Jan. 10, 2007 - math
According to Saxon 2nd grade math, my second grader should be able to do about 10-15 problems in a minute. This is considered "acceptable." My problem is that his average is about 7 or 8 problems per minute. He gets them all correct, but he just goes so slow. The priority is correctness, I suppose. I guess my only recourse is to do flash cards over and over and find math computer games to play. This seems to just make our school day so much longer. How much should I stress speed? Should we work on flashcards everyday to get him "up to speed"? or should I be more like, "do your best; it'll come" ? I'm most concerned b/c next year is mandatory state testing for grades 3-9 and at the rate he does -everything- he won't make a good score just b/c he won't even get half-way through the test. I just don't know how much pressure to put on him to speed up.
Any thoughts?
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Jan. 11, 2007 - Math
Posted by OurLittleSchoolRoom
All carrot, no stick! Reward, encourage, don't pressure.
We've been there. Last year Belle took five minutes on the fact sheets, and usually got them all right. (But I had to read the problems to her or we wouldn't have gotten anywhere.) She was much better this year--down to a minute on the 45second pages, and getting 15 or so correct.
If it weren't for that mandatory testing! Grrrr...we don't have to do it here, thank goodness, at least not now. But my heart aches that any child has to be put through that.
