Helping Students Master Math Facts: Building Fluency and Automaticity
Problem:
Students often struggle with learning and retaining their math facts. So, what is the best way to build fact fluency and ultimately have automaticity of math facts?
Solution:
Research supports a trajectory that begins by providing conceptual experiences where students model and count to come up with a solution, and then apply fact strategies to build fact development that is meaningful. Games are a great way to build fact fluency in a fun and engaging way for students. Everyday Mathematics has a variety of games in the curriculum that target fluency. However, if you need additional games and/or are not currently using Everyday Mathematics, you can access 19 great games here!
These games and fundamentals for fluency are introduced in the awesome book Math Fact Fluency by Jennifer Bay Williams and Gina King. Buy the book here. Math Fact Fluency combines research-backed strategies, engaging activities, and more than 45 games.
As an extra bonus, check out the bookmark to send home with students to play games at home with caregivers in both English and Spanish!