<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>That is very helpful. I must admit I had to look up the answer for #7 on the Internet. I had no idea! </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for sharing. <br><br><div>Michelle Shevlin</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Greg Ratzel <<a href="mailto:gratzel@gmail.com">gratzel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">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.<div>
<br></div><div><div>- Greg Ratzel</div><div><br></div><div>ps. Anyone tried that Math Mountain worksheet? 3 minutes for 80 problems!? More like 3 days! :-O <br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Michelle Shevlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michelle.shevlin@yahoo.com" target="_blank">michelle.shevlin@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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Any one else having this experience or can give advice?<br>
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Thanks.<br>
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Michelle Shevlin<br>
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