A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Figuring out a word problem. Calculating area and perimeter. Finding the measure of an unknown angle. All these tasks, and more, draw on an essential foundation of math knowledge, said Brian Bushart, ...

In this video I walk you through how I’m using the Sweet Multiplication kit from TPT to build fact fluency in my third grade class. I show how I organized my tub, the order I teach the facts, and how ...

Fluency in third grade means knowing, from memory, all products of two one-digit numbers. Your child’s introduction to multiplication is through repeated addition. He will draw an array to visualize, ...

Multiplication facts typically describe the answers to multiplication sums up to 10x10. Sums up to 10x10 are called“facts” as it is expected they can be easily and quickly recalled. You may recall ...

From classrooms to kitchen tables, debates about math education are never far away. Should teachers drill multiplication facts or encourage creative strategies to solve problems? The answer, ...

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