https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy Goodbye, Fingers. Hello, Fluency! en-us 2016-10-21 17:35:06 UTC 2025-09-25 20:13:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133437632 Grade 5 believes that fluency is a quick, automatic, and accurate computation of basic facts.

We believe it is important because it allows students to tackle larger problems more  efficiently.]]> 2016-10-26 18:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133437632 https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133437961 Grade 3 believes fluency means automaticity for basic math facts and procedures. Students need to quickly understand a problem, choose an appropriate operation and strategy to solve problems efficiently.  Fluency frees the student's thinking to focus on higher level concepts & practices. 
It is important to be fluent. Just as reading fluency impacts comprehension, math fluency impacts computational accuracy and  the student's readiness for higher order thinking.]]> 2016-10-26 18:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133437961 https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438101   Grade 2 believes that fluency is automaticity in facts, speed as well as accuracy.

This is important because it is the foundation for efficient problem solving and more advanced operations. ]]> 2016-10-26 18:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438101 https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438209  
Fluency is a deep understanding of the math operations with speed and accuracy.
It is important to build confidence and accuracy, to feel successful in concepts and scaffold to next math concepts.

]]> 2016-10-26 18:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438209 https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438323 Grade 4 believes that fluency is knowing a product, difference, sum, or quotient automatically, with speed and accuracy. Understanding numbers and how they work in the base ten system is another key component of fluency.

We believe it is important because fluency is necessary in order to be efficient in math processes and procedures. In addition, fluency is needed to be successful in real-life situations.]]> 2016-10-26 18:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438323 dshimchick https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438766 an ability, a skill, a capacity for understanding that provides a foundation for higher order, real world problem solving.  Students who are fluent are confident and able to focus successfully on higher level concepts, practices, and procedures. When students are fluent they are accurate, efficient, and flexible in their computation of facts and they are able to choose appropriate strategies. Sometimes they just know at the automatic level. Underlying fluency is deep conceptual understanding and knowledge of the connections within and between the math operations, and an understanding of how numbers work.

]]> 2016-10-26 18:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133438766 https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133439179 Demonstrating accuracy and speed with basic facts and full understanding of the concept(s).

It is important because as a foundation for higher order problems and procedures]]> 2016-10-26 18:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dshimchick/OHSfluencyphilosophy/wish/133439179