Building Math Fluency (Part 5 of 6)

Fluency does involve being fast and accurate but the often missing part of fluency is flexibility.  Flexibility is the most important aspect in developing true math fluency. Whether you are teaching virtually or you have a classroom full of kids, a common concern is how to help children learn their math facts. In this fifth video of the series, you will see how visuals are an important component to helping your students build their math fluency.

Imagine how it will feel when your students can approach a math problem without getting frustrated. The way they think about math and numbers is a way that will help them solve any problem, even as they progress into different grade levels.  Not only will they have a solid base of mathematical knowledge, but you did it without using worksheets and timed tests.

Instead, you have activities that you and your students enjoy, that build important mathematical ideas, and don’t take you forever to plan and prepare (i.e. you will NOT be waiting for the copier or the laminator anymore).

By focusing your fluency tasks on building your students’ flexibility, you’ll be starting with the foundation of number knowledge that will help your students build connections to all other areas of math.  You will be building math minds and not just create calculators.

The Building Elementary Math Fluency Kit starts with helping you understand what fluency really entails, how to build that fluency when it comes to the basic facts, and what kinds of activities you can be doing to build true fluency for students. Grab your Fluency Kit using the form above.