, no, long, now

Level 74: number, now, long, no, way, camenumber, now, long, no, way, came, came, way, no, long

long, no, way, came, came, way, no, long, now, number

number, now, long, no, way, came, came, way, no, long

Level 75: now, long, no, way, came, too

now, long, no, way, came, too, too, came, way, nono, way, came, too, too, came, way, no, long, now

now, long, no, way, came, too, too, came, way, no

Level 76: long, no, way, came, too, asklong, no, way, came, too, ask, ask, too, came, way

way, came, too, ask, ask, too, came, way, no, longlong, no, way, came, too, ask, ask, too, came, way

Level 77: no, way, came, too, ask, veryno, way, came, too, ask, very, very, ask, too, came

came, too, ask, very, very, ask, too, came, way, no

no, way, came, too, ask, very, very, ask, too, came

Level 78: way, came, too, ask, very, thanway, came, too, ask, very, than, than, very, ask, too

too, ask, very, than, than, very, ask, too, came, way, no



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way, came, too, ask, very, than, than, very, ask, too

Level 79: came, too, ask, very, than, ancame, too, ask, very, than, an, an, than, very, ask

ask, very, than, an, an, than, very, ask, too, came

came, too, ask, very, than, an, an, than, very, ask

Level 80: too, ask, very, than, an, over

too, ask, very, than, an, over, over, an, than, veryvery, than, an, over, over, an, than, very, ask, too

too, ask, very, than, an, over, over, an, than, very

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yes, big, more, went, are, come, if, number,now, long, no, way, came, too, ask, very, than,

an, over



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Level 81: ask, very, than, an, over, yoursask, very, than, an, over, yours, yours, over, an, than

than, an, over, yours, yours, over, an, than, very, ask

ask, very, than, an, over, yours, yours, over, an, than

Level 82: very, than, an, over, yours, itsvery, than, an, over, yours, its, its, yours, over, an

an, over, yours, its, its, yours, over, an, than, very

very, than, an, over, yours, its, its, yours, over, an

Level 83: than, an, over, yours, its, ridethan, an, over, yours, its, ride, ride, its, yours, over

over, yours, its, ride, ride, yours, over, an, than, very

than, an, over, yours, its, ride, ride, its, yours, over

Level 84: an, over, yours, its, ride, intoan, over, yours, its, ride, into, into, ride, its, yours

yours, its, ride, into, into, ride, its, yours, over, an

an, over, yours, its, ride, into, into, ride, its, yours

Level 85: over, yours, its, ride, into, justover, yours, its, ride, into, just, just, into, ride, itsits, ride, into, just, just, into, ride, its, yours over

over, yours, its, ride, into, just, just, into, ride, its



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Level 86: yours, its, ride, into, just, blueyours, its, ride, into, just, blue, blue, just, into, ride

ride, into, just, blue, blue, just, into, ride, its, yours

yours, its, ride, into, just, blue, blue, just, into, ride

Level 87: its, ride, into, just, blue, redits, ride, into, just, blue, red, red, blue, just, into

into, just, blue, red, red, blue, just, into, ride, its

its, ride, into, just, blue, red, red, blue, just, into

Level 88: ride, into, just, blue, red, fromride, into, just, blue, red, from, from, red, blue, just

just, blue, red, from, from, red, blue, just, into, ride

ride, into, just, blue, red, from, from, red, blue, just

Level 89: into, just, blue, red, from, goodinto, just, blue, red, from, good, good, from, red, blue

blue, red, from, good, good, from, red, blue, just, into

into, just, blue, red, from, good, good, from, red, blue

Level 90: just, blue, red, from, good, any

just, blue, red, from, good, any, any, good, from, redred, from, good, any, any, good, from, red, blue, just

just, blue, red, from, good, any, any, good, from, red



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yes, big, more, went, are, come, if, number,

now, long, no, way, came, too, ask, very, than,

an, over, yours, its, ride, into, just, blue, red,

from, good, any

---------------------------------Level 91: blue, red, from, good, any, aboutblue, red, from, good, any, about, about, any, good, from

from, good, any, about, about, any, good, from, red, blue

blue, red, from, good, any, about, about, any, good, from

Level 92: red, from, good, any, about, aroundred, from, good, any, about, around, around, about, any, good

good, any, about, around, around, about, any, good, from, red

red, from, good, any, about, around, around, about, any, good





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how, know, part, right, right, part, know, how, don’t, want

want, don’t, how, know, part, right, right, part, know, how

Level 99: don’t, how, know, part, right, putdon’t, how, know, part, right, put, put, right, part, know

know, part, right, put, put, right, part, know, how, don’t

don’t, how, know, part, right, put, put, right, part, know

Level 100:

how, know, part, right, put, soundhow, know, part, right, put, sound, sound, put, right, part

part, right, put, sound, sound, put, right, part, know, how

how, know, part, right, put, sound, sound, put, right, part



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Final Challenge: Read these 100 words perfectly!, the 100 most common words in

English. This level must be completed in 60

seconds or less!


that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, with,up, see, all, look, is, her, there, some, word, out,




yes, big, more, went, are, come, if, number,now, long, no, way, came, too, ask, very, than,

an, over, yours, its, ride, into, just, blue, red,

from, good, any, about, around, want, don’t,

how, know, part, right, put, sound



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Place a checkmark in a star each time you break a personalrecord! If SuperSpeed 100 is used in the context of the Power

Student Olympics, other awards are described on page 12.



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When the last Challenge above is successfully completed, go on

to SuperSpeed 1000 (Appendix B).



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Appendix B

SuperSpeed 1000A Game That Teaches Students To Rapidly Read

1000 of the Most Common Sight Words



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Introduction 61

How To Play SuperSpeed 1000 63

One on One Tutorials 66

SuperSpeed 1000 67




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SuperSpeed 1000 is a game designed to teach readers

1000 of the most common sight words. Versions of this game have

been successfully classroom tested by hundreds of students since 1999.

SuperSpeed 1000 is especially effective when used in the Power StudentOlympics, described in the first section of this book.

Sight words, like “the, to, and, of”, are the most common words in

English. Only 100 sight words make up over 50% of all the words

students read! If these words cannot be read quickly, at a rate of at least

90 words per minute, by the end of 3rd grade, students’ odds of success

in the rest of their education are significantly diminished. The more

rapidly students can read sight words, the greater their reading fluency

and pleasure.

SuperSpeed 1000 is appropriate for readers from 3rd grade through

12th. In addition, the game adapts superbly to the needs of English

learners, including adults who are taking a beginning reading course.If you let your students play SuperSpeed 1000 for only a few

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overall reading speed; gains of 20% -40% within a month are not

uncommon.

SuperSpeed 1000 is so entertaining that many teachers have used it

as a reward for good behavior! Students work hard in class, to gain the

privilege of playing SuperSpeed!!

The words in SuperSpeed 1000 are arranged in order of frequency.

“The” is the most common word in English, and thus it is the first word

read. “To” is the next most common word in English and is the second

word read, and so forth. The 1000 words in SuperSpeed 1000 are a

compilation of the well known Dolch and Frye lists, but are not arranged

in an order identical to either.



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Playing SuperSpeed 1000 is quite simple. Arrange

your class in groups of twos. If you have an odd number of students,

you will pair with the extra student. Without telling your pupils be sure

that a weaker reader is always paired with a stronger reader.

After you hand out the SuperSpeed 1000 word list (see page 8) say

something like the following, to your students, “We’re going to play

SuperSpeed, a game you’ll love! When I say ‘go!’, one person on your

team reads the first word, then the other person on the team reads the

next word, and so on. Keep taking turns. If your partner doesn’t know a

word, or mispronounces it, ‘helpsies’ is allowed. Say the word for him

or her. Keep taking turns, reading as fast as you can. I’ll say ‘stop!’

after a minute. Mark your team’s record on the page; then I’ll give you

another try for a minute. Start over with the first word you read, but this

time your partner goes first and you go second. Your partner reads the

first word, you read the second word, and so forth. If you beat your

team record after a minute, give yourselves a merry cheer. Now, explain

some of the rules of SuperSpeed 1000 to each other.”

After you students have explained the game to each other, add the

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“On the SuperSpeed 1000 list you’ll occasionally see underlined

italics words called zingers. Every zinger is a nonsense word like

splootz! or zoink! When you finish playing, count up the number of

zingers your team read when you set your best team record. Every

zinger gives you a five word bonus. So, if your team read two zingers,

then the next time you play, you can start 10 words from your previous

starting place. For example, if you began at the first word 'the’ and read

through two zingers, then you earn a two bonuses and next time you canstart 10 words further on, with word ‘was.’ Tell each other how much

you love those nonsense. bonus zingers!”

Only one additional rule needs to be added.

When players break personal records, they should place a

checkmark inside a new personal record star on page 18. You may be

surprised at how much your students enjoy creating, and sharing!, a

visual record of their own achievements.

Students love setting and breaking records and also, for some

reason, they love nonsense words. Virtually every time a team plays,

they will break a previous record, and will often spontaneously cheer.

Zingers give them an excuse to be silly and, because they are scatteredthrough SuperSpeed 1000, teams have additional incentives, besides

trying to break a record, for reading quickly. “Look, there’s a zinger

down there ... we’ve got to get to it.” Zingers also automatically move



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players forward through the game, so that they are always reading a few

words more than the previous time they played. The repetitive structure

of SuperSpeed 1000 assures you that students receive plenty of practice

on the most common sight words. Whenever students achieve a new

starting level, and they will frequently, you should encourage them to

give themselves a merry cheer (and put a checkmark inside a new

personal record star on page 18).

Playing SuperSpeed 1000 is an ideal reward for good behavior in

class. Wouldn’t you rather see your students eagerly mastering sight

words than giving them candy? The game literally takes a few minutes

... and the most common comment we hear from teachers is “My class

loves it!”

Students, effortlessly, receive hundreds of repetitions reading the

most common sight words while setting and breaking team records. The

goal is not to break another team’s record, but to surpass your own

team’s previous best mark. Even better than increasing reading speed,

players of SuperSpeed 1000 are rewarded with one of the most deeply

powerful lessons in education: I can set and break personal records. I

can always do better than my own previous best.



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You can easily adapt SuperSpeed 1000 to the special

needs of individual students. You can fill the role of the student’s

partner, as described above and take turns reading words. Or, for

variety, simply have your students read the words on their own, as fast

as possible. Encourage them to keep breaking personal records.



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Directions: Make a team of two readers. Beginning at line 1 below, youread the first word and your partner reads the second word. Keep taking turns,reading as quickly as possible for a minute. When your team is finished, mark thelast word you or your partner read. This is your team record. Play again for aminute, trying to break this record, but this time, your partner goes first. Your

partner reads the first word, you read the second word, and so forth. At the end of a minute if your team beats your team record give a merry cheer.

Every underlined word in italics is a nonsense word called a zinger. For example, the first two zingers are splootz! (line 6) and zoink! (line 13.) Count the

number of zingers your team reads when it sets its best team record. Each zinger gives your team a five word bonus. So, if your team read two zingers, then thenext time you play you can begin 10 words from your previous starting place. For example, if you began at word “the” and read through two zingers, then you can

start next time 10 words further on, with the word “was.”

the, to, and, he, a, I, you, it, of, in, was, said, 1

his, that, she, for, on, they, but, had, at, him, 2

with, up, see, all, look, is, her, there, some, 3word, out, as, be, each, have, go, we, am, 4

then, little, down, do, can, could, when, 5

did, what, so, splootz! 6

not, were, get, them, like, one, this, my, 7

would, me, will, yes, big, more, went, are, 8

come, if, number, now, long, no, way, came, 9

too, ask, very, than, an, over, yours, its, ride, 10

into, just, blue, red, from, good, any, about, 11

around, want, don’t, how, know, part, right, 12

put, sound, zoink! 13





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cows, it’s, your, being, sun, questions, fish, dog, mark, 38

horse, birds, area, room, door, ship, table, farm, ground, 39

town, wood, road, box, friends, stars, street, building, red, 40black, green, wheels, ocean, island, field, fire, waves,wind, 41

rock, space, however, low, hours, complete, products, 42

happened, whole, measure, remember, early during, short 43

better, best, listen, reached, covered, fast, several, hold, 44

himself, toward, true, step, morning passed, vowel, five, 45

ten, hundred, numeral, thousands, knew, north, south, 46money, map, since, pulled, draw, voice, seen, slow, fast, 47

plan, notice, slowly, sing, war, ever, tall, king, piece, I’ll, 48

unit, figure, certain, across, travel, told, today, upon, bap! 49

done,English,usually, half, pattern, fly,gave, didn’t, finally, 50

wait, correct, oh, quickly, person, became, shown, goinch! 51

minutes, strong, verb, easy, front, feel, fact, inches, rarlup! 52

heard, decided, contain, course, surface, produce, order, 53sure, class, note, nothing, rest, carefully, scientists, inside, 54

become, stay top, known, problem, week, less, machine, 55

base, ago, stood, zingy-doingy! 56

plane, system, behind, ran, round, boat, game, force, 57

brought, understand, warm, common, bring, explain, 58

dry, though, language, shape, deep, against, America, 59dear, equation, yet, government, filled, heat, full, hot, 60

check, object, am, rule, among, noun, power, cannot, able, 61

six, size, dark, ball, material, special, heavy, fine, pair, 62

circle, include, built, clickwaddle! 63



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can’t, matter, square,syllables, perhaps, bill, felt, suddenly, 64

test, direction, center, farmers, ready, anything, divided, 65general, energy, subject, Europe, moon, region, return, 66

believe, dance, members, picked, simple, cells, paint,mind, 67

love, cause, rain, exercise,eggs, train, blue, wish, kizwiddy! 68

drop, developed, window, difference, distance, heart, sit, 69

sum, summer, wall, forest, probably, tazzzz! 70

legs, sat, main, winter, wide, written, length, reason, 71kept, interest, arms, brother, race, present, beautiful, store, 72

job, edge, past, sign, record, finished, discovered, wild, 73

happy, beside, gone, sky, glass, million, west, lay, weather, 74

root, instruments, meet, third, months, paragraph, raised, 75

represent, soft, whether, clothes, flowers, shall, teacher, 76

held, describe, drive, boing-gorplump! 77

cross, speak, solve, appear, metal, son, either, ice, sleep, 78village, factors, result, jumped, snow, ride, care, floor, 79

hill, pushed, baby, buy, century, outside, everything, tall, 80

already, instead, phrase, soil, bed, copy, free, hope, spring, 81

case, laughed, nation, quite, type, themselves, temperature, 82

bright, lead, everyone, method, section, lake, consonant, 83

within, dictionary, flooooooop! moop! barloopy! 84

hair, age, amount, scale, pounds, although, per, broken, 85

moment, tiny, possible, gold, milk, quite, natural, lot,stone, 86

act, build, middle, speed, count, cat, someone, sail, rolled, 87

bear, wonder, smiled, angle, fraction, Africa, killed, 88



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melody, bottom, trip, hole, poor, let's, fight, surprise, 89

French, died, beat, exactly, remain, dress, iron, couldn't, 90

fingers, zadayada! 91

row, least, catch, climbed, wrote, shouted,continued, itself, 92

else, plains,gas,England, burning, design, joined, foot, law, 93

ears, grass, you're, grew, skin, valley, cents, key, 94

president, brown, trouble, cool, cloud, lost, sent, symbols, 95

wear, bad, save, experiment, engine, alone, drawing, east, 96

pay, single, touch, information, express, mouth, yard, 97equal, decimal, achooooo! 98

yourself, control, practice, report, straight, rise, statement, 99

stick, party, seeds, suppose, woman, coast, bank, period, 100

wire, choose, clean, visit, bit, whose, received, garden, 101

please, strange, caught, fell, team, God, captain, direct, 102

ring, serve, child, desert, increase, history, cost, maybe, 103

business, separate, break, uncle, hunting, flow, lady, 104students, human, art, feeling, gehsundheit! 105

supply, corner, electric, insects, crops, tone, hit, sand, 106

doctor, provide, thus, won't, cook, bones, tall, board, 107

modern, compound, mine, wasn't, fit, addition, belong, 108

safe, soldiers, guess, silent, trade, rather, compare, crowd, 109

poem, enjoy, elements, indicate, except, expect, flat, 110seven, interesting, sense, string, blow, famous, value, 111

Washington, movement, pole, exciting, branches 112

thick, blood, lie, spot, bell, fun, loud, consider, suggested, 113



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thin, position, entered, fruit, tied, rich, dollars, send, sight, 114

chief, Japanese, stream, planets, rhythm, eight, science, 115

major, observe, tube, necessary, weight, meat, lifted, 116process, army, hat, property, particular, swim, terms, 117

current, park, sell, shoulder, industry, wash, block, spread, 118

cattle, wife, sharp, toimurph! 119

company, radio, we'll, action, capital, factories, settled, 120

yellow, isn't, southern, truck, fair, printed, wouldn't, 121

ahead, chance, born, level, triangle, molecules, France, 122repeated, column, western, church, sister,oxygen,plural, 123

various, agreed, opposite, wrong, chart, prepared, pretty, 124

solution,fresh,shop,suffix, especially, shoes, actually, nose, 125

afraid, dead, sugar,adjective, fig, office, huge, noquixyrztl! 126

gun, similar, death, score, forward, stretched, experience, 127

rose, allow, fear, workers, wings, Greek, Mrs., bought, 128

led, march, northern, create, British, difficult, match, 129win, doesn't, steel, total, deal, determine, evening, nor, 130

rope, cotton, apple, details, entire, corn, substances, smell, 131

tools, conditions, stand, track, arrived, located, sir, seat, 132

division, effect, underline, view, mxyytqlvvvrzmnnn! 133



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Place a checkmark in a star each time you break a personalrecord! If SuperSpeed 1000 is used with the Power Student

Olympics, other rewards are described on page 12.



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Appendix C

SuperSpeed MathA Game That Teaches Students To Rapidly

Solve 100’s Of The Most Common Addition,

Subtraction, Multiplication AndDivision Problems



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Introduction 77

The SuperSpeed Math Grids 78

How To Play SuperSpeed Math 84

Adjusting For Stronger and Weaker Learners 86

One on One Tutorials 88

The Gnarlies 89

SuperSpeed Addition 91

SuperSpeed Subtraction 95

SuperSpeed Multiplication 99

SuperSpeed Division 103

SuperSpeed Gnarlies 107




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SuperSpeed Math is a lively, entertaining game

designed to teach beginning learners of any age math facts in

addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using the numbers

from 0-10. Versions of this game have been successfully classroom

tested by thousands of students since 1999. SuperSpeed Math is

especially useful if used in the context of the Power Student Olympics

described in the first section of this book.

Because it begins with the simplest arithmetic operations and

continues through the most difficult, SuperSpeed Math is appropriate for

learners from kindergarten through 12th grade. The game also adapts

superbly to the needs of English learners, including adults who are

taking a beginning math course.

If your students play SuperSpeed Math for only a few minutes,

several times a week, you’ll see substantial improvements in overall

mathematics accuracy; gains of 20% within a month are not uncommon.

SuperSpeed Math is so entertaining that teachers have used it as a

reward for good behavior! Students work hard in class, to gain the

privilege of playing SuperSpeed!!



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As a representative of our approach, we’ll focus the

following on SuperSpeed Addition. The other math games,

subtraction, multiplication and division, follow the same format. (You’ll

learn more about Gnarlies, the most common math errors, in a few

moments.)

Except for “carrying”, all addition operations involve nothing

more complex than adding the numbers from 0-10. And yet in everyclass, students make countless addition errors. Why? The reason is

obvious: students have too little addition practice. Your class will not be

able to flawlessly total columns of numbers until they can master adding

two numbers. The more rapidly students can add (and perform the other

three math operations, subtraction, multiplication and division), the

greater their mathematics fluency and confidence

SuperSpeed Addition (like the rest of SuperSpeed Math) is played

with a grid of problems. There are only two levels, termed, appropriatelyenough, Level 1 and Level 2. Level 1 is simpler; Level 2 is more

complex.

Each level is composed of a test and a set of answers.

Students work in pairs. One student orally takes the test; the other

student checks the answers (more details in a moment.)

Look at the next page to see the first three rows of the test and

answer grid from Level 1 of SuperSpeed Addition.



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Here are the first three rows of the test and the answer grid from

Level 1 for SuperSpeed Addition. Note that the test grid is identical tothe answer grid, except, of course, that it lacks answers.

Level 1: ADDITION Test

A B C D E F G H I H K

1 0+0

0+1

0+2

0+3

0+4

0+5

0+6

0+7

0+8

0+9

0+10

2 1+0

2+0

3+0

4+0

5+0

6+0

7+0

8+0

9+0

10+0

11+0

3

1+1

1+2

1+3

1+4

1+5

1+6

1+7

1+8

1+9

1+10

1+11

Level 1: ADDITION Answers

A B C D E F G H I H K

1 0+0

0

0+11

0+22

0+33

0+4

4

0+55

0+66

0+77

0+8

8

0+99

0+1010

2 1+0

1

2+0

2

3+0

3

4+0

4

5+0

5

6+0

6

7+0

7

8+0

8

9+0

9

10+0

10

11+0

11

3

1+1

2

1+23

1+34

1+45

1+5

6

1+67

1+78

1+89

1+910

1+1011

1+1112



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On the next page you’ll find, in reduced form, the entire Answer

grid for Level 1.

Here, shrunk to fit this page, is the Answer grid for Level 1.A B C D E F G H I H K

1 0+0

0

0+11

0+22

0+33

0+44

0+5

5

0+66

0+77

0+88

0+99

0+10

10

2 1+0

1

2+02

3+03

4+04

5+05

6+0

6

7+07

8+08

9+09

10+010

1+1

2

3 1

+23

1

+34

1

+45

1

+56

1

+67

1

+78

1

+89

1

+910

1

+1011

2

+13

3

+14

4 4+1

5

5+16

6+17

7+18

8+19

9+110

10+111

2+24

2+35

2+4

6

2+57

5 2

+68

2

+79

2

+810

2

+911

2

+1012

3

+25

4

+26

5

+27

6

+28

7

+29

8

+210

6 9

+2

11

10

+2

12

3

+3

6

3

+4

7

3

+5

8

3

+6

9

3

+7

10

3

+8

11

3

+9

12

3

+10

13

4

+3

17

7 5

+38

6

+39

7

+310

8

+311

9

+312

10

+313

4

+48

4

+59

4

+610

4

+711

4

+812

8 4+9

13

4+10

14

5+4

9

6+4

10

7+4

11

8+4

12

9+4

13

10+4

14

5+5

10

5+6

11

5+7

12

9 5+8

13

5+9

14

5+10

12

6+5

11

7+5

12

8+5

13

9+5

14

10+5

15

6+6

12

6+7

13

6+8

14

106

+9

15

6

+10

16

7

+6

13

8

+6

14

9

+6

15

10

+6

16

7

+7

14

7

+8

15

7

+9

16

7

+10

17

8

+7

15

11 9

+7

16

10

+7

17

8

+8

16

8

+9

17

8

+10

18

9

+8

17

10

+8

18

9

+9

18

9

+10

19

10

+9

19

10

+10

20



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Every possible combination of addition problems 0-10 is included

in numerical order. The problems move from simpler, adding 0, 1, 2, 3

to more complex, adding 6, 7, 8, 9. Note the shaded boxes of the 15problems, the Gnarly 15, near the end.

The Gnarlies have been identified by college math instructors as

the most common addition errors. The closer pairs of numbers approach

10 (6 + 7, 8 + 9, etc.), the more likely students are to make an addition

error. With one exception. Students seem to make fewer errors when

they are adding doubles, 6 + 6, 7 + 7, 8 + 8 and 9 + 9.

Spend some time helping yours students master the Gnarlies …

there are only 15 in addition (and somewhat more in the other math

operations.) When they learn there are only 15 problems that cause the

majority of addition errors in college, they’ll be motivated to focus

especially hard on these challenging pairs. (Think about that. There are

only 15 addition problems that cause the majority of difficulty in higher

grades … let’s rid the world of the Gnarlies!)

On the next page, you’ll find the first three rows of the Level 2

Addition grids.



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Here are the first three rows of the Level 2 Addition grids.

Level 2: ADDITION TestA B C D E F G H I J K

1 7+9

0+1

8+6

3+6

7+5

4+4

7+8

0+7

6+4

10+5

9+6

2 8+4

6+7

8+8

8+5

10+8

6+8

6+2

6+9

4+7

8+7

3+8

3 1+2

2+8

7+6

5+10

8+9

9+10

10+3

6+5

9+7

2+1

7+1

Level 2: ADDITION Answers

A B C D E F G H I J K

1 7+9

16

0+1

1

8+6

14

3+6

9

7+5

12

4+4

8

7+8

15

0+7

7

6+4

10

10+5

15

9+6

15

2 8

+412

6

+713

8

+816

8

+513

10

+818

6

+814

6

+28

6

+915

4

+711

8

+715

3

+811

3 1+2

3

2+8

10

7+6

13

5+10

15

8+9

17

9+10

18

10+3

13

6+5

11

9+7

16

2+1

3

7+1

8

Level 2 presents the same 121 addition problems as Level 1 but in

random order and the Gnarlies are much closer to the beginning. When

students master Level 2, they have mastered all the basic addition facts



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and will have had plenty of practice adding the most troublesome pairs

of numbers.

One final, and important note. When you hand out these grids to

your students, print each Level on one page, back to back. Level 1 Test

is on one side of the page; Level 1 Answers is on the other side of the

same sheet. Same for Level 2 Test and Answers.



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Playing SuperSpeed Math is simple. We’ll continue

to use SuperSpeed Addition as our example.

The game is played in 60 second time periods, with students

working in pairs. As quickly as possible, one student orally solves the

questions on the Test; the other student checks the Answers.Arrange your class in groups of twos. If you have an odd number

of students, you will pair with the extra student. Without telling your

pupils, be sure that a weaker learner is always paired with a stronger

learner.

Each student gets two 60 second attempts. Thus, if Juana and

Paul are playing, Juana, looking at the test sheet, orally solves as many

addition problems as possible in 60 seconds while Paul, looking at the

answer sheet, orally corrects her mistakes. Then, Juana gets a second tryand attempts to break her previous record. When Juana is finished, Paul

gets two 60 second attempts; Juana orally corrects his mistakes.

The goal is for each player to solve as many math problems as

possible in 60 seconds, setting and breaking personal records. Juana is

not trying to beat Paul’s record or vice versa. Juana’s only focus is on

improving her fastest time. Students are racing against themselves …

which is the fairest race of all.

Emphasize to your class that “helpsies” is not only allowed but

encouraged. If Juana doesn’t know an answer, Paul, making a dot on the

troublesome problem on the answer sheet, immediately helps her.

Players, because they are slowed down when they are corrected, soon

understand that studying the problems on the answer sheet with the most

dots is the best way to improve their personal records.



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Only three additional rules needs to be added.

1. Before players begin they should mark a goal on the math grid;

this indicates the problem they hope to complete by the end of 60

seconds. Goal setting is not only a crucial feature in SuperSpeed …

it certainly makes the game even more exciting, but also,

obviously, an important component in education and life.

2. When players break personal records, they should place their

score inside a personal record star on page111. Thus, for

example, if Juana finishes problem C in row 8, she would write

C8 in her personal record star. You will be surprised at how

much your students enjoy creating, and sharing!, a visual record

of their own achievements.

3. If students can accurately solve every problem they attempt in

60 seconds, then the next time they play they can start one row

further down. For example, if Juana begins at row 1 and in 60

seconds solves every problem up to row 8, then the next time

she plays she can begin at row 2. This allows students to moveforward who are making no math errors.

Now, here is a very important point. Students love to play

SuperSpeed Math because they love to strive for goals and to set and

break personal records. Players are never competing against each other,

but against their own previous best effort. Thus, the learning objective

is set at exactly the right level, no matter a player’s ability. The only

standard Juana must exceed is the one she set for herself the last timeshe played. Until you try SuperSpeed Math in class, you won’t believe

the enthusiasm your students will have while playing. Students love the

feeling of being record breakers, and the unique structure of SuperSpeed

Math gives them this feeling over and over



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Let’s say that Juana is a math whiz and Paul isn’t.That’s all right. When you think she’s ready, simply move Juana

on to Level 2. This will present a new, significantly harder challenge. If

she can solve all the addition problems set up in random order in 60

seconds, then when she gets to the end, she starts over at the beginning.

In many cases you will find that students like Paul, a weakerlearner, will set more personal records than students like Juana. It is

easier to set and break personal records when you are a slow than when

you are fast!

Isn’t that wonderful? When playing SuperSpeed Math, your

weakest learners can be the biggest winners!!!!

If you are a lower grade teacher or want to simplify the game, limit

students to the first few rows of any of the SuperSpeed Level 1 Math

grids (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division … and the

Gnarlies.) In general, rows 1-3 contain nothing but math problems

involving 0, 1, 2, 3.

If you are a higher grade teacher or want to increase the difficulty

of the game, either begin with Level 2 (the random collection of math

problems) or limit your students to competing on the last four or five

rows of Level 1 (these rows contain the larger numbers and all the

Gnarlies.)

If you decide to limit your students to a smaller set of numbers for

either of the above reasons, then their task is simply to see how manytimes they can complete the assigned set in 60 seconds.

If you want to significantly increase the difficulty of the game, or

any subset of the game, then tell students to subtract one from their score

for each problem missed. Thus, if Juana completes 121 problems in 60



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seconds, but misses 10 according to Paul’s dots, then her personal

record is 111 (120 – 10 = 111).

Playing SuperSpeed Math is an ideal reward for good behavior inclass. Wouldn’t you rather see your students eagerly mastering addition

than giving them candy? The game literally takes a few minutes ... and

the most common comment we hear from teachers is “My class loves

it!”

Students effortlessly receive hundreds of repetitions solving the

most common addition problems while setting and breaking personal

records. Even better than increasing math fluency, players of

SuperSpeed Math are rewarded with one of the most deeply powerful

lessons in education: I can set and break personal records. I can

always do better than my own previous best.



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It is easy to adapt SuperSpeed Math for students with

special needs. When working one on one, you, a peer tutor, or any

stronger learner takes the role of the weaker student’s partner. For

added excitement the stronger learner can make addition mistakes on

purpose and complain about his/her math problems. If 60 seconds is toolong a time period, shorten the game to a minute or even 30 seconds.

When the weaker learner breaks his or her record, loudly celebrate; the

stronger learner should demand an equally rowdy celebration when he or

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As noted earlier, the Gnarlies are the most common

math errors. College teachers report that the numbers 6, 7, 8 and

9 cause students the most difficulty, no matter whether they are adding,

subtracting, multiplying or dividing. Thus, each SuperSpeed grid

contains its own set of Gnarlies. In Level 1, the Gnarlies occur near thebottom of the grid; in Level 2, where the math problems are randomly

distributed, the Gnarlies have all magically gravitated toward the

beginning of the grid where students will receive the most practice…

gosh, those dang Gnarlies.

After the grids for addition, subtraction, multiplication and

division, SuperSpeed Math concludes with two surprises.

Yes, you’ve guessed it. We finish with two grids, Level 1 and

Level 2, of nothing but addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisionGnarlies… and even worse, Level 2 has these horrible problems

randomly mixed! Oh, those dang, dang Gnarlies.

If you want to produce a high level of math fitness in your class,

we recommend the following weekly schedule:

-- Monday: SuperSpeed Addition

-- Tuesday: SuperSpeed Subtraction

-- Wednesday: SuperSpeed Multiplication

-- Thursday: SuperSpeed Division

-- Friday: SuperSpeed Gnarlies

Move your students from Level 1 to Level 2 as you think best.

Tailor the game to your needs. Use some or all the rows of each grid …





SuperSpeed Addition Level 1: Test


1 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+3 0+4 0+5 0+6 0+7 0+8 0+9 0+10

2 1+0

2+0

3+0

4+0

5+0

6+0

7+0

8+0

9+0

10+0

1+1

3 1+2

1+3

1+4

1+5

1+6

1+7

1+8

1+9

1+10

2+1

3+1

4 4+1

5+1

6+1

7+1

8+1

9+1

10+1

2+2

2+3

2+4

2+5

5 2

+6

2

+7

2

+8

2

+9

2

+10

3

+2

4

+2

5

+2

6

+2

7

+2

8

+2

6 9

+2

10

+2

3

+3

3

+4

3

+5

3

+6

3

+7

3

+8

3

+9

3

+10

4

+3

7 5+3

6+3

7+3

8+3

9+3

10+3

4+4

4+5

4+6

4+7

4+8

8 4

+9

4

+10

5

+4

6

+4

7

+4

8

+4

9

+4

10

+4

5

+5

5

+6

5

+7

9 5

+8

5

+9

5

+10

6

+5

7

+5

8

+5

9

+5

10

+5

6

+6

6

+7

6

+8

10 6+9

6+10

7+6

8+6

9+6

10+6

7+7

7+8

7+9

7+10

8+7

11 9

+7

10

+7

8

+8

8

+9

8

+10

9

+8

10

+8

9

+9

9

+10

10

+9

10

+10



92

SuperSpeed Addition Level 1: Answers

A B C D E F G H I J K 1 0

+00

0+11

0+22

0+33

0+44

0+55

0+66

0+77

0+8

8

0+9

9

0+10

10

2 1+01

2+02

3+03

4+04

5+05

6+06

7+07

8+08

9+0

9

10+010

1+1

2

3 1+23

1+34

1+45

1+56

1+67

1+78

1+89

1+910

1+10

11

2+1

3

3+1

4

4 4+15

5+16

6+17

7+18

8+19

9+110

10+111

2+24

2+3

5

2+46

2+57

5 2

+6

8

2

+7

9

2

+8

10

2

+9

11

2

+10

12

3

+2

5

4

+2

6

5

+2

7

6

+2

8

7

+2

9

8

+2

10

6 9

+211

10

+212

3

+36

3

+47

3

+58

3

+69

3

+710

3

+811

3

+912

3

+1013

4

+37

7 5

+3

8

6

+3

9

7

+3

10

8

+3

11

9

+3

12

10

+3

13

4

+4

8

4

+5

9

4

+6

10

4

+7

11

4

+8

12

8 4

+9

13

4

+10

14

5

+4

9

6

+4

10

7

+4

11

8

+4

12

9

+4

13

10

+4

14

5

+5

10

5

+6

11

5

+7

12

9 5

+813

5

+914

5

+1015

6

+511

7

+512

8

+513

9

+514

10

+515

6

+612

6

+713

6

+814

10 6

+9

15

6

+10

16

7

+6

13

8

+6

14

9

+6

15

10

+6

16

7

+7

14

7

+8

15

7

+9

16

7

+10

17

8

+7

15

11 9

+7

16

10

+7

17

8

+8

16

8

+9

17

8

+10

18

9

+8

17

10

+8

18

9

+9

18

9

+10

19

10

+9

19

10

+10

20



93

SuperSpeed Addition Level 2: Test

A B C D E F G H I J K1 7

+90

+18

+63

+67

+54

+47

+80

+76

+410+5

9+6

2 8+4

6+7

8+8

8+5

10+8

6+8

6+2

6+9

4+7

8+7

3+8

3 1

+2

2

+8

7

+6

5

+10

8

+9

9

+10

10

+3

6

+5

9

+7

2

+1

7

+1

4 4+1

2+5

6+1

9+8

9+4

9+1

10+1

9+9

2+3

8+0

4+10

5 2+6

2+7

7+4

2+9

1+9

3+2

4+8

5+2

7+0

7+2

8+2

6 9

+2

10

+2

0

+9

3

+4

3

+5

0

+2

3

+7

10

+9

3

+9

1

+4

4

+3

7 5

+3

6

+3

2

+4

8

+3

1

+3

1

+7

0

+4

4

+5

4

+6

0

+6

5

+1

8 4+9

5+6

5+4

0+10

1+6

1+8

1+1

10+4

7+10

0+0

5+7

9 5

+8

5

+9

3

+10

9

+3

0

+3

1

+0

9

+5

0

+8

6

+6

8

+1

1

+5

10 10+0

6+10

3+0

1+10

5+0

10+6

7+7

2+2

5+5

3+1

9+0

11 6+0

10+7

2+0

7+3

8+10

4+2

4+0

2+10

3+3

0+5

10+10



94

SuperSpeed Addition Level 2: Answers


1 7+916

0+1

1

8+614

3+69

7+512

4+4

8

7+815

0+77

6+410

10+515

9+615

2 8+412

6+713

8+816

8+513

10+818

6+814

6+2

8

6+915

4+711

8+715

3+811

3 1+23

2+810

7+613

5+1015

8+917

9+10

19

10+313

6+511

9+716

2+1

3

7+1

8

4 4+15

2+5

7

6+1

7

9+817

9+413

9+110

10+111

9+918

2+35

8+0

8

4+10

14

5 2+68

2+7

9

7+411

2+911

1+910

3+2

5

4+812

5+27

7+07

7+2

9

8+210

6 9+211

10+212

0+9

9

3+47

3+58

0+2

2

3+710

10+919

3+912

1+4

5

4+3

7

7 5+3

8

6+3

9

2+4

6

8+3

11

1+3

4

1+7

8

0+4

4

4+5

9

4+6

10

0+6

6

5+1

6

8 4+913

5+611

5+4

9

0+1010

1+67

1+8

9

1+1

2

10+414

7+10

17

0+0

0

5+712

9 5+813

5+914

3+10

13

9+312

0+33

1+0

1

9+514

0+88

6+612

8+1

9

1+5

6

10 10+010

6+10

16

3+0

3

1+1011

5+05

10+616

7+714

2+24

5+510

3+1

4

9+0

9

11 6+06

10+717

2+0

2

7+310

8+1018

4+2

6

4+0

4

2+1012

3+36

0+5

5

10+10

20



95

SuperSpeed Subtraction Level 1: Test


-0

1

-1

2

-0

3

-0

4

-0

5

-0

6

-0

7

-0

8

-0

9

-0

10

-0

2 1-1

2-1

3-1

4-1

5-1

6-1

7-1

8-1

9-1

10-1

2-2

3 3

-2

4

-2

5

-2

6

-2

7

-2

8

-2

9

-2

10

-2

3

-3

4

-3

5

-3

4 6-3

7-3

8-3

9-3

10-3

4-4

5-4

6-4

7-4

8-4

9-4

5 10

-4

5

-5

6

-5

7

-5

8

-5

9

-5

10

-5

6

-6

7

-6

8

-6

9

-6

6 10

-6

7

-7

8

-7

9

-7

10

-7

8

-8

9

-8

10

-8

9

-9

10

-9

10

-10

7 20-10

20-9

20-8

20-7

20-6

19-10

19-9

19-8

19-7

19-6

18-10

8 18-9

18-8

18-7

18-6

17-10

17-9

17-8

17-7

17-6

16-10

16-9

9 16

-8

16

-7

16

-6

15

-10

15

-9

15

-8

15

-7

15

-6

14

-10

14

-9

14

-8

10 14-7

14-6

13-10

13-9

13-8

13-7

13-6

12-10

12-9

12-8

12-7

11 12-6

11-10

11-9

11-8

11-7

11-6

11-5

11-4

11-3

11-2

11-1



96

SuperSpeed Subtraction Level 1: Answers


-00

1-10

2-02

3-03

4-04

5-05

6-06

7-07

8-08

9-09

10-010

2 1-10

2-11

3-12

4-13

5-14

6-15

7-16

8-17

9-18

10-19

2-20

3 3-21

4-22

5-23

6-24

7-25

8-26

9-27

10-28

3-30

4-31

5-32

4 6

-33

7

-34

8

-35

9

-36

10

-37

4

-40

5

-41

6

-42

7

-43

8

-44

9

-45

5 10-46

5-50

6-51

7-52

8-53

9-54

10-55

6-60

7-61

8-62

9-63

6 10

-64

7

-70

8

-71

9

-72

10

-73

8

-80

9

-81

10

-82

9

-90

10

-91

10

-100

7 20-1010

20-911

20-812

20-713

20-614

19-10

9

19-910

19-811

19-712

19-613

18-10

8

8 18-99

18-810

18-711

18-612

17-10

7

17-98

17-89

17-710

17-611

16-10

6

16-97

9 16

-88

16

-79

16

-610

15

-105

15

-96

15

-87

15

-78

15

-69

14

-104

14

-95

14

-86

10 14-77

14-68

13-10

3

13-94

13-85

13-76

13-67

12-10

2

12-93

12-84

12-75

11 12-66

11-10

1

11-92

11-83

11-74

11-65

11-56

11-47

11-38

11-2

9

11-110



97

SuperSpeed Subtraction Level 2: Test


-7

1

-0

19

-6

11

-9

18

-9

17

-6

20

-8

7

-0

20

-6

9

-0

17

-9

2 1-1

15-6

3-1

14-8

11-2

18-6

4-4

20-7

9-1

17-8

2-2

3 16-9

4-2

2-0

6-2

0-0

2-1

17-10

10-2

7-5

4-3

16-7

4 6-3

15-9

8-3

12-8

10-3

15-7

5-4

13-8

8-4

14-9

9-4

5 10-4

5-5

14-8

3-2

15-8

9-5

13-7

6-6

13-9

8-6

9-6

6 10

-6

7

-7

8

-7

12

-10

10

-7

8

-8

9

-8

10

-8

9

-9

13

-6

10

-10

7 20-10

20-9

8-1

17-7

10-1

19-10

19-9

19-8

5-0

18-10

12-7

8 6-1

7-1

6-5

11-4

8-2

5-3

18-7

10-0

6-0

16-10

7-3

9 16

-8

3

-3

9

-7

9

-2

14

-10

7

-4

10

-5

5

-1

7

-2

4

-1

9

-3

10 14-7

11-6

16-6

10-9

7-6

6-4

3-0

15-10

12-9

8-5

13-10

11 12-6

11-10

18-8

11-8

11-7

8-0

11-5

4-0

11-3

5-2

11-1



98

SuperSpeed Subtraction Level 2: Answers


-712

1-01

19-613

11-92

18-99

17-611

20-812

7-07

20-614

9-09

17-98

2 1-10

15-69

3-12

14-86

11-29

18-612

4-40

20-713

9-18

17-89

2-20

3 16-9

7

4-2

2

2-0

2

6-2

4

0-0

0

2-1

1

17-10

7

10-2

8

7-5

2

4-3

1

16-7

9

4 6-33

15-96

8-35

12-84

10-37

15-78

5-41

13-85

8-44

14-95

9-45

5 10-46

5-50

14-86

3-21

15-87

9-54

13-76

6-60

13-94

8-62

9-63

6 10-6

4

7-7

0

8-7

1

12-10

2

10-7

3

8-8

0

9-8

1

10-8

2

9-9

0

13-6

7

10-10

0

7 20-1010

20-911

8-17

17-710

10-19

19-10

9

19-910

19-811

5-05

18-10

8

12-75

8 6-15

7-16

6-51

11-47

8-26

5-32

18-711

10-010

6-06

16-10

6

7-34

9 16

-88

3

-30

9

-72

9

-27

14

-104

7

-43

10

-55

5

-14

7

-25

4

-13

9

-36

10 14-77

11-65

16-610

10-91

7-61

6-42

3-03

15-10

5

12-93

8-53

13-10

3

11 12

-66

11

-101

18

-810

11

-83

11

-74

8

-08

11

-56

4

-04

11

-38

5

-23

11

-110



99

SuperSpeed Multiplication Level 1: Test

A B C D E F G H I J K 1 0

x00

x10

x20

x30

x40

x50

x60

x70

x80

x90

x10

2 1x0

2x0

3x0

4x0

5x0

6x0

7x0

8x0

9x0

10x0

1x1

3 1x2

1x3

1x4

1x5

1x6

1x7

1x8

1x9

1x10

2x1

3x1

4 4x1

5x1

6x1

7x1

8x1

9x1

10x1

2x2

2x3

2x4

2x5

5 2x6

2x7

2x8

2x9

2x10

3x2

4x2

5x2

6x2

7x2

8x2

6 9x2

10x2

3x3

3x4

3x5

3x6

3x7

3x8

3x9

3x10

4x3

7 5x3

6x3

7x3

8x3

9x3

10x3

4x4

4x5

4x6

4x7

4x8

8 4x9

4x10

5x4

6x4

7x4

8x4

9x4

10x4

5x5

5x6

5x7

9 5

x8

5

x9

5

x10

6

x5

7

x5

8

x5

9

x5

10

x5

6

x6

6

x7

6

x8

10 6x9

6x10

7x6

8x6

9x6

10x6

7x7

7x8

7x9

7x10

8x7

11 9x7

10x7

8x8

8x9

8x10

9x8

10x8

9x9

9x10

10x9

10x10



100

SuperSpeed Multiplication Level 1: Answers


x00

0x1

0

0x2

0

0x30

0x40

0x5

0

0x6

0

0x70

0x80

0x9

0

0x10

0

2 1x00

2x0

0

3x0

0

4x00

5x00

6x0

0

7x0

0

8x00

9x00

10x0

0

1x1

1

3 1x2

2

1x3

3

1x4

4

1x5

5

1x6

6

1x7

7

1x8

8

1x9

9

1x10

10

2x1

2

3x1

3

4 4x1

4

5x1

5

6x1

6

7x1

7

8x1

8

9x1

9

10x1

10

2x2

4

2x3

6

2x4

8

2x5

10

5 2x612

2x714

2x816

2x918

2x1020

3x2

6

4x2

8

5x210

6x212

7x214

8x216

6 9x2

18

10x2

20

3x3

9

3x4

12

3x5

15

3x6

18

3x7

21

3x8

24

3x9

27

3x10

30

4x3

12

7 5x315

6x318

7x321

8x324

9x327

10x330

4x416

4x520

4x624

4x728

4x832

8 4x936

4x10

40

5x420

6x424

7x428

8x432

9x436

10x440

5x525

5x630

5x735

9 5x840

5x945

5x10

50

6x530

7x535

8x540

9x545

10x550

6x636

6x742

6x848

10 6x954

6x10

60

7x642

8x648

9x654

10x660

7x749

7x856

7x963

7x10

70

8x756

11 9x763

10x770

8x864

8x972

8x1080

9x872

10x880

9x981

9x1090

10x990

10x10100



101

SuperSpeed Multiplication Level 2: Test


x710x3

6x8

10x7

7x7

5x9

9x9

8x4

8x7

4x6

9x8

2 1x0

8x8

7x3

9x7

2x10

8x9

9x4

10x8

6x2

6x6

1x1

3 7x6

4x2

10x9

6x4

6x5

10x10

10x1

10x8

6x2

2x1

7x9

4 4x1

6x9

3x4

7x1

2x4

9x1

10x1

2x2

2x3

7x8

2x5

5 2x6

9x3

9x6

2x9

9x0

3x2

1x5

5x2

8x6

7x2

8x2

6 9x2

10x2

3x3

1x6

0x7

6x10

3x7

1x3

3x9

10x0

4x3

7 5x3

6x3

5x0

8x3

0x10

0x3

1x7

4x5

8x0

10x6

4x8

8 4x9

4x0

5x4

5x1

7x4

7x0

3x1

10x4

5x5

5x6

5x7

9 5

x8

0

x6

5

x10

1

x9

7

x5

8

x5

9

x5

10

x5

4

x10

6

x1

0

x1

10 0x0

1x10

3x8

4x4

3x10

4x7

0x2

1x4

2x8

7x10

3x5

11 6x0

2x0

0x5

0x8

8x10

0x4

3x0

3x6

9x10

2x7

1x2



102

SuperSpeed Multiplication Level 2: Answers


x742

10x330

6x848

10x770

7x749

5x945

9x981

8x432

8x756

4x624

9x872

2 1x00

8x864

7x321

9x763

2x1020

8x972

9x436

10x880

6x212

6x636

1x1

1

3 7x6

42

4x2

8

10x9

90

6x4

24

6x5

30

10x10

100

10x1

10

10x8

80

6x2

12

2x1

2

7x9

63

4 4x1

4

6x9

54

3x4

12

7x1

7

2x4

8

9x1

9

10x1

10

2x2

4

2x3

6

7x8

56

2x5

10

5 2x612

9x327

9x654

2x918

9x00

3x2

6

1x5

5

5x210

8x648

7x214

8x216

6 9x2

18

10x2

20

3x3

9

1x6

6

0x7

0

6x10

60

3x7

21

1x3

3

3x9

27

10x0

0

4x3

12

7 5x315

6x318

5x0

0

8x324

0x10

0

0x3

0

1x7

7

4x520

8x00

10x660

4x832

8 4x936

4x0

0

5x420

5x15

7x428

7x0

0

3x1

3

10x440

5x525

5x630

5x735

9 5

x840

0

x60

5

x1050

1

x99

7

x535

8

x540

9

x545

10

x550

4

x1040

6

x16

0

x10

10 0x00

1x10

10

3x824

4x416

3x1030

4x728

0x2

0

1x44

2x816

7x10

70

3x515

11 6x00

2x0

0

0x5

0

0x80

8x1080

0x4

0

3x0

0

3x618

9x10

90

2x714

1x2

2



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SuperSpeed Division Level 1: Test

A B C D E F G H I J1 1/1 = 2/1 = 3/1 = 4/1 = 5/1 = 6/1 = 7/1 = 8/1 = 9/1 = 10/1=

2 2/2 = 4/2 = 6/2 = 8/2 = 10/2= 12/2= 14/2= 16/2= 18/2= 20/2=

3 3/3= 6/3= 9/3= 12/3= 15/3= 18/3= 21/3= 24/3= 27/3= 30/3=

4 4/4= 8/4= 12/4= 16/4= 20/4= 24/4= 28/4= 32/4= 36/4= 40/4=

5 5/5= 10/5= 15/5= 20/5= 25/5= 30/5= 35/5= 40/5= 45/5= 50/5=

6 6/6= 12/6= 18/6= 24/6= 30/6= 36/6= 42/6= 48/6= 54/6= 60/6=

7 7/7= 14/7= 21/7= 28/7= 35/7= 42/7= 49/7= 56/7= 63/7= 70/7=

8 8/8= 16/8= 24/8= 32/8= 40/8= 48/8= 56/8= 64/8= 72/8= 80/8=

9 9/9= 18/9= 27/9= 36/9= 45/9= 54/9= 63/9= 72/9= 81/9= 90/9=

10 10/10= 20/10= 30/10= 40/10= 50/10= 60/10= 70/10= 80/10= 90/10= 100/10=



104

SuperSpeed Division Level 1: Answers

A B C D E F G H I J1 1/1 =

12/1 =2

3/1 =3

4/1 =4

5/1 =5

6/1 =6

7/1 =7

8/1 =8

9/1 =9

10/1=10

2 2/2 =1

4/2 =2

6/2 =3

8/2 =4

10/2=5

12/2=6

14/2=7

16/2=8

18/2=9

20/2=10

3 3/3=1

6/3=2

9/3=3

12/3=4

15/3=5

18/3=6

21/3=7

24/3=8

27/3=9

30/3=10

4 4/4=1

8/4=2

12/4=3

16/4=4

20/4=5

24/4=6

28/4=7

32/4=8

36/4=9

40/4=10

5 5/5=1

10/5=2

15/5=3

20/5=4

25/5=5

30/5=6

35/5=7

40/5=8

45/5=9

50/5=10

6 6/6=1

12/6=2

18/6=3

24/6=4

30/6=5

36/6=6

42/6=7

48/6=8

54/6=9

60/6=10

7 7/7=

1

14/7=

2

21/7=

3

28/7=

4

35/7=

5

42/7=

6

49/7=

7

56/7=

8

63/7=

9

70/7=

10

8 8/8=

1

16/8=

2

24/8=

3

32/8=

4

40/8=

5

48/8=

6

56/8=

7

64/8=

8

72/8=

9

80/8=

10

9 9/9=1

18/9=2

27/9=3

36/9=4

45/9=5

54/9=6

63/9=7

72/9=8

81/9=9

90/9=10

10 10/10=1

20/10=2

30/10=3

40/10=4

50/10=5

60/10=6

70/10=7

80/10=8

90/10=9

100/10=

10



105

SuperSpeed Division Level 2: Test

A B C D E F G H I J1 36/6= 15/5= 48/8= 45/9= 49/7= 27/9= 48/6= 12/4= 54/6= 2/1 =

2 18/6= 42/7= 8/8= 56/8= 50/10= 42/6= 80/10= 56/7= 25/5= 63/7=

3 64/8= 10/5= 72/8= 12/2= 54/9= 40/5= 63/9= 9/3= 72/9= 24/6=

4 100/10= 36/9= 14/7= 40/8= 1/1 = 10/2= 12/3= 6/1 = 20/5= 81/9=

5 24/4= 6/3= 30/6= 9/1 = 35/7= 32/8= 5/1 = 45/5= 24/8= 28/4=

6 7/7= 30/10= 14/2= 8/2 = 10/10= 4/1 = 21/3= 32/4= 36/4= 24/3=

7 7/1 = 27/3= 2/2 = 15/3= 50/5= 28/7= 6/2 = 16/4= 40/10= 18/9=

8 70/7= 90/10= 60/10= 16/8= 3/1 = 90/9= 6/6= 35/5= 16/2= 10/1=

9 18/2= 40/4= 30/3= 4/2 = 21/7= 9/9= 60/6= 70/10= 80/8= 30/5=

10 12/6= 20/10= 18/3= 5/5= 20/4= 3/3= 8/4= 8/1 = 4/4= 20/2=



106

SuperSpeed Division Level 2: Answers

A B C D E F G H I J1 36/6=

615/5=3

48/8=6

45/9=5

49/7=7

27/9=3

48/6=8

12/4=3

54/6=9

2/1 =2

2 18/6=3

42/7=6

8/8=1

56/8=7

50/10=5

42/6=7

80/10=8

56/7=8

25/5=5

63/7=9

3 64/8=8

10/5=2

72/8=9

12/2=6

54/9=6

40/5=8

63/9=7

9/3=3

72/9=8

24/6=4

4 100/10=10 36/9=

414/7=2

40/8=5

1/1 =1

10/2=5

12/3=4

6/1 =6

20/5=4

81/9=9

5 24/4=6

6/3=2

30/6=5

9/1 =9

35/7=5

32/8=4

5/1 =5

45/5=9

24/8=3

28/4=7

6 7/7=1

30/10=3

14/2=7

8/2 =4

10/10=1

4/1 =4

21/3=7

32/4=8

36/4=9

24/3=8

7 7/1 =

7

27/3=

9

2/2 =

1

15/3=

5

50/5=

10

28/7=

4

6/2 =

3

16/4=

4

40/10=

4

18/9=

2

8 70/7=

10

90/10=9

60/10=6

16/8=

2

3/1 =

3

90/9=

10

6/6=

1

35/5=

7

16/2=

8

10/1=

10

9 18/2=9

40/4=10

30/3=10

4/2 =2

21/7=3

9/9=1

60/6=10

70/10=7

80/8=10

30/5=6

10 12/6=2

20/10=2

18/3=6

5/5=1

20/4=5

3/3=1

8/4=2

8/1 =8

4/4=1

20/2=10



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SuperSpeed Gnarlies Level 1: Test

A B C D E F G H I J1 5

+8

8

+5

8

+6

7

+6

9

+6

6

+8

7

+9

9

+7

7

+8

9

+8

2 6

+9

6

+7

8

+9

7

+9

8

+5

8

+7

9

+8

9

+7

9

+9

6

+7

3 17-8

16-9

16-7

15-9

12-8

15-7

13-8

14-9

14-8

15-8

4 19-7

19-6

18-9

20-8

20-6

17-9

15-6

14-8

18-6

20-7

5 17-8

16-9

16-7

15-9

15-7

19-7

19-6

18-9

20-6

15-8

6 9

x6

9

x7

6

x9

9

x8

9

x9

6

x6

8

x9

7

x7

7

x8

8

x9

7 7x6

6x9

8x6

9x8

9x9

6x6

8x7

6x7

8x9

7x9

8 8

x8

9

x7

8

x9

7

x7

7

x8

7

x9

6

x8

9

x6

9

x7

6

x9

9 48/8= 56/7= 54/9= 81/9= 63/7= 42/6= 54/6= 72/9= 63/7= 42/7=

10 48/8= 42/7= 49/7= 56/7= 63/7= 56/7= 54/6= 48/8= 48/6= 72/9=

11 48/8= 54/9= 63/9= 72/9= 81/9= 49/7= 56/7= 63/7= 42/6= 36/6=





109

SuperSpeed Gnarlies Level 2: Test

A B C D E F G H I J

1 6x9

15-9

81/9= 9x9

9

+8

6x9

18-9

56/7= 7x7

8

+6

2 9

x7

42/6= 20

-8

8

x9

15

-7

7

+9

7

x8

54/9= 9

x8

6

x9

3 54/6= 48/8= 48/6= 72/9= 6

x6

15

-6

9

x8

9

x9

9

+6

6

+8

4 17-8

16-9

16-7

48/8= 42/7= 19-6

8

+5

6

+9

8

+5

8

+7

5 8x7

6x7

8x9

7x9

7

+6

8x9

49/7= 17-8

12-8

15-7

6 14-8

7x8

9x6

81/9= 49/7= 56/7= 63/7= 19-7

20-6

17-9

7 18-6

63/7= 7x6

48/8= 7x9

6x8

9+7

15-8

9+8

19-7

8 20-6

63/7=9

8x8

5

+8

56/7= 8

+9

9

+7

20-7

6

+7

18-9

9 9x6

9x7

54/6= 72/9= 63/7= 42/7= 14-9

15-8

7

+9

7x7

10 56/7= 54/9= 6

+7

42/6= 36/6= 9

+9

14

-8

8

x9

63/9= 72/9=

11 8x6

9x7

56/7= 6x6

16-7

16-9

15-9

13-8

48/8= 7

+8



110

SuperSpeed Gnarlies Level 2: Answers

A B C D E F G H I J1 6

x954

15-96

81/9=9

9x981

9

+8

17

6x954

18-99

56/7=8

7x749

8

+6

14

2 9x763

42/6=7

20-812

8x972

15-78

7

+9

16

7x856

54/9=6

9x872

6x954

3 54/6=9

48/8=6

48/6=8

72/9=8

6x6

36

15-6

9

9x8

72

9x9

81

9

+6

15

6

+8

14

4 17-89

16-97

16-79

48/8=6

42/7=6

19-613

8

+5

13

6

+9

15

8

+5

13

8

+7

15

5 8x756

6x742

8x972

7x963

7

+6

13

8x972

49/7=7

17-89

12-84

15-78

6 14-8

6

7x8

56

9x6

54

81/9=9

49/7=7

56/7=8

63/7=9

19-7

12

20-6

14

17-9

8

7 18-612

63/7=9

7x642

48/8=6

7x963

6x848

9

+7

16

15-87

9

+8

17

19-7

12

8 20-614

63/7=9

8x864

5

+8

13

56/7=8

8

+9

17

9

+7

16

20-713

6

+7

13

18-99

9 9

x654

9

x763

54/6=

9

72/9=

8

63/7=

9

42/7=

6

14

-95

15

-87

7

+9

16

7

x749

10 56/7=8

54/9=6

6

+7

13

42/6=7

36/6=6

9

+9

18

14-86

8x972

63/9=7

72/9=8

11 8x648

9x763

56/7=8

6x636

16-79

16-97

15-96

13-85

48/8=6

7

+8

15



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