Fluency Games by Grade Level 

Do's: 

• Ask children to self-monitor

• Focus on self-improvement 

• Limit practice to short time segments

• Work on facts over time 

• Involve families 

• Make fact practice enjoyable 

•  Use technology

• Emphasize the importance of knowing their facts

Don'ts: 

• Use timed tests

• Use public comparisons of mastery

• Proceed through the facts in order from 0 to 9

• Work on all the facts all at once in a given activity or game

• Expect quick recall too soon 

• Use facts as barrier to good mathematics

• Use fact mastery as a prerequisite for calculator use