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Ten Frames in Math: How Visualization Helps Students Learn
Learn how ten frames in math help students visualize number relationships, build fluency, and move beyond counting by ones. Read the blog to learn more today!
Cheryl Fricchione
6 days ago6 min read


Hundreds Charts: Uses, Limitations, and Common Misconceptions
Explore how hundreds charts reveal number patterns, support place-value thinking, and help students make stronger mathematical connections.
Cheryl Fricchione
Aug 128 min read


Partial Differences in Math: Understanding How to Use Them
Discover how partial differences in math builds place-value reasoning and supports subtraction fluency. Explore the strategy today.
Cheryl Fricchione
Jul 228 min read


What is the Compensation Math Strategy? Here's How It Works
Learn how the compensation math strategy builds flexible mental math skills and helps students solve problems efficiently. Explore the strategy today!
Cheryl Fricchione
Jul 157 min read


Subtracting by Adding Up with the Think Addition Strategy
Learn how subtracting by adding up helps students build math fluency using the Think Addition strategy. Check out our blog and discover the approach.
Cheryl Fricchione
Jul 85 min read


How Does the Partial Sums Strategy Help Students Add?
Learn how the partial sums strategy helps students build place value understanding, strengthen addition skills, and develop lasting computational fluency.
Cheryl Fricchione
Jun 248 min read


Counting On and Back Math Games - Helping Students Learn
Discover how counting on and back math games build strong number sense and mental flexibility. Help students master early subtraction.
Cheryl Fricchione
Jun 105 min read


How the Take From 10 Strategy Simplifies Subtraction
Discover how the Take from 10 Strategy simplifies math for students. Learn to break down ten subtraction using benchmark numbers.
Cheryl Fricchione
Jun 34 min read


Down Under 10 Strategy - Using it to Build Math Fluency
Discover how the Down Under 10 Strategy helps young learners simplify subtraction and build mental math fluency. Read the blog to learn more!
Cheryl Fricchione
May 274 min read


What is the Make a Ten Strategy in Math? Understanding the Process
Discover how the Make a Ten strategy builds mental math flexibility and number sense in kids. Read our guide to unpack classroom math today!
Cheryl Fricchione
May 206 min read


What Is Math Fluency? More Than Memorizing Basic Math Facts
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Math fluency is often misunderstood as speed or memorization, but in modern mathematics education, it refers to students’ ability to solve problems accurately, efficiently, and flexibly while understanding number relationships. When people ask what is math fluency, the convers
Cheryl Fricchione
May 116 min read


✨ Rethinking Math Fluency: Why Timed Tests Don’t Measure Fluency
Not every timed test or flashcard session is actually building mathematical fluency. Discover why speed alone doesn’t equal fluency, why efficiency, flexibility, and accuracy all matter, and a simple tool to help you assess fluency by looking at strategies — not just answers.
Cheryl Fricchione
Sep 5, 20254 min read
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