by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
When I first started teaching, I had students do timed tests to practice math facts. But I saw it giving my students anxiety and I know they didn’t enjoy it. I had no games for practicing math facts. They would literally groan when it was time to practice. Not...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
When it comes to creating a classroom culture and community, you want kindness to be a central part of it. To help promote this in my classroom, I love to do different kindness activities with my students. We talk about it so much that I know my students really...
by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
Fact Families I have my students work with fact families in our classroom frequently. They are a good foundation for students understanding the operations of addition and subtraction. So let’s go over what are fact families, why you need to be teaching them, and fact...
by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
One goal we have in the second grade is to get students to fact fluency. That means that students can produce answers to addition and subtraction facts 1-20 in about 5 seconds or less. And for some, they get it right away. However, we have those students who struggle...
