Math Facts that Stick

The curriculum facilitates direct instruction through scripted lessons and structured teaching components.

Includes scripted teaching for parents, structured lesson format with direct teaching components, and systematic introduction of new concepts each week

Excellent incorporation of retrieval practice through daily games, recitation, and cumulative review.

Includes daily practice pages with cumulative review, oral recitation of math facts for multiplication/division, and game-based practice that reinforces memory retention

The curriculum uses effective mastery-based sequencing, focusing on small groups of facts with systematic progression.

Groups instruction around strategies rather than numerical order, targets small groups of facts at a time, includes cumulative review throughout, and dedicates entire final week to comprehensive review

Strong use of visual representations to build conceptual understanding before memorization.

Uses ten frames for addition/subtraction, ten-by-ten dot arrays with L-shaped covers for multiplication/division, and emphasizes visualizing rather than counting techniques

The curriculum balances conceptual understanding with procedural fluency by using visual aids and strategic groupings while building toward automatic recall.

Uses ten frames and dot arrays to help students visualize number relationships, teaches strategies like subitizing rather than just memorization, and emphasizes understanding operations before building automaticity

The curriculum focuses specifically on fact fluency rather than word problem application.

Reviews describe the program as focused on mastering arithmetic facts through games and practice, with no mention of word problems or real-world applications

Provides some teacher support through scripted lessons and instructional videos.

Includes scripted teaching components for parents and detailed instructional videos explaining the 'facts that stick' method, though books are designed to be open-and-go

Limited evidence of worked examples or explicit modeling of problem-solving procedures.

Reviews mention scripted teaching and direct instruction components but don't specifically describe worked examples or step-by-step modeling

Limited evidence of formal diagnostic assessments, though the curriculum includes prerequisites and cumulative practice.

Specifies prerequisites for each book and includes cumulative review in practice pages, but reviews don't mention diagnostic assessments or gap identification tools