Math Intervention 101

Structuring is a major component of early numeracy. I typically work with older elementary students (grades 4 - 6) who struggle mightily with math. A major trend I immediately notice with the majority of these kids is that they struggle with addition/subtraction facts. They do not yet have their basic addition/subtraction facts down. Instead of focusing on memorization (which is proven to be the worst way to learn basic fact fluency), these cards combine two major components of number: Symbol an

"I just want my kids to know their facts." I hear this all the time. Whether we are talking about teachers or parents, we all want our kids to have automatic recall of their "basic" facts. Most people believe that automatic means memorized but that is not true. Research has shown that memorization is actually one of the worst teaching tools there is when it comes to teaching multiplication facts. There are a lot of reasons for this. However, one of the biggest reasons why memorization doesn't wo