Bridge the Gap Math • Grades 1–5

Find out exactly where each student's math gap begins.

Five free diagnostics for 1st through 5th grade: place value, comparing numbers, rounding, addition and subtraction, and decimals. 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 pull a small group of 4th graders for adding and subtracting. One is still counting on her fingers. One is fine until he has to regroup. Another already has it and is waiting on everyone else. They're all doing "4th grade math," but they're each missing something different, and they don't all need to go back to the same place.

That's why I made these diagnostics. Each one checks every level from 1st grade work to 5th grade work, four questions at a time, so you can see the exact skill 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 1 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.

Place Value

From naming numbers to 120 all the way to place value in decimals.

Comparing Numbers

From comparing 2-digit numbers all the way to decimals to the thousandths.

Rounding Numbers

From finding numbers on a number line all the way to rounding decimals.

Addition & Subtraction

From word problems within 20 all the way to adding and subtracting decimals.

Decimals

From tenths with models all the way to real-world decimal problems.

How it works

Give the diagnostic

Students start at Level 1 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 1 diagnostics

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

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