Spy Car Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 So last night's First Grade spelling homework included coming up with words that end in -all. So William, can you tell me some words that end in -all? Ball Good. Hall Very nice. Mall OK Tall Good Small Oh that's very good. wait...wait...wait Anything else? [Blank Stare] How about if you need to speak to someone who lives at a great distance, you could make a telephone.... CALL!!! Anything else? [Blank Stare] How about if you ran on the playground and you tripped, you would.... TUMBLE!!!! That is all. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 How about if you ran on the playground and you tripped, you would.... TUMBLE!!!! That is all. Bill :lol: And you forgot y'all :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 :lol: And you forgot y'all :D :D;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Awesome! Tumble, great vocabulary! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 How cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Then you could ask what season is starting. Would he say autumn?:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Then you could ask what season is starting. Would he say autumn?:lol: You've met William? :lol: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 You've met William? :lol: Bill You've done well, Bill. Good vocabulary built into that kid ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 You've met William? :lol: Bill :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 :lol::lol: Children are so funny and interesting! Whenever my mom comes and visits, she says, "OK, I can see why you don't need a TV, you have plenty of entertainment going on here." (We do have Netflix and watch movies on DVD.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 :lol: Priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 So then this morning we are off to school and doing the "car-math" thing. Currently we are working on adding and subtracting (the Singapore way) by re-grouping Tens. So if we have 73 - 8, we know we can't subtract 8 Units from 3 Units without getting into negative numbers (a standard disclaimer). We know 73 is 7 Tens and 3 Units, which can be re-grouped to 1 Ten and 63 to ease mental math computations. From the regrouped 63 + 10 we subtract 8 (from the 10) which leaves 2 + 63, which is 65. Easy! So far so good. Then do an addition problem. Likewise we are making 10s. So if we are doing 47 + 8, we look to see how many units the 7 needs to become a 10, and re-group the 8, so 3 goes to make another Ten (there are now 5 Tens) and 5 Units remain. We've done this many (many times). So what happens THIS morning? William what do you do if you have 47 + 8. Well you take 4 from the 8 to make an 11, that gives you 51 plus 4. FIFTY-FIVE!!! Wise guy. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 So what happens THIS morning? William what do you do if you have 47 + 8. Well you take 4 from the 8 to make an 11, that gives you 51 plus 4. FIFTY-FIVE!!! Wise guy. Bill That is some kind of special boy logic he has going on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hmmmm. Nut fell close to the tree, perchance? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hmmmm. Nut fell close to the tree, perchance? :D Do you think??? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 :lol: Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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