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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...
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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...
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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...
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Just like crawling, walking, and running are all developmental stages, there are also developmental stages for math fact mastery. Students move from one developmental stage to the next until they master their addition and subtraction facts. It’s important to know...
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I know what you are thinking. Worksheets can be so boring for students. Especially when it comes to math facts. You can imagine one in your head right now. A bunch of addition or subtraction math facts 2nd grade students solve, usually while being timed. Students get...
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Do you ever feel like your students just can’t memorize addition and subtraction facts? They just look at you with that confused face when they see a fact. Or they just feel stuck. You wish you could do something differently to help students to actually start seeing...
