Number Routines Are Not A Time To Teach, They Are A Time To Listen

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Number routines have become popular in the elementary schools, but do you know what they are and how to use them properly? I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering Traditionalist and today, we’re gonna take a look at How Number Routines Are Not A Time To...

Components of Number Sense in 3rd-5th

Building Number Sense, Fact Fluency, Number Sense, Subitizing, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

We often hear about how number sense is such a big deal in the early grades of elementary. But it is so important for our upper elementary kiddos as well. Our textbooks, especially in the upper grades, tend to focus on just the skills around numbers. They want kids to...

Components of Number Sense in PreK-2

Building Number Sense, Number Sense, Subitizing, Teaching Mathematics | 0 comments

One of the hardest parts of teaching mathematics without a textbook is knowing and understanding the progression of mathematical thinking, but it is the most vital part. Also, one of the areas that I talked about earlier in this video series is how essential it is to...

How to Use Subitizing | 5 Different Ways

Add-Subtract-Place Value, Building Number Sense, Fact Fluency, Fractions, Multiplication-Division, Subitizing | 0 comments

Have you ever wondered how to use subitizing in your classroom? Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize ‘how many’. Helping our students develop subitizing isn’t just for Pre-K to second grade. Even third through fifth grade kiddos need to develop...

What is Number Sense and Why It’s So Essential

Building Number Sense, Number Sense, Subitizing | 15 comments

The number one concern I hear from teachers is that their students struggle with number sense and they want to build that for their kiddos. However, although we know our kiddos don’t have a good sense of numbers, it’s hard to define what Number Sense is. If you don’t...

Fact Fluency Part 3: The Power of Subitizing

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 Fact Fluency Part 1                        Fact Fluency Part 2 Have you ever had a student that when you put up 4 fingers and asked them “How many fingers do I have?” they had to count each finger one-by-one?  That happens way too often in early...