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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 241833" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I just looked it up - 12 Tlb does equal 3/4 cup.</p><p></p><p>I truly believe difficult child lost a lot of foundation last year. Even though his grades were very good, he really was not "in" school so to speak for at least the first 2 months which basically reviews the foundations and he then struggled to catch up the rest of the year. He had decided to take his frustrations out on it being the teacher's fault he wasn't learning instead of trying to figure out the materials. This year he likes the teacher (same person as last year) and is keeping up.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, we do not have scales. Next time we visit the Science Museum maybe we will find one? Hopefully a hands-on one to work with.</p><p></p><p>difficult child I believe is starting to listen to me when I tell him that he has to work through a problem - not jump to an answer. He wants to do everything in the shortest path possible. He hasn't learned that a strong knowledge of the basics will make most long paths quicker. If it only takes 1/2 a second to know that 8 + 4 = 12, the process will go quicker and it is actually fun to have it end at the right answer. On his last math assignment which I taught him how to work through the problem by making sure all bottom halves of the fractions were the same, finding the answer, and then putting it back into simplest form, he received extra credit for doing a great job. And, I didn't do any of it for him, just showed him how on a few problems - I told him the step and he did the work of that step. He then finished the page on his own with only once asking for clarification on a step. I am hoping this attentention from the teacher will inspire him to listen to me more when I make him work the entire process instead of trying to find shortcuts which will not work in every situation.</p><p></p><p>Marg, you are right, he is not were he should be in math. How can someone know that 12 Tlb = 3/4 Cup but not know that 3 -1/4 Cups is also 3/4 cups? He needs more practice with the basics. Atleast his lack of fraction skills is not discouraging him from baking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 241833, member: 5096"] I just looked it up - 12 Tlb does equal 3/4 cup. I truly believe difficult child lost a lot of foundation last year. Even though his grades were very good, he really was not "in" school so to speak for at least the first 2 months which basically reviews the foundations and he then struggled to catch up the rest of the year. He had decided to take his frustrations out on it being the teacher's fault he wasn't learning instead of trying to figure out the materials. This year he likes the teacher (same person as last year) and is keeping up. Unfortunately, we do not have scales. Next time we visit the Science Museum maybe we will find one? Hopefully a hands-on one to work with. difficult child I believe is starting to listen to me when I tell him that he has to work through a problem - not jump to an answer. He wants to do everything in the shortest path possible. He hasn't learned that a strong knowledge of the basics will make most long paths quicker. If it only takes 1/2 a second to know that 8 + 4 = 12, the process will go quicker and it is actually fun to have it end at the right answer. On his last math assignment which I taught him how to work through the problem by making sure all bottom halves of the fractions were the same, finding the answer, and then putting it back into simplest form, he received extra credit for doing a great job. And, I didn't do any of it for him, just showed him how on a few problems - I told him the step and he did the work of that step. He then finished the page on his own with only once asking for clarification on a step. I am hoping this attentention from the teacher will inspire him to listen to me more when I make him work the entire process instead of trying to find shortcuts which will not work in every situation. Marg, you are right, he is not were he should be in math. How can someone know that 12 Tlb = 3/4 Cup but not know that 3 -1/4 Cups is also 3/4 cups? He needs more practice with the basics. Atleast his lack of fraction skills is not discouraging him from baking. [/QUOTE]
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