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Use BFF in your math instruction & math will be a child's BFF for life!
Fluency = Accuracy, Flexibility, and Efficiency
Don't overscaffold -
It's good for students to struggle.
Join the Facebook Group: Building Fact Fluency Community or on Twitter #BuildingFactFluency
Why use BFF activities? Increase student engagement, number sense, and conceptual mathematical understanding!
"Children learn number facts by noticing relations among number facts." - Thomas P. Carpenter et al., Children's Mathematics
Charts on pages 5 & 7 of the Facilitator Guide are especially helpful in understanding the power of using BFF activities.
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Addition & Subtraction (K-2) 9781625314796
Multiplication & Division (3-5) 9781625315373
Want help with BFF? Send a quick email to Rachel Pehrson with your grade and what type of support you want!
school or grade level PLC to discuss the activities and planning
model an activity in your class
co-plan or co-teach a lesson
There are no daily lesson plans. Become familiar with how to facilitate each type of activity and determine which activity you will do each day. Use the Week at a Glance Ideas Chart below (and in the Facilitator's Guide) for help in planning each lesson string. Each lesson string should last a week (or 2).
Addition & Subtraction K-2
Addition & Subtraction K-2
Helps
3 Year Pacing Guide K-2 (updated 1/7/22)
BFF Routines at a Glance (4/3/2023)
Problem Types Chart to use with Contextualized Practice Problems
Week at a Glance Idea Chart (pg 54 of the Facilitator's Guide)
For DLI French & Chinese: Translated BFF Recording Sheets & Gamesboards (Must be logged into your Granite Google account to access)
Professional Development
Overview video from Zaner-Blozer
Overview PD Oct 2021 Zoom Video
Informational slide deck (revised March 2022)
Sample Lesson Videos - Watch Rachel and others in Granite teach some of the lessons to get a feel for what it might look like in YOUR classroom. (updated 3/8/22) If you want to share a video of YOU teaching, we'd love to share it on this link!
Multiplication & Division 3-5
Multiplication & Division 3-5
Set A: Grade 3 Tier 1 for foundational multiplication skills (only set with 3-Act Math Task)
Set B: Grades 4 & 5 Tier 1 for more complex multiplication with comparisons and remainders (only set with Open Middle Problems)
Switch between sets by clicking on "Set" in the right of the gray bar at the top of the BFF Website page.
Helps
BFF Routines at a Glance (4/3/2023)
Week-at-a-Glance Ideas chart (also on pg 116 of the Facilitator's Guide)
Alternate Recording Sheet for 3-Act Math Task from gfletchy.com
Overview of Multiplication & Division Kit from Stenhouse Publishing
For DLI French & Chinese: Translated BFF Recording Sheets & Gameboards (Must be logged into your Granite Google account to access)
Professional Development
Zoom Professional Learning Link - Missed our professional learning session? Watch it here!
Informational Slide deck updated 1/21/2022
Overview video from Zaner-Blozer
How Do Students Think About Multiplication
Link to Webinar from 8 Nov 2021 Hosted by Graham Fletcher & Tracy Johnston Zager (authors of BFF)
Additional Fluency Resources
Additional Fluency Resources
See also "Resources for Student Math Discourse" on the Resources page of this website.
Basic Fact Instruction Video 5:50 min
What is Procedural Fluency? Video 2:12 min
Improve Procedural Fluency Video - 3:26 min
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