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<p>Yeah, thanks you guys, for sharing.<br>
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<p>Julia's not ascending the Math Fact Mountains yet either. They
really have to have those fact memorized and be able to write
quickly.<br>
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<div>That is very helpful. I must admit I had to look up the
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<div>Thanks again for sharing. <br>
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On Oct 15, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Greg Ratzel <<a
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<div>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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<div>ps. Anyone tried that Math Mountain worksheet? 3
minutes for 80 problems!? More like 3 days! :-O <br>
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<div>On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Michelle Shevlin <span><<a
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<blockquote>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</span><br>
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