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Multiplication Subitizing Cards: An Upgrade to Building Fluency

Multiplication Subitizing Cards: An Upgrade to Building Fluency

3-5, 6-8, Estimation, Fact Fluency, Games, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development

Four years ago, I shared Subitizing to Foster Multiplicative Thinking. Since then, I’ve really enjoyed hearing back from folks like you about how the cards are supporting your work.   Along the way, I’ve received “a few” emails asking about for...

Geometric Subitizing: A Different Kind of Number Talk

3-5, Against the Norm, Algebra, counting, Fact Fluency, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development

These Geometric Subitizing Cards have been in beta the past two years. I asked our buddy Joe Schwartz to take them for a test drive last spring and he reported back.  Joe’s all in. How do they work?  Let’s play… Last week I took them for another spin...

Not Your Mom’s Flashcards: Conceptual Understanding of Multiplication

3-5, Estimation, Fact Fluency, Games, Math Tools, Number Sense

What’s the purpose of flashcards? There’s 2 answers I frequently hear and only one I agree with. Answer 1: help kids know/memorize their facts Answer 2: help students build fluency through the automatization of strategy I know how Tracy and many...

Subitizing to Foster Multiplicative Thinking

3-5, 6-8, Estimation, Fact Fluency, Games, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development

UPDATE 3/17/19: The updated cards can be found in this post (Multiplication Subitizing Cards: An Upgrade to Building Fluency) —————————— Learning basic facts through tricks or a mnemonic song lead students...

Take a Math Trick and Make it Bleed

3-5, 6-8, Cheese Mover, Estimation, Fact Fluency, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development, Teacher Content

I hate math tricks and avoid them at all costs. Tina Cardone and many members of #MTBOS are huge advocates of conceptual learning which is how we became blessed with this gem. There’s no denying that students love tricks, especially the ones that retrieve...
From Memory and Memorization: There IS a Difference

From Memory and Memorization: There IS a Difference

Fact Fluency, Making Math Accessible, Strategy Development, Teacher Content

Question: If you memorize your basic math facts have you learned them? The term from memory is used twice in the K-5 math standards (here & here) and they continue to be the most misunderstood words I encounter each day.  The term “from memory” does...
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