[Durant] Math stars question

[Greg Ratzel]

Yes!  Laine also found the recent sheets pretty intimidating.  Rather than
see her give up, I tried a training wheels approach which seemed to work.
 I didn't help her with the arithmetic at all, but I did lead her along
with questions about how to set up the problems.  For instance, I said "try
drawing a picture" and (after whining pitifully) she drew a picture of the
8 cows or whatever and totalled up the numbers one cow at a time.  Then she
got the answer wrong (lol), but she got it right on the second try.
 Afterwards I explained she had just done multiplication -- mind blown!
 Still a bit of a slog.  Whole thing probably took two nights to finish.

- Greg Ratzel

ps.  Anyone tried that Math Mountain worksheet?  3 minutes for 80
problems!?  More like 3 days!  :-O




On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Michelle Shevlin <
michelle.shevlin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The math stars are really hard, focusing on concepts Ella isn't even aware
> of yet, like multiplication. She seems to get frustrated doing it.
>
> Any one else having this experience or can give advice?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michelle Shevlin
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