Help students readily learn basic number facts with the lessons and powerful visual models in The Box and Book of Fact Strategies.
The new and improved Book and Box of Fact Strategies series seamlessly builds the foundational understanding and skills of fact fluency. Engaging print and digital activities are organised into an easy-to-use teaching sequence designed to promote effective retention. Students build confidence as they use the powerful visual models to develop fluency with the number facts.
This resource can be easily integrated into any core mathematics program. It can be used for general instruction, intervention, or remediation with the whole group, small groups, or individuals.
The Box of Facts
This innovative kit helps all students, including those with limited English proficiency, to understand how and why thinking strategies work. Students build confidence as they use powerful visual models to develop fluency with the number facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Each card is coded based on the thinking strategy it develops. Cards are grouped into packs that include step-by-step instructions. The cards included in the set introduce and develop every number fact for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Laminated cards organised by thinking strategies
- Fact Cards – 55 fact cards
- Hundred charts (1-100: empty) – 15 cards
- Number lines (0-100: empty) – 30 cards
- Sharing mats and grouping mats – 15 cards
- Sharing mats – 15 cards
- Strategy cards – 14 cards
- Step-by-step instructions on how to use the cards
- Step-by-step instructions
The Book of Facts
Students expand their skills and confidence by engaging in activities and games that introduce, reinforce, practice, and extend their thinking strategies.
The Book of Facts series also compliments the resources included in The Box of Facts. Use these with ready-made Box of Facts cards, or make your own cards with the blueprints provided.
The Book and Box of Fact Strategies Set: Addition and Subtraction
The Book and Box of Fact Strategies Sets are available as:
The full Box of Fact Strategies: Addition and Subtraction Set includes:
- The Box of Fact Strategies
- 1 x the Book of Fact Strategies Teacher Book
- 30 x the Book of Fact Strategies Student Books
The full Box of Fact Strategies: Multiplication and Division Set includes:
- The Box of Fact Strategies
- 1 x the Book of Fact Strategies Teacher Book
- 30 x the Book of Fact Strategies Student Book
The complete Box of Fact Strategies Full Purchase includes the Addition and Subtraction Set and Multiplication and Division Set.
Multiplication and Division Set includes:
The Box of Fact Strategies: Multiplication and Division
1 x the Book of Fact Strategies Teacher Book: Multiplication and Division
30 x the Book of Fact Strategies Student Book: Multiplication and Division
Addition and Subtraction Set includes:
The Box of Fact Strategies: Addition and Subtraction
1 x the Book of Fact Strategies Teacher Book: Addition and Subtraction
30 x the Book of Fact Strategies Student Book: Addition and Subtraction
Frequently Asked Questions
The strategies to develop the facts remain the same. For addition, these facts include count on, use doubles, and make ten. For multiplication, these facts include use tens, use doubling, use a rule, and build up/down. Thinking addition or thinking multiplication remains the number one strategy for teaching the inverse strategies. In this case, subtraction and division respectively.
The Book and Box of Fact Strategies includes 3 components: (1) Teacher book with digital component, (2) Student book, and (3) Box of facts (includes ready-to-use classroom resources).
A reviewed scope and sequence improves coherence between strategies. Addition and subtraction are now together in one book, not two. The same applies to multiplication and division.
Formative and summative assessment opportunities are now provided, enabling the teacher to “Check In” on student progress for each strategy.
Pre-requisite activities are provided at the beginning of each strategy. Teacher “look fors” accompany these activities to make sure your student is ready to move forward.
Digital tools and activities are now available, along with many new games and activities.
Ready-to-use resources are now provided to save valuable time for the teacher.
No. A back to basics approach would emphasise the memorisation of facts. The ORIGO approach is built on understanding and flexible thinking. Both approaches profess fluency, but at ORIGO fluency means more than just being fast. It means understanding why a strategy works, how it can be applied, and then how it can be extended to greater numbers.
The Book and Box of Fact Strategies will align with any standards that profess depth over breadth (for example, a deeper understanding of the topics that matter), understanding over memorisation, and flexible thinking over a fixed mindset. If these ideals find support from the ACARA review, then yes they will align.