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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 394337" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Shelly--</p><p> </p><p>I feel your pain. My son is the same way - in English and Math.</p><p> </p><p>The math infuriates me because he will spend so much time trying to do the problem "in his head" so he doesn't have to write it down....and then he often gets it wrong. I just wanted to shake him!</p><p> </p><p>We had a breakthrough when I found an online math practice that keeps a timer going to let you know how long you have been practicing. There is no time limit - a child can practice as long as they need - but the clock will say "You've worked for 20:06 minutes!" or whatever it is. I told DS he must complete 25 problems correctly. Well, sat there and stubbornly tried to figure them all in his head....and before long he had been practicing for over an hour and STILL had not managed to some up with 25 correct answers. He was getting very frustrated and angry.</p><p> </p><p>So I made him write out the WHOLE problem and write down all the calculations - and he got it right! and the next one...and the next one....and the next one.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, in a mere 20 minutes - he had completed 25 problems correctly.</p><p> </p><p>So I was able to clearly show him that by trying to take a "shortcut" - he was making more work for himself in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>If the teacher would require him to rewrite all of his "short" answers into complete sentences - this lesson would work for your son too. I'm sure he would rather write the complete thought the first time, rather than having to do the assignment twice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 394337, member: 6546"] Shelly-- I feel your pain. My son is the same way - in English and Math. The math infuriates me because he will spend so much time trying to do the problem "in his head" so he doesn't have to write it down....and then he often gets it wrong. I just wanted to shake him! We had a breakthrough when I found an online math practice that keeps a timer going to let you know how long you have been practicing. There is no time limit - a child can practice as long as they need - but the clock will say "You've worked for 20:06 minutes!" or whatever it is. I told DS he must complete 25 problems correctly. Well, sat there and stubbornly tried to figure them all in his head....and before long he had been practicing for over an hour and STILL had not managed to some up with 25 correct answers. He was getting very frustrated and angry. So I made him write out the WHOLE problem and write down all the calculations - and he got it right! and the next one...and the next one....and the next one. Finally, in a mere 20 minutes - he had completed 25 problems correctly. So I was able to clearly show him that by trying to take a "shortcut" - he was making more work for himself in the long run. If the teacher would require him to rewrite all of his "short" answers into complete sentences - this lesson would work for your son too. I'm sure he would rather write the complete thought the first time, rather than having to do the assignment twice. [/QUOTE]
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