Bridge the Gap Math • Grades 1–5

Find out where each student's multiplication and fraction gaps begin.

Five free diagnostics for 1st through 5th grade: multiplying, dividing, equivalent fractions, fraction operations, and area, perimeter and volume. Give one in your small group, score it in minutes, and you'll know which level each student needs to start on.

Sound familiar?

You're teaching multiplication and fractions to your 4th graders. One student still adds when she's supposed to multiply. Another can't tell you what 12 ÷ 3 actually means. A third adds the denominators every single time. They're all in the same lesson, but they're each missing something different, and most of it started a grade or two back.

That's why I made these diagnostics. Each one checks every level of the skill, four questions at a time, so you can see the exact spot where a student gets stuck. No guessing, and no reteaching a whole unit to reach a few kids.

What's in the free pack

One diagnostic for each Volume 2 topic. Every one comes with How to Use and How to Score pages, a student scoring sheet, a class placement record, and an answer key. There's also a class snapshot page so you can see all five topics for your whole class at once.

Multiplying Numbers

From skip counting and arrays all the way to multiplying decimals.

Dividing Numbers

From sharing equally all the way to long division and dividing decimals.

Equivalent Fractions

From halves and fourths of a shape all the way to comparing fractions with different denominators.

Fraction Operations

From unit fractions all the way to multiplying and dividing fractions.

Area, Perimeter & Volume

From splitting a rectangle into equal squares all the way to the volume of irregular figures.

How it works

Give the diagnostic

Students start at the first level and keep going. It's okay for them to skip a problem they haven't learned yet. Most finish in 20 to 30 minutes.

Score it

Use the answer key and the How to Score page. The first level where a student gets 2 or fewer right is where they start.

Group and teach

Add each student to the class placement record. Students who start at the same level make a ready-made small group.

Stars, not grade levels.

Every page shows the level with stars, so a 4th grader working on 2nd grade skills sees ★★ instead of "2nd grade." No one feels behind, and every student can see how far they've come.

Hi, I'm Ashley!

I'm a classroom teacher and the creator of Teaching with Glitter and Gold. Bridge the Gap started in my own 4th grade small group, when some of my students were missing skills from two or three grades back and I didn't know how far back to go.

So I mapped out every skill from 1st to 5th grade, one level at a time. These diagnostics are the first step of that system, and I want you to have them for free.

Get your free Volume 2 diagnostics

Five diagnostics, scoring sheets, class records, and answer keys. Print them today and know where to start tomorrow.

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