tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post6382137375623768808..comments2024-03-18T22:44:53.542-05:00Comments on Learn Me Good: TMIMister Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-21030357695753524132011-02-20T21:39:29.639-06:002011-02-20T21:39:29.639-06:00I'm glad they are getting the word problems wi...I'm glad they are getting the word problems with this new method. So here's one for you about my books - An author has 50 books to write. Her first book was published in 2008. By the end of 2010, she had five books in the series published. If she is publishing five books a year, when will the 50th book be published? - Go for it - E :) <br /><br />Just an FYI - my teacher's guides do kind of go cross curriculum and book #3 - State of Reservations - has a map/math skills activity in the teacher's guide - if interested in the book/study guide - let me know - maybe you can use some of the info in your word problems - <br /><br />------------<br />Elysabeth Eldering<br />Author of the Junior Geography, Detective Squad, 50-state, mystery, trivia series.<br /><br />Where will the adventure take you next?<br /><br />http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com<br />http://jgdsseries.weebly.comelysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-44573493990272163122011-02-20T21:19:48.962-06:002011-02-20T21:19:48.962-06:00Elysabeth, like I said, the kids did really well w...Elysabeth, like I said, the kids did really well with this. By starting with the question -- How many FRIES did they eat? -- they were able to bypass all of the extra information.Mister Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-56506772240585273262011-02-20T19:16:11.671-06:002011-02-20T19:16:11.671-06:00Oh, word problems always made my head hurt when I ...Oh, word problems always made my head hurt when I was that age! Probably something to do with my numbers dyslexia...Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-22074154546111114352011-02-20T09:46:20.170-06:002011-02-20T09:46:20.170-06:00I remember seeing your explanation of what to do t...I remember seeing your explanation of what to do to solve the problems - lol but for the life of me I couldn't picture the diagram when reading thsi problem. Now I consider myself a pretty decent math person and had you not mentioned the fact that some forgot Billy - I wouldn't have solved the problem immediately. Simple multiplication - 4 boys x 12 fries each = 48 - tada -lol. (I hope that if they included the 6 friends - that they at least came up with the answer 120 fries total)<br /><br />Maybe like you said starting this method at the very beginning will mean your students next year will get it by the time you throw out such wordy word problems. <br /><br />This is kind of what happened with the teacher I work with doing virtual class visits during his writing time - we started out by using a friend's book - Teaching the Story - and found that writing wasn't going like it really should so we went back to the way he was teaching before so because we kind of started over, we don't feel we have accomplished as much as we should in the class time. So he decided to not start with the book but to use it as a supplement to the way he was teaching the information. <br /><br />Good luck with your new math adventure - E :) <br /><br />---------------<br />Elysabeth Eldering<br />Author of the Junior Geography Dectective Squad, 50-state, mystery, trivia series<br /><br />Where will the adventure take you next?<br /><br />http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com<br />http://jgdsseries.weebly.comelysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.com