happycc Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 wrong on Key To Fractions book 2 like 14-16 wrong on a some pages...what would you do? Would you make them do the whole booklet over again? I have learned my lesson with them....I will no longer just hand them over Key To Fractions and expect them to be able to do them independently. I will have to go over the book page by page and problem by problem with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison in KY Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 If it helps, my 12 year old hasn't even studied fractions :) Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 wrong on Key To Fractions book 2 like 14-16 wrong on a some pages...what would you do? Would you make them do the whole booklet over again? I have learned my lesson with them....I will no longer just hand them over Key To Fractions and expect them to be able to do them independently. I will have to go over the book page by page and problem by problem with them. Yep. Perhaps a concept isn't solid. I would write the missed problems on your white board and go through each one together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 My 9 yr old would have to go through and correct each one missed. I wouldn't go over every one together on the white board though. I would do a few together, then have her do one or two that I could see her do correctly, then have her go do the rest on her own in a notebook. Then I would check them the next day and repeat until there were no new mistakes. We are currently doing this with 3 digit multiplication right now. She gets it, and can do it, but is making careless mistakes and missing half out of a lesson. We will just keep at correcting and redoing until she gets it, before we move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 My 9 yr old would have to go through and correct each one missed. I wouldn't go over every one together on the white board though. I would do a few together, then have her do one or two that I could see her do correctly, then have her go do the rest on her own in a notebook. Then I would check them the next day and repeat until there were no new mistakes. We are currently doing this with 3 digit multiplication right now. She gets it, and can do it, but is making careless mistakes and missing half out of a lesson. We will just keep at correcting and redoing until she gets it, before we move on. :iagree: I would go over some together, watch her do some, and then let her redo the rest on her own. Repeat as necessary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I would have him redo the missed questions. I might work with him on a few, perhaps on the whiteboard, and then I would assign the rest as independent work. I would check them THAT day, and any wrong would be homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtokea Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I had my 11yo 6th grader do Key to Fractions last year. 9 seems a little young to me. Maybe they need more work with basic multiplying and dividing first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 I had my 11yo 6th grader do Key to Fractions last year. 9 seems a little young to me. Maybe they need more work with basic multiplying and dividing first. Good point about needing basic multilpying and dividing skills first. Looking back at their problems and what they got wrong though were just silly mistakes....like forgetting to simplify.... trying to help one of them remember to ask herself which number they are dividing the two numbers with ....or else she comes up with some strange numbers..... Now my next question: I was hoping that key to fractions would explain more about why we have to change the division sign to multiplication and then dividing....then multiply by recipricals.... I was hoping they could have shown it by using fractions circles or something like that...explain the why we are doing that...heck I would like to know...he was never explained to me WHY just the how...... Does anyone have a good source that explains it and shows you how to teach that? Also one of the word problems totally stumped us..... The November 18 homework one in level 2. I don;t totally understand it myself to explain it to them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtokea Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Good point about needing basic multilpying and dividing skills first. Looking back at their problems and what they got wrong though were just silly mistakes....like forgetting to simplify.... trying to help one of them remember to ask herself which number they are dividing the two numbers with ....or else she comes up with some strange numbers..... Now my next question: I was hoping that key to fractions would explain more about why we have to change the division sign to multiplication and then dividing....then multiply by recipricals.... I was hoping they could have shown it by using fractions circles or something like that...explain the why we are doing that...heck I would like to know...he was never explained to me WHY just the how...... Does anyone have a good source that explains it and shows you how to teach that? Also one of the word problems totally stumped us..... The November 18 homework one in level 2. I don;t totally understand it myself to explain it to them.... I use the Key to... series to reinforce skill work. It doesn't do much with explaining concepts. My children have used Singapore Math, Teaching Textbooks, and this year we are using Saxon for the first time. Math is a sore spot for me. I was never really good at it and I really worry about teaching it properly. Dh is really good at math, but is terrible at teaching it ... he just confuses us more. I am bumping this for you, hoping that someone else could answer your questions for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I immediately thought of Saxon and Harcourt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 anything web wise? possibly a video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 There are videos here. http://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=fractions There are drills and worksheets here. http://www.math-drills.com/fractions.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) Also one of the word problems totally stumped us..... The November 18 homework one in level 2. I don;t totally understand it myself to explain it to them.... Please refer to the attached picture. So, students who turned in their homework = 2/3 X 4/5 of Total = (2 X 4)/(3 X 5) of Total = 8/15 of Total. And, students who turned got it right = 1/2 X 8/15 of Total = (1 X 8)/(2 X 15) of Total = 4/15 of Total. Hope that helps. Edited November 17, 2011 by nansk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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