Trilliumlady Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 DD is in CLE 7 this year, looking to CLE 8 next year. They do allow calculator use on some problems, but still have a lot of work done manually. Do you start to allow more calculator use than they prefer in these years? Some of the lessons are so long and arduous..... Should I stay strong and stay the course as written, or allow some more calculator use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I allow calculators when long division and multiplication in columns is no longer difficult and labor intensive and strewn with errors, regardless of when the book says to allow it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliumlady Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Momto6inIN, I like your answer! She knows how to do it, but there are so many problems and it takes so long! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 In CLE 7, I barely allowed a calculator. Of course I did if it said to allow it. In CLE 8, I allowed it more but only because I was sure that she could do the math if she needed to. This was more for multi-step word problems and I wanted her to focus on figuring out how to solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliumlady Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Good to know. Maybe we’ll suffer through a couple more books to finish out 7 and then be a bit more lenient on 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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