Fluency
Below are a number of resources you can use to help develop your child's love of math and strengthen their ability to think flexibly about numbers.
Fluency: Each grade level K-5 has fact fluency expectations (see chart below). Fluency "means quickly and accurately. It means more or less the same as when someone is said to be fluent in a foreign language. To be fluent is to flow: Fluent isn’t halting, stumbling or reversing oneself. A key aspect of fluency in this sense is that it is not something that happens all at once in a single grade but requires attention to student understanding along the way" (PARCC, Math Model Content Frameworks, 2011). According to Jo Boaler in her article "Fluency Without Fear", "the best way to develop fluency with numbers is to develop number sense and to work with numbers in different ways, not to blindly memorize without number sense" (2015).
New and Improved Flashcards
Math Flips (Addition/Subtraction and Multiplication)/Google Slides
See site below for instructions on how to use
Subitizing Multiplication Flashcards
Video (make note of child's thinking process and how father guides thinking)
Child can also practice saying the fact first, then giving the solution.
Greg Tang
Free games for children to practice various computational skills
K: Ten-Frame Mania, How Much How Many?, Numtanga Jr
1-2: Ten-Frame Mania, How Much How Many?, Numtanga Jr, Math Limbo, Kakooma (addition), Coin Bubble (grade 2); Break Apart (addition/subtraction); Numskill; Missing Numbers (addition/subtraction); Place Value (whole numbers- grade 2)
3-5: How Much How Many? (Level 5 and up), Numtanga Jr and Sr, Kakooma (multiplication); Break Apart (multiplication/division); Expresso; Missing Numbers (multiplication/division- grade 3); Place Value (whole numbers- grade 3; decimals- grade 4 and 5); Satisfraction
Stick and Split
Multiplication and Division Fact Practice
The math game your kids will play for hours!
Stick and Split is a deceptively simple, addictive game. But what makes it so special is while they are playing it, children learn and practice their times tables, perhaps without even realizing it.
Research shows the more you think about something, the more likely you are to remember it.
Most times tables games try to get children to answer simple questions like ‘what is 3 x 6?’ many, many times. The problem with this approach is it aims to get children to answer with minimum of thought. So it’s no wonder children have to answer them thousands of times before they remember the answers. Many get bored and switch off before the memory sticks. Some children get anxious when they don’t know the answers, and research also shows feeling anxious is not a great way to make memories.
Stick and Split has been carefully designed to encourage children to think much more about multiplication and division facts. There are no right or wrong answers, so it won’t induce anxiety. Instead, they need to be constantly thinking about what they need to do. The more they think, the more they remember.
For students in grades 3-5, download the app on your computer or tablet. Your teacher will provide you with your own unique 9-digit code. Enjoy!