by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
The goal is to get students to math fact mastery. On a student’s journey to math fact mastery they use counting strategies, and then they use math mental strategies. What Are Mental Math Strategies Mental math strategies for addition and subtraction are when students...
by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
With memorizing math facts, there are so many facts that students need to commit to memory. But with the commutative property of addition, students can automatically know twice as many facts. So it’s important to teach 1st grade and 2nd grade students the commutative...
by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
One of my favorite math fact activities is to put up a math fact equation and then ask students how they get to the answer. Oftentimes students are decomposing numbers to get to the answer. Decomposing Numbers If the equation is 6+8, students say 6 is 5 and 1, and 8...
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Using Patterns in Addition as a strategy is so important for 1st grade and 2nd grade students. When students are able to see and use relationships between numbers to solve math facts, they are well on their way to math fact fluency. When students don’t use strategies,...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
When it comes to behavior management, I like to break it down into three different categories: whole group rewards, small group rewards, and individual rewards. With individual rewards, I don’t like to spend money on a bunch of candy or dollar store toys. I use...
