Sally Witherspoon Math
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Anneline van Ess 🍎🏔️✨ :
They need to know addition and subtraction right away. Thank god this group is decent, but I make them do Xtra math every day
2026-11-11 04:21:51
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youroldteacher72 :
I pay for XtraMath out of my own pocket to get my 5th graders up to speed. Some kids are still in addition facts 2 months into school! Their parents seem 🤷🏼♀️about it.
2026-11-11 04:40:49
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Tell your dog I said hi🐾 :
My first graders do 99Math and they love it! It helps with fluency.
2026-11-14 16:19:52
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s :
We are in a math crisis just as much as a literacy crisis. I’m EXHAUSTED over in third grade trying to close the gaps.😭
2026-11-11 00:34:13
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Raising_Wildflowers🌻🌸🪻 :
I taught middle school math and moved down to teach 2nd grade. I completely understand why now. We teach so many alternative methods without any time to master them. I completely understand that number sense is important, but there isn’t time to teach that many methods to mastery. We would be better off focusing on one to two methods with fidelity to mastery. We are confusing these kids and leaving them right in the dust to cover more.
2026-11-10 23:05:21
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lizziedg :
So what do we do about it in 7th grade ?
2026-11-14 13:35:15
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Lorelle :
34 year primary grade teacher. The push to inquiry based learning missed the point that young children need to develop strong number sense and foundational skills before they can have meaningful math conversations. Fluency, accuracy, efficiency are so important but "teaching" multiple ways to solve everything has caused a lot of confusion for kids who've only been on the planet 6 years and only toilet trained for 3. (Just saying these kids are so little, we lose sight of that.)
2026-11-11 13:46:42
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Joyce | Teacher | Wife | Mom :
You’re absolutely NOT wrong.
2026-11-13 18:02:47
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Ruthie ❤️🔥 :
AMEN!!! I always tell parents if they don’t know their multiplication facts in 6th, they are about to struggle all the way through.
2026-11-10 22:39:04
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uwsmamma :
I was just thinking this the other day!
2026-11-14 02:26:15
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NotReTIREDyet :
Yes!!! And we are no longer allowed to use that wonderful math site that taught math facts because it was timed. Apparently timed assessments stress kids out. 🤔
2026-11-11 01:11:48
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Meaghan 💗📚 :
There’s no number sense coming in to the lower grades 😭😭😭 sincerely a 1st/2nd math teacher 😵💫😵💫
2026-11-10 23:34:03
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Eva :
I’m a fifth grade math teacher and the lack of foundational skills and fact fluency literally holds us back every lesson.
2026-11-11 00:35:47
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denise almanza :
YES! I’m a first year first grade teacher and i immediately noticed that they didn’t know some facts right away, especially their doubles. I said “nope, i’m pulling out minute math sheets” FLUENCY IS SO IMPORTANT
2026-11-11 01:23:26
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Alpha Rat :
And I'll tell you what - teaching kindergarten math this year I now know why... We're spending 2 days max on a (mind you, FOUNDATIONAL) skill before we move on to something new. They assume that 5 year olds can not only master a skill in two days, but that they'll still be able to recall it when we randomly circle back to it in 2 months. Imagine my shock when we did 2 days of addition, 2 of subtraction, 1 of both together, and haven't seen or used it since.
2026-11-13 00:40:51
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Redhead in Cali :
Can you PLEASE tell that to the math gurus in my school district!!!!!
2026-11-11 00:25:06
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Denise :
You are correct. My question is why in Florida are there no standards that need to be met for fact fluency?
2026-11-10 22:31:16
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Megan’s :
They’ve simply got to know their facts, period
2026-11-10 23:02:34
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S :
As a fifth grade teacher I am DRILLING those multiplication facts in
2026-11-11 05:33:18
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m e g g i e 🌞 :
I teach 3rd grade math and they do fluency work for atleast 15 mins a day. Most of them can already complete a multiplication table test. I don’t play about fluency🙏
2026-11-11 01:15:41
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Thinker2005 :
need to adjust math standards
2026-11-11 20:19:44
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LikarKJ :
4th grade teacher here and we are working hard to combat BOTH 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
2026-11-12 17:30:42
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BreadLady22 :
Disagree. Weak math fact fluency is the equivalent of weak decoding fluency and a weak orthographic mapping.
2026-11-12 22:29:39
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Lisaaro1 :
Genuinely asking, how does one teach use math fact sheets if they cannot add in first grade. My kids are still telling me 8+2 equals 3 and I’m at a LOSS. They are not able to count on, use their fingers, or accurately draw the correct amount of circles to even begin to solve 8+2. [Crying]
2026-11-13 11:43:46
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Joni❤️ :
Absolutely!!!!!! I have kids trying to do 10-8=2 on their fingers!!! In 6th grade
2026-11-12 03:17:22
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