[Durant] Math stars question

[Jill Bender]

We do the same....we help Matthew illustrate the problem and then let him do the rest.  Whatever answer he comes up with is what he turns in.  For the Venn diagram question he was sure that the answer was "t-shirts" so I let it ride.  We'll go over it when it comes home.  In the meantime, he thinks he's brilliant and is looking forward to the next one.  Maybe not the best approach, but it works for us.  I have graded Math Stars in years past and loved seeing the answers that the students came up with on their own.  It's amazing to see the many different ways students think of to solve a problem.

First grade International shirts are really cute!  Thanks to all that spent time designing, ordering and distributing.

Jill

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> On Oct 16, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Dave Allen Barker Jr <dave at 1.0ne.org> wrote:
> 
> 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> 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> 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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