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Based on research and advice from expert educators and mathematicians, Illustrative Mathematics approached fluency through a coherent progression of skills integrated throughout the IM K–5 Math curriculum. This ebook unpacks the intentional design of the IM K–5 Math curriculum, in which fluency is embedded throughout the lessons rather than a named section of a unit or measured by a single assessment.
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IM K–5 Math lead authors
Lead Authors Dionne Aminata and Sarah Caban outline how the IM K–5 Math™ curriculum focuses on fluency in a four-part series of blog posts. The first post is a deep dive into our Grade 1 course to show how students develop addition and subtraction fluency within 10. The second post highlights the development of procedural fluency with addition and subtraction algorithms. The final two posts show the progression of fluency development in multiplication and division.
Dionne Aminata
Grade 2–5 Lead Writer, IM K–5 Math v.I
Sarah Caban
Grade 5 Lead Writer, IM K–5 Math v.I
FLUENCY DEVELOPMENT BLOG POSTS
Lead curriculum authors take you on a journey from kindergarten through grade 5, detailing fluency development within and across the grades in IM K–5 Math™, from addition and subtraction to multiplication and division.
