Now that students have been taught strategies to model multiplication, we are going to begin building fact fluency. According to Math Fluency Site, "Fluency means how fast a person can retrieve math facts to working memory from storage memory". The goal is to get them to a level of automaticity where students see a fact family and immediately know the product.
There are a few ways you can help:
1. Students can get onto multiplication.com or math magician on the blog for speed practice.
2. We will be making flashcards in class (we've already made our 2's) or you can also purchase some from most dollar stores to practice.
3. You can review in the car or any "free time" :) you have. Just ask them their facts in random order(ex. 2x3, 2x6, 2x0, 2x9, etc.)
4. Flocabulary has videos with catchy tunes to help build the automaticity.
We will start with the 2's fact family. Students will need to know 2x0 through 2x12. Once they've mastered the 2's, they'll go to the 3's, then 4's and so on. We will take weekly quizzes starting this Friday. They will have 1 minute to answer the 12 questions. This is a very important skill that will help them in the future as the math concepts get harder. The goal is to have all of their fact quizzes completed prior to leaving for Christmas break. Please let me know if you have any questions!
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