### How do you build fluency with the multiplication table while ensuring that a lack of fluency with multiplication facts doesn't hold students back from accessing grade level content?

There are a couple of great go to resources I love for building fact fluency. The first is Christina Tondevold aka the Recovering Traditionalist. She has free videos and resources for building conceptual understanding.

[Building Math Fluency](https://buildmathminds.com/building-math-fluency-6)

The second is Graham Fletcher and his work with Tondevold and building fact fluency.

[Graham Fletcher](https://gfletchy.com/)

There is such a stigma around “memorization”. These two are amazing to help change that mindset!!

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The 2nd through 5th grade teachers use this resource - XtraMath is a free program that helps students master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. With just 10 minutes a day you will see growth in math fluency! My own son wanted to do this at home and loved getting the next certificate.

[XtraMath](https://home.xtramath.org/)

Our school has purchased Reflex Math which is a program that focuses on the basic facts. The students enjoy it and it keeps track of their proficiency.

You can give each student a multiplication chart. As they learn their facts, they can cover up the answers in each row with a fun piece of washi tape, small stickers over each square, etc., so that having them covered becomes a fun thing, while still providing access to the ones they are still practicing.