A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

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 ...

Using number lines and manipulatives to solve the four facts in a fact family. In this lesson, students go over using number lines and manipulatives to solve the four facts in a fact family. Julia ...

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

Students go over using number lines to solve the four equations in a fact family. In this lesson, students go over using number lines to solve the four equations in a fact family. Julia uses charts, ...