Friday, December 19, 2008

Math Victory

It's only 6:00 am in Texas, I see, but here it's already 10:00, and we have completed our school day. (Fridays are short days). And with this completion, we are celebrating a a major math victory. On October 8, Ruth began a race against herself. She had 125 math flash cards, including addition and subtraction problems, which she was trying to get through in 5 minutes. She has been practicing the facts almost every school day since then and charting her progress. The first time she did her "race," her time was 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Her chart has peaks and valleys, with a general trend toward a lower time. Today, she finally met her goal, when she did her facts in 4 minutes and 45 seconds. There was screaming and hugging and jumping around! She was so proud of herself, and Jeff and I are equally proud!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4:53 PM

    My mom, a fifth grade teacher, did something similar to this with her class of 30 under-privileged kids. It took until Christmas usually to get it done (every single kid in the class), but oh my, it was the victory of a life-time for most of them. (sniff-sniff)

    Lori P

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