Learning to Add - Building Fluency
Below you will find links to pages on our Math Connections website designed to help parents and learning partners
guide students as they learn their math facts.
As a reference for which facts to focus on at each grade level:
Kindergarten - Play with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 10; Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 5.
First Grade - Play with Sums Differences (answers) up to 20; Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 10.
Second Grade - Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 20
What does Fluent mean? Fluent in math facts means when given a math fact, they know the answer automatically or within 2-3 seconds.
guide students as they learn their math facts.
As a reference for which facts to focus on at each grade level:
Kindergarten - Play with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 10; Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 5.
First Grade - Play with Sums Differences (answers) up to 20; Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 10.
Second Grade - Fluent with Sums and Differences (answers) up to 20
What does Fluent mean? Fluent in math facts means when given a math fact, they know the answer automatically or within 2-3 seconds.
Step 1: Getting Started
Before becoming fluent in the addition facts, your student needs to understand what it means to add numbers.
This area will give you techniques to help introduce adding.
Learning to Add - Working with Objects
Feel free to continue using objects as you play with all the addition facts.
Using objects and drawing pictures showing the addition facts will help your student gain confidence
Before becoming fluent in the addition facts, your student needs to understand what it means to add numbers.
This area will give you techniques to help introduce adding.
Learning to Add - Working with Objects
Feel free to continue using objects as you play with all the addition facts.
Using objects and drawing pictures showing the addition facts will help your student gain confidence