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math-move on or stay planted?
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My daughter is in 6th grade this fall. She has some vision issues and emotional issues a few years back and is “behind” a bit-her issues are now resolved. However, she still doesn’t know multiplication facts (or division). She knows how to do multi digit multiplication and easy long division, but i have let her use a chart hoping she would pick up (along with daily flashcards) She is maybe 1/2 through multiplication and “stuck” Not sure what to do with her for fall. I was planning TT 6 (she did TT 5 last year) or Math u see. Now i am wondering if i should have her do Math u see multiplication (gamma)-but i hate to put her back yet, i don’t think going ahead makes much sense either.
any suggestions?
thanks
pjeanMy ten cents would be that she should if she can learn her tables and facts, they are so important for her future math studies and without the facts math becomes far more of a trial. I had our daughters redo a year of math and it benefited them greatly, I think it is important to get math right in the early years, rather than add to the confusion later on.
What’s nice about Math U See (which is what we use) is that it doesn’t go by “grade” but students move on when they are ready. I wouldn’t think of it as “putting her back” but as “building her up” and giving her the foundational skills she needs.
Mr. Demme, founder of Math U See, constantly reinforces the idea of mastery before moving on.
The change to Math U See from TT (not that there is anything wrong with TT! I thought it looked great, but MUS was way more affordable for us) might also “jumpstart” her learning as the teaching style is very different.
Math U See also has an free online drill page that she can work on her multiplication http://www.mathusee.com/popup_math_drill.php
Nanci
I have a going into 5th grader and he’s also stuck in gamma (lesson 18 – multi by 7’s). We’ve been working on it for about ayear now and I will NOT move him on until they are solid. Math is so important. I believe once he gets, addition, subtraction and multiplacation the rest will just flow easily and we’ll swing through it. So I’m with you take your time.
We use MUS also and love it, I just keep making worksheets, etc. This summer we’ve borrowed a program called Math-It and we’ve been doing that and it’s a new fun way to work it for the summer months. Hang in there you’re not alone. Misty
Misty- Is this your ASD child who is “stuck”?
Mine is “stuck” (Epsilon), because he doesn’t have the attention span to get very far. I’m praying that with continued chelation, this will resolve.
Nanci
How’s her auditory skills? Perhaps using math facts to music will help as a supportive tool. There are different styles of music; I use Classical Math to Classical Music (Or something like that, from Sing n’ Learn), but there are others.
I also incorporate Learning Wrap-Ups for all the math facts; my children really like them and they are portable, as is the music for being in the car; the children listen in the car with their headphones.
Rachel
I loved math u see but my girls seemed to get behind using it. One of my dd was having the same problem until we switched to math mammoth. We started from the beginning and my dd that was having trouble liked it so much she did 20 worksheets the first day. I switched all of my girls now to mm and they are all excelling at math again. Just another option.
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