Key Points When Supporting Basic Facts Learning
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Use concrete materials, visual models and partitioning models
With concrete materials, ensure a variety are available, e.g. Base 10, Numicon, Counters etc so children can show their learning different ways AND find the most efficient counting material. This
may be using Numicon or Base 10 for 2 digit numbers, rather than counters.
Provide open ended questions for basic facts practise, as well as games, writing tasks etc
Example open ended question: You have 10 popsticks. What maths can you show?
There are 3 steps to learning basic facts
Provide students with ways to make learning/recall easier
Such as: all 9 x multiplication problems have results which add to 9, e.g. 6x9=54....5+4=9 etc
Break learning into manageable chunks for the students
Provide clear goals for each session
...so students know what to focus on and work towards
Modelling vs strategy
Strategy is a big idea or way to solve a problem/task. Modelling is the process used for showing or explaining the strategy, e.g. A child may know that 56 is 5 tens and 6 ones (strategy = tens/ones; breaking into parts/part part whole thinking) and they model it using popstick bundles
Provide students with ways to self-assess and track their own learning
Addition & subtraction: student has this in their book and ticks first box once they instantly recall the addition fact, and the second box when they instantly recall the corresponding subtraction fact:
Multiplication Tracker:
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