All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Procedural fluency or conceptual understanding--math educators have debated for years which is more important. I sided with conceptual understanding until my colleague Angela McIver helped me see the ...

In this video I walk you through how I’m using the Sweet Multiplication kit from TPT to build fact fluency in my third grade class. I show how I organized my tub, the order I teach the facts, and how ...

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