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Building Fact Fluency

Introduction

2025

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Why BFF?

Supplemental program to support understanding & fluency of basic facts
See relationships between numbers and ideas
Helps students scale their understanding to larger numbers
Opportunity for student discussion to clarify understanding (.84 effect size!)
Understand the WHY

K-2 Addition & Subtraction
3-5 Multiplication & Division

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“Children learn number facts by noticing relations among number facts.”

—Thomas P. Carpenter et al.

Children’s Mathematics

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Accurate + Efficient + Flexible = FLUENCY

BFF Facilitator’s Guide page 5

Link to doc

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Developmental Progression of Fluency

Link to doc

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Fact fluency is an outcome of rich problem solving and purposeful practice.

–BFF Facilitator’s Guide p3

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Addition & Subtraction Kit

Guide to essential items in each of the tiles

Implementation: Teaching Technique Videos for Turn & Talk, Webinar recordings, Pacing Guide - Option A

Lesson String Component Videos: Model lesson of each activity with a classroom of students (QR Codes in Teacher Facilitator Guide chapter 2 link to same videos)

Assessment Videos: Explains how to use BFF as assessment of fact knowledge

Student Recording Sheets: What’s Your Move for game play & Fact Self-Check sheets (to be used in a math conference with the student)

Games: How to play videos to demonstrate how to play the games and links to all game boards

Lesson Strings: Contain instructional activities

Numbered in order of suggested sequence
Each strategy is taught in a lesson string 3 times - each time with a different context (crayons, marbles, toy cars).
7 strategies taught 3 times each = 21 lesson strings
The majority of activities are the instruction for facts & the games are the practice

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Multiplication & Division Kit

Guide to essential items in each of the tiles

Implementation: Teaching Technique Videos for Turn & Talk, Webinar recordings

Lesson String Component Videos: Model lesson of each activity with a classroom of students (QR Codes in Teacher Facilitator Guide chapter 3 link to same videos)

Assessment Videos: Explains how to use BFF as assessment of fact knowledge

Student Recording Sheets: What’s Your Move for game play & Fact Self-Check sheets (to be used in a math conference with the student)

Games: How to play videos to demonstrate how to play the games and links to all game boards

Lesson Strings: Contain instructional activities

Numbered in order of suggested sequence
Each factor is taught in a lesson string 3 times - each time with a different context (crayons, marbles, toy cars).
10 factors taught 3 times each = 30 lesson strings
The majority of activities are the instruction for facts & the games are the practice

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First number listed is the lesson string number.

Second number identifies the task within the lesson string.

Use the Pacing Guide A to determine which could be used in grades K-2.

Addition & Subtraction Kit

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3rd Grade - Set A (Foundational)

4th Grade - Set B (More Complex)

5th Grade - Mostly Set B

Use what best fits your group of students

3-Act Math Task - Helpful for Set A

Open Middle Problem - Helpful for Set B

Multiplication & Division Kit

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Calendars & Pacing

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BFF at a Glance

Addition Kit - Chapter 2 describes each activity and has the QR Code to watch Graham Fletcher teaching the lesson

Multiplication Kit - Chapter 3 describes each activity and has the QR Code to watch Graham Fletcher teaching the lesson

BFF Routines at a Glance is a quick summary of each chapter with identified questions the teacher can use during the activity