During the drop off today, I challenged Alexa to do a 3-digit number divided by a 1-digit.
“But I need paper for THAT”, she declared as all of my students do when they are first challenged for such task.
“Let’s try without one. You’d be surprised how big of mental paper you have in your mind.”
“I do?”
“We [...]
While dropping off my children today, Alexa asked what a reminder is when it comes to division.
“ All remainder says is how much is left”.
“That’s it?”
“Yep.” (when answering her questions about math, I pay particular attention to keep the answers as short as possible. I pretend that I too am an 8-year old and am [...]
During today’s drop off, I tested Byron and saw that he could add 9’s and 8’s pretty well (by taking 1 and 2 away and add ‘teen’ to what’s left over). I then asked Bryon if he was ready to add 7’s.
“Sure!”
“Well, all adding 7 is about is take 3 away to your tummy and [...]