Counting Spots - Kindergarten Fluency to Five
Kindergarteners need to have computational fluency to 5... what does that REALLY look like?? Are they fluent because they can complete a worksheet??? No, absolutely not! Fluency means MENTAL MATH and flexibility in solving problems.
These questions move the child from needing to see and count dots/objects (concrete learning), to being able to quickly identify the number they see and tell about the combination. This stage develops the mental v