Each month, Mrs. Fong, the Math Coach at my girl's school, has a problem of the month for each grade. The other day Brittney was diligently working on two story problems-- one was for her grade (2nd) and the other was the 3rd grade problem. I took a picture of her work to solve the problem. Kids have so many creative ways that they understand and do math-- as parents, we were taught to allow them to solve problems whichever way makes sense to them! Her is a second grader's way of solving the following problems:
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| The Problem |
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| The Solution- page 1 |
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| The Solution- page 2 |
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| Problem #2 |
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| Solution #2 |
Pretty amazing huh!
Each month, the girls earn tickets for the problems they are able to solve and then there is a big math store with some pretty neat prizes (it's not just candy and pencils-- the girls have bought stuffed animals, games, alarm clocks, etc.).
Good Job Mathematician Brittney!
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