Math Facts
Dear Parents,
Please use the links below to download math facts flashcards.
Research has shown that long-term success in mathematics is closely tied to strong number sense, including fluency with basic facts. The sooner your child becomes fluent with her or his multiplication and division facts, the better! By fluency, we mean being able to automatically recall the facts, quickly and easily. Addition and subtraction will be much easier to master, and multiplication and division are ll easier to learn with the support of addition and subtraction
fluency.
This basic facts program has been designed based on international research. We know that countries where children learn their facts quickly and fluently seem to have at least three things in common:
With this information in mind, this program progresses from facts less than five to facts with fives, to facts within tens and facts with tens. Once your child is fluent with these facts, we can then work on developing strategies that work equally well with the basic facts and with larger sums and differences (e.g., 8+7=10+5 uses the same strategy as 28+37=30+35).
The goals outlined below are the same goals we will be developing at school. As part of your daily homework plan, we are asking that you spend 5 or 10 minutes working on basic facts. Because each child is unique, we recommend that you start with Goal 1+ and use the following activities to help your child move beyond counting to more efficient strategies and memorization. Once your child no longer needs to count (using fingers or mentally) to solve the goal’s addition problems, move to the related subtraction facts. After this goal has been learned to automaticity, practice with all of the flashcards our child has worked on so far.
Repeat this procedure for each new goal, making sure that you first work with the new goal, and then review previous goal facts, before moving on to the next goal.
Sincerely,
Miss Cohen
Please use the links below to download math facts flashcards.
Research has shown that long-term success in mathematics is closely tied to strong number sense, including fluency with basic facts. The sooner your child becomes fluent with her or his multiplication and division facts, the better! By fluency, we mean being able to automatically recall the facts, quickly and easily. Addition and subtraction will be much easier to master, and multiplication and division are ll easier to learn with the support of addition and subtraction
fluency.
This basic facts program has been designed based on international research. We know that countries where children learn their facts quickly and fluently seem to have at least three things in common:
- Children work on their facts at school and at home.
- Children learn their facts with fives (e.g. 5+3 and 7+5) and within tens
(e.g. 2+8 and 6+4) to build relationships that support strategic number
sense. - Children are encouraged to develop strategies beyond counting (e.g.,
9+7=10+6 and 13-4=(13-3)+1 or 13-4=(10-4)+3)
With this information in mind, this program progresses from facts less than five to facts with fives, to facts within tens and facts with tens. Once your child is fluent with these facts, we can then work on developing strategies that work equally well with the basic facts and with larger sums and differences (e.g., 8+7=10+5 uses the same strategy as 28+37=30+35).
The goals outlined below are the same goals we will be developing at school. As part of your daily homework plan, we are asking that you spend 5 or 10 minutes working on basic facts. Because each child is unique, we recommend that you start with Goal 1+ and use the following activities to help your child move beyond counting to more efficient strategies and memorization. Once your child no longer needs to count (using fingers or mentally) to solve the goal’s addition problems, move to the related subtraction facts. After this goal has been learned to automaticity, practice with all of the flashcards our child has worked on so far.
Repeat this procedure for each new goal, making sure that you first work with the new goal, and then review previous goal facts, before moving on to the next goal.
Sincerely,
Miss Cohen
2nd_grade_math_facts_parent_letter.pdf | |
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addition_subtraction_goal_1_3.pdf | |
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