I risk sounding like a broken record when I stress the importance of fact mastery. Students who have not yet mastered their basic addition and subtraction facts will find it difficult to solve the more complex, multi-step computation that is part of our curriculum. PLEASE practice basic math facts nightly - with an app, a computer program, xtra math, pencil and paper, or flashcards. Students should be able to solve 100 addition or subtraction facts in 5 minutes with 100% accuracy. Unit 4 in Everyday Math introduces multiplication - it will be a challenge to learn multiplication if addition and subtraction are not mastered.
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