The Best Math Curriculum

Teaching Mathematics | 5 comments

Inside of my Facebook group, Build Math Minds, there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of posts all about asking opinions around a certain curriculum or textbook. Basically, wanting to find out if this a good curriculum. Or is this a good textbook series? Today I want to...

Teaching Math The Right Way – Part 3: Math Scope & Sequence

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This is video 3, the last video in a mini-series I’ve been doing about Are You Teaching Math The Right Way. In this final video, we’re going to delve into a question I get a lot, “What order and how long should we spend on teaching specific math...

Teaching Math The Right Way – Part 2: Focus On Content Emphases…What Is Essential In Each Grade Level?

Teaching Mathematics | 4 comments

This video is Part 2 in a video series I’m doing all about a question I get asked a lot, “Am I teaching math right?” I’m Christina Tondevold, the Recovering Traditionalist. Today we’re going to delve into the content emphases, in order to help...

Teaching Math The Right Way – Part 1: Balanced Math Instruction

Fact Fluency | 5 comments

I have a question for you. Are you teaching math right? Well, that is a huge question and could mean so many different things, yet I get asked it a lot. Today I’m going to start a mini-series about “What It Means To Teach Math Right” and the three areas when...

The Order Math Facts Should Be Taught

Fact Fluency | 5 comments

I just recently finished doing some five day trainings all about doing number talks to help kids develop strategies around addition facts, and also multiplication facts. I repeatedly received a particular question, and I thought I’d talk about it today. The...

Number Talks Versus Number Strings

Fact Fluency | 0 comments

Number Talks have become quite popular in the last few years, but what most of you call Number Talks, I call Number Strings. Today, I’d like to analyze Number Talks versus Number Strings in our quest to build our math minds so we can build the math minds of our...

Fact Fluency Assessment

Fact Fluency | 27 comments

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...