[Durant] Math stars question

[Michelle Shevlin]

That is very helpful. I must admit I had to look up the answer for #7 on the Internet. I had no idea!  

Thanks again for sharing. 

Michelle Shevlin
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> On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Greg Ratzel <gratzel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> - Greg Ratzel
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> ps.  Anyone tried that Math Mountain worksheet?  3 minutes for 80 problems!?  More like 3 days!  :-O  
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>> 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.
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>> Any one else having this experience or can give advice?
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>> Thanks.
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>> Michelle Shevlin
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