During Unit 3 in the Bridges In Mathematics program, the second grade mathematicians have been learning different strategies for solving facts for addition and subtraction. Research shows that even though students may think that they, "just know the facts", if they are taught to use strategies to think about computation, then they will be quicker with fact fluency and will be able to solve multi-digit problems more efficiently.
Fact Fluency is something that comes at different rates for all different learners. So, if your child is not able to whip off 20 addition facts is 2 minutes, you need not worry. It is important that he/she understands the mathematical concepts behind those numbers before trying to do them quickly. At the same time, if you child is able to do the facts quickly, it does not mean that they have a complete understanding of the relationships addition and subtraction in all areas. So, they might not be ready to move on to multiplication and division just yet.
This is an area that we will continue to focus on in Number Corner and will come back to throughout the remainder of the school year and in third and fourth grade. For more information on math with your second grader, check out this link. It has background information on the program, as well as online resources that you can access from home for additional practice with some of these concepts.
Next week we will be headed into a study of geometry in Unit 4.
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