Jan. 25, 2006 - Mega Math

We reviewed all the different "Mega Math" processes that we've learned thus far.  Sprite and Kainan seemed to have picked up and remembered everything easily, but Jaedin had some problems remembering some steps.  Of course he's 9, they are 10 & 14. 

I had Sprite and Kainan go practice the box method of multiplying large numbers, while I went through all the problems Jaedin had gotten wrong with him.  I wrote out the problem on the white board, and wrote the INcorrect answer a little bit below.  Then I had Jaedin walk through the problem until he saw what he'd done wrong in the first place.  He didn't mess up once while walking through it with me, except for once for he was to carry a number. 

Paris practiced her subtraction facts on the computer for about 15 minutes, then did a page out of her second grade workbook.  She's almost done with that workbook.  I think there is just a bunch of addition/subtraction pages, then some fractions.  Maybe telling time as well.  I'll have to find a good site for her to practice telling time things.  She had a hard time with that one last year.

Abyni is doing SO well with reading.  I had her read a few of her easy readers to me today, and she did so much better than last time I heard her read.  She's doing really well on her math as well.  She was doing math on the BBC site today, and even the 9 - ___= 4 wasn't phasing her at all!

The other kids all did their typical reading, in addition to Ben Franklin bios for history.  We didn't get to Konos and studying energy today either.  We started a bit late, and I let them go outside and play when school would have normally been over since it is so beautiful out again.  This weather is glorious!

Monday it was freezing, somewhere around 45-50 degrees... yesterday it was nice and warm... sitting in the sun, I took off my sweater, and today it felt even warmer.

Anyway ~ the boys are upstairs playing "Anti-Monopoly" and Abyni is reading to Dh who is home early today.

Whew.  The school day is over. 

Now off to make some meatloaf to go with the baked beans in the oven.

And BTW ~ I actually did an exercise video today!!  It is a belly dancing exercise thingy... it was fun:)  And distracting... so that's always good.  I have the hardest time staying focused when I know I have a million other things to be doing.