June 2021 Newsletter- First of the Month Freebie

Happy June! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to dive headfirst into summer. I’m pretty excited about this month’s freebie. After taking a break to adjust to life as a mom-of-two when my little one was born in March, I’m back to work on a line of digital fact fluency activities. June’s First of the Month Freebie includes 9Continue reading “June 2021 Newsletter- First of the Month Freebie”

$1 Math Center Spotlight: Diaper Bag Dash

Help the superheroes return the stolen diaper bags! Diaper Bag Dash is a printable math center that will help your students practice using addition to subtract. Use this center to supplement any standards- based, 1st grade math curriculum! 

$1 Math Center Spotlight: Board the Ship

Help each pirate find his or her ship! Board the Ship is a printable math center that will help your students practice adding and subtracting to make 11-20. Use this center to supplement any standards- based, 1st grade math curriculum!

9 Free Resources for Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency

If you teach a primary grade, you know how important it is for your students to master addition and subtraction facts. Fact fluency is a prerequisite for engaging with more complex math concepts in the later grades. We know it’s essential for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students to learn the addition and subtraction facts, but how do we go about making them stick? Gone are the days of pure rote memorization; now, students learn to utilize a variety of strategies for adding and subtracting. We teach them to count on, count back, make 10, decompose numbers, learn doubles and doubles plus one, use the relationship between addition and subtraction, and more! It can be a challenge to find fresh, kid-friendly ways to reinforce these strategies during your daily math block. The following list includes 9 completely FREE resources for teaching addition and subtraction fact fluency in your classroom! This list includes both digital and printable math activities that can be easily incorporated into your regular math instruction.