Addition and Subtraction to 20 - 180 Days of Math Fact Fluency

Math Facts are incredibly important for young students to learn. They are the building blocks for higher-level math concepts. As children master their math facts, these concepts will be significantly easier and the student will be better equipped to solve them faster. In upper elementary, students will be presented with longer and more complicated calculations to complete to check their understanding of a number of concepts. At this time, if a student does not have their math facts engraved to memory, they will spend a large amount of time figuring out the smaller calculations and risk not completing the test. This not only affects their performance in math class, but will also in other subjects.

These 180 Days of Daily Math Fact Fluency begin with basic addition facts, with every 5th day a review. As students continue to practice and master their facts, new facts will be presented. There are 80 days of addition facts 0-20, 85 days of subtraction facts 0-20, and 15 days of mixed addition and subtraction review facts. Students will practice 40 equations a day; 25 horizontal equations and 15 vertical equations.

The idea is to use this for a warm up for your math instruction daily, beginning with the first day of school. The more students practice their facts, the more concrete understanding they will develop. This should NOT be timed, but students should be given no more than 5 -10 minutes to complete each day.