The Biggest Misconception about Math Fact Fluency

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“Number sense is a waste of time.” “People need to stop letting kids play and make kids memorize.” “Kids who learn strategies just take too long to solve problems when they’re older.” Those are just some comments I get when I...

My Favorite Resources for Math Fact Fluency

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The root of helping kids develop math fact fluency is through the connections and relationships of numbers that we can help them develop. The more connections and relationships they develop, the more fluent they will become. But most resources that you can find out...

The Best Way to Develop Kids’ Fact Fluency

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The term “fact fluency” can conjure up lots of different ideas and feelings inside of people. Many people, based upon whether or not they performed well in those fact fluency type assessments, either loved or hated math. It shouldn’t be that way though! Yes,...

Fact Fluency Assessment

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Fact fluency assessment is so much more than how many answers kids can complete in a minute. Yes, It includes being fast, but it also includes being accurate, getting it correct, and being flexible. Yet we usually only use fact fluency assessment to see how fast and...

Why the “Make 10” Strategy is WAY better than “Doubles” Strategy for Fact Fluency

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When helping kids develop Fact Fluency I believe in focusing on 4 Types of Facts and then how those facts are related to all the other facts. You may have seen the chart below in previous posts of mine, but this chart shows those 4 Types of Facts: Doubles (orange),...