Math Fact Practice

We have reviewed nearly all of the addition fact families. Since these facts were introduced in first grade and reviewed in second grade, I expect students to have them memorized for quick recall. We will begin adding two-digit numbers soon, and students will be most successful if they have all the basic facts memorized. Below are some FUN ways your child can practice their addition facts.

War
Split a deck of cards between two players. Simultaneously, players flip their top two cards and add them aloud. Whoever has the higher sum gets to keep all four cards. The person with all the cards (or the most after a certain period of time) wins.
- Face cards are worth 10 (or you could remove them from the deck). 
- If both players flip the same sum, then you have a war. Each player flips two more cards and adds them aloud. The player with the higher sum gets to keep all 8 cards.

       

 I win after laying two kings (10+10=20)!

Board Games
Any game that uses dice or requires players to move a number of spaces can be made into a math review. Players could roll the dice (or spin a spinner) and be required to add a sum before they can moved their game piece. 

For example, if a student struggles with "Adding 9" facts, when he rolls a 7, he would have to say, "Seven plus nine equals sixteen," before he could move 7 spaces.

Math Apps
There are tons of free apps that focus on math facts. If your family has an ipod or ipad, you could require 5 minutes of math fact practice before your child can play with a different app.

Zion's ipods have a $0.99 app called "Math Fact Master," which allows you to choose which numbers you want to add, subtract, multiply, or divide.