CalicoKat Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 My 2nd grader is getting ready to start the 3rd grade book which doesn't have a workbook to write in. Rewriting problems is going to be a huge huge huge jump for him and I'm wondering what creative solutions you might have come up with. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jami Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 My 2nd grader is getting ready to start the 3rd grade book which doesn't have a workbook to write in. Rewriting problems is going to be a huge huge huge jump for him and I'm wondering what creative solutions you might have come up with. Thanks! We opted to use the book like a workbook in 3rd and they just wrote in the book. This year for 4th they're doing the work on notebooks. But that would have been too much last year. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 We still do most of the work in the book (4th grade). It's just too much writing for my ds otherwise. I bought a used set but even new the text doesn't cost all that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzf242 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I only have 1 dd in school, so I probably had more time than you. I would have dd write out as much as I thought she could handle. We did some orally, and I would write out the rest for her. I think I would usually write about 3/4 page of questions a day, and I would do it while she was doing something else such as reading or copywork. Take care, Suzanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 The books are not that expensive. It was worth it. For 4th grade, I've helped write out some of the problems and/or cut the amount he has to do down. It is a lot of writing, especially for my dyslexic child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 :iagree: That is our plan as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 OK, he'll write it in it then. Easy solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 OK, he'll write it in it then. Easy solution. Yep. Easy solution. But, you might want to consider having him write out some of it. The physical process of writing the entire problems out when learning the basic facts of X and / will actually help him to learn them. Maybe if you were to have him write down whatever family he is working on at the time before he starts his lesson in the book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) With the 3rd grade book, I had the spine cut off and just let my son use the pages as worksheets. I can't remember if it's the 4th grade or 5th grade book that that becomes less of an option because the print becomes much smaller and there isn't enough workspace. I think with the 4th grade book, I actually copied the textbook and enlarged the pages and he used those as worksheets. It seems like it wasn't until we got to the 5th grade book that I realized that was no longer going to work and I began making worksheets for my son by hand. He's in R&S 6 and that's what I'm still doing. It sounds horribly cumbersome, but, surprisingly, it really only takes a few minutes. Some kids may not have trouble copying the problems by 4th or 5th, but my son did and I didn't want him spending 2 hours a day on math. At first I worried because I felt he should be copying the problems, but then, when I thought about it, I realized many elementary math programs have workbooks at least through 6th grade, if not longer. Lisa Edited February 1, 2011 by LisaTheresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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