Teaching TAKS math problem solving stratgies to third graders?
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http://www.kidzone.ws/math/
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My dad uses edhelper.com, for my younger sister, and it works great!\nThey have printouts and activites for you to there to learn. \n\nThey also have many catagories. So click on "math, then "5th grade" then the kind of division you are looking for.\nSuch as work problems or long division.
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try http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
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Ask one of the teacher's for help.
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I would try to find songs for remembering the facts. Also, many people do not consider practicing the "count bys" or skip counting to remember rather than the actual math problems. Try having her sing one of the songs for a few days. Then ask her the facts. If she forgets when you are practicing facts, remind her of the song. Here is one example, but you would really benefit by borrowing a video or CD with all of the count by facts. Here it goes. \n\nThe itsy bitsy spider learns to count by 8s - 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40, 48, and 56, 64 and 72, 8 x 10 is 80, that's the end.\n\nI teach third grade and learned this technique from my special ed. collaborative math teacher who's special ed. kids learned multiplication facts through this strategy. This way they have another way to associate and connect the facts rather than just by the facts.\nGood luck!
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My daughter, in Fourth grad, aced the TAKS.  I really think that it is detrimental to education to teach to a test.  Kids - like you - don't get to learn history or the arts - the teachers must teach to TAKS.\n\nIt's sad.\n\nI wish Rick Perry or GW would take the TAKS - I bet they wouldn't pass!\n\nGood luck!
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Quick Math-Mind Games
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Demonstrations ... \nNothing stays in your mind more than examples, so at the beginning of each lesson show an example, have a student come up and pretend to buy something and you can 'cheat' them and see if they catch on. Then you teach them the math concept and explain how it helps.  However this is a very negative view and will influence their perception of the world.  Sometimes fun can help with teaching as well. For example when my professor taught us about trig and pi, he brought it an actual pie to teach the concepts :)
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I completely understand! I have high schoolers, and have to nearly re-learn to help them!\n\nYahoo education has help with algebra;\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/math_help/chapter_list?id=minialg1gt \n\nSo does math.com:\nhttp://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html \n\nPhysics help:\nhttp://www.physics247.com/ \n\nGood luck to you!
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there are great math help sites.  do a google and fine mat homework help.  it works
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i wouldnt be worrying so much about grades, but the content.  if they are missing a lot of key concepts and ideas that are appropriate for that age level, something needs to be done.  im an educator in texas and we have spelling activities every week, cursive is taught in third, and science is all year.  but there is so much more to school than those few things.  from what you have said, it makes me wonder what else is falling through the cracks?  i would contact the school board, the district superintendants, and whoever else you need to get this resolved.  check up on required curriculum for the state and see if this school/class is meeting those.
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go to your local community college and ask them if they have math tutors. i'm a math tutor at my community college and tutor kids in middle school a lot. also advertise that you are looking for a math tutor as well. if that doesn't help, try any of those homework/tutor centers like Silvan Leatning Center. I help out at one in California, and they relaly help the kids. it's also in an environment where there are others just like him struggling in the same subject, so he won't feel so alone. try to stay away from instrctional videos and things like that. they dono't help that much since he is only 12 his attention span may be too low for something like that. one on one interaction is the best. good luck
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Well, while the first answer is right, that probably doesn't answer your question if you're struggling.  \n\nI could try to explain, but your best bet would be face-to-face, one-on-one tutoring.  \n\nMost teachers (I stress MOST) are really understanding and really WANT you to learn.  They will usually stay after or come before school to meet with you to help.  If your math teacher won't do this, ask your counselor (not a math teacher, I know, but surely has been to college and had to take math courses). Just tell them your situation, and stress to them that you really WANT to learn it.\n\nOnce you get the basic understanding, they're not that bad.  \n\nGood luck, sugar.\n\n\n********\nPS  Jedi's answer is along the right track, but 2/3 is NOT the same as 2/9...\n\nYou have to take your denominator (the bottom number) and figure how many times it goes into 9.  That would be three times.  NOW you have to take that 3 and multiply it by the numerator also (the top number)... which would give you six (2 x 3)\n\nLike this (keep in mind that 3/3 is the same as 1, so when you multiply 3/3 by something, you're not changing the value of the first number, only the way it looks)...\n\n2/3 x 3/3\nmultiply across;  2 x 3 = 6\n                                 3 x 3 = 9\n\nnow you have 6/9, and since the bottom number is the same now as your 8/9 in the problem, you can subtract it from the 8/9.\n\n8/9 - 6/9 = 2/9\n\nGet it?
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How old? Teach addition properly. Specially addition of same numbers repeatedly. It would make him understand multiplication. Give him sticks(match box, ear buds, tooth picks) and ask to give equally to friends, parents etc. Let the concept come in his own way. You are just to help not to stress. With thread/rubber band you may make 'tens' bundle with tying 10 sticks together. And show how 1 n 1 makes 11. Just some confusion is to be cleared. I think 1 week is enough. Be patient have patience.
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I'm a student, but my favorite way to learn math involved making it a more tangible subject.  I want to see what I'm learning.  Can you think of any hands on activities that relate to the subject?  For instance, when learning vectors, have students make a square jello mold and put skewers in as the x, y, and z axis.  Then add more skewers to represent vectors.  You can also hold up a sheet of extra wide graph paper behind the cube or put Nerd candy balls in it before it completely sets to represent points. \n\nI'm not sure what concepts you are teaching so I can't give relevant examples but some other off the wall ones that I've heard are: \n\n- creating jingles for statistics\n\n- getting students to use their arms to show equations of lines (x=y, parabola, etc...personally I hated this one, but I did learn it if only to make the teacher stop making me do it!)\n\n- game shows with groups battling each other -- set up groups of at least 4 and display the problem on an overhead projector. Give each team a piece of paper and tell them to write the answer on the board when they think they have it.  Give bonus points to the team who gets the most questions correct in the shortest period of time.  Also, try to choose the groups yourself and match higher performing students with lower performing ones, but don't let the same student put up all the answers.  A spinoff is a Jeopardy game for concepts (What is the name of the horizontal axis?)\n\nThere are several articles on this subject:\nHelping Teachers to Encourage Talented Girls in Mathematics.\nM. Katherine Gavin; Sally M. Reis; Teaching and Counseling Gifted Girls.; 2005;  p. 147-167 \n\nTurner, Julianne C; Meyer, Debra K; Cox, Kathleen E; Logan, Candice; DiCintio, Matthew; Thomas, Cynthia T. Creating contexts for involvement in mathematics. [References]. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal] Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 90(4) Dec 1998, 730-745. \n\nIf you are interested in acquiring a copy of the Turner article, email me through the link in my Answers' profile, and I will send it to you.
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Dear friend, I think your problem is either understanding or or basic mathematics ( some principles and rules ).\n\n"EVERY THING IS DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY ARE EASY"\n\nFirst understnd the peoblem and then think what are the next. Do everything effectively and efficiently. you ask your teacher once or twice or thrice or.... until you undertstood the problem. Understnding creates east of every thing. good luck...\n\n\n\n\n\nhttp://futureaccountant.com\n\nhttp://schoolingkids.com
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Teaching kids in school not to be smartasses?