Math Fact Fluency:

As you all know, Math Fact Fluency is an important component of any math curriculum plan. Once students have learned the basic counting or calculating strategies and are able to solve problems without time pressure, you will then want to start working on memorizing math facts. This is an essential component of a strong math program and important to set your students up for success in math mastery.

It’s essential that students are learning their strategies before trying to memorize the facts. Strategies include: doubles, doubles +1 and +2, make a ten, adding 1, adding 2, adding 0.

You will then want to include daily math fact fluency instruction and practice to help your students with instant recall of their math facts, improving their speed and accuracy. There are many ways to work on math fact fluency and I encourage you to use more than one method to keep it fun and motivating.

Here are some suggestions:

*Flashcards (link) - Amazon offers them for all grade levels

*Math Fact Fluency Drills & Timed Worksheets  - links to suggestions  below

• Math Facts Fluency: Basic Addition: 100 Math Drills. Great for Grades K-2. Ages 5-8

• Math Facts Fluency: Basic Subtraction: 100 Math Drills. Great for Grades K-2

• Math Facts Fluency: Basic Multiplication: 100 Math Drills. Great for Grades 2-4. Ages 7-10

• Math Facts Fluency: Basic Addition & Subtraction: 100 Math Drills. Great for Grades K-2. Ages 5-8

• Math Facts Fluency: Multiplication and Division: 100 Math Drills. Great for Grades 3-5. Ages 8-11

• Humble Math - 100 Days of Timed Tests: Addition and Subtraction: Grades K-2, Math Drills, Digits 0-20

• Humble Math - 100 Days of Timed Tests: Multiplication: Grades 3-5, Math Drills, Digits 0-12

• Humble Math - 100 Days of Timed Tests: Division: Grades 3-5, Math Drills, Digits 0-12

*Online Programs:

Mrs. Ohara's Math Fact Challenge - Earn Fabulous Prizes! (link)

Moby Max (link) - Moby Max offers a free trial and then a monthly subscription can be paid for with your funding. You can assign or let Moby assign fact sets for a student to practice. After a student has mastered all of the fact sets, Moby can still keep their fluency skills sharp by mixing all four types of facts together for practice. You control the number of minutes the student practices each day, the amount of time given for each problem, and which fact set to practice or Moby automatically can assess the student's missing facts to practice! I will give every student access to this at the beginning of each school year. The login information will be added to your General Info Sheet each year. 

Xtra Math (link) - XtraMath is a free program that helps students transition from counting or calculating to developing quick recall and automaticity of basic math facts. Quickly recalling math facts, instead of calculating them, frees up mental resources for higher-level operations. I will give every student access to this at the beginning of each school year. The login information will be added to your General Info Sheet each year. (Moby Max is better for the younger students who need more time to begin with)

Xtra Math Info from Mrs. Ohara (link) - How to access our class

Math Fact Lab (link) - Math Fact Lab is not used to assess mastery for Mrs. Ohara's Math Fact Challenge but is a great program if you need some more practice to improve mastery by engaging students with multiple models - such as number lines, area models, bar diagrams, ten frames, dice, beads, coins, and clock faces . Students enhance their number sense as they construct a deep understanding of the basic math facts.

*Math Fact Games (link) - Amazon has lots of math fact games to make it fun. Maybe you can make Fridays math fact game day as an incentive to do their flashcards and timed math sheets during the rest of the week.

*More Ideas:

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9 Full Proof Ways to Master Math Fact Fluency (link)

I would like to see all of my students using one or more of these resources everyday for at least 10 minutes to improve math fact fluency.