The Order Math Facts Should Be Taught

The Order Math Facts Should Be Taught

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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

Number Talks Versus Number Strings

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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 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...
What Is Fluency & My Thoughts On TouchMath

What Is Fluency & My Thoughts On TouchMath

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Recently, I received an email from a follower asking me about my thoughts on TouchMath®. I hope you’ll stick around while I go off on a little rant about why I hate TouchMath® as I hope to build your math mind as we are on our quest to build the math minds of...