Number fact fluency is important to develop in first and second grade. Without automatic recall it's hard to move on to more complex skills.

Choosing the Best Math Strategy - Teaching students how to use addition strategies is just the first step, they also need to know WHEN to use each strategy, for elementary teacher working on addition and subtraction

Common core math addition strategies can be hard to teach and hard for 2nd grade students to master. That is why I'm sharing my best tips and tricks for teaching 2nd grade addition strategies so that students actually find success with them.

Second grade is the first year students are exposed to strategies for double digit addition. Check out how students can solve two-digit addition problems!

Ideas for teaching addition strategies in 1st grade to set students up for fact fluency success! Plus get 5 tips for making fact fluency fun!

I’m going to be really honest here. When I first started teaching 12 years ago, I didn't really know about addition and subtraction strategies. I was teaching 1st grade, and the curriculum we used taught the count up strategy, sums of 10, and doubles. We spent 1-2 days on each and then quickly moved

Learn 6 different addition math strategies you can use with your students, especially 1st graders and 2nd graders, all year long!

Second grade is the first year students are exposed to strategies for double digit addition. Check out how students can solve two-digit addition problems!

Doubles Addition Teaching Ideas that are great for first graders! I love the song that this teacher shared, too!

FREE Place Value Mat to help your student visualize what addition and subtraction with regrouping looks like!