[Durant] Math stars question

[Dave Allen Barker Jr]

Yeah, thanks you guys, for sharing.

Julia's not ascending the Math Fact Mountains yet either.  They really
have to have those fact memorized and be able to write quickly.


On 10/16/2013 03:51 PM, Michelle Shevlin wrote:
> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Greg Ratzel <gratzel at gmail.com
> <mailto:gratzel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> 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 <mailto: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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