tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post6616187578873502657..comments2024-03-18T22:44:53.542-05:00Comments on Learn Me Good: Fuzzy mathMister Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-22155159227589763182008-11-29T21:01:00.000-06:002008-11-29T21:01:00.000-06:00ok...I typed really fast and didn't proof...fire m...ok...I typed really fast and didn't proof...fire me! I'm on vacation!!! lololAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-81653219726827521722008-11-29T20:59:00.000-06:002008-11-29T20:59:00.000-06:00Ah yes, the joys of leftover Everyday Math skills!...Ah yes, the joys of leftover Everyday Math skills! I couldn't figure out what in the world one of my third graders was doing until one day I saw him. The problem was something like 59 + 83 and I saw him look up at the number line on the wall and yup, you guessed it, counting. He started at 59 and went on from there. When I moved down to 1st grade the next year (thank GOD) I found out why he did it that way. That's the way they teach it in third grade. I'm soooo glad we don't have EM anymore!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-5267245682337277302008-10-31T22:14:00.000-05:002008-10-31T22:14:00.000-05:00LOL I see a similar thing happen when students com...LOL I see a similar thing happen when students come to me having learned lattice multiplication. It's an interesting technique, but in my mind is so tedious and time consuming!Ms. Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729197148188619504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-35875473743642086252008-10-29T12:26:00.000-05:002008-10-29T12:26:00.000-05:00Sounds like our kids suffering under TERC's Invest...Sounds like our kids suffering under TERC's Investigations Math! My 3rd grader tries to subtract the larger digits from smaller in each column, no matter which one is the larger "number". I tried to teach her how to "borrow" but she gets so frustrated she cries! She only gets the correct answers when she uses the "special" Investigations problems that are easier (nothing over 2 digits and often not that hard) and work with simple regrouping. Any harder numbers and she crashes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-79548611496082133612008-10-28T13:21:00.000-05:002008-10-28T13:21:00.000-05:00Reminds me of the old Tom Lehrer song "New Math"At...Reminds me of the old Tom Lehrer song "New Math"<BR/>At least it shows he understands the basic concepts :)BethTexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284733793574330673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-603116433955382202008-10-28T10:24:00.000-05:002008-10-28T10:24:00.000-05:00I love this kid! Also, maybe he is using a simila...I love this kid! <BR/>Also, maybe he is using a similar strategy as he reads, so instead of looking for shorter words or syllables to decode hard words, he is doing it the other way around, so when given the sentence "The cat is on the mat" He comes up with "Theology catamaran island ontology thesis maturity"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733906357482835723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-65216949773475899162008-10-28T04:59:00.000-05:002008-10-28T04:59:00.000-05:00haha that method made my head hurt, but hey he got...haha that method made my head hurt, but hey he got the right answer!! even if it was in a roundabout way!The Bus Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259280794473075615noreply@blogger.com